Jacques Cournot, a freelance skipper, is hired by Mr Hendrix in Santo Domingo Read More »
Crime
Rififi / Du rififi chez les hommes (1955) Jules Dassin, Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel
After making such American noir classics as Brute Force and The Naked City Read More »
The Testimony / Il testimone (1946) Pietro Germi, Roldano Lupi, Marina Berti, Ernesto Almirante
A man, standing trial for robbery with murder, faces the death penalty. The testimony of an old civil servant will be crucial. Read More »
The Racket (1951) John Cromwell, Mel Ferrer
The large federal crime syndicate has proceeded in to town, teaming up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. Read More »
Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941) H. Bruce Humberstone, Cesar Romero, Virginia Gilmore, Charlotte Greenwood
Cesar Romero plays an outwardly tough prohibition-era gangster who in reality wouldn’t hurt a fly. Read More »
White Lies / …Comme elle respire (1998) Pierre Salvadori, Marie Trintignant, Guillaume Depardieu, Jean-François Stévenin
Jeanne is a young weirdo girl who flies to Paris, and is hired by an old lady called Madeleine as an au pair. Read More »
Oh, Bomb! / Aa bakudan (1964) Kihachi Okamoto, Yûnosuke Itô, Fubuki Koshiji, Ichirô Nakatani
Filmed as a traditional Japanese play, a yakuza boss is released from prison Read More »
Convicted Woman (1940) Nick Grinde
Jobless Betty Andrews, although innocent, is convicted of a department store theft and Read More »
Cargo to Capetown (1950) Earl McEvoy, Broderick Crawford, Ellen Drew, John Ireland
The plot involves Ireland, captain of a tired oil tanker, and Crawford, the ship’s engineer. Read More »
Crime at Red Light / Delitti a luce rossa (1996) Pasquale Fanetti, Gabriella Barbuti, Gianluigi Ghione, Vassili Karis
Italian erotic thriller in which a cheating husband wants to have his hotelier Read More »