
Bill Saunders, disturbed ex-soldier, kills a man in a postwar London pub brawl. Read More »
Film-Noir
Incident (1948) William Beaudine, Warren Douglas, Jane Frazee, Robert Osterloh, Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

Stockbroker Joe Downey(Warren Douglas), mistaken in the dark for gangster “Slats” Slattery (Robert Osterloh), is brutally beaten by a rival gangster Read More »
He Walked By Night (1948) Alfred L. Werker, Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

In the Post-World War II, in Los Angeles, a criminal shots and kills a police officer in the middle of the night. Read More »
Escape (1948) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rex Harrison, Peggy Cummins, William Hartnell, Film-Noir, Thriller

A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl. Read More »
Crime Wave (1954) André De Toth, Gene Nelson, Sterling Hayden, Phyllis Kirk, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Three San Quentin escapees (Penny, Hastings and Morgan) kill a cop in a gas-station holdup. Read More »
13 Rue Madeleine (1947) Henry Hathaway, James Cagney, Annabella, Richard Conte, Action, Adventure, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller, War

Documentary-style prologue follows training of O.S.S. agents for WWII work behind enemy lines. Read More »
Secret Beyond the Door (1947) Fritz Lang, Joan Bennett, Michael Redgrave, Anne Revere, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery

In this Freudian version of the Bluebeard tale, a young, trust-funded New Yorker goes to Mexico on vacation before marrying an old friend whom she considers a safe choice for a husband. Read More »
They Won’t Believe Me (1947) Irving Pichel, Robert Young, Susan Hayward, Jane Greer, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

On trial for murder, Larry Ballantyne regurgitates an unbelievable story. He recounts how he philanders to other women while his rich loving wife Gretta tries to keep him in line. Read More »
Sabita naifu / Rusty Knife (1958) Toshio Masuda, Yûjirô Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Shôji Yasui, Action, Crime, Film-Noir

Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a laughing, self-confident thug. Read More »
The Blue Dahlia (1946) George Marshall, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

When Johnny comes home from the navy he finds his wife Helen kissing her substitute boyfriend Eddie, the owner of the Blue Dahlia nightclub. Read More »