When a mobster’s widow decides to testify and provide names of others involved in evil deeds Read More »
Film-Noir
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 »
Accomplice (1946) Walter Colmes, Richard Arlen, Veda Ann Borg, Tom Dugan
Private detective Simon Lash and his assistant Eddie Slocum are hired by Joyce Bonniwell to find her missing husband Jim Bonniwell. Read More »
Machine Gun Kelly (1958) Roger Corman, Charles Bronson, Susan Cabot, Morey Amsterdam
The film starts by showing a bank robbery orchestrated by Kelly and other partners, including his love interest. Read More »
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) Charles Martin, George Sanders, Yvonne De Carlo, Zsa Zsa Gabor
When Clementi Suborin is found murdered, his secretary recounts to the police the story of his rise from Czech refugee to ultra-rich New Yorker. Read More »
Midnight (1934) Chester Erskine, Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Fox, O.P. Heggie
The foreman of a jury asks questions that send a woman to the electric chair for a murder committed in the heat of passion. Read More »
Strange Confession (1945) John Hoffman, Lon Chaney Jr., Brenda Joyce, J. Carrol Naish
A distraught Jeff Carter arrives at a renowned lawyer’s home with a mysterious bag Read More »
Pillow of Death (1945) Wallace Fox, Lon Chaney Jr., Brenda Joyce, J. Edward Bromberg
Attorney Wayne Fletcher and his secretary are having an affair, so when Wayne’s wife is found Read More »
The Frozen Ghost (1945) Harold Young, Lon Chaney Jr., Evelyn Ankers, Milburn Stone
Stage mentalist Gregor the Great becomes enraged when a drunken audience member belittles his act. Read More »
Dead Man’s Eyes (1944) Reginald Le Borg, Lon Chaney Jr., Jean Parker, Paul Kelly
An artist (Lon Chaney Jr) is blinded by a jealous assistant/model. Read More »
Calling Dr. Death (1943) Reginald Le Borg, Lon Chaney Jr., Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish
Losing his memories of the last few days, neurologist Dr. Steele is told that his wife has been brutally murdered. Read More »
Violated (1953) Walter Strate, William Holland, Lili Dawn, Mitchell Kowall
Filmed in New York City and intended for the niche market from art houses to back-street grind houses, with most of the distribution landing in the latter Read More »