Blonde Ice (1948)

Blonde Ice (1948) is a femme fatale cheapie wicked woman newlywed criminal psychology top society columnist aspiring politician and ruthless ice maiden obscure film noir revolving around a femme fatale low-budget crime drama for the interesting Film Classics company directed by Jack Bernhard,  and starring Robert Paige as Les Burns, Leslie Brooks as Claire Cummings Hanneman, Russ Vincent as Blackie Talon, Michael Whalen as Stanley Mason, James Griffith as Al Herrick and of course, Emory Parnell as Police Capt. Bill Murdock.

Decoy (1946)

Decoy (1946) is a low budget, cheaply plotted film noir thriller and shocker, premised on an idea that has elements in common with horror, as it re-animates a dead con in a miraculous escape from death row.

The source of the drama is easily stressed -- it's a box with $400,000 in it, the proceeds of a robbery.

And the leading actor in the villainous and double crossing pursuit of this box, is an energetic and deadly femme fatale performance from Jean Gillie, a British actor in her first American film role.

Actor Jean Gillie had a short, short life and Decoy, for all its ills and budgetary constraints was her penultimate film role.

For a film that doesn't boast much in the way of star performances, or glorious set pieces, Jean Gillie gives a helluva lotta goods in this short and at times brutal film noir.