OUT OF THE PAST (1947)

Special Features: Intro by film historian Foster Hirsch on Oct. 11

Ex-private eye Jeff Bailey (Robert Mitchum) tries to make a new life for himself in the country, but his past catches up with him — first in the form of his former employer, mob boss Whit Sterling (Kirk Douglas), then in bad girl Kathie Moffat (Jane Greer), whose earlier romantic getaway with Bailey had ended on a murderous note. Dizzyingly told in flashback, blending dreamy romanticism with doomy cynicism, this is arguably the ultimate film noir, a coolly vicious love triangle between Mitchum’s Bailey, iconic in his trench coat and laconically cool; Greer’s Moffat, la femme plus fatale, a serial jilter of men whose duplicity — and murderousness — knows no bounds; and Douglas’ Sterling, who blends charm and menace in one of the actor’s best performances. DIR Jacques Tourneur; SCR Geoffrey Homes, from his novel “Build My Gallows High”; PROD Warren Duff. U.S., 1947, b&w, 97 min. NOT RATED

Run Time: 97 Minutes

Opening Date: Saturday, October 11, 2025

Genre: Film noir

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