Crime Movies
West Side Story (1961)
In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, tensions are high as a gang of Polish-Americans compete against a gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, but this doesn’t…
Five Minutes to Live (1961)
A guitar playing killer terrorizes a housewife while his partner robs the bank where her husband works.
The 7th Commandment (1961)
When Ted gets amnesia after a car wreck, he assumes the life of an evangelist with the help of of a preacher. After his newfound success, however, his old girlfriend…
The Strange Countess (1961)
Johnny Nobody (1961)
When the atheistic ranting of Irish-American author James Mulcahy upsets the inhabitants of the Irish village to which he has retired, a mob threatens him. But moments after he has…
Murder She Said (1961)
Miss Marple believes she’s seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.
The Frightened City (1961)
A small time thief is recruited by a mobster to help with the racketeering. He doesn’t like the job, but with the mob on his back, a femme fatale in…
Victim (1961)
A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success.
Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
When an injured wife-murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the farmer’s three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.
The Devil’s Daffodil (1961)
A Chinese detective breaks up a drug smuggling ring and tries to find the “Daffodil Killer”. The drug smugglers had devised the ingenious method of smuggling heroin from Hong Kong…
You Have to Run Fast (1961)
Dr. Frank Harlow is in the process of trying to save a man badly beaten by two gangsters whom he identifies to the police. When the victim dies the charge…
Anatomy of a Psycho (1961)
The crazed brother of a condemned killer sent to the gas chamber swears vengeance on those he holds responsible for his brother’s execution.
King of the Roaring 20’s – The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)
Gambler Arnold Rothstein marries an actress, avenges his buddy and meets an underworld fate.
The Man in the Back Seat (1961)
The haunting story of two incompetent crooks and an unwanted passenger which obviously has its roots in the Banquo’s ghost segment of Macbeth.
The Young Savages (1961)
A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy.
Mad Dog Coll (1961)
Killer Vincent “Mad Dog” Coll moves in on gangster Dutch Schultz in 1920s New York.
Blast of Silence (1961)
A hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York. But a special girl from his past and a fat gun dealer…
The Terror of the Tongs (1961)
In 1910, Hong Kong, under the rule of the British Empire, is a prosperous and bustling city, but, hidden in the shadows of its many narrow streets, the hideous members…
Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.
The Green Archer (1961)
Payroll (1961)
A vicious gang of crooks plan to steal the wages of a local factory, but their carefully laid plans go wrong, when the factory employs an armoured van to carry…
Sexy Line (1961)
Offbeat (1961)
When Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner from MI5 to…
Rag Doll (1961)
A British drama about a girl becoming a woman after she relocates to London. She and her young boyfriend become tempted by one of her older admirers money.
Girls Beware (1961)
Girls Beware is a trilogy of tragedies brought about by teenage girls’ attempts at independent behavior. Covers do’s and don’ts in the babysitting situation. Develops the problem of the ‘PICK…
Fiend of Dope Island (1961)
Charlie is a dope smuggler who lives on his own private desert island and rules over the natives with an iron fist. When the native stooges get out of line,…
Return of a Stranger (1961)
An obsessed man returns to claim the woman he loves.
Two Way Stretch (1960)
Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning…
The Human Vapor (1960)
A librarian is subject to a scientific experiment which goes wrong and transforms him into ‘The Human Vapour’. He uses his new ability to rob banks to fund the career…
Too Hot to Handle (1960)
A French reporter working on a steamy story about the secret strip joints found in London’s Soho district becomes involved in the lives of the owner and star of a…
The Housemaid (1960)
A piano composer’s family moves into a new house; when his pregnant wife collapses from working to support the family, he hires a housemaid to help with housework.
Key Witness (1960)
An average Los Angeles citizen witnesses a gang murder when he stops to use a telephone. When he presents himself to the LAPD as the only person willing to identify…