Death on the Cheap: The Lost B Movies of Film NoirRobert Mitchum once commented to Arthur Lyons about his movies of the 1940s and 1950s: "Hell, we didn't know what film noir was in those days. We were just making movies. Cary Grant and all the big stars at RKO got all the lights. We lit our sets with cigarette butts." Film noir was made to order for the "B," or low budget, part of the movie double bill. It was cheaper to produce because it made do with less lighting, smaller casts, limited sets, and