Build The Gallows

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Build The Gallows takes its name from the 1947 film noir "Out of the Past," directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas. The film was adapted by Geoffrey Homes from his 1946 novel "Build My Gallows High," with uncredited revisions by Frank Fenton and James M. Cain. In the United Kingdom, the film was billed as "Build My Gallows High." The work is widely considered one of the greatest films noirs ever made, earning critical acclaim and cult status through its complex, fatalistic storyline, dark cinematography, and classic femme fatale character. The film's cultural and historical significance was formally recognized in 1991 when the National Film Preservation Board at the Library of Congress selected "Out of the Past" for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.