In the woods, a 13-year-old boy is grabbed by an escaped convict and told to bring money later that day. Read More »
Crime
Messenger of Death (1988) J. Lee Thompson, Charles Bronson, Trish Van Devere, Laurence Luckinbill, Action, Crime, Thriller
Wifes and children of the Mormon Orville Beecham become victims of a massacre in his own house. Read More »
Oliver Twist (1982) Clive Donner, George C. Scott, Tim Curry, Michael Hordern, Crime, Drama
The classic Dickens tale of an orphan boy who escapes the horrors of the orphanage only to be taken in by a band of thieves and pickpockets. Read More »
Brighton Rock (1947) John Boulting, Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Pinkie Brown is a small-town hoodlum whose gang runs a protection racket based at Brighton race course. Read More »
The Honeymoon Killers (1969) Leonard Kastle, Donald Volkman, Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco, Mary Jane Higby, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
In the early 1950s, Martha Beck, who lives with her slightly senile mother, is the head nurse in a Mobile, Alabama hospital. Read More »
The Big Bluff (1955) W. Lee Wilder, John Bromfield, Martha Vickers, Robert Hutton, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When scheming fortune hunter and erstwhile Latin lover Ricardo De Villa learns that a wealthy but sickly widow has terminal heart disease, he seduces and marries the vulnerable millionairess. Read More »
Finger Man (1955) Harold D. Schuster, Frank Lovejoy, Forrest Tucker, Peggie Castle, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Treasury agents, desperate to get evidence on syndicate kingpin Dutch Becker, give ex-con hood Casey Martin a choice…life in prison or courting sudden death as a government ‘finger man.’ Read More »
Galia (1966) Georges Lautner, Mireille Darc, Venantino Venantini, Françoise Prévost, Crime, Drama
Newly arrived in Paris, Galia lives in a small apartment near Notre-Dame cathedral. One evening, whilst walking along the banks of the River Seine, she saves a young woman from drowning. Read More »
Gideon of Scotland Yard / Gideon’s Day (1958) John Ford, Jack Hawkins, Anna Lee, Anna Massey, Action, Comedy, Drama
Scotland Yard Inspector George Gideon starts his day off on the wrong foot when he gets a traffic-violation ticket from a young police officer. Read More »
I, the Jury (1953) Harry Essex, Biff Elliot, Preston Foster, Peggie Castle, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
It’s nearly Christmas, but Mike Hammer is on the vengeance trail when Jack, his wartime buddy, is murdered. Read More »
Cold Light of Day (1989) Fhiona-Louise, Bob Flag, Martin Byrne-Quinn, Geoffrey Greenhill, Biography, Crime, Horror
Cold Light of Day is based on a true story, the life of Britain’s foremost mass murder Dennis Andrew Nilsen. Read More »
Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943) William Beaudine, Dick Purcell, Helen Parrish, Tim Ryan, Crime, Mystery
The Morgan family’s patriarch is soon to die. He hosts a dinner party for the family to tell them all he’s setting aside his last will to be opened by his nearly 8-year-old granddaughter thirteen years in the future when she turns twenty-one. Read More »
Off Beat (1986) Michael Dinner, Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly, Cleavant Derricks, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Joe Gower’s job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Read More »
Split Second (1992) Tony Maylam, Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, Alastair Duncan, Action, Crime, Horror
In a futuristic London, the rising sea levels mean that large areas are under feet of water. Hauer plays a cop who previously lost his partner to some strange creature. Now the creature is back and its after him.
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The Corrupt Ones (1967) James Hill, Robert Stack, Elke Sommer, Nancy Kwan, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Cliff Wilder, a free-lance photographer on assignment in mainland China, is surprised taking unauthorized photographs and narrowly escapes capture. Read More »