Leslie Stevens’ Private Property (1960): Noir’s Edge of Wetness
Long thought lost, Stevens’ grim exposé of gender roles and sexual psychopathy may be the missing link in noir’s transition to the sixties.
Author: Don Malcolm
Don Malcolm has been editor of Noir City, the Film Noir Foundation's quarterly e-zine, since 2006. His book Noir in the Sixties will be published in 2013. His company, Midcentury Productions, is currently partnering with Ghostbox Studios to produce Unsung Hero, a documentary chronicling the life and career of actor-producer-writer Don Murray. (Painting of author by Laurie Pincus.)
