Based on the comic strip by Gene Byrnes, the “Reg’lar Fellers”, and one girl-feller, tinker with building a land/water machine Read More »
Crime
Kagi-dorobô no mesoddo / Key of Life (2012) Kenji Uchida, Masato Sakai, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ryôko Hirosue, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Unemployed 35 year old Sakurai aspired to become an actor, but failed miserably. He decides to end his own life, but first he goes to purify himself at a public bathhouse. Read More »
Red Light (1949) Roy Del Ruth, George Raft, Virginia Mayo, Gene Lockhart, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. Read More »
Bodyguard (1948) Richard Fleischer, Lawrence Tierney, Priscilla Lane, Phillip Reed, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Homicide detective Mike Carter is tossed off the police force for insubordination and violating regulations. Read More »
Das Geheimnis der roten Katze / The Secret of the Red Cat (1931) Erich Schönfelder, Rosa Valetti, Hans Junkermann, Margot Landa, Comedy, Crime
“The Red Cat” is a seedy dive. The rich American, Jefferson, who shows up there one day with his family and who recently became the proud owner of the famous Halifax emerald Read More »
Scream for Help (1984) Michael Winner, Rachael Kelly, Marie Masters, David Allen Brooks, Horror, Mystery, Crime
A teenaged girl discovers that her stepfather is trying to murder her and her mother, but when she tells people, no one will believe her. Read More »
Heat of Midnight (1966) Max Pécas, Jean Vinci, Jean Claudio, Claudine Coster, Crime, Drama, Erotic
This sexy thriller follows the trials of a petty crook who steals jewels from the Parisian mob, then seeks refuge with his ex-wife and her new lesbian lover. Read More »
Faites sauter la banque! / Let’s Rob the Bank (1964) Jean Girault, Louis de Funès, Yvonne Clech, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Comedy, Crime
Shopkeeper Victor Garnier has naively invested his family’s life savings in an African mine, on his banker’s recommendation. Read More »
Cat and Mouse (1958) Paul Rotha, Lee Patterson, Ann Sears, Victor Maddern, Crime, Drama
A GI deserter frames a girl for killing a blackmailer, and holds her captive while seeking gems. Read More »
Massacre Mafia Style / Like Father, Like Son (1974) Duke Mitchell, Vic Caesar, Lorenzo Dodo, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Mimi Miceli Jr. is, the son of a Mafia don who was exiled back to Sicily. He wants to get back into the family business and transplant it from New York to Hollywood. Read More »