Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951)

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951) is a violent prison gang riot escape attempt Crane Wilbur brutal warden crime exploitation jailtime film noir favourite, with docu over tones, and a blazing Steve Cochrane facing down a sadistic screwlord Ted de Corsia while good boy jailor David Brian attempts to bring peaceful methods to the brutalised American penal colony, Folsom California State Prison.

Steve Cochrane grimaces dirty smirking handsome revenge as con Chuck Daniels, a name we should have left at the cell door. Chuck it is though. Chuck is angry. Chuck is gritty. Chuck wants to chuck it all. He is pure dirty fed up with stir.

The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)

The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942) is a historical film noir mystery rendering of an early detective  crime solving story film starring Patric Knowles. 

The story in question is The Mystery of Marie Rogêt written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1842. The film, directed by Phil Rosen and produced by Universal Pictures, is set in 1889.

In 1889 Paris, musical comedy star Marie Roget has been missing for ten days. Police inspector Gobelin is investigating her disappearance. This is side shaving of film noir with the ambience of the old city creating ham where there should may not be so much ham, but also creating tension where possible, in a solid attempt to bring the mystery and the history as one to the screen.

The French Minister for Naval Affairs, Henri Beauvais, a friend of Marie's grandmother, Madame Cecile Roget, and her younger sister Camille, threatens to take Gobelin off the case. Therefore, Gobelin brings medical officer Dr. Paul Dupin into the case.