Into the Dark: The Hidden World of Film Noir, 1941-1950

You know film noir when you see it—the shadowed setting, the cynical detective, the femme fatale, and the twist of fate. Into the Dark captures this alluring genre with a cavalcade of compelling photographs and a guide to 82 of its best films.

Into the Dark is the first book to tell the story of film noir in its own voice. Author Mark A. Vieira quotes the artists who made these movies and the journalists and critics who wrote about them. He takes readers on a year-by-year tour of the excitin...