Double Feature: BLACK TUESDAY + LE TROU [THE HOLE]

Special Features: Intro by Eddie Muller, host of TCM's NOIR ALLEY, on October 13

70th Anniversary
BLACK TUESDAY
A rarity is revived for Noir City! AWOL for almost 20 years, this brutal and breakneck hostage yarn is powered by one of Edward G. Robinson's most vicious performances. He plays gangster Vince Canelli, who makes a daring prison break on the day of his execution, holing up with a group of horrified hostages. Who will survive? Vigorous direction by Argentine filmmaker Hugo Fregonese (HARDLY A CRIMINAL) and stark imagery courtesy of the great Stanley Cortez (THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS) abet Robinson as he chews apart the scenery and his fellow cast members. (Note adapted from Noir City.) DIR Hugo Fregonese; SCR Sydney Boehm; PROD Robert Goldstein. U.S. 1954, b&w, 80 min. NOT RATED

Followed by:

LE TROU [THE HOLE]
Adapted from a novel by ex-con José Giovanni based on a real prison break he had taken part in and co-starring another of the actual participants (Jean Keraudy), this tour de force from Jacques Becker (TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI) commits itself to raw verisimilitude. A stripped-down focus on process and stunning use of sound bring hypnotic intensity to scenes of five prisoners digging their way from their Parisian cell to the tunnels below. Noir master Jean-Pierre Melville declared LE TROU "the greatest French film of all time," adding, "and I weigh my words carefully." (Note adapted from Noir City.) DIR/SCR Jacques Becker; SCR Jean Aurel, José Giovanni, from his novel "The Break"; PROD Serge Silberman. France, 1960, b&w, 131 min. In French with English subtitles. NOT RATED

BLACK TUESDAY also screens on Mon, Oct. 14. View details here.

Run Time: 226 Minutes

Opening Date: Sunday, October 13, 2024

Genre: Film noir

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