House of Bamboo (1955)
House of Bamboo (1955) In Tokyo, a ruthless gang starts holding up U.S. ammunition trains, prepared to kill any of their own members wounded during a robbery. Down-at-heal ex-serviceman Eddie Spannier arrives from the States, apparently at the invitation of one such unfortunate. But Eddie isn't quit
Born to Be Bad (1950)
Born to Be Bad 1950 The loyal assistant to publisher John Caine, Donna Foster has agreed to put up Johns niece, Christabel Caine, in her apartment as Christabel attends business school in San Francisco This favor is not only due to that loyalty, but that Donna will soon be leaving anyway as she and
Christmas Holiday (1944)
Christmas Holiday (1944) Due to inclement weather, Lt. Charles Mason is forced to spend Christmas in New Orleans. Recently dumped by his girlfriend, the depressed Lieutenant falls in with Jackie Lamont, a singer who works at a nightclub and brothel. After attending midnight mass together, she tells
Smooth as Silk (1946)
Smooth as Silk 1946 An attorney, engaged to an actress, gains acquittal for a wealthy playboy accused of manslaughter The actress, anxious to play the lead in a production backed by the uncle of the playboy, neglects her fiancee in favor of the playboy The enraged attorney kills the playboys uncle a
Another Mans Poison (1951)
Another Mans Poison (1951) Mystery writer Janet Frobisher lives alone in a dark English country house, when she's not philandering with her secretary's fiancée. At an extremely awkward moment, she has an unwelcome visitor: George Bates, who claims to be the partner in crime of Janet's estranged hus
I Became a Criminal (1947)
I Became a Criminal (1947) In this gritty film noir, cynical ex-RAF flyer Morgan, bored with civilian life, joins a break-in gang led by Narcy. On his first job, the getaway car crashes after killing a policeman. Morgan is framed as the driver and sent to jail. Seeking revenge, he escapes and heads
The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
The Shanghai Gesture (1941) A young woman, Poppy, out for excitement in Shanghai, enters a gambling house owned by "Mother" Gin Sling, a dragon-lady who worked herself up from poverty to buy the casino. Sir Guy Charteris, wealthy entrepreneur, has purchased a large area of Shanghai, forcin
Crashout (1955)
Crashout (1955) Convict Van Duff engineers a large-scale prison break; the six survivors hide out in a forgotten mine working near the prison, then set out on a long, dangerous journey by foot, car, train and truck to retrieve Duff's bank loot. En route, as they touch the lives of "regular folk
Escape in the Fog (1945)
Escape in the Fog (1945) A military nurse recovering at an inn from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees two men trying to murder a third. When she meets a man who is a federal agent at the inn, she is astounded to discover that he is the man in her dream who is the intended murder
Alias Nick Beal (1949)
Alias Nick Beal (1949) Righteous district attorney Joseph Foster's main goal in life is to rid his city of the gangsters infesting it. In order to be even more efficient in his war against crime he plans to run for governor. One day he meets a strange, shadowy man, Nick Beal, who offers to help him
Down Three Dark Streets (1954)
Down Three Dark Streets (1954) When FBI Agent Zack Stewart is killed, Agent John Ripley takes over the three cases he was working on, hoping one will lead to his killer. The first involves gangster Joe Walpo and Ripley finds his hideout through Joe's girl friend, Connie Anderson. Joe is killed but i
The Damned Dont Cry (1950)
The Damned Dont Cry (1950) The murder of gangster Nick Prenta touches off an investigation of mysterious socialite Lorna Hansen Forbes, who seems to have no past, and has now disappeared. In flashback, we see the woman's anonymous roots; her poor working-class marriage, which ends in tragedy and her
Flamingo Road (1949)
Flamingo Road 1949 Carnival dancer Lane Bellamy finds herself stranded in a southern town ruled by corrupt political boss Titus Semple Lane becomes romantically involved with sheriff Fielding Carlisle, a weakling whose career is being driven by Titus Seeing Lane as a liability to his own political a
Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
Hangmen Also Die! (1943) On May 27, 1942 the Nazi Reichsprotector of Bohemia/Moravia, the "Hangman" Reinhard Heydrich, died from the bullets of unidentified resistance fighters. Hangmen Also Die is the story of Heydrich's assassination in fictionalized form. It was Bertolt Brecht's only co
Dark City (1950)
Dark City (1950) Danny Haley's bookie operation is shut down, so he and his pals need money; when Danny meets Arthur Winant, a sucker from out of town, he decoys him into a series of poker games where eventually Winant loses $5000 that isn't his...then hangs himself. But it seems Winant had a shadow
Six Bridges to Cross (1955)
Six Bridges to Cross (1955) Youth gang leader Jerry Florea is shot fleeing from a crime scene by rookie cop Ed Gallagher. Result: "he'll never have children of his own." Ed and Jerry develop a mutually beneficial friendship: Jerry gets the benefit of the doubt, Ed gets information that bri
