The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950) [Film Noir] [Crime] 

He was so cool at the end, lighting her cigarette, never saying a word. That look.

This is such a good movie! You can hear the little static in the background, The way they smoke the cigarettes, Just the whole flow of the movie there's no sex, there's just the story The way they build the story is so good ! wish they made movies like this! Peace to everyone

I'M A BIG FAN OF THESE TYPE OF OLD MOVIES THE CLOTHES, APT'S ,BUILDINGS,CARS,VIBE,ETC

These old movies are really good.Good clean movie free of bad language etc.Thanks for the upload.

They don't make this kind of movie anymore. A shame a lot of the stuff we have in the cinema world .those were the days, a era gone by . Those of us who know the difference miss it. Thank u 4 bringing it back.

Love, Love, Love Lee J. Cobb His catalog of work is immense.

Cobb victim if terrible luck. Car gets seen at airport, buddy sees him at toll booth and then throws the gun off the bridge and it lands in a boat.. . Dames like dat can jinx you forevah!

This film is simply a masterclass in suspense! The way the music cues the dropped inspection slip, the way the lamp turned on to reveal the third bullet hole, the parkour chase along the city buildings, the echoey footsteps and whistling wind blowing through the abandoned fortress... all such effective (and cinematically-stunning) ways of eliciting anticipation from start to finish!

Very dramatic gestures. I have seen this movie a couple of times. Worth the watch 👍🏼

The Lt. delivered a better sucker punch to his brother than his kiss to his girl😂 I found the opening scene with the dropped gun receipt and the closing with the floating scarf to be a nice pair of bookends.

an excellent thriller film. Suspenseful and atmospheric scenarios. Thanks.

Everyone smoked it those days. Crazy to see Jane puffing.

Two thumbs up. Unpredictable plot twists. I agree the woman wasn't a great actor, but I can stand a little cheese in these old movies. Besides, the other actors were terrific. This should go down as Film Noir classic!

I don't remember this film having been shown but it's another example of a lost classic. Great story with superlative actors. It's a shame these wonderful films get lost somehow like socks in the dryer. Glad I found it but I'm still searching for that other sock.

Lee J. Cobb is one fine actor. Seamless in his characterization .His cop in "The Exorcist" was a perfect swan song to a distinguished career. Salutes to you my gifted friend.

Great old film i love watching them late at night.

How sad the women just used him, and he ended with nothing and in trouble for sticking up for her, smh.

This is a keeper. It's a must see, very enjoyable film.

He knew what she was all along. Her husband realized it too late. She got away with murder. He was left holding a cigarette.

Thank You Timeless Classic Movies.👍 A Must See. God Bless.❤️🙌

So many great shots especially toward the end. Fabulous long angles, shadowy images and the simplest of props to build tension. An art that gave way to graphics and technology.

They sure didn't smoke enough cigarettes, omg, in just about every scene, thruout the whole film.

EXCELLENT FLICK. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

I liked it! ( In spite of terrible sound quality) Tight, tense and they keep the suspense going. Cobb is obviously head and heels better actor than the others but he just isn't a "leading man." Nevertheless, this was an enjoyable film noir excursion.

LOVE the black and whites! When real movies were made. And some of the titles are freakin' awesome!

I found this movie thoroughly enjoyable. Interesting plot. Great acting. The chase scene with the detective climbing the telephone pole was clever. I highly recommend. Thanks for sharing.

Love the great Nash automobiles in this great thriller.

What a pleasant surprise! I have been a fan of Lee J. Cobb and Jane Wyatt for a long time, and discovered John Doll after I saw "Gun Crazy" the first time. An excellent plot, exciting and filmed in and around California. A must see for film noir fans!

What a great movie! How I missed this one over all the years of “old film buffing” I don’t know. Never EVER thought of Lee J. As “sexy” - - he kinda WAS in this film😍! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Do we think John Dall wears a toupe? I thought so in “Rope”, but the top is shorter in this one???? I dunno 🤷‍♀️ TYTYTY SO MUCH for this gift on a chilly, wet evening, snuggled under the blankies with a pot of tea! Ain’t life grand???💕🙏🙋‍♀️

Note to self: never wear high heels when climbing metal stairs in hide out; the closing seconds when her arm is linked with the prosecutor, she asks for a cigarette, 'light one for me will ya darling..." Just proves how important and vital nicotine was to superior policing in the 20th century...I rest my case.

