Orson Welles in Touch of Evil (1958)
POLICE CAPTAIN HANK QUINLAN
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Poll: Classic Film-Noir Villains
In a genre where even the good guys are somewhat ambiguous, the villains are likely to be more than just "morally corrupted".
Creepy, eccentric, charismatic, dark or mysterious, these classic film-noir villains were certainly among the main ingredients that gave their movies this taste of cinematic immortality.
Which of these classic film-noir villains is your favorite?
(to stay on the "noir" mood, no color or neo-Noir movies included)
Make Your Choice
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Gloria Swanson in Sunset Blvd. (1950)
NORMA DESMOND -
Robert Mitchum in The Night of the Hunter (1955)
REVEREND HARRY POWELL -
Sydney Greenstreet in The Maltese Falcon (1941)
KASPER GUTMAN -
#5
HARRY LIME -
#6
JOHNNY ROCCO -
#7
PHYLLIS DIETRICHSON -
Charles Boyer in Gaslight (1944)
GREGORY ANTON -
Peter Lorre in M (1931)
HANS BECKHERT -
#10
MRS. DANVERS -
Joseph Cotten in Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
UNCLE CHARLIE -
James Cagney
ARTHUR 'CODY' JARRETT -
Angela Lansbury in The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
MRS. ELEANOR SHAW ISELIN -
#14
ELSA BANNISTER -
Mary Astor in The Maltese Falcon (1941)
BRIGID O'SHAUGHNESSY -
Bette Davis in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
BABY JANE HUDSON -
Claude Rains in Notorious (1946)
ALEXANDER SEBASTIAN -
"Cape Fear" Robert Mitchum 1961 Universal
MAX CADY -
#19
J.J. HUNSECKER -
Robert Walker in Strangers on a Train (1951)
BRUNO ANTONY -
#21
WALDO LYDECKER -
Lana Turner in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
CORA SMITH -
Paul Muni in Scarface (1932)
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