James Mason in Film Noir: Master of Cinema's Dark Art

Although James Mason is one of the great film actors of the mid-twentieth century, he is not as closely identified with film noir as are other icons like Humphrey Bogart or Barbara Stanwyck. Mason appeared in a wide variety of films throughout the 1940s and 1950s, and his contributions to the classic noir cycle during its heyday are significant.

This book—the first to concentrate on the noir portion of Mason's storied 50-year career—delves into more than a dozen of the actor's noir-influenc...