Second viewing, enjoyed it just as much as the first time. Sure, the plot's thin and it doesn't compare with the masterpieces, but not every film can be a champ. It's NOIR, and that's all that matters.....

I see that Janet and Lois Lane had the same taste in cars, Nash Rambler convertible.

53:34 - Wow! I love this apartment!

Thanks for posting.

I love the way the brother is all up in there, instantly

Good movie, thanks for posting.

They make me laugh the way they clutch before a kiss, looks so desperate.

Great theme for a noir movie. It's one thing when it's a confirmed bad cop that kills someone and tries to stay ahead of the investigation but when it's a good cop covering up for himself or a friend, relative, or a girlfriend things get a lot hairier. If its a good cop that has to make a hasty decision he's surely gonna make mistakes. A dirty cop, used to cover ups uses his deceitful instincts to slither out of predicaments. Try watching "Shield For Murder" with Edmund O'Brian right after this one. There's a similarity there but the differences are revealing too. In one portrayal the worst that the cop did was a cover up with all the accompanying behavior but allows things to escalate and get complicated. This because Cobb's character has a foil, his rookie cop brother. John Dall is just fine in his role. Jane Wyatt is the perfect bitch unfaithful wife. Most all people who wish to be a cop, a detective, have a common inner desire to make things better. Being confronted with temptations and opportunities that the average Joe Lunchbox never comes across and how it is dealt with is the defining factor. The test of character. In the Cobb and O'Brian comparison both do great jobs in their roles exposing the differences. They both become desperate men, letting that desire to want to make things better dissolve into their immediate needs to stay free and alive. There's so much more I could ramble on about but I'm not gonna spoil the experience of anyone wanting to make the comparison of the two films. With all the viewing time available now being closed in its easy to get caught up in film analysis lol ! Thanks TMC for the many hours of indulgent solace. Its comforting to know that I always have your movies to go to 😉 Whew!

A fun B-film. The Film Noir elements make up for the loose script, corny ending and suprisingly poor Jany Wyatt acting. My local movie theater played these films constantly---and we loved them!

Everything that they said it would be! Thank you for hosting this.

Cobb was also a harmonica virtuoso, and leader of the harmonica-band The Capybara Boys. You think I'm kidding....

This was SO GOOD! Glad I found it. Thanks for the upload.

Loved seeing those cars after so many years. I believe they were Nash's or Studebakers I could be corrected. wow

Excellent Hollywood ... Thanks for sharing this gem.

Thanks for posting and sharing!! :-)

Great movie. Thanks TCM for the download.

Good movie. Thank you for uploading.

Lee J. cobb 👌🏻👌🏻 I’d watch anything with that name on the list.

Great movie, thanks!

Excellent, thank you.

Love the 2 Nashs and the 50 Chevy fassback

Good film, head twister. I thought it was funny. Thanks for upload.

Lee J. Cobb (real name Leo Jacob) was a superb actor.

A superb movie all around. A+

Love 💕 these oldies! Good clean “who done it?”

Very entertaining, if campy, the chase scenes in dress suit, tie and hat...which never fell off.

Lee J. Cobb, always great. Jane Wyatt, never really saw her in anything but "Father Knows Best," quite a surprise.

Nothing like these old B&W films!!!

She just should have played it straight. It was an obvious case of self defense.

Some great exterior shots of Frisco! Interesting history of the director and supporting-leading lady, too. Very interesting story behind the development of the movie. (Saw it on TCM)

great old flick, they smoked a lot back in the day

Jane Wyatt...lovely...assuming the brother saw the scarf as he walked across the tower yard....

This is a great Noir for a bad weather afternoon. The weird cars are early 1950's Nash Ambassador and Nash Rambler Airflyte. Nash cars were very popular with older people when I was a kid in the early 1960's.

Good watch, thanks!

TMC and noire films are my guilty pleasure!! First time watching this one....looks like another good one.

So awesome 🎉 thankyouuuuu 😊

Now watch 'Time Table.' Mark Stevens investigates himself in crime in that one, & the entire plot is wonderful, as is the acting. This one is good, too.

