Tom Powers and Matt Doyle are best friends and fellow gangsters, their lives frowned upon by Tom’s straight laced brother Read More »
Crime
The Biggest Gamble AKA Sengo Saidai no Toba (1969) Kôsaku Yamashita, Kôji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura, Akiko Koyama
When Honjo is selected as Kansai district’s chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do everything possible Read More »
The Wicked Go to Hell AKA Les salauds vont en enfer (1955) Robert Hossein, Marina Vlady, Henri Vidal, Serge Reggiani
Two convicts escape from jail after knocking their wardens out and putting on their uniform. Read More »
That Night AKA Cette nuit là… (1958) Maurice Cazeneuve, Mylène Demongeot, Maurice Ronet, Jean Servais
Jean, who is the artistic director of a fashion magazine, is married Read More »
The Second Wind AKA Le deuxième souffle (2007) Alain Corneau, Daniel Auteuil, Monica Bellucci, Michel Blanc
Gu, a famous gangster, has just escaped from jail. All french police is after him. Read More »
Blind Trust AKA Pouvoir intime (1986) Yves Simoneau, Marie Tifo, Pierre Curzi, Jacques Godin
A government ministry’s fast-rising head of security asks a shadowy fixer, Meursault Read More »
Fever (1988) Craig Lahiff, Bill Hunter, Gary Sweet, Mary Regan
When a police officer chases a suspicious car, the car crashes and the driver dies. Read More »
While the City Sleeps (1928) Jack Conway, Lon Chaney, Anita Page, Carroll Nye
A tough New York cop is determined to bring down a crook who has always Read More »
Bullitt (1968) Peter Yates, Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn
High profile San Francisco Police Lieutenant Frank Bullitt is asked personally Read More »
The Voice of the City (1929) Willard Mack, Robert Ames, Sylvia Field
An escaped convict and the detective tasked with hunting him down end up Read More »
Black Lizard AKA Kurotokage (1962) Umetsugu Inoue, Machiko Kyô, Minoru Ôki, Junko Kanô
Kurotokage (1962, aka Black Lizard) has its origins in a 1934 detective novel Read More »
The Ghost Camera (1933) Bernard Vorhaus, Henry Kendall, Victor Stanley, John Mills
When a photograph is taken at the scene of a murder, the camera is tossed out of a castle window to destroy the evidence Read More »
Beggars of Life (1928) William A. Wellman, Wallace Beery, Richard Arlen, Louise Brooks
After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. Read More »
The Nocturnal Demon AKA Yeh moh sin sang (1990) Ricky Lau, Alfred Cheung, Moon Lee, Anthony Chan
Tin bears an uncanny resemblance to a psychotic serial killer Read More »
Night and the City (1950) Jules Dassin, Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers
Harry Fabian is a London hustler with ambitious plans that never work out. Read More »