Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. Read More »
Crime
Bodyguard (1948) Richard Fleischer, Lawrence Tierney, Priscilla Lane, Phillip Reed, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Homicide detective Mike Carter is tossed off the police force for insubordination and violating regulations. Read More »
Das Geheimnis der roten Katze / The Secret of the Red Cat (1931) Erich Schönfelder, Rosa Valetti, Hans Junkermann, Margot Landa, Comedy, Crime
“The Red Cat” is a seedy dive. The rich American, Jefferson, who shows up there one day with his family and who recently became the proud owner of the famous Halifax emerald Read More »
Scream for Help (1984) Michael Winner, Rachael Kelly, Marie Masters, David Allen Brooks, Horror, Mystery, Crime
A teenaged girl discovers that her stepfather is trying to murder her and her mother, but when she tells people, no one will believe her. Read More »
Johnny Eager (1941) Mervyn LeRoy, Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold, Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Ruthless hood Johnny Eager is pretending to his parole officer that he has chucked the rackets and is now a full-time taxi driver. Read More »
Heat of Midnight (1966) Max Pécas, Jean Vinci, Jean Claudio, Claudine Coster, Crime, Drama, Erotic
This sexy thriller follows the trials of a petty crook who steals jewels from the Parisian mob, then seeks refuge with his ex-wife and her new lesbian lover. Read More »
Faites sauter la banque! / Let’s Rob the Bank (1964) Jean Girault, Louis de Funès, Yvonne Clech, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Comedy, Crime
Shopkeeper Victor Garnier has naively invested his family’s life savings in an African mine, on his banker’s recommendation. Read More »
Cat and Mouse (1958) Paul Rotha, Lee Patterson, Ann Sears, Victor Maddern, Crime, Drama
A GI deserter frames a girl for killing a blackmailer, and holds her captive while seeking gems. Read More »
Massacre Mafia Style / Like Father, Like Son (1974) Duke Mitchell, Vic Caesar, Lorenzo Dodo, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Mimi Miceli Jr. is, the son of a Mafia don who was exiled back to Sicily. He wants to get back into the family business and transplant it from New York to Hollywood. Read More »
In flagranti (1944) Hans Schweikart, Ferdinand Marian, Margot Hielscher, Oskar Sima, Comedy, Crime
A rookie detective’s first case is to observe an engineer, but she behaves so clumsily in her job, that she’s mistaken for a thief and con artist. Read More »
Mannen från Mallorca / Man from Majorca (1984) Bo Widerberg, Sven Wollter, Tomas von Brömssen, Håkan Serner, Action, Crime, Thriller
In Stockholm, on St. Lucy’s feast day, a bandit daringly robs a crowded post office. Within a fortnight, two witnesses are dead. Read More »
Ghost of Zorro (1949) Fred C. Brannon, Clayton Moore, Pamela Blake, Roy Barcroft, Action, Adventure, Crime, Western
It’s 1865 and the telegraph is heading west. George Crane, wanting to keep law and order out of his territory, is out to stop the construction. Read More »
Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) Felipe Cazals, Enrique Lucero, Salvador Sánchez, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Adventure, Crime, Drama
A group of students arrives in a small town during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being communist agitators Read More »
The Shakedown (1960) John Lemont, Terence Morgan, Hazel Court, Donald Pleasence, Crime, Drama
After being released from prison, Augie Cortona sets up a blackmail operation, fronted by a model agency. Read More »
Day Night Day Night (2006) Julia Loktev, Luisa Williams, Josh Philip Weinstein, Gareth Saxe, Crime, Drama, Thriller
A 19-year-old girl prepares to become a suicide bomber in Times Square. She speaks with no accent; it’s impossible to pinpoint her ethnicity. Read More »