Hollow Triumph (1948)
Hollow Triumph (1948) John Muller, medical school dropout and brilliant crook, plans a holdup which goes a little bit wrong, and finds vindictive gambler Rocky Stansyck after him. At the end of his tether, he stumbles onto a lucky chance to assume an impenetrable new identity as psychiatrist Victor
World for Ransom (1954)
World for Ransom (1954) Made by the same production set-up on the same lot that was producing the 1953-54 "China Smith/Captain China" TV series that starred Dan Duryea as soldier-of-fortune China Smith, using many of the same players that were regulars on the TV series, including Douglass
Dead End (1937)
Dead End (1937) The Dead End Kids are introduced in their intricate East Side slum, overlooked by the apartments of the rich. Their antics, some funny, some vicious, alternate with subplots: unemployed architect Dave is torn between Drina, sweet but equally poor, and Kay, a rich man's mistress; gang
The Beast Must Die (1952)
The Beast Must Die 1952 Jorge Rattery has just been murdered, he dying in his home in front of many of his family and associates The suspected method of murder was the poisoning of his medication, the bottle of which had gone missing right after he died before Inspector Blount with the police arrive
Follow Me Quietly (1949)
Follow Me Quietly 1949 For six months, a strangler has terrorized the city Calling himself The Judge, hes a self appointed destroyer of evil who only strikes on rainy nights Police Lieut Harry Grant is obsessed with catching him but has failed so far, despite varied clues And now Harry is further ha
The Miami Story (1954)
The Miami Story (1954) When Miamia, Florida became national headquarters for a ten billion dollar crime syndicate ruled by crime-czar Tomy Brill (Luther Adler), whose chief henchman is Ted Delacorte (John Baer), a citizen's committee enlists the aid of a reformed gangster Mick Flakk (Barry Sullivan)
The Shadow on the Window (1957)
The Shadow on the Window (1957) Three teenagers, led by psychopathic Jess Reber, break into an isolated farmhouse and murder its prosperous owner whose secretary, Linda Atlas, witnesses the crime. The three thugs decide ...
The Sleeping City (1950)
The Sleeping City (1950) At Bellvue Hospital, New York, an intern is shot in the head by an unknown killer. Inspector Gordon of the 9th Precinct finds no obvious leads but senses an undercurrent of mystery at the hospital; enter Detective Fred Rowan, whose medical background enables him to pose as a
Thunder on the Hill (1951)
Thunder on the Hill (1951) Convicted murderess Valerie Carns (Ann Blyth) is being transported to Norwich to be executed when a flood strands her and her guards at a convent hospital. Nurse Sister Mary (Claudette Colbert) becomes convinced of her innocence and sets out to find the real killer.
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
I Wake Up Screaming (1941) Promoter Frankie Christopher, being grilled by police in the murder of model Vicky Lynn, recalls in flashback: First meeting her as a waitress, Frankie decides to parlay her beauty into social acceptance and a lucrative career. He succeeds only too well: she's on the eve o
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948) Bill Saunders, disturbed ex-soldier, kills a man in a postwar London pub brawl. Fleeing, he hides out in the apartment of lonely nurse Jane Wharton. Later, despite misgivings about his violent nature, Jane becomes involved with Bill, who resolves to reform. She get
Accused of Murder (1956)
Accused of Murder 1956 When gangland lawyer Frank Hobart is murdered there are two suspects, Ilona Vanve , beautiful nightclub singer, and a hood named Stan , who has been hired by underworld boss Chad Bayliss to kill Hobart Attracted to Ilona, Lt Detective Roy Hargis tries to protect her in spite o
Somewhere in the Night (1946)
Somewhere in the Night (1946) During the World War II, a soldier is hit by a grenade that deforms his face and leaves him with amnesia. Sometime later, he is recovered and learns that his name is George Taylor and he is discharged from the army. He finds a letter written by a man called Larry Cravat
Repeat Performance (1947)
Repeat Performance 1947 Sheila kills her husband at the start of the film with a smoking gun We dont know how or why All we know is men are banging on her door and she escapes There is a notable dialogue as she makes her way to a New Years celebration with Richard Basehart as the poet William Willia
Body and Soul (1947)
Body and Soul (1947) Charley Davis wins an amateur boxing match and is taken on by promoter Quinn. Charley's mother doesn't want him to fight, but when Charley's father is accidentally killed, Charley sets up a fight for money. His career blooms as he wins fight after fight, but soon an unethical pr
Caged (1950)
Caged 1950 Frightened 19 year old Marie Allen gets sent to an Illinois penitentiary for being an accomplice in an armed robbery A sympathetic prison head tries to help, but her efforts are subverted by cruel matron Evelyn Harper Maries harsh experiences turn her from doe eyed innocent to hard nosed
