Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Read More »
Crime
Le crâneur / The Hotshot (1955) Dimitri Kirsanoff, Marina Vlady, Raymond Pellegrin, Dora Doll, Crime, Drama
When Betty Bell, a dancer at a swanky nightclub Le Toboggan, is found dead in a telephone booth suspicion falls immediately on her lover, Philippe, a former stuntman. Read More »
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion / Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (1970) Elio Petri, Gian Maria Volontè, Florinda Bolkan, Gianni Santuccio, Crime, Drama
A chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
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The Wrecker (1929) Géza von Bolváry, Carlyle Blackwell, Benita Hume, Joseph Striker, Crime, Drama
The Wrecker is a British film that tells the story of a crook who organises train crashes to discredit the railway, in favour of a rival bus company. Read More »
Shimauma / Zebra (2016) Hajime Hashimoto, Ryô Ryûsei, Kenta Suga, Kyoko Hinami, Crime, Thriller
Dora (Ryo Ryusei) and associates runs a badger game scheme to extort victims out of money. One day though, their target looks like an ordinary guy, but he tuns out to be a yakuza. Read More »
Fall Guy (1947) Reginald Le Borg, Robert Armstrong, Leo Penn, Teala Loring, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Tom Cochrane (Leo Penn’), full of dope (cocaine) and covered with blood, is picked up by the police and then questioned by detectives Shannon (Douglas Fowley) and Taylor (Harry Strang), but manages to escape. Read More »
10 to Midnight (1983) J. Lee Thompson, Charles Bronson, Lisa Eilbacher, Andrew Stevens, Crime, Drama, Thriller
In Los Angeles, the rookie Detective Paul McAnn teams up with the veteran Detective Leo Kessler to investigate the murder of Betty Johnson and her boyfriend that were stabbed by a naked serial-killer in a park. Read More »
Creature with the Atom Brain (1955) Edward L. Cahn, Richard Denning, Angela Stevens, S. John Launer, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Several years earlier gangster Frank Buchanan was deported to his native Italy through the efforts of law enforcement authorities and rival gangsters who inform on him. Read More »
Boefje / Wilton’s Zoo (1939) Douglas Sirk, Annie van Ees, Albert van Dalsum, Enny Snijders, Crime, Drama
Twelve year old Jan Grovers spends more time in the alleys of Rotterdam than with his family (though he occasionally looks after his tree younger sisters, all of whom are called Mientje). Read More »
Cadaveri eccellenti / Illustrious Corpses (1976) Francesco Rosi, Lino Ventura, Tino Carraro, Marcel Bozzuffi, Crime, Thriller, Mystery
A detective (inspector Rogas) is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges. Read More »