Crime Movies
Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962)
Vincent Price stars in this early ’60s adaptation of Thomas De Quincey’s thriller about an opium addict trying to solve a mystery in San Francisco’s Chinatown.
Captain Clegg (1962)
A captain and his sailors investigate the rampaging “Marsh Phantoms” terrorizing a coastal town, but their search is hindered by a local reverend and a horrifying curse.
Incident in an Alley (1962)
A policeman is accused of manslaughtering a 14-year-old boy but is acquitted of all charges. Still, he feels a lot of guilt and begins to doubt if he really is…
Strongroom (1962)
During a bank robbery, the manager and a cashier are locked in the strongroom, while the crooks escape. Later, when the gang realise that their plan to release the pair…
G-Men in the Pacific (1962)
Experiment in Terror (1962)
A man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.
Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano’s bullet-riddled corpse is found facedown in a courtyard in Castelvetrano, a handgun and rifle by his side. Local and international press descend upon the scene, hoping…
13 West Street (1962)
Walt Sherill is attacked and beat down by a group of juvenile delinquents on his way home from work one night. The boys who attacked him are not previously known…
Crosstrap (1962)
In this thriller, two gangs of jewel thieves battle it out in a deserted cottage. Murder ensues when the owners of the cabin show up. Listed as lost by the…
Two Letter Alibi (1962)
Charles Hilary is in love with Kathy Forrester, a beautiful television personality, but is married to Louise, an alcoholic with as many lovers as whisky bottles. His pleas for a…
Backfire! (1962)
Arson is the way out for a failing cosmetics company.
The Happy Thieves (1961)
A suave art thief romances a wealthy duchess, only to enable him to steal a priceless painting from her collection. Complications ensue.
Cash on Demand (1961)
A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal £90,000.
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.