A man, standing trial for robbery with murder, faces the death penalty. The testimony of an old civil servant will be crucial. Read More »
Crime
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 »
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 »