Andreas Baader starts out as a small-time criminal. Read More »
Crime
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 »
Bloody Morning AKA Xuese Qingchen (1992) Shaohong Li, Zhaohui Gong, Yajie Hu, Lu Hui
The young teacher Li Mingguang is to be murdered in the north of China because Read More »
Death Row Woman AKA Onna shikeishû no datsugoku (1960) Nobuo Nakagawa, Miyuki Takakura, Tatsuo Terashima, Yôichi Numata
Arrested for the murder of her wealthy businessman father, convicted on false evidence Read More »
Scared Straight! (1978) Arnold Shapiro, Peter Falk, Doug Cronin, Mickie Cold
This film shows the Scared Straight program that has hardened convicts from maximum security prisons Read More »
Angel Eyes (1993) Gary Graver, Erik Estrada, John Phillip Law, Monique Gabrielle
Angel is a disturbed teen who becomes obsessed with her nice stepfather Steven. Read More »
The Molesters AKA Der Sittlichkeitsverbrecher (1963) Franz Schnyder, Freddy Karsten, Peter Arens, Barbara Bietenholz
In exploring sex offenses, particularly against children, this film reveals the inner workings of the Zurich police Read More »