Jack Nicholson

                 We've looked at William Macy and others on earlier posts but Jack Nicholson has a taste for gritty Noirish movies and we can forget how many Hardboiled roles he has done so successfully.

                                                              Hoffa

Crossing Guard

Last Detail

Postman Always Rings Twice

Blood and Wine

The Pledge

Chinatown

Lumet

                                                         The Verdict

The Hill

                                                     Dog Day Afternoon

                                                      Deadly Affair

The Morning After

Fail Safe

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Sidney Lumet

Beauty of Retro Noir

          Last post showed Godfather II looking paticularly good in De Niro's retro areas of the movie. Everyone's familiar with Chinatown's retro visual appeal but both these movies are at least equalled by Bertolucci's The Conformist.