
Detective Michael Shayne and his girlfriend Joanne are on their way to be married when a scream from a nearby hotel room draws his attention to a pair of theatrical murders. Read More »
Film-Noir
Blind Spot (1947) Robert Gordon, Chester Morris, Constance Dowling, Steven Geray

A down-and-nearly-out writer makes a drunken visit to the office of his publisher Read More »
Once a Thief (1950) W. Lee Wilder, Cesar Romero, June Havoc, Marie McDonald, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A down-on-her-luck San Francisco woman, turning in desperation to jewel robbery, barely escapes getting nabbed in a heist and moves to Los Angeles where she gets an honest job as a waitress. Read More »
Desperate Moment (1953) Compton Bennett, Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling, Philip Friend, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller, War

In post-world-war II Germany, Dutchman Simon Van Halder is accused of killing a British soldier. Although he confessed to the murder in order to obtain penicillin for his illness, Simon is innocent. Read More »
Orders to Kill (1958) Anthony Asquith, Eddie Albert, Paul Massie, Lillian Gish, Film-Noir, Drama, War

A grounded American figter pilot is switched to espionage on a special job in which he must kill a small-time Paris lawyer suspected of double-crossing France by selling out radio operators to the Nazis. Read More »
You Only Live Once (1937) Fritz Lang, Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Joan is the secretary to the public defender in a large city. She is in love with a career criminal named Eddie, and she believes that he is a basically good person who just had some tough breaks. Read More »
The Night Holds Terror (1955) Andrew L. Stone, Jack Kelly, Hildy Parks, Vince Edwards, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

A group of escaped convicts take over a suburban home to evade the ongoing police manhunt, making the lives of the family living there a nightmare. Read More »
Flight to Hong Kong (1956) Joseph M. Newman, Rory Calhoun, Barbara Rush, Dolores Donlon, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

On an airliner bound for Hong Kong, Tony Dumont (Rory Calhoun) is attracted to a pretty novelist, Pamela Vincent (Barbara Rush), who returns the attention. Read More »
Passport to Treason (1956) Robert S. Baker, Rod Cameron, Lois Maxwell, Clifford Evans, Mystery, Film-Noir

While investigating the mysterious death of a friend, a man discovers a peace organization is the front for a crime syndicate. Based on the novel of the same name by Manning O’Brien. Read More »
Big Town After Dark (1947) William C. Thomas, Phillip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Richard Travis, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

When Lorelei Kilbourne leaves her job as the police reporter for the Illustrated Press, Managing Editor Steve Wilson employs the publisher’s niece, Susan Peabody, to replace her. Read More »