Out of the Past
Director: Jacques Tourneur Run Time: 97 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1947
Starring: Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Richard Webb, Robert Mitchum
Special Introduction by Foster Hirsch!
Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas vie for the honor of being betrayed by Jane Greer, the most desirable of devil dolls, in this quintessential noir masterpiece. A grubby private eye (Mitchum) is hired by a sleek gangster (Douglas) to rein in his fugitive frail (Greer). Equal measures of poetry, poignancy, and hardboiled fatalism.
Double Feature with MURDER, MY SWEET
This program is funded in part by The Brattle’s 35mm Film Fund. Donations to this fund maintain our film projection equipment, train future projectionists, and ensure that The Brattle will be able to continue 35mm screenings well into the future.