The real-life deportation of gangster Lucky Luciano was the inspiration for this romanticized and slightly crackbrained crime drama. Read More »
Crime
Cita imposible (1958) Antonio Santillán, Beni Deus, Claudine Dupuis, Juanita Espín, Crime, Drama
When Rosario is released from a one year prison sentence in Barcelona women’s detention center, she is determined to prove her innocence. Read More »
Everybody Loves Sunshine / Busted (1999) Andrew Goth, Rachel Shelley, Clint Dyer, David Baker, Crime, Drama
Two toughs from the wrong side of the tracks in Manchester, choose different paths when they are released from prison. Read More »
Strange Intruder (1956) Irving Rapper, Edmund Purdom, Ida Lupino, Mimi Gibson, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
During the Korean War, a soldier promises his dying buddy that he’ll look after the man’s family when he gets home. He winds up getting more than he bargained for. Read More »
Scarlet Négligée (1968) Ron Scott, Byron Lord, Shirley Boyd, Nancy Reeves, Crime, Romance
Three robbers hide out in a brothel. Read More »
Murder on the Orient Express (1974) Sidney Lumet, Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Having sorted a matter out in the Middle East, detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) is returning to England aboard the Orient Express. Read More »
Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) Don Siegel, Neville Brand, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Producer Walter Wanger, who had just been released from a prison term after shooting a man he believed was having an affair with his wife, wanted to make a film about the appalling conditions he saw while he was incarcerated. Read More »
Le Lieu du crime / Scene of the Crime (1986) André Téchiné, Nicolas Giraudi, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Crime, Drama, Romance
In the woods, a 13-year-old boy is grabbed by an escaped convict and told to bring money later that day. Read More »
Messenger of Death (1988) J. Lee Thompson, Charles Bronson, Trish Van Devere, Laurence Luckinbill, Action, Crime, Thriller
Wifes and children of the Mormon Orville Beecham become victims of a massacre in his own house. Read More »
Oliver Twist (1982) Clive Donner, George C. Scott, Tim Curry, Michael Hordern, Crime, Drama
The classic Dickens tale of an orphan boy who escapes the horrors of the orphanage only to be taken in by a band of thieves and pickpockets. Read More »