V.D. (1961)
A high school track star’s wedding plans are capsized by venereal disease and a bad, beautiful new girl in town. His coach and a physician steer him into the light…
Hell Is a City (1960)
Set in Manchester, heartland of England’s industrial north, Don Starling escapes from jail becoming England’s most wanted man. Ruthless villain Starling together with his cronies engineered a robbery that resulted…
Intimidation (1960)
Koreyoshi Kurahara’s ingeniously plotted, pocket-size noir concerns the intertwined fates of a desperate bank manager, blackmailed for book-cooking, and his resentful but timid underling, passed over for a promotion. The…
The Pusher (1960)
A detective investigating the murder of a heroin addict discovers that there is a connection between the junkie and his fiance, who is his boss’ daughter.
The Purple Gang (1959)
The story of the infamous Purple Gang – a ring of bootleggers, hijackers and killers in 1920’s Detroit.
The FBI Story (1959)
A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency’s battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.
Inside the Mafia (1959)
A mob assassin holds innocent hostages at an airport in upstate New York.
The Scapegoat (1959)
An Englishman in France unwittingly is placed into the identity, and steps into the vacated life, of a look-alike French nobleman.
Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)
A young alien falls for a pretty teenage Earth girl and they team up to try to stop the plans of his invading cohorts, who intend to use Earth as…
The Scarface Mob (1959)
Story of how a group of incorruptible federal lawmen helped put 1920s’ Chicago gangster Al Capone in prison.
Compulsion (1959)
Two close friends’ plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.
The Trap (1959)
Lawyer Ralph Anderson arrives in Tula, an amazingly remote town in the desert, as reluctant emissary of mob chief Victor Massonetti, who wants the airstrip clear for his unofficial exit…
The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)
A rookie cop takes on criminals who have the local government in their pocket.
Escapement (1958)
An insurance investigator tumbles onto a series of similar deaths, by brain hemorrhage, of patients of a psychiatric clinic in France where therapy involves a device which can implant visual…
Hell Drivers (1957)
An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.
Untamed Youth (1957)
Two sisters are arrested for skinny-dipping on their way to Los Angeles and are sentenced to labor work on a farm.
Crime of Passion (1956)
Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance…
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, talks his possible son-in-law Tom into a hoax in an attempt to expose ineptitude of the…
Slightly Scarlet (1956)
Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison into the custody of her sister June, secretary to “reform” politician Frank Jansen. Ben Grace, associate of crime boss Sol “Solly” Caspar, sees…
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to…
I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before retiring — by robbing a resort hotel.
We’re No Angels (1955)
Three convicts escape from prison on Devil’s Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Ducotels, the only store…
Suddenly (1954)
The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw’s unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can’t abide guns and those who use them….
On Trial (1954)
Prosecutor Etzel discovers that his father has sentenced a man, Leonardo Maurizius, on mere presumptions. He then makes it a point of honor to trace the sources of the case…
Witness to Murder (1954)
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.
The Intruder (1953)
When Ex Colonel Merton discovers a burglar ransacking his home, he is shocked to find out that the thief is a former soldier from his tank regiment. When the thief…
Code Two (1953)
Three young men train to become motorcycle cops.
Women of Twilight (1953)
When a nightclub singer is arrested for murder, his pregnant girlfriend moves into a boarding house for women, but the mother-to-be soon discovers that her new lodgings harbors a horrific…
Wide Boy (1952)
Picking a pocket leads to blackmail and murder for a petty criminal in London.
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Having met on a train, a smooth-talking psychotic socialite shares his theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder to an amateur tennis player — a theory…
Cause for Alarm! (1951)
A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.
The Great Jewel Robber (1950)
Director Peter Godfrey’s 1950 drama, inspired by true events, dramatizes the crime spree of the notorious jewel thief known as “The Hollywood Raffles”, whose famous robbery victims included such real-life…
Crisis (1950)
An American doctor gets caught in the middle of a revolution when he’s forced to operate on a South American dictator.
Borderline (1950)
The Los Angeles police know that Pete Ritchie has been bringing drugs into the city, but they can’t pin a single piece of evidence on him. After many botched attempts…
House of Strangers (1949)
Gino Monetti is a ruthless Italian-American banker who is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of…
Criss Cross (1949)
An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.