When a mobster’s widow decides to testify and provide names of others involved in evil deeds Read More »
Crime
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) Busby Berkeley, John Garfield, Claude Rains, The ‘Dead End’ Kids
Johnnie is a boxer. The same evening he won the world championship, he is charged for the murder of a reporter and is taken for dead. Read More »
711 Ocean Drive (1950) Joseph M. Newman, Edmond O’Brien, Joanne Dru, Otto Kruger
A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. Read More »
Born to Kill (1947) Robert Wise, Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak
In Reno a man kills a girl he likes and her boyfriend out of jealousy; it may not be the first time. Read More »
Only a Coffin AKA El enigma del ataúd (1967) Santos Alcocer, Howard Vernon, Danielle Godet, María Saavedra
A doctor invites his relatives to his castle, all the while planning to murder them when they arrive. Read More »
Amateur Crook (1937) Sam Katzman, Bruce Bennett, Joan Barclay, Monte Blue
Jerry Cummings, a mining engineer, has pledged a large diamond on a short-term note to a pair of crooked loan sharks Read More »
The Doctor and the Devils (1985) Freddie Francis, Timothy Dalton, Jonathan Pryce, Twiggy
In the Nineteenth Century, the renowned professor of anatomy Dr. Thomas Rock gives classes to neophyte medicine students Read More »
Cry Tough (1959) Paul Stanley, John Saxon, Linda Cristal, Joseph Calleia
Puerto Rican ex-con tries to go straight, but is tempted back to his old life by his former gang. Read More »
Bob the Gambler AKA Bob le flambeur (1956) Jean-Pierre Melville, Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy
Bob, an old gangster and gambler is almost broke, so he decides in spite of the warnings of a friend, a high official from the police, to rob a gambling casino in Deauville. Read More »
The Chase (1966) Arthur Penn, Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford
Most everyone in town thinks that Sheriff Calder is merely a puppet of rich oil-man Val Rogers. Read More »