A veteran, Joe Hilton (Warren Douglas), returns from the war to find that his brother Jeffrey Hilton (George Meeker), a gangster, has been killed. Read More »
Crime
Police Dog (1955) Derek N. Twist, Joan Rice, Tim Turner, Sandra Dorne, Crime, Drama
Calling Homicide (1956) Edward Bernds
Two homicide detectives search for a connection between the car-bombing murder of a fellow investigator and the mutilation murder of a much-hated owner of a modeling school. Read More »
Kanashi iro yanen / Getting Blue in Color (1988) Yoshimitsu Morita, Tôru Nakamura, Masahiro Takashima, Miwako Fujitani, Action, Crime, Drama
Despite his efforts of living a normal life as a banker, the life of Toru, the only son of the Yubari Family, becomes disrupted by trouble brought on by his father. Read More »
Les plus belles escroqueries du monde / The World’s Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964) Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Mie Hama, Ken Mitsuda, Nicole Karen, Comedy, Crime
Four swindle stories, taking place successively in Tokyo – Japan (Les cinq bienfaiteurs de Fumiko), Amsterdam – The Netherlands (La riviere de diamants), Italie (La feuille de route), and Paris – France (L’homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel). Read More »
Trial Without Jury (1950) Philip Ford, Robert Rockwell, Barbra Fuller, Kent Taylor, Crime, Drama
A homicide detective (Robert Rockwell) suspects a playwright who bases his play on a murder. Read More »
Hold That Woman! (1940) Sam Newfield, James Dunn, Frances Gifford, George Douglas, Comedy, Crime, Romance
A skip tracer–someone who collects late payments from people who’ve purchased appliances, etc., or takes them back them when they don’t pay–repossesses a small radio from a deadbeat who’s skipped payments. Read More »
Eddie og Suzanne / Eddie and Suzanne (1975) Arild Kristo, Sverre Horge, Yvonne Sparrbåge, Per-Axel Arosenius, Crime, Drama
The former convicted Eddie from Oslo meet Suzanne, the daughter of a tyrannic Swedish police chief, in a discotheque by coincidence. Read More »
Bowery Bombshell (1946) Phil Karlson, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Slip (Leo Gorcey), Sach (Huntz Hall), Bobby (Bobby Jordan), Whitey (William Benedict) and Chuck (David Gorcey) unsuccessfully try to sell a dilapidated car Read More »
Inspector Hornleigh (1939) Eugene Forde, Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Miki Hood
When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Read More »