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Dark, dangerous and seductive women crop up in many classic film noirs and neo-noirs. How many of these do you recognise?
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Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) in The Last Seduction
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Alice Reed (Joan Bennett) in The Woman in the Window
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Jessie Wyler (Rachel Ward) in Against All Odds
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