I never know what these movies are when I start them. I read nothing about them beyond their titles, and just let them wash over me. Seeing a title like Hell is a City, well, this is a noir, isn’t it? And those opening titles, well, this is definitely a noir. All night in the city, car passing through, jazzy music. It’s a noir. And then the film is more of a straight police procedural. It still has the attitude, especially from its protagonist, but it misses the look and even the narrative s...