Framed (1947)
Framed (1947) Mike Lambert, unemployed mining engineer, arrives in a small town with a bang when the brakes fail on the truck he's driving. After meeting seductive Paula at the La Paloma Cafe, he finds himself in trouble with the law. On the basis of a few burning glances, Paula pays his fine and fi
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
Night Has a Thousand Eyes 1948 After heiress Jean Courtland attempts suicide, her fiance Elliott Carson probes her relationship to John Triton In flashback, we see how stage mentalist Triton starts having terrifying flashes of true precognition His partner, Whitney Courtland, uses Tritons talent to
The Killer Is Loose (1956)
The Killer Is Loose (1956) A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies teller Leon Poole as inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. About three years later, Poole (unti
Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
Walk Softly, Stranger (1950) A charming, smooth-talking gambler calling himself Chris Hale arrives in Ashton, home of the Corelli shoe factory. Claiming to have lived there as a boy, he soon ingratiates himself with the townspeople... including attractive heiress Elaine Corelli, wheelchair-bound sin
Terror by Night (1946)
Terror by Night (1946) Holmes is hired by Roland Carstairs to prevent the theft of the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond owned by Carstairs' mother, Lady Margaret. Believing the diamond will be stolen on a train trip from London to Edinburgh, Holmes deftly switches diamonds with Lady Margaret wh
An Act of Murder (1948)
An Act of Murder (1948) Judge Cooke, good husband and father, is known in court as Old Man Maximum. Cooke's daughter loves defender Dave Douglas, who hates Cooke's attitude toward defendants. Cooke's life shatters when he learns his wife has terminal brain cancer; as her pain worsens, he begins to c
The Lady Gambles (1949)
The Lady Gambles (1949) When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addi
Blues in the Night (1941)
Blues in the Night 1941 Jigger Pine forms a band that includes singer Ginger Character Powell, wife of the trumpeter Leo Powell, and Nickie Haroyen and Peppi All of them dedicate themselves to work as a unit and to play blues music The dedication isnt paying off in money and, while riding the rails
The Violent Years (1956)
The Violent Years (1956) A newspaper publisher's daughter suffers from neglect by her parents. She and her friends turn to crime by dressing up like men, holding up gas stations, raping young men at gunpoint, and having makeout parties when her parents are away. Their "fence" gets them to
He Ran All the Way (1951)
He Ran All the Way (1951) The uptight and dumb small time thief Nick Robey and his partner and only friend Al Molin steal $10,000.00 from a man, but the heist goes wrong. Al Molin is killed by a policeman and Nick shoots him in the spine. He hides out in a public swimming pool and meets the lonely s
The Reckless Moment (1949)
The Reckless Moment (1949) In the charming community of Balboa 50 miles from Los Angeles, middle-class housewife Lucia Harper travels to Los Angeles to meet scoundrel, Ted Darby. Her seventeen year-old daughter Beatrice is in love with Ted. He asks for money to leave Bea, but Lucia refuses to give a
Edge of Doom (1950)
Edge of Doom (1950) A poor and alienated young man (Farley Granger) who is driven to murder when a priest refuses to give is deceased mother an expensive funeral. The film explores the crippling poverty that has prevented the youth from marrying or providing his mother with enough comforts, and has
The Docks of New York (1928)
The Docks of New York (1928) Bill Roberts works as a stoker on a coal-red barge. It's dirty, hard work and the men have to put up with a foreman, Andy, who seems to enjoy making their life miserable. When finally off the ship, Bill sees a young woman struggling in the water - apparently trying to co
Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
Nobody Lives Forever (1946) G.I. Nick Blake, a never charged con man in his pre-military life, has just received an honorable discharge from the army on medical reasons. Rather than return to his old life, he plans to settle down in New York, his hometown, with his girlfriend Toni Blackburn and the
Journey Into Fear (1943)
Journey Into Fear (1943) A Navy engineer, returning to the U.S. with his wife from a conference, finds himself pursued by Nazi agents, who are out to kill him. Without a word to his wife, he flees the hotel the couple is staying in and boards a ship, only to find, after the ship sails, that the agen
Pushover (1954)
Pushover (1954) A bank heist yields $210,000. Soon, sultry Lona McLane, girlfriend of one of the robbers, meets Paul Sheridan and has a torrid affair. When she finds out Paul's a cop, to save herself she sets out to corrupt him. He's a pushover. But it won't be easy for Paul to get his hands on the