
The melodramatic crime caper centers on a robbery at a greyhound racetrack that results in the unintentional murder of a guard. Read More »
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The Devil to Pay! (1930) George Fitzmaurice, Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Frederick Kerr, Comedy, Romance

Spendthrift Willie Leyland again returns to the family home in London penniless. His father is none too pleased but Willie smooth-talks him into letting him stay. Read More »
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) Ingmar Bergman, Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson, Comedy, Romance

It’s late nineteenth century Sweden. Middle aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his nineteen year old current wife Anne Egerman’s two-year marriage has not yet been consummated. Read More »
Lights of New York (1928) Bryan Foy, Helene Costello, Cullen Landis, Mary Carr, Crime, Drama

A young kid from Upstate New York named Eddie (Landis) is conned into fronting for a speakeasy on Broadway. Read More »
The Great Morgan (1946) Nat Perrin, Frank Morgan, Leon Ames, Carlos Ramírez, Comedy, Musical

The film is considered one of the more unusual in the MGM canon in that it is a compilation film built around a slight plot line, with a running time of less than 60 minutes. Read More »
Quiet Please: Murder (1942) John Francis Larkin, George Sanders, Gail Patrick, Richard Denning, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

Jim Fleg (George Sanders), a ruthless, egotistical criminal, steals a priceless Shakespeare folio from the public library, killing a guard during the crime. Read More »
Man in the Dark (1953) Lew Landers, Edmond O’Brien, Audrey Totter, Ted de Corsia, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A thug is convicted and undergoes experimental brain surgery to remove the criminal element in his brain. Read More »
Madness of the Heart (1949) Charles Bennett, Margaret Lockwood, Paul Dupuis, Kathleen Byron, Drama, Romance

Lydia Garth meets Paul de Vandiere, a French nobleman, but their romance is plagued by Lydia’s complaint of recurring spells of blurred vision. Read More »
The Lost Continent (1968) Michael Carreras, Leslie Norman, Eric Porter, Hildegard Knef, Suzanna Leigh, Adventure, Fantasy

This film starts out like the Love Boat on acid, as a cast of varied characters, with various issues, take Captain Eric Porter’s leaky cargo ship to escape their troubles. Read More »
The Brown Bunny (2003) Vincent Gallo, Chloë Sevigny, Cheryl Tiegs, Drama

After racing in New Hampshire, the lonely motorcycle racer Bud Clay drives his van in a five-day journey to California for the next race. Read More »