Bloody Saturday

Richard Fleischer's 'Bloody Saturday' is one of the most beloved -- and overlooked -- color-noirs. The film follows three men who arrive in a small mining town in Arizona to commit a bank robbery. But the plot also broadens out to a portrait of the city and its secrets. When the robbery is finally set in motion, the slowly building unrest explodes into brutal violence. Arizona's open landscapes simultaneously pull the film in the direction of a contemporary western-noir. Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa has described Fleischer as a filmmaker who manages to allow the entire narrative to be expressed through even the smallest gesture and movement. 'Bloody Saturday' is a good example of the precision and energy that characterizes his films.

Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Victor Mature, Richard Egan, Virginia Leith, Stephen McNally
Country/year: United States, 1955
Running time: 90 min.
Formato: DCP
Language: English Dialogue
Age limit: Allowed for children over 15
Original title: Violent Saturday

Part of the series: When film noir got colors
What happens to the shadows of noir films when they are suddenly surrounded by expressive colors? When pastel colors do not soften the obscure crime tales, but, on the contrary, make them sharper and more hard-hitting? This film series revolves around a special moment in postwar American film history, when film noir broke out in color.