Day 10 of The Daily Dish: It Takes Two to Tango

Today’s yummy topic for The Daily Dish is so much fun to think about – Favorite Noir Duo. There are so many great couples in the shadowy world of noir, and I hope you’ll forgive me (and indulge me) whilst I name some of my favorites. There’s Phyllis Dietrichson and Walter Neff, of course, from Double Indemnity (1944). Kathie Moffat and Jeff Bailey in Out of the Past (1947). Cora Smith and Frank Chambers of The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946). On any given day, I could point to any one of these couples – and so many others I can think of – as my favorite, but today? I’m giving the nod to Keechie and Bowie in They Live By Night (1948). The directorial debut of Nicholas Ray, this feature opens with the prison escape of a trio of convicts – T-Dub Mansfield (Jay C. Flippen), Chicamaw Mobley (Howard DaSilva), and Arthur “Bowie” Bowers (Farley Granger). While on the lam from the law, Bowie meets Chicamaw’s niece Keechie (Cathy O’Donnell) and the two fall in love, but their hopes for a…

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