99 RIVER STREET

Special Features: Intro by film historian Alan K. Rode on Oct. 18

John Payne plays a washed-up boxer framed for the murder of his wife. Evelyn Keyes plays his sexy gal pal, using all her wiles to bust the set-up. 99 RIVER STREET is a near-perfect 1950s crime saga, perhaps the signature film of director Phil Karlson, with a dynamite screenplay by Robert Smith. (Note courtesy of the Film Noir Foundation.) DIR Phil Karlson; SCR Robert Smith, from the short story “Crosstown” by George Zuckerman. U.S., 1953, b&w, 83 min. NOT RATED

Run Time: 83 Minutes

Opening Date: Saturday, October 18, 2025

Genre: Film noir

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