Cast
Nick Smith (clip from The Postman Always Rings Twice (1944))
Al (clip from The Killers (1946))
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond (clip from The Big Combo 1955))
Police Lieutenant Randall (clip from Murder, My Sweet (1944))
Det. Sgt. Brub Nicolai (clip from In a Lonely Place (1950))
Walter Neff (clip from Double Indemnity (1944))
Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion (clip from The Big Heat (1953))
Ellen (clip from Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922))
Kathie (clip from Out of the Past (1947))
Detective Sam Hill (clip from The Big Combo 1955))
Susan Lowell (clip from The Big Combo 1955))
Barton Tare (clip from Gun Crazy (1950))
Eddie Mars (clip from The Big Sleep (1946))
Police Sergeant Pete Menzies (clip from Touch of Evil (1958))
Vince Stone (clip from The Big Heat (1953))
Himself - Presenter / Self - Presenter
Graf Orlok (clip from Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922))
Moose Malloy (clip from Murder, My Sweet (1944))
Jules Amthor (clip from Murder, My Sweet (1944))
George Fuller (clip from The Big Heat (1953))
Annie Laurie Starr (clip from Gun Crazy (1950))
The Stranger (clip from Stranger on the Third Floor (1940))
Mike Hammer (clip from Kiss Me Deadly (1955))
Mr. Brown (clip from The Big Combo 1955))
Police Lt. Sam Lubinsky (clip from The Killers (1946))
Fisher (clip from Out of the Past (1947))
Max (clip from The Killers (1946))
Herself - Author, 'Blackout: World War II & the Origins of Film Noir' / Self - Author, 'Blackout: World War II & the Origins of Film Noir'
Larry Gordon (clip from The Big Heat (1953))
Himself - Director of Crime Scene Festival / Self - Director of Crime Scene Festival
Briggs' Defense Attorney (clip from Stranger on the Third Floor (1940))
Miss Augustine Sifert (clip from Gun Crazy (1950))
Capt. Lochner (clip from In a Lonely Place (1950))
District Attorney (clip from Stranger on the Third Floor (1940))
Councilman Gillen (clip from The Big Heat (1953))
Mingo (clip from The Big Combo 1955))
Lt. Harry Kello (clip from Sweet Smell of Success (1957))
Police Commissioner Higgins (clip from The Big Heat (1953))
Michael 'Mike' Ward (clip from Stranger on the Third Floor (1940))
Al Schwartz (clip from Touch of Evil (1958))
The Judge (clip from Stranger on the Third Floor (1940))
Joe (clip from Out of the Past (1947))
Mr. Dietrichson (clip from Double Indemnity (1944))
