
Mathias, an Alsatian innkeeper, murders a rich Pole staying at his inn But Mathias’ conscience will not let him rest, and the murdered man’s spirit drives the innkeeper nearly mad. Read More »
Crime
Bordertown (1935) Archie Mayo, Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay, Crime, Drama

Johnny Ramirez rises from bouncer to partner in Charlie Roark’s border town casino. Charlie’s wife Marie loves Johnny, but Johnny loves society woman Dale. Read More »
The Web (1947) Michael Gordon, Ella Raines, Edmond O’Brien, William Bendix, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Leopold Kroner, formerly of Colby Enterprises, is released after five years in prison for embezzlement. Read More »
Sensualidad (1951) Alberto Gout, Fernando Soler, Ninón Sevilla, Domingo Soler, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Saloon singer Aurora is sentenced to two years in prison for a prostitution conviction. Read More »
The Happy Thieves (1961) George Marshall, Rita Hayworth, Rex Harrison, Joseph Wiseman, Comedy, Drama, Crime

Gentleman thief Jim Bourne steals a Velázquez painting, “Venus With a Mirror,” from the Spanish castle of the Duchess Blanca. Read More »
O Drakos / The Ogre of Athens (1956) Nikos Koundouros, Dinos Iliopoulos, Margarita Papageorgiou, Giannis Argyris, Crime, Drama

The film “O Drakos” is about a mousy, timid, bespectacled guy in Athens who sees a newspaper photo of a fugitive criminal mastermind called “The Fiend”. Read More »
The Arnelo Affair (1947) Arch Oboler, John Hodiak, George Murphy, Frances Gifford, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance

Anne Parkson feels neglected by her lawyer-husband Ted, so she falls in love with night-club owner Tony Arnello, a shady character who is a client of her husband’s. Read More »
Zugvögel – … einmal nach Inari / Trains’n’Roses (1998) Peter Lichtefeld, Joachim Król, Outi Mäenpää, Peter Lohmeyer, Comedy, Romance, Crime

Hannes is a beer-truck driver in Dortmund. His biggest dream is to win the first prize at the International Time-Table Contest in Inari (Finland). Read More »
CrissCross (1992) Chris Menges, Goldie Hawn, Arliss Howard, James Gammon, Crime, Drama

Set in 1969, a twelve-year-old grows up in Key West with his mother, who is paying the bills by stripping at the local topless bar. Read More »
The Killer Inside Me (1976) Burt Kennedy, Stacy Keach, Susan Tyrrell, Tisha Sterling, Crime, Drama

Everyone figures Lou Ford, a small-town, Montana, deputy sheriff, to be a normal, good-old-boy kind of regular Joe. But no one knows about “the sickness” that drives him to kill. Read More »