Out of the Past (1947)





A private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses and duplicitous dames.


Books with substantial mentioning of Out of the Past

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

David Sterritt and John Anderson (eds.)
The B list, The National Society of Film Critics on the low-budget beauties, genre-bending mavericks, and cult classics we love
Cambridge, MA, 2008

Geoff Mayer and Brian McDonnell
Encyclopedia of Film Noir
Westport, Connecticut/London, 2007

Jürgen Müller
Movies of the 40s
Köln, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris, Tokyo, 2005

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Danny Peary
Cult Movies, The Classics, the Sleepers, the Weird, and the Wonderful
New York, 1989

Tony Thomas
The Films of Kirk Douglas
Secaucus, NJ, 1975

Books with an entry on Out of the Past

Michael F. Keaney
Film Noir Guide, 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2003

Articles with substantial mentioning of Out of the Past

Robert Porfirio, Daniel Mainwaring (1902-1977), in: Robert Porfirio, Alain Silver and James Ursini (eds.), Film noir reader 3, New York, 2002



Year: 1947
Country: United States
Language: English
 
IMDb: 0039689