Over-the-hill boxer Bill ‘Stoker’ Thompson insists he can still win, though his wife Julie pleads with him to quit. Read More »
Film-Noir
Murder Is My Beat (1955) Edgar G. Ulmer, Paul Langton, Barbara Payton, Robert Shayne
When a man is found with his face destroyed by fire in a fireplace, the prominent Police Detective Ray Patrick is assigned to the case. Read More »
Woman on the Run (1950) Norman Foster, Ann Sheridan, Dennis O’Keefe, Robert Keith
Frank Johnson (Ross Elliott), sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris (Robert Keith) Read More »
Marked Woman (1937) Lloyd Bacon, Michael Curtiz, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane
In this roman-a-clef for the infamous Lucky Luciano Trial, Mary Dwight and four roommates work Read More »
Born to Be Bad [+Extra] (1950) Nicholas Ray, Mel Ferrer, Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan
Christabel fools everyone with her sweet exterior including her cousin Donna and Donna’s wealthy fiancée Curtis. Read More »
The Big Caper (1957) Robert Stevens, James Gregory, Mary Costa, Rory Calhoun
A con man in debt and down on his luck comes up with what he thinks is the perfect caper–robbing a small-town bank Read More »
The Case Against Brooklyn (1958) Paul Wendkos, Darren McGavin, Margaret Hayes, Warren Stevens
When a reporter claims that New York police are on the take letting the mob run its horse parlors at will Read More »
Loophole (1954) Harold D. Schuster, Barry Sullivan, Charles McGraw, Dorothy Malone
A bank teller attempts to clear his name and rebuild his career after he is wrongly accused of theft. Read More »
The Steel Trap (1952) Andrew L. Stone, Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Jonathan Hale
A Bank officer discovers a flaw in the U.S. extradition treaty with Brazil and decides to take advantage of it. Read More »
The Narrow Margin (1952) Richard Fleischer, Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White
When a mobster’s widow decides to testify and provide names of others involved in evil deeds Read More »
Salty O’Rourke (1945) Raoul Walsh, Alan Ladd, Gail Russell, William Demarest
Salty owes money to Doc Baxter; he and his pal Smitty have one month to pay up. Read More »
Lady on a Train (1945) Charles David, Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, Edward Everett Horton
While waiting at a train station, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder from a nearby building. Read More »
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) Busby Berkeley, John Garfield, Claude Rains, The ‘Dead End’ Kids
Johnnie is a boxer. The same evening he won the world championship, he is charged for the murder of a reporter and is taken for dead. Read More »
711 Ocean Drive (1950) Joseph M. Newman, Edmond O’Brien, Joanne Dru, Otto Kruger
A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. Read More »
Born to Kill (1947) Robert Wise, Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak
In Reno a man kills a girl he likes and her boyfriend out of jealousy; it may not be the first time. Read More »