This is the complete sentence presented in the exercise:
Less a genre than a stylistic and narrative tendency, <u>the film noir</u> is often considered to have started in 1941 with Huston's The Maltese Falcon or even earlier with Radio Keith Orpheum's (RKOS) film Stranger on the Third Floor.
<u>The film noir</u>
The <u>film noir</u> is a genre that started in the United States and it is related to detectives, criminals, dark lights, cold settings and shadows.