One of the greatest lesser known underrated b&w films ever.

Agree pipedreamer, a great, as you say, lesser known film. Climax reminded me of the similar tension that built in Fail Safe.

Wish you'd brought this thread up to remind us before the film yesterday, as i thought would be worth a watch on your recommendation, hope it's shown again soon.
Have vague memories of Night of the demon with Dana Andrews being a good film, could do with seeing it again but haven't heard of Night of the Eagle, must look out for that one.
As a young lad remember being terrified by a film called "The Trollenberg Terror" certainly by the opening shots where some mountaineers were scaling a snowy mountain and one is pulling another up with ropes, but when the 2nd persons body comes into view his head was missing, can't recall the rest but that stayed on my young mind for ages, couldn't sleep.

As for music matching a scene, in the final scene of shallow grave the Welsh male voice choir made the hairs at the back of your neck stand up. Sure plenty of other examples but Rodrigos Concierto De Aranjuez played by the brass band in Brassed Off brought a lump to my throat, wonderful stuff.

Stewart,you are so right about the The Trollenberg Terror, frightened me to Effin death.Released in 1958 in the cinema so I don’t how old I was when I saw it on the Box maybe 11 or 12.anyway thanks for the nightmares.stay safe Fred.

Ah yes,The Trollenberg Terror,Lawrence Payne the lead in the tv and film.Also A For Andromeda,with Julie Christie,scary.The big hit on tv came in 1955 with Quatermass and the Pit,with Andre Morrell,(the writer came up with the name Quatermass from the phone book,a guy running an East London Greengrocers !!!!!).
Hammer film of the same name,came out in 1967.Although 53 years old they really did a good job with it SFX and the like,(way ahead of it's time),and some good spooky bits.Starred a great actor Andrew Keir,also Julian Glover and James Donald,showing that actors who trod the boards knew their stuff,and acted with conviction.
I must mention the American series Law And Order,currently on 5usa early afternoons.They start of with a crime and then after they prosecute,(roughly the second half of the episode),that's when the heavy actors take over.Sam Waterstone as the prosecutor.Doggedly seeking out justice.His acting is superb alongside Fred Dalton Thomson as the D.A,he actually stood for his party to run for the Election for President of the United States,he got down to the last 8.Great acting and well written.
Later in the afternoon on 5usa,billed as "New,"are the earlier series of Law and Order,once again,great stories and acting.This series was nominated for 48 Emmy's and won about 6 I think,and is the longest running Police series in the history of ALL television anywhere!!!.
I must mention "The Spiral Staircase" made in 1946,a great Spooky dark house classic (remade appallingly in the 70's),great direction,some almost Hitchcockian.
They managed in the last 20 years to balls up a remake of the 1964 Film "The Haunting" by throwing the kitchen sink at it and going way overboard with C.G.I. at every available opportunity.The Original relied on the audiences own imagination as to what was behind the door in the middle of the night making a noise.Reinforcing the less is more approach.
Sadly these days a lot of films seem to be a lot of S.f.x looking for a story, rather than a good story made better, by the measured use of S.F.X. to complement the story rather than to overwhelm it.
I started to watch the series Person Of Interest,because I liked the premise of a hero rescuing people in trouble.It was a slow burner,but then in the Second series really it really started to take off. They used the Johhny Cash's song "Hurt"to maximum effect in the start of one episode,a great example of directing, cutting,slo-mo,action.
The baddies in it are very impressive,a brooding sense of evil from all of them.A great end to the series that gave a lot to the meaning and purpose of life and the way we all play a part in it.A great series.Very underated.
I see Manhunter was on the other night,pure art in my opinion.Please let me know all of you some of your recommendations as i'm sure that I have  missed some stuff.It's hard to keep track of all the stuff,and I am sure over the years there is some good stuff that I have missed.(p.s.just remembered Don't watch The Quatermass series on Talking Pictures starring John Mills,i'ts appalling.)

Paths of Glory was indeed a great film starring Kirk Douglas but with magnificent performances from the lesser known cast.

I think you are all right about old B/W films having something over their modern counterparts, less gory but much more tension, indeed would Schindlers List have been as good in colour, i rather doubt it.
Citizen Kane is on this afternoon at 3.00, supposed to be a cinematic masterpiece but i've never watched all the way through, must try today, any thoughts on it or is it one of these films that the critics love but possibly hard going for the average viewer, i genuinely don't know.

Another film on Talking pictures at 10.40 is The Boys From Brazil a decent film but having read the book beforehand wasn't a patch on that, but stars Laurence Olivier so worth a watch if you haven't seen it, best not to read up about it beforehand to spoil the plot then i think you'd enjoy it.

