Deborah Walker-Morrison is Associate Professor of French at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She has published widely on French cinema and is co-author (with Alistair Rolls) of French and American Noir: Dark Crossings (2009).

Morrison covers a vast number of films with assurance and style… This is an erudite and insightful book.

• Dedication List of Illustrations Acknowledgements I. Setting the Scene1. Introduction3–172. Fatal(e) Desire in French Poetic Realism18–28II. The Long Shadow of War3. Looking for the Light31–494. Too Many Women? War and Fatal(e) Desire50–68III. Cherchez La Femme5. Fatal(e) Passions: Tragic Fatalitaires and Star-Crossed Lovers71–936. ’Thou Shalt Not Covet’: Adulterous Fatalitaires94–1127. Bad Girls113–136IV. Cherchez L’Homme8. Fatal Men139–1619. Law Enforcers Meet the Femme162–18210. Love and Money: Gender and Consumption in Gangster Noir183–204V. ConclusionClassic French Noir: The Dark Side of ’Quality’ Cinema (1946–59)207–214AppendicesAppendix 1: 101 French Films Noirs217–222Appendix 2: Tables223–225Bibliography

Deborah Walker-Morrison is Associate Professor of French at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She has published widely on French cinema and is co-author (with Alistair Rolls) of French and American Noir: Dark Crossings (2009).

Morrison covers a vast number of films with assurance and style… This is an erudite and insightful book.

• Dedication List of Illustrations Acknowledgements I. Setting the Scene1. Introduction3–172. Fatal(e) Desire in French Poetic Realism18–28II. The Long Shadow of War3. Looking for the Light31–494. Too Many Women? War and Fatal(e) Desire50–68III. Cherchez La Femme5. Fatal(e) Passions: Tragic Fatalitaires and Star-Crossed Lovers71–936. ’Thou Shalt Not Covet’: Adulterous Fatalitaires94–1127. Bad Girls113–136IV. Cherchez L’Homme8. Fatal Men139–1619. Law Enforcers Meet the Femme162–18210. Love and Money: Gender and Consumption in Gangster Noir183–204V. ConclusionClassic French Noir: The Dark Side of ’Quality’ Cinema (1946–59)207–214AppendicesAppendix 1: 101 French Films Noirs217–222Appendix 2: Tables223–225Bibliography

Deborah Walker-Morrison is Associate Professor of French at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She has published widely on French cinema and is co-author (with Alistair Rolls) of French and American Noir: Dark Crossings (2009).

Morrison covers a vast number of films with assurance and style… This is an erudite and insightful book.

• Dedication List of Illustrations Acknowledgements I. Setting the Scene1. Introduction3–172. Fatal(e) Desire in French Poetic Realism18–28II. The Long Shadow of War3. Looking for the Light31–494. Too Many Women? War and Fatal(e) Desire50–68III. Cherchez La Femme5. Fatal(e) Passions: Tragic Fatalitaires and Star-Crossed Lovers71–936. ’Thou Shalt Not Covet’: Adulterous Fatalitaires94–1127. Bad Girls113–136IV. Cherchez L’Homme8. Fatal Men139–1619. Law Enforcers Meet the Femme162–18210. Love and Money: Gender and Consumption in Gangster Noir183–204V. ConclusionClassic French Noir: The Dark Side of ’Quality’ Cinema (1946–59)207–214AppendicesAppendix 1: 101 French Films Noirs217–222Appendix 2: Tables223–225Bibliography