In 1870’s Tokyo, Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive second husband. Read More »
Crime
Outsider in Amsterdam (1979) Wim Verstappen, Rijk de Gooyer, Rutger Hauer, Willeke van Ammelrooy
When a hanged man is found, the question is whether it is suicide or murder. Read More »
Taxi Hunter (1993) Herman Yau, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Rongguang Yu, Man-Tat Ng
Mild mannered businessman Anthony Wongs life is shattered when his pregnant wife is run over by a busy taxi driver. Read More »
Out of the Blue (2008) Yigal Bursztyn, Alon Aboutboul, Moshe Ivgy, Dorit Bar-Or
This is a little like an extended but half-serious variation on the “Uptown Girl” song video where the working-class guy meets the beautiful model from the billboard. Read More »
The Toughest Man Alive (1955) Sidney Salkow, Dane Clark, Lita Milan, Anthony Caruso
A U.S. agent diguises himself as a gunrunner to smash an international smuggling ring. Read More »
Danger Woman (1946) Lewis D. Collins, Don Porter, Brenda Joyce, Patricia Morison
An atomic scientist who was one of the brains behind the A-bomb is now working in private life Read More »
Ladies in Retirement (1941) Charles Vidor, Ida Lupino, Louis Hayward, Evelyn Keyes
In the late nineteenth century, Ellen Creed works as the live-in companion to Miss Leonora Fiske Read More »
Billion Dollar Brain (1967) Ken Russell, Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Ed Begley
Harry Palmer has left the British Secret Service and become a private detective. Read More »
Beyond Fear (1975) Yannick Andréi, Michel Bouquet, Michel Constantin, Marilù Tolo
A group of outlaws takes a man’s wife and child hostage. Read More »
Wide Boy (1952) Ken Hughes, Sydney Tafler, Susan Shaw, Ronald Howard
The title, in British police parlance of the day, defines a petty crook whose criminal activities are minor and legal-borderline Read More »