An American has to guard da Vinci’s “Madonna and Child” when it is being shown in Britain. When it arrives he suspects it is not the real painting. Read More »
Crime
Midas Run (1969) Alf Kjellin, Fred Astaire, Richard Crenna, Anne Heywood
A veteran secret service officer from Britain hijacks a government shipment of $15 million of gold out of an irritation for never being knighted. Read More »
Rush (1991) Lili Fini Zanuck, Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Elliott
Raynor is an undercover narcotics cop. For his next assignment he chooses the more inexperienced but tough and good-looking Kristen. Read More »
Night in New Orleans (1942) William Clemens, Preston Foster, Patricia Morison, Albert Dekker
The police lieutenant Steve Abbott is engrossed in a baffling murder case. Read More »
Vendetta (1950) Mel Ferrer, Stuart Heisler, Faith Domergue, George Dolenz, Donald Buka
The daughter of a slain man pushes her brother toward vengeance in 19th-century Corsica. Read More »
Baader (2002) Christopher Roth, Frank Giering, Laura Tonke, Vadim Glowna
Andreas Baader starts out as a small-time criminal. Read More »
The Flower, the Storm, and the Gang AKA Hana to arashi to gyangu (1961) Teruo Ishii, Ken Takakura, Kôji Tsuruta, Mamoru Ogawa
This is an important early Toei yakuza film, starring a young Ken Takakura as a wild Read More »
What’s the Matter with Helen? (1971) Curtis Harrington, Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver
Set in the 30s, Helen and Adelle are two women whose sons commit a gruesome murder. Read More »
San Francisco Docks (1940) Arthur Lubin, Burgess Meredith, Irene Hervey, Barry Fitzgerald
Longshoreman Johnny Barnes (Burgess Meredith) is in love with Kitty Tracy (Irene Hervey) Read More »
Tough As They Come (1942) William Nigh, Billy Halop, Paul Kelly, Helen Parrish
This entry in Universal’s “Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys” series is minus “The Little Tough Guys” Read More »