When the shootings of two juvenile inmates bring public protest, a psychologist is brought in to see if he can do anything to control the problems peacefully. Read More »
Crime
The Hand (1960) Henry Cass, Derek Bond, Reed De Rouen, Bryan Coleman, Crime, Drama, Horror
A Police Inspector follows the trail and circumstances of the murder of a one-handed man back to a prisoner-of-war camp in Burma in 1946.
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Bakuhatsu! Boso yugi / Detonation! Violent Games (1976) Teruo Ishii, Kôichi Iwaki, Yutaka Nakajima, Yumi Takigawa, Action, Crime
Teruo Ishii’s West Side Story, done as a bloody, violent, sexploitative biker gang film. It’s the Red Chilis versus the Black Cats, and the chick who just may heal the divide. Read More »
Roxie Hart (1942) William A. Wellman, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Comedy, Crime, Romance
To try and kick-start her show-business career, our heroine admits to a Chicago murder. But although Cook County don’t seem to let dames swing Read More »
I Want to Live! (1958) Robert Wise, Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, Biography, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Barbara Graham is a woman with dubious moral standards, often a guest in seedy bars. She has been sentenced for some petty crimes. Read More »
The Batman (1943) Lambert Hillyer, Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J. Carrol Naish, Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In his first screen appearance, the Caped Crusader of Gotham City (belying the lethargic facade of his alter ego Bruce Wayne) battles Dr. Daka Read More »
Strange Illusion (1945) Edgar G. Ulmer, Jimmy Lydon, Sally Eilers, Warren William, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Paul, a young man whose father was once lieutenant Governor of California before his untimely death Read More »
Still of the Night (1982) Robert Benton, Roy Scheider, Meryl Streep, Jessica Tandy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
George Bynum, a patient of Manhattan psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice, is brutally murdered. Read More »
Wife Wanted (1946) Phil Karlson, Kay Francis, Paul Cavanagh, Robert Shayne, Crime, Drama
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond (Kay Francis) buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell (Paul Cavanagh). Read More »
The Nitwits (1935) George Stevens, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Fred Keating, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Johnnie is a would-be songwriter; Newton is a would-be inventor. Both work at a cigar stand in the lobby of an office building. Read More »
The Star Chamber (1983) Peter Hyams, Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yaphet Kotto, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Hardin is a hard-working, honest judge becoming frustrated with a legal system, that continuously forces him to release criminals on technicalities. Read More »
The Singing Detective (2003) Keith Gordon, Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright, Mel Gibson, Comedy, Crime, Musical, Mystery
While hospitalized with an extreme case of psoriasis, novelist Dan Dark (Robert Downey Jr.) reworks his first book in his head. Read More »
Il rossetto / Lipstick (1960) Damiano Damiani, Pierre Brice, Giorgia Moll, Pietro Germi, Crime, Drama
A prostitute is found dead in an adjoining that of Silvana, a girl of thirteen who is in love with his neighbor Gino, a thirty handsome building. Read More »
The FBI Story (1959) Mervyn LeRoy, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton, Crime, Drama, History
The story of the FBI unfolds through the eyes of one of its agents. During his career he investigates gangsters, swindlers, the klu klux klan, Nazi agents and cold war spies.
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L’armoire volante / The Cupboard Was Bare (1948) Carlo Rim, Fernandel, Berthe Bovy, Germaine Kerjean, Comedy, Crime
Alfred Pic is a conscientious tax inspector who lives with his authoritarian aged aunt. Read More »