# Trying to remember a noir film

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [November 19, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-a-noir-film/975182 "2022-11-19T04:07:30Z")\
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Filmed in B&W in the 1950s I would say. It takes place in a small bar where the patrons have been taken hostage. Towards the end a policeman crawls through the overhead ductwork to try and take out the bad guy.