One of the all time most consistently outstanding film directors, Anthony Manns actionsuspense films continually returned to the theme of intelligent, thoughtful men driven to violence.Heroes in Mann movies relentlessly pursued justice, breaking the law along the way if need be. Arguably the premier American film noir director, with its shadows and darkness, Mann also virtually invented western noir, where sprawling, bright landscapes contrasted with the dark, personal struggles.His 1950s westerns nearly singlehandedly rescued the western genre from jokey oblivion. Despite all this, and the immediate familiarity of many of his films, Mann is relatively unknown today.Many of Mann’s films were written by Borden Chase who also wrote Red River, Vera Cruz and more or John Higgins The Kid Glove Killer, the classic The Adventures of Tartu and Robinson Crusoe on Mars.Mann brought a writers sensibility to his filmmaking.His pictures look and move with incredible precision, AND they told fantastic stories. Mann also wrote for films he did not direct himself, most notably Follow Me Quietly, directed by Richard Fleischer.More than twenty Mann movies rate three stars or better, including a handful of the best films of his generation. This list is my suggestions on how to begin to explore the films of Anthony Mann.

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