Keaney Michael F. Film Noir Guide: 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959

London & Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc, 2011. — 552 p. — ISBN: 978-0-7864-6366-4More than 700 films from the classic period of film noir (1940 to 1959) are presented in this exhaustive reference book — such films as The Accused, Among the Living, The Asphalt Jungle, Baby Face Nelson, Bait, The Beat Generation, Crossfire, Dark Passage, I Walk Alone, The Las Vegas Story, The Naked City, Strangers on a Train, White Heat, and The Window. For each film, the following information is provided: the title, release date, main performers, screenwriter(s), director(s), type of noir, thematic content, a rating based on the five-star system, and a plot synopsis that does not reveal the ending.