HFINK,yes I see that you are well up to speed with you recommendations.Haven't seen Klute on tv for ages.Perhaps if they showed it alongside current stuff,people would realise how much rubbish is made these days.
The Driver,i accidently watched the new, The Driver film the other month, thinking it was the Ryan O,Neill one,which I think was the one that you mean't?.
The Devil Rides Out,yes good film (shown the other day),especially the scene where Charles Gray stops the woman in her living room mid sentence,turns and looks up to the bedroom where Patrick Mower is reasting.I was telling people years ago that Christopher Lee was a good actor,not just to be type cast as Dracula.Just remembered,he and his great acting chum Peter Cushing were in a little remembered Hammer film called "The Skull", a good forgotten film.It was on recently on Talking Pics I think,maybe they will repeat it soon.
Scarlet Street,great Fritz Lang movie,i like The Woman in The Window,same Director,same Edward G,(the G didn't stand for anything apparently).
I must confess that I am not a fan of Nordic Noir,although I have only seen the series The Bridge.In one scene the woman police officer turns to her colleages and says,"HE is only upset with me because he thinks I slept with his son,i DIDN'T).The reaction anticipated by t her colleages should have been one of possible,shock,confusion puzzlement,or any one of a number of reactions that one could imagine.But no,not one twitch of a face muscle could I observe,no recognition in anybodys eyes that anything had been said or that anything at all had happened at all.
I was very unimpressed,annoyed almost,and rueing the fact thatwhen I was 19 years of age sitting in a pub with a woman that I worked with, being introduced to a very impressive guy,who I was told could possibly come and teach some of the young kids acting.He gave me an on the spot demonstration of acting,very impressive.
I never saw him again,maybe he turned up on a day that I wasn't there.I found out years later that it was Don Warrington,(rising damp).
If I knew then what I know (or have seen) now,i might have given it a go.
Reminds me of the story of a guy down on his luck and arrived at the New York bus station,penniless.He lived in a toilet cubicle for a while at the bus station.On walking across the road from the bus station on freezing cold day he noticed people going into a building,so he followed them,hoping to get out of the cold.He sat on a seat,and after a while somebody said to him "you're next !).He had walked in on an audition for a play.He got up there,and the rest they say was history.That man was Sidney Potier!!!.
same with Bob Hoskins,he and his mate got drunk,his mate had to go for an audition,he tagged along,they told him he was next,puzzled,instead of the embarrassment of explaining that he was only accompanying his mate,he got up and auditioned.Thus being in the right time and right place,and taking advantage of an opportunity!!!.
I may be being unfair of Nordic Noir and if anybody has a better example of it I will definitely give it a watch.

Stewart,Geordie,my typing today has tired me out,(i'm 71), I promise I will reply to you later.Suffice to say you're both lovers of true art.

This is also B&W, very good and suspenseful

Failsafe - staring Henry Fonda

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058083/

You all sound as if you should be watching Talking Pictures Freeview 81

I preferred films in BW

But for Sport we must have colour

Geordy,give us your top 100.By the way do not look at the trailer to Night Of The Eagle.It is a total sensationalist distortion of the film.
A trailer made by people with absolutely zero talent and understanding.

Thanks I will take a look if I can I only have sky and a firestick

Dr Ehrlichs magic bullet, inherit the wind. La strada . Lucky partners ginger rogers, double indemnity. It happened tomorrow. Dark passage. Random harvest. Brewster millions. Letters from an uunknown woman.murder my sweet. Louis Pasteur Paul muni . Roman hholiday. The killers 1946. Attack with jsci palance. Big knife. Cross of lorraine. Night of the hunter. Thunder rock. The arrangement. Some like it hot. Hobsons choice.

Colour , little murders. Olds man and the sea. The madwoman of chaillot

Bright leaf is a boring drama. But it first half hour is good . Tobacco .

Yep. Little murders is a bit off beat but I think it's great.

Night of the hunter was panned by critics. Laughton gave up directing? Critics are idiots. Kermod are you listening?.

Gordie1956.the treasure of Sierra madre has got to be up there with the best B/W films ever made.John Hustons directorial debut,fantastic cast brilliant theme music.Mexican bitpart actors to die for,who can forget the Bandito,when asked to show his badge,goes into the big rant badges badges I don’t need no stinking badges.Stay safe watch more old movies.
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Great thread. Some great B & W Classics mentioned indeed. Two of my all time favs are:

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang starring the great Paul Muni which was made in 1932. A classic film indeed.

Another ant-war classic is Die Brucke (The Bridge) a German war film with English subtitles, which was made in 1959.

They are so good, that they are not on youtube, but can buy dvds from amazon.

Gordie1956.the treasure of Sierra madre has got to be up there with the best B/W films ever made.John Hustons directorial debut,fantastic cast brilliant theme music.Mexican bitpart actors to die for,who can forget the Bandito,when asked to show his badge,goes into the big rant badges badges I don’t need no stinking badges.Stay safe watch more old movies.

The chief bandit was played by Alfonso Bedoya
He died the way a bandit should - Bedoya completed filming The Big Country in November 1957, in California, and returned to Mexico City on December 8. Eight days later, after a night of partying with manicurist María Lucía Solana Martínez, Bedoya died of a heart attack in a Mexico City motel room.