Filmed as a traditional Japanese play, a yakuza boss is released from prison Read More »
Crime
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 »
Tiger in the Smoke (1956) Roy Ward Baker, Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow, Tony Wright
In wartime a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general Read More »
The Saint Strikes Back (1939) John Farrow, George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale
A disgraced policeman’s daughter in San Francisco is busy acquiring a name for herself Read More »
Patience Has an End / Gorotsuki mushuku (1971) Yasuo Furuhata, Ken Takakura, Yoko Hayama, Mayumi Kajiwara
Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo Read More »
The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town / Shin Abashiri Bangaichi: Saihate no Nagare-mono (1969) Kiyoshi Saeki, Ken Takakura, Takashi Shimura, Kaneko Iwaskura
It’s a battle of good versus evil in the frozen north when former prison inmate Katsuji takes on Boss Tamaru Read More »
On Evil Grounds / Auf bösem Boden (2007) Peter Koller, Aleksandar Petrovic, Birgit Stauber, Kari Rakkola
Romeo and Juliet – a couple that has a very odd perception of their relationship. Read More »
Held for Ransom (1938) Clarence Bricker, Blanche Mehaffey, Grant Withers, Bruce Warren
The kidnappers of Herbert Scott have been paid the demanded ransom but have not returned Scott. Read More »