Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death sentence by blaming the slums environment as the cause of Dutch’s crimes, enlists the aid of Dutch’s sister, Marcia Adams, to get the slum dwellers at appeal for public monies to provide recreational places for the slum kids.
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Crime
Mad in Italy (2011) Paolo Fazzini, Gianluca Testa, Eleonora Bolla, Giovanni Maria Buzzatti, Crime, Horror
Story of a budding serial killer, who takes a young lady from a prominent family in the neighboring town, and holds her captive. The film examines the young girl’s plight as she faces a very human terror and fights for survival.
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Nurse Diary Beast Afternoon (1982) Naosuke Kurosawa, Maiko Kazama, Jun Miho, Miki Yamaji, Hideo Shiroyama, Crime, Sci-Fi, Erotic
A doctor develops a new scientific breakthrough in female psychotherapy with the discovery of the “Dream Ring,” a device that is inserted into a woman to record her thoughts and dreams.
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Murph the Surf (1975) Marvin J. Chomsky, Robert Conrad, Don Stroud, Donna Mills, Biography, Comedy, Crime
Based on a true story, details the daring 1964 theft of the J.P. Morgan jewel collection from New York’s American Museum of Natural History.
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Flag in the Mist / Kiri no hata (1965) Yôji Yamada, Chieko Baishô, Osamu Takizawa, Michiyo Aratama, Crime, Drama
When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko (Chieko Baisho) travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan’s top lawyer to defend her brother.
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0 Uhr 15, Zimmer 9 / Quarter Past Midnight, Room 9 (1950) Arthur Maria Rabenalt, Cornell Borchers, Maria Schanda, Walter Franck, Crime
The young hotel manager Leutner runs for study purposes a transmitter in the hotel room of his fiancée Maria. Coincidentally he learns that a gang of counterfeiters want to get rid of a troublesome witness at 12:15 AM.
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The Killing of John Lennon (2006) Andrew Piddington, Jonas Ball, Mie Omori, Krisha Fairchild, Crime, Drama
The film follows the travels and accounts of Mark Chapman (Jonas Ball) and gives the watcher an insight into his mind. It starts with him in Hawaii and how he does not fit in with anyone including his job; family; friends etc. He says he is searching for a purpose in his life and that it has no direction.
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Shadows in the Palace / Goongnyeo (2007) Mi-jung Kim, Jin-hie Park, Se-ah Yun, Yeong-hie Seo, Crime, Drama, History
During the Chosun period, a court lady is found dead, hanging by the rafters of the palace. After examining the dead body, place physician Chun-ryung discovers that the dead maid was probably murdered and carries out investigation even though her higher-ups pressure her to close the case as suicide.
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Dear Mr. Gacy (2010) Svetozar Ristovski, William Forsythe, Jesse Moss, Emma Lahana, Crime, Drama, Thriller
1993. Overachieving college student Jason Moss, fascinated by serial crime, decides to write his criminology class term paper on John Wayne Gacy, who is on death row and scheduled to be executed in six months time. Jason’s criminology professor, Mr. Harris, will only allow Jason to write his paper on Gacy if Jason can come up with a fresh angle, as he himself believes the topic of serial killers is already overexposed.
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Backflash (2002) Philip J. Jones, Robert Patrick, Jennifer Esposito, Mike Starr, Action, Crime, Drama
Ray Bennett, a lonely video-store owner in the middle of nowhere decides to take some days off his work to think about his future. On the road, he comes across Harley, a very attractive, mysterious woman and ex-prisoner.
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