Good one!

This lacked sparkling dialog, but it was well written, had a tight pace and kept suspense going til the end.

Good movie and I loved seeing the Nash convertible!

excellent movie thanks :)

Wonderful movie!😊

another excelllent film noir movie.

What a fabulous setting for the catch with the wind whistling in and out. Now, did the scarf fly off or did she drop it?

Good story

Jane has to win the 'hammiest' actress award for this one. She can't compare to Lee.

Can someone please explain the ending to me. Was she selling him out by cozing up to a prosecutor or cop senior to him? Or was she working on trying to get him out by doing that? I DON'T KNOW...Look at that long look between them. What was it for? Did he think she'll get him out of it, or did she say that HE was the killer and take off with a new guy.. MONEY CAN BY FREEDOM, apparently.

Jane Wyatt was my favorite TV mom , a sitter everyday after school on Father Knows Best

Great movie. Great plot.

Brilliant observation that the blood was going in two directions.....very 2000s

the real twist is how a color blind person would see blue as green and not the other way around...

Interesting /informative /entertaining. Enjoyed viewing the cars/ambulance/pay toll/indoor lighting/phones/micro scope of that era-!!!😉. Those detectives climb phone poles/fire escapes very quickly & efficiently-!!!😳.

The title describes me. 😁👍

Thank you for the tutorial video.

What a tangled web we weave....

this is a great watch,,,,,,classic

I reveal things about the story in this comment so don't complain if you read this before you watch the movie and it spoils the plot for you. Lots of comments here reveal that folks did not pay attention to what happened. The woman's husband had planned to murder her. He bought a gun and hid it in the house with the plan to return, break in, get the gun and shoot her with it. He probably planned on taking some obvious valuables and leaving with them to make it look like a break in. He was counting on being at the airport to be his alibi. She found the gun, had a bit of evidence to believe that he intended to kill her, and she freaked out and shot him when he came towards her. Because he did not have a lethal weapon in his hands, his shooting would be viewed as manslaughter at best, and maybe third, or second degree murder. The cop saw what happened and realized from the evidence that the husband did come back to murder her. The cop doesn't want his girlfriend to be charged with a crime that killed a guy who was planning on murdering her. He figured the guy's death could be passed off as an easy case of a mugging gone bad and it would all be forgotten. Everything up to that point is very believable. However, the scheme to fake the cause of death didn't go right from the beginning. He dumped the body in a highly visible location, and it was spotted as he was leaving the site in his car. Then the gun he thought he had gotten rid of was turned in to the police, etc. The plot may have gone off the rails around then because I think any sensible person would have told his brother what actually happened at that point. Slugging his brother and trying to run away with the gal is something no cop with a brain would have done. He'd know that even if they were not found right away, his, and her bank accounts and all investments, would be seized and they would have nothing to live on. The best part of this movie is the very end. Because she has a good lawyer and will throw the cop under the bus to save her own hide, he will probably go to jail for 2nd degree murder. He gets an expression on his face that reveals that he thinks that right before the movie ends.

Lee J.Cob was a big actor.

,,,, good flick.

I've been in that yard at the fort and the footstep dubbing was so overdone it soundedas if they were walking on coconut halves! Otherwise a good flick.

Good movie

One of my favorite old movie..

Just watched Cobb,James Stewart in room 777? Cobb is a actor I've started to see how underrated he was in my eyes....hea in ""The Left Hand of God" a really unique film with Humphrey Bogart!!! Beings up " great film ( Bogart) and others!! "" The Barefooted Contessa""!!!!not seen!!! Watch!!

I like the movie had a good plot behind it right to the end thank you so much a great time capsule brought back out 👍🇺🇸

What kind of ending is that-I don't want to give it away, but him? An accomplice?

beautiful movie >

this is a fantastic movie!!! great actors, great story!! plus john dall was in this-ALWAYS a plus. jane was a little overplayed...but she had the look for her part... mr lee j cobb-what can you say? he was a gem.

Boy, Wyatt was a real beauty!

Thanks for download - fun to watch although a stupid, needless plot.

I had to look up the location towards the end. Ever heard of Fort Point. It has an interesting history. Glad it’s been preserved.