Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun stolen from Johnnie’s sister Madge’s Read More »
Crime
Double Danger (1938) Lew Landers, Preston Foster, Whitney Bourne, Donald Meek
Robert Crane is a slick jewel thief who also doubles as a novelist writing Read More »
Sonny and Jed AKA La banda J. & S. – Cronaca criminale del Far West (1972) Sergio Corbucci, Tomas Milian, Susan George, Telly Savalas
A determined sheriff pursues a robber and his girlfriend, and lets nothing stop in his way of catching them. Read More »
Untamed Youth (1957) Howard W. Koch, Mamie Van Doren, Lori Nelson, John Russell
Sisters Jane and Penny are arrested for hitchhiking on their way to Los Angeles when they stop for a quick skinny-dip in a rural town. Read More »
The Pusher (1960) Gene Milford, Kathy Carlyle, Robert Lansing, Felice Orlandi
A detective investigating the murder of a heroin addict discovers that there is a connection between the junkie and his fiance, who is his boss’ daughter. Read More »
The Big Swag AKA La grosse caisse (1965) Alex Joffé, Bourvil, Paul Meurisse, Françoise Deldick
Louis Bourdin, a modest ticket puncher on the Paris metro, is so enamoured of crime fiction that he decides to write his own novel Read More »
Made in Hong Kong AKA Heung Gong jai jo (1997) Fruit Chan, Sam Lee, Neiky Hui-Chi Yim, Wenders Li
Autumn Moon (Sam Lee), a low-rent triad living in Hong Kong, struggles to find meaning in his hopelessly violent existence. Read More »
Going Places AKA Les valseuses (1974) Bertrand Blier, Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Patrick Dewaere
Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder Read More »
Pick-up (1933) Marion Gering, Sylvia Sidney, George Raft, Lilian Bond
The scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies Read More »
12 Angry Men (1957) Sidney Lumet, Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room Read More »