
During the 1950s, the New York garment industry is going through a turmoil. Read More »
Crime
Flaxy Martin (1949) Richard L. Bare, Virginia Mayo, Zachary Scott, Dorothy Malone, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery

Unscrupulous showgirl Flaxy Martin involves young attorney Walter Colby with mobster Hap Richie. Read More »
Destination Murder (1950) Edward L. Cahn, Joyce Mackenzie, Stanley Clements, Hurd Hatfield, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Laura Mansfield’s father is killed, apparently by a telegraphic messenger. She spots Jackie Wales in a police lineup, but can’t identify him positively. Read More »
The Get-Away (1941) Edward Buzzell, Richard Rosson, Robert Sterling, Charles Winninger, Donna Reed, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance

A government agent goes under cover in prison to gain confidence with a wanted criminal and get information regarding his gang. Read More »
Shockproof (1949) Douglas Sirk, Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight, John Baragrey, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Jenny Marsh, still dangerously attractive after 5 years in prison for killing a man in defense of her shady lover Harry Read More »
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) Gordon Douglas, Frank Lovejoy, Dorothy Hart, Philip Carey, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

The FBI infiltrates one of their agents in the US Communist Party. Read More »
Second Chance (1953) Rudolph Maté, Robert Mitchum, Jack Palance, Linda Darnell, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

Claire Sinclair is hiding in Mexico to avoid testifying against her gangster boyfriend. Read More »
The Clouded Yellow (1950) Ralph Thomas, Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard, Sonia Dresdel, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

When Secret Service agent David Somers is fired, he takes a quiet job with the Fentons at their country estate – cataloging butterflies, hence the title insect. Read More »
The Outside Man (1972) Jacques Deray, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ann-Margret, Roy Scheider, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Jean-Louis Trintignant plays a French contract assassin hired by a Los Angeles crime family, ostensibly to perform a hit on some other mafia target. Read More »
Backfire (1950) Vincent Sherman, Virginia Mayo, Gordon MacRae, Edmond O’Brien, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Bob Corey, recovering from a series of operations in a Veterans’ hospital, learns that his friend, Steve Connelly, with whom he intended to buy a ranch Read More »