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Why is this labeled as being film noir?


I love film noir and while I really like this movie, it clearly doesn't fit in the genre of film noir so why does IMDb tag it as such?

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I do not consider this a Noir picture. Just because it was made in 1951, filmed in B&W, has Cops and crooks does not make it anything other than a drama. It is very good and I enjoyed every minute.

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Just enjoy it for what it is. Does it really matter what technical category you think it fits in?

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