A man, standing trial for robbery with murder, faces the death penalty. The testimony of an old civil servant will be crucial. Read More »
Crime
The Racket (1951) John Cromwell, Mel Ferrer, Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan
The large federal crime syndicate has proceeded in to town, teaming up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. Read More »
Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941) H. Bruce Humberstone, Cesar Romero, Virginia Gilmore, Charlotte Greenwood
Cesar Romero plays an outwardly tough prohibition-era gangster who in reality wouldn’t hurt a fly. Read More »
White Lies / …Comme elle respire (1998) Pierre Salvadori, Marie Trintignant, Guillaume Depardieu, Jean-François Stévenin
Jeanne is a young weirdo girl who flies to Paris, and is hired by an old lady called Madeleine as an au pair. Read More »
Oh, Bomb! / Aa bakudan (1964) Kihachi Okamoto, Yûnosuke Itô, Fubuki Koshiji, Ichirô Nakatani
Filmed as a traditional Japanese play, a yakuza boss is released from prison Read More »
Convicted Woman (1940) Nick Grinde, Rochelle Hudson, Frieda Inescort, June Lang
Jobless Betty Andrews, although innocent, is convicted of a department store theft and Read More »
Cargo to Capetown (1950) Earl McEvoy, Broderick Crawford, Ellen Drew, John Ireland
The plot involves Ireland, captain of a tired oil tanker, and Crawford, the ship’s engineer. Read More »
Crime at Red Light / Delitti a luce rossa (1996) Pasquale Fanetti, Gabriella Barbuti, Gianluigi Ghione, Vassili Karis
Italian erotic thriller in which a cheating husband wants to have his hotelier Read More »
Tiger in the Smoke (1956) Roy Ward Baker, Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow, Tony Wright
In wartime a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general Read More »
The Saint Strikes Back (1939) John Farrow, George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale
A disgraced policeman’s daughter in San Francisco is busy acquiring a name for herself Read More »