Departing from the approach of its
Film Noir Reader predecessors, this third volume in the series assembles a collection of interviews with film noir directors and a cinematographer, few of whom are alive today. Interviewees include Billy Wilder (
Double Indemnity and
Sunset Boulevard), Otto Preminger (
Laura), Joseph Lewis (
Gun Crazy and
The Big Combo), Curtis Bernhardt (
Possessed and
A Stolen Life), Edward Dmytryk (
Murder, My Sweet and
Crossfire), and Fritz Lang (
Scarlet Street and
The Woman in the Window).