Léonide Moguy

1 credit on HibingeTV

Russian-born director who made films in France before emigrating to Hollywood during World War II. His American work includes the noir Whistle Stop (1946) and The Long Night (1947). Quentin Tarantino paid tribute by naming a Django Unchained character "Leonide Moguy" after him.

Directed

4.41946·1h 25mPD

Noir, Crime

Mary (Ava Gardner) returns to her small whistle-stop hometown and reignites an old rivalry between two men who never got over her — bitter, jobless Kenny Veech (George Raft) and slick nightclub owner Lew Lentz (Tom Conway). When Kenny gets pulled into a robbery scheme aimed at Lentz, old jealousy turns to murder. An early starring role for Gardner and a moody small-town noir from Russian émigré director Léonide Moguy, produced by Seymour Nebenzal (M) for United Artists release. The film is in the public domain.

Noir · Crime · Drama

Whistle Stop

1946 - Noir