Hangmen Also Die!

Pros: Cinematography, propaganda, story
Cons: Read the review

Hangmen Also Die! (1943) When film noir was discovered - remember the ones making the films at the time were not consciously trying to create a style but were using economical means of getting the most out of their shooting dollar - ...

Pros: the last third, Anna Lee
Cons: very slow development

"Hangmen Also Die" (1943) is the only Hollywood screen credit of Bertholt Brecht (whose plays and stories have been the basis of many movies, the most notable of which is G. W. Pabst's film of "Threepenny Opera."). According to film historian Lotte ...

Pros: great Lang and Brecht collaboration with excellent Noir visuals
Cons: some of the dialogue is real Propoganda

Hangmen Also Die is the only collaboration that Fritz Lang and his fellow countryman Bertolt Brecht are credited with, and Brecht is said to have disowned the project later due to the commercial polish that was layered over the film to make it a viable ...