The Rules of Film Noir (2009) | Full Cast

Elaine Donnelly Pieper

DIRECTOR

Matthew Sweet

Self - Presenter

Sheri Chinen Biesen

Self - Author, 'Blackout: World War II & the Origins of Film Noir'

Neil Brand

Self

Sarah Churchwell

Self

Roger Deakins

Self

John Mathieson

Self

George Pelecanos

Self

Paul Schrader

Self

Adrian Wootton

Self - Director of Crime Scene Festival

Jay Adler

Detective Sam Hill (clip from The Big Combo 1955))uncredited,archiveFootage

Mary Astor

Brigid O'Shaughnessyuncredited,archiveFootage

Steve Brodie

Fisher (clip from Out of the Past (1947))uncredited,archiveFootage

Joseph Calleia

Police Sergeant Pete Menzies (clip from Touch of Evil (1958))uncredited,archiveFootage

William Conrad

Max (clip from The Killers (1946))uncredited,archiveFootage

Richard Conte

Mr. Brown (clip from The Big Combo 1955))uncredited,archiveFootage

Alec Craig

Briggs' Defense Attorney (clip from Stranger on the Third Floor (1940))uncredited,archiveFootage

Peggy Cummins

Annie Laurie Starr (clip from Gun Crazy (1950))uncredited,archiveFootage

John Dall

Barton Tare (clip from Gun Crazy (1950))uncredited,archiveFootage

Donald Douglas

Police Lieutenant Randall (clip from Murder, My Sweet (1944))uncredited,archiveFootage

Douglas Evans

Councilman Gillen (clip from The Big Heat (1953))uncredited,archiveFootage

Glenn Ford

Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion (clip from The Big Heat (1953))uncredited,archiveFootage

John Garfield

Frank Chambersuncredited,archiveFootage

Jane Greer

Kathie (clip from Out of the Past (1947))uncredited,archiveFootage

Earl Holliman

Mingo (clip from The Big Combo 1955))uncredited,archiveFootage

Cecil Kellaway

Nick Smith (clip from The Postman Always Rings Twice (1944))uncredited,archiveFootage

Otto Kruger

Jules Amthor (clip from Murder, My Sweet (1944))uncredited,archiveFootage

Sam Levene

Police Lt. Sam Lubinsky (clip from The Killers (1946))uncredited,archiveFootage

Peter Lorre

The Stranger (clip from Stranger on the Third Floor (1940))uncredited,archiveFootage

Frank Lovejoy

Det. Sgt. Brub Nicolai (clip from In a Lonely Place (1950))uncredited,archiveFootage

Fred MacMurray

Walter Neff (clip from Double Indemnity (1944))uncredited,archiveFootage

Lee Marvin

Vince Stone (clip from The Big Heat (1953))uncredited,archiveFootage

Paul Maxey

George Fuller (clip from The Big Heat (1953))uncredited,archiveFootage

Mike Mazurki

Moose Malloy (clip from Murder, My Sweet (1944))uncredited,archiveFootage

Charles McGraw

Al (clip from The Killers (1946))uncredited,archiveFootage

John McGuire

Michael 'Mike' Ward (clip from Stranger on the Third Floor (1940))uncredited,archiveFootage

Ralph Meeker

Mike Hammer (clip from Kiss Me Deadly (1955))uncredited,archiveFootage

Emile Meyer

Lt. Harry Kello (clip from Sweet Smell of Success (1957))uncredited,archiveFootage

Mort Mills

Al Schwartz (clip from Touch of Evil (1958))uncredited,archiveFootage

Edmond O'Brien

Jim Reardonuncredited,archiveFootage

Anne O'Neal

Miss Augustine Sifert (clip from Gun Crazy (1950))uncredited,archiveFootage

Oscar O'Shea

The Judge (clip from Stranger on the Third Floor (1940))uncredited,archiveFootage

Tom Powers

Mr. Dietrichson (clip from Double Indemnity (1944))uncredited,archiveFootage

Carl Benton Reid

Capt. Lochner (clip from In a Lonely Place (1950))uncredited,archiveFootage

John Ridgely

Eddie Mars (clip from The Big Sleep (1946))uncredited,archiveFootage

Robert Ryan

Jim Wilsonuncredited,archiveFootage

Max Schreck

Graf Orlok (clip from Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922))uncredited,archiveFootage

Greta Schröder

Ellen (clip from Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922))uncredited,archiveFootage

Paul Valentine

Joe (clip from Out of the Past (1947))uncredited,archiveFootage

Charles Waldron

District Attorney (clip from Stranger on the Third Floor (1940))uncredited,archiveFootage

Jean Wallace

Susan Lowell (clip from The Big Combo 1955))uncredited,archiveFootage

Howard Wendell

Police Commissioner Higgins (clip from The Big Heat (1953))uncredited,archiveFootage

Cornel Wilde

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond (clip from The Big Combo 1955))uncredited,archiveFootage

Adam Williams

Larry Gordon (clip from The Big Heat (1953))uncredited,archiveFootage