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By a unanimous vote of 10 - 0, Double Indemnity is your winner. :emoji_thumbsup: As much as I love The Third Man, I have to agree with this outcome. While TTT does have noirish elements, DI pretty much defines the term. :)

The Third Man wins 7 - 5. Double Indemnity wins 8 - 2. Final Match Double Indemnity vs. The Third Man

Double Indemnity wins 7 - 0. The Third Man wins 8 - 1. The Final Four Round 5 - Bracket 1 Chinatown vs. The Third Man Round 5 - Bracket 2 Double Indemnity vs. The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon wins 5 - 2. Chinatown wins 4 - 2. Round 4 - Bracket 3 Double Indemnity vs. The Killers (1946) Round 4 - Bracket 4 The Third Man vs. The Asphalt Jungle

Double Indemnity wins 4 - 0. The Third Man wins 5 - 0. This is where things really start to hurt! :) Round 4 - Bracket 1 The Big Heat vs. The Maltese Falcon Round 4 - Bracket 2 Gilda vs. Chinatown

The Killers wins 4 - 0. The Maltese Falcon wins 4 - 0. Round 3 - Bracket 7 Double Indemnity vs. This Gun for Hire Round 3 - Bracket 8 The Third Man vs. The Long Goodbye

The Big Heat wins 5 - 1. Chinatown wins 5 - 1. Round 3 - Bracket 5 Sweet Smell of Success vs. The Killers (1946) Round 3 - Bracket 6 The Maltese Falcon vs. Dark Passage

Gilda wins 3 - 2. The Asphalt Jungle wins 4 - 1. Round 3 - Bracket 3 The Big Heat vs. Force of Evil Round 3 - Bracket 4 Chinatown vs. Red Rock West

Chinatown wins 5 - 3. Double Indemnity wins 11 - 0. So begins round three with the wild cards making their entrance... Round 3 - Bracket 1 Gilda vs. Mildred Pierce Round 3 - Bracket 2 The Sterling Hayden match! The Killing vs. The Asphalt Jungle

The Big Heat wins 4 - 1. The Maltese Falcon wins 6 - 3. Our final round two matchups! Round 2 - Bracket 7 Chinatown vs. Kiss of Death (1946) Round 2 - Bracket 8 Notorious vs. Double Indemnity Ouch.

The Third Man wins 7 - 2. :) The Killers wins 3 - 0. Round 2 - Bracket 5 The Big Heat vs. The Blue Dahlia Round 2 - Bracket 6 The Maltese Falcon vs. Out of the Past

Gilda wins 3 - 0. The Killing wins 5 - 2. Round 2 - Bracket 3 The Third Man vs. Blood Simple Round 2 - Bracket 4 Detour vs. The Killers (1946)

The Maltese Falcon wins 11 - 2. Notorious wins 7 - 5. Detour wins 3 - 2.

The Killers wins 5 - 1. The Third Man wins 6 - 4. :) Our final round one matchups... Round 1 - Bracket 15 The Maltese Falcon vs. The Big Sleep (1946) Round 1 - Bracket 16 L.A. Confidential vs. Notorious And I messed up along the way. I had Out of the Past in two matchups. :b...

Blood Simple wins 6 - 2. The Killing wins 6 - 5. I'm surprised, but not upset, by that last one. Round 1 - Bracket 13 Gaslight vs. The Killers (1946) Round 1 - Bracket 14 The Third Man vs. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) The seconds and thirds for the wild card list seem to...

Chinatown wins 8 - 2. Out of the Past wins 4 - 0. The Blue Dahlia wins 2 - 1. Round 1 - Bracket 11 Blood Simple vs. House of Games Round 1 - Bracket 12 Touch of Evil vs. The Killing Only eight slots open on the wild card list. Keep those seconds and thirds coming! :)

Don't forget: we still need to finish the wild card list. There are nine slots open. Remember that we need a tie-breaking vote between Laura and The Blue Dahlia.

Double Indemnity wins 9 - 3. Laura and The Blue Dahlia are tied 1 - 1. The usual sudden death rules apply. Round 1 - Bracket 9 Chinatown vs. Memento Round 1 - Bracket 10 Out of the Past vs. Detour

Wild card noms list updated. The Sweet Smell of Success was originally on the main list but I took it off - I think I jumped the gun on that one. :) Anyway, I went ahead and put it on the wild card list.

Shadow of a Doubt wins 5 - 2. Kiss of Death wins 2 - 0. Round 1 - Bracket 7 Double Indemnity vs. Sunset Blvd. Round 1 - Bracket 8 Laura vs. The Blue Dahlia

Here's the updated wild card nominations list: After Dark My Sweet The Asphalt Jungle* Call Northside 777* Dark Passage* Dead Again* Dead Reckoning Devil in a Blue Dress Dial M for Murder* The Element of Crime Force of Evil* The Grifters* Gun Crazy (1949)...

Out of the Past wins 5 - 0. Gilda wins 2 - 1. Round 1 - Bracket 5 Strangers on a Train vs. Shadow of a Doubt Round 1 - Bracket 6 Kiss Me Deadly vs. Kiss of Death (1946) Remember to keep the seconds and thirds coming for the wild card list. Four more of each for everyone. :)

The Big Heat wins 8 - 1. Body Heat wins 9 - 1. Round 1 - Bracket 3 Out of the Past vs. The Night of the Hunter Round 1 - Bracket 4 The Lady from Shanghai vs. Gilda Noms list update. Two more noms, plus four more seconds and thirds for everyone. :)

Guys, here's a list of the current noms: Nominations After Dark My Sweet The Asphalt Jungle Call Northside 777* Dark Passage Dead Again* Dead Reckoning Devil in a Blue Dress Dial M for Murder The Element of Crime Force of Evil* The Grifters* Gun Crazy (1949) Insomnia*...

Okay, I guess you want to get started! :) Round 1 - Bracket 1 The Big Heat vs. The Naked City Round 1 - Bracket 2 Body Heat vs. The Man Who Wasn't There Remember that we still need to fill one more slot on the list. Also, let me know if you'd like to run with a wild card list which...

Actually, we only need to fill one slot - The Blue Dahlia had already been seconded so that last second was actually a third. I'd fill the last slot myself but I just can't decide! Since there are still some great picks left, I'll present an idea: we could compile an additional list of 16...

List updated. After much thought, I've put Notorious back on the list. :) With the thirding of Detour, we need to fill only two more slots. Also: I decided to add The Element of Crime to the noms list.

Tommy: It does get a bit confusing! :) As you originally mentioned, is Rebecca film noir? Perhaps. Anyway, some of the films you listed above may end up in the tourney since it looks like we may have a problem filling out the list. The reason I took some films off the list was because I...

Okay, this seems to have slowed to a crawl. But we only need to fill four more slots so two more noms, two more seconds, and two more thirds for everyone. :) I'm gonna go cry now. Once again, I bowled three crappy-ass games. Well, that 2-7-10 split I picked up was mighty impressive. Never...