Gilda (1946)

Mix suave, narcissistic, and cruel career criminals, Latin blood, and one unscrupulous, beautiful adulteress in the setting of an illegal Buenos Aires casino, and cinematic sparks are poised to fly. For drama, factor in a past, soured relationship between the beauty, who is wed to the owner of the casino, and the casino-owner's right-hand spiv. Put the entire cauldron of greed and rage under the direction of Charles Vidor, and sit back as Gilda (1946), one of the most black-hearted noirs of the black-and-white era, unfolds and enwraps you in its web of dark-hearted seduction. No betrayal is too bleak for one night in the shadowy embrace of Gilda's love light.