
Orlac is a world famous pianist. One day he is badly hurt in a big train wreck. He is in danger of losing both his hands so his wife begs the doctors to save them. Read More »
Crime
Legion of Terror (1936) Charles C. Coleman, Bruce Cabot, Marguerite Churchill, Crawford Weaver, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance

Two newly-appointed postal inspectors, Frank Marshall and ‘Slim” Hewitt, set out to track down the sender of a time-bomb to a U. S. Senator and, during their investigation Read More »
Bô no kanashimi / Like a Rolling Stone (1994) Tatsumi Kumashiro, Eiji Okuda, Eiko Nagashima, Reiko Takashima, Crime, Drama

Tanaka is a yakuza who collects ‘protection money’ from establishments. He has just been released from jail, where he had spent eight years, and finds out that his boss wants to get rid of him. Read More »
Topkapi (1964) Jules Dassin, Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell

A small-time con-man with passport problems gets mixed up with a gang of world-class jewelry thieves plotting to rob the Topkapi museum in Istanbul. Read More »
Thunderhoof (1948) Phil Karlson, Preston Foster, Mary Stuart, William Bishop, Crime, Drama, Romance, Western

Texas rancher Scotty Mason goes into the Mexican desert-country in search of a wild horse, and takes his young wife, Margarita and his hired-hand, The Kid, whose life Scotty had saved a few years earlier. Read More »
The Shadow (1937) Charles C. Coleman, Rita Hayworth, Charles Quigley, Marc Lawrence, Crime, Mystery

Mary Gillespie is restoring the Col. Gillespie Circus to its former splendor after her father’s death. Read More »
The Madonnas Secret (1946) Wilhelm Thiele, Francis Lederer, Gail Patrick, Ann Rutherford, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

This drama is an updated version of Ulmer’s 1944 film Bluebeard. It is set in New York and follows the exploits of an eccentric Parisian painter who has come to New York to escape a controversy surrounding his work. Read More »
Special Inspector (1938) Leon Barsha, Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth, George McKay, Crime, Drama, Romance

Filmed in Canada as part of the UK-Quota System: U. S. Customs Agent Tom Evans is given the assignment of running down a smuggling ring which hijacks Canadian fur-shipper’s trucks and sells the loot in the United States. Read More »
Perfect Friday (1970) Peter Hall, Ursula Andress, Stanley Baker, David Warner, Comedy, Crime

The deputy manager of a London bank has worked out a way to rob the branch of £200,000. Read More »
Missing Women (1951) Philip Ford, Penny Edwards, James Millican, John Gallaudet, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Sport

Claudia Rankin’s husband of one hour is murdered after they stop on an isolated road. When the police appear, to her, to be taking their time about finding the killer, Claudia changes her name and appearance and starts her own investigation. Read More »