Kuroda (Jô Shishido) is a mob hitman who turns on his employers after being forced to execute his lover. Read More »
Crime
I soliti ignoti / Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) Mario Monicelli, Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Comedy, Crime
Peppe, formerly a boxer, organizes the break-in of a pawnshop. Tiberio, an unemployed photographer, Mario, a receiver, the Sicilian Michele and Capannelle, an ex-jockey, are the other members of the gang. Read More »
Dressed to Kill (1941) Eugene Forde, Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes, Sheila Ryan, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
Detective Michael Shayne and his girlfriend Joanne are on their way to be married when a scream from a nearby hotel room draws his attention to a pair of theatrical murders. Read More »
Blind Spot (1947) Robert Gordon, Chester Morris, Constance Dowling, Steven Geray, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
A down-and-nearly-out writer makes a drunken visit to the office of his publisher, who turns up dead shortly afterward, and the writer is unable to prove his innocence. Read More »
Lucky Jordan (1942) Frank Tuttle, Alan Ladd, Helen Walker, Sheldon Leonard, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Lucky Jordan, cynical gambler and racketeer, finds one thing his luck and connections can’t fix: the draft board. Read More »
Once a Thief (1950) W. Lee Wilder, Cesar Romero, June Havoc, Marie McDonald, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A down-on-her-luck San Francisco woman, turning in desperation to jewel robbery, barely escapes getting nabbed in a heist and moves to Los Angeles where she gets an honest job as a waitress. Read More »
Stolen Life (1962) Aarne Tarkas, Mäkelä, Rauha Rentola, Rose-Marie Precht, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
A government official decides to steal a $25-million payroll and then fake his own death. However, in the process he is forced to kill an innocent bystander. Read More »
Nora Inu / Stray Dog (1949) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Murukami, a young homicide detective, has his pocket picked on a bus and loses his pistol. Read More »
Mystery Submarine (1950) Douglas Sirk, Macdonald Carey, Märta Torén, Robert Douglas, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Posing as an ex-German medical officer, a U.S. Navy Intelligence Officer sets out to rescue a kidnapped scientist, and sink a Nazi submarine, hiding off the coast of South America. Read More »
Black Angel (1946) Roy William Neill, Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
Kirk Bennett is falsely sentenced to death for killing blackmailer Mavis Marlowe, ex-wife of nice-guy drunk Martin Blair. Read More »