Crime Movies
Tight Skirts Loose Pleasures (1965)
Catherine Guérande, a 19-year-old Parisian girl, decides to become a prostitute after a messy love affair. She did not count on Pornotropos, a brutal racketeer who runs the profitable business…
Red Midnight (1965)
Previously lost political thriller about a foreign plot to destroy American cities with small atomic bombs.
Traitor’s Gate (1964)
Emil and the Detectives (1964)
When Emil travels by bus to Berlin to visit his family, his money is stolen by a crook who specializes in digging tunnels. While following the thief, Emil runs into…
Mozambique (1964)
An American pilot assists the Portuguese colonial police who are battling a gang of criminals involved in drug smuggling from Lisbon to Mozambique to Zanzibar.
Signpost to Murder (1964)
An escaped mental patient, reported to be homicidal, hides out in a woman’s rural home.
Do You Know This Voice? (1964)
When a ransom bid results in the death of a child, the police have only one lead – the old lady who witnessed the kidnapper using a public phone box….
The Main Chance (1964)
A wealthy young layabout tries to double cross the master-crook who has engaged him to do a job.
The Naked Kiss (1964)
A former prostitute works to create a new life for herself in a small town, but a shocking discovery could threaten everything.
The Outrage (1964)
At a disused railway station, three men — a con artist, a preacher, and a prospector — discuss the recent trial and sentencing of the outlaw Juan Carrasco for the…
Murder Ahoy (1964)
During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been poisoned after finding a chemical on him. She sets off to investigate at…
Topkapi (1964)
Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims turns out to be a gentleman thief planning to steal the emerald-encrusted dagger…
The World’s Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964)
Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan (“Fumiko’s Five Benefactors” by Hiromichi Horikawa); Amsterdam, The Netherlands (“A River of Diamonds” by Roman Polanski); Naples, Italy (“The…
Dogora (1964)
A floating amorphous life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds.
The Thrill Killers (1964)
Three psychotic murderers escape from a mental institution and stalk women in Los Angeles.
Band of Outsiders (1964)
Cinephile slackers Franz and Arthur spend their days mimicking the antiheroes of Hollywood noirs and Westerns while pursuing the lovely Odile. The misfit trio upends convention at every turn, be…
The Scarred Crest (1964)
Black Hair (1964)
Yeon-shil is the lover of crime boss Dong-il. She pays off one of the boss’s henchmen, Man-ho, with whom she once had an affair; Man-ho is an opium addict, and…
Marnie (1964)
Marnie is a thief, a liar, and a cheat. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, catches on to her routine kleptomania, she finds herself being blackmailed.
Code 7 Victim 5 (1964)
The first victim is the butler of South African millionaire Wexler, who hires hard-hitting private eye Steve Martin for protection. Once at Wexler’s palatial Cape Town estate, Martin meets the…
The Killers (1964)
A hit man and his partner try to find out why their latest victim, a former race-car driver, did not try to get away.
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisborne a cut of their profits after Guy shoots mob boss Big Jim and…
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic series of mishaps, testing the patience of his irritable boss Charles…
Hide and Seek (1964)
A professor of astronomy helping on a missile development program. An old friend of his is a Russian chess champion. The Russian is working with shady businessman Marek and they…
Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In…
The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964)
Woman of Straw (1964)
Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.