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You touch me and you won't live till morning!

Ava Gardner as Kitty Collins in THE KILLERS (1946) dir. Robert Siodmak

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Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson in DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) dir. Billy Wilder

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We went into this together and we're coming out at the end together. It's straight down the line for both of us. Remember?

DOUBLE INDEMNITY 1944, dir. Billy Wilder

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I'm not afraid of death. I don't care if I go to hell. My life has been hell since the day I was born. But if I had to go to heaven, then I'd really start to tremble.

HIGH AND LOW | 天国と地獄 1963, dir. Akira Kurosawa

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FILM NOIR WOMEN WITH GUNS (pt. 1 & pt. 2)

Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity (1944) dir. Billy Wilder Teresa Wright, Pursued (1947) dir. Raoul Walsh Rita Hayworth, The Lady from Shanghai (1947) dir. Orson Welles Jane Greer, The Big Steal (1949) dir. Don Siegel Joan Leslie, Repeat Performance (1947) dir. Alfred L. Werker Joan Crawford, Flamingo Road (1949) dir. Michael Curtiz Lizabeth Scott, Too Late for Tears (1949) dir. Byron Haskin Gloria Grahame, The Big Heat (1953) dir. Fritz Lang

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Bad luck either makes a man or destroys him. Are you gonna let it destroy you? Depending how you take it, bad luck can be a big break.

STRAY DOG | 野良犬 1949, dir. Akira Kurosawa

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And I'm the one that fixed it so he was dead. Is that what you're telling me? - And nobody's pulling out. We went into this together, and we're coming out at the end together. It's straight down the line for both of us. Remember?

Barbara Stanwyck in DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) dir. Billy Wilder

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Ava Gardner in THE KILLERS (1946) dir. Robert Siodmak