Singapore (1947)

Review: Singapore (1947)

Director: John Brahm

Cast: Fred MacMurray, Ava Gardner, Roland Culver, Richard Haydn, Spring Byington,

Fred MacMurray
Fred MacMurray
Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner
Roland Culver
Roland Culver
Richard Haydn
Richard Haydn
Spring Byington
Spring Byington

Plot: After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée, alluring Linda, and her disappearance during the Japanese attack. But now Linda resurfaces...with amnesia and married to rich planter Van Leyden. Meanwhile, sinister fence Mauribus schemes to get Matt's pearls.

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Recent Noir releases from Indicator and Arrow

Recent Noir releases from Indicator and Arrow

Indicator’s Universal Noir #2 box set gathers six minor movies from the late 1940s, most of which can only qualify as noir if the definition is severely stretched, while William Wyler’s consummate craft lifts B-movie tropes to the […]

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