"Go ahead, try me. You'll love it. Okay? Sissies. You let a woman beat you, huh? You little tiny nothings. You punk! Go ahead, punks!"

Thanks

A better bridge between Classic Noir & Neo-Noir than Mitchum's Marlowe movies. Farewell My Lovely is good but its sentimental subplot weighs it down. His Big Sleep is more faithful to the book than the Hawks-Bogie-Baby version but no one cares including Mitchum. Joan Collins is swell as Agnes.

One of the movies that I thank @tcmtv.bsky.social for.

Believe or Not -- Subway directed by Luc Besson and starring Isabelle Adjani and Christopher Lambert.

My pick as well

On the one hand, at least this list recognizes movies that were made in the studio era. Most of these lists are written to appeal to youngsters who haven't seen a black & white movie. On the other hand, too many WTFs, too many omissions to take it seriously. It's feels good to rage about the trivial

No, Charlie Brown, I expect you to die

Forget it, Charlie Brown, it's Chinatown

I have had mine for about 50 years as well. I had just discovered Will Eisner's The Spirit & bought it for the story that was included.

The Ultimate "every accusation is a confession"

I wouldn't go that far but it is a lot of fun. I think the best movie made by Andy & Arlene Sidaris was Savage Beach.

Should have responded with "Well, now you're on ice, a-hole". Delivered like Jerry Orbach on Law & Order