
Vicious drug dealer Vince Ryker escapes from San Quentin with another prisoner after stabbing a guard to death and stealing what he believes to be a cannister filled with experimental heroin from the prison hospital. Read More »
Crime
Poulet au vinaigre / Chicken with Vinegar (1985) Claude Chabrol, Jean Poiret, Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Mystery, Crime, Thriller

When a small town begins losing its citizenry in a series of grisly murders, out-of-town police inspector Jean Lavardin (Jean Poiret) is sent to investigate. Read More »
Inspecteur Lavardin (1986) Claude Chabrol, Jean Poiret, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont, Crime, Drama, Mystery

Inspector Lavardin is induced to investigate the murder of a province’s notable who was taking himself as the moral guardian of his village. Read More »
Inferno (1953) Roy Ward Baker, Robert Ryan, Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller

20th Century-Fox put a lot of eggs in this 1953 film—3-D and stereophonic sound on prints for the few theatres equipped for that sound system in 1953, and the result was possibly the best 3-D film made during the craze. Read More »
Ni pour, ni contre (bien au contraire) / Not for, or Against (Quite the Contrary) (2003) Cédric Klapisch, Marie Gillain, Vincent Elbaz, Simon Abkarian, Crime, Drama

“Ni Pour, Ni Contre” tracks the fall of a young TV camerawoman, Caty, after she becomes involved with a group of petty criminals and their enigmatic leader, Jean. Read More »
A Bronx Tale (1993) Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri, Lillo Brancato, Crime, Drama

Gangster Sonny is the big man in the Bronx neighborhood of an Italian small boy named Calogero. Read More »
Big Town After Dark (1947) William C. Thomas, Phillip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Richard Travis, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

When Lorelei Kilbourne leaves her job as the police reporter for the Illustrated Press, Managing Editor Steve Wilson employs the publisher’s niece, Susan Peabody, to replace her. Read More »
Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes / Jive Turkey (1974) Bill Brame, Frank DeKova, Paul Harris, Frances E. Williams, Crime, Thriller

It’s a turf battle over the mean streets of Harlem between Italian mobsters and the black hoodlums living in the neighborhood run by “Big Tony” (Frank DeKove). Read More »
Baby Face Nelson (1957) Don Siegel, Mickey Rooney, Carolyn Jones, Cedric Hardwicke

After being released from prison, Nelson goes to work for mob boss Rocca (Ted De Corsia), who eventually Read More »
The Family Secret (1951) Henry Levin, John Derek, Lee J. Cobb, Jody Lawrance, Crime, Drama

A lawyer faces a difficult decision when his son accidentally kills his best friend with no witnesses present, and a rift develops in his mother and father offer contradictory solutions to their sons dilemma. Read More »