Crime Movies
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.
Cat & Mouse (1958)
A GI deserter frames a girl for killing a blackmailer, and holds her captive while seeking gems.
The Gun Runners (1958)
Remake of “To Have and Have Not” based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of Cuban revolution. A charter boat skipper gets entangled in gunrunning scheme to…
Cairo Station (1958)
Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed with Hanuma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she…
The Snorkel (1958)
On the Italian coast, writer Paul Decker has grown unhappy in his marriage and executes what appears to be a perfect murder of his wife. While Paul is believed to…
King Creole (1958)
Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is…
The Lineup (1958)
In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.
The Man Who Died Twice (1958)
An innocent nightclub singer becomes mixed up in illegal drug dealings shortly after witnessing her husband’s death and the murder of a couple of narcotics agents.
The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)
A rookie cop takes on criminals who have the local government in their pocket.
High School Confidential! (1958)
A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. This is a typical morality play of the era, filled with a…
The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)
In the 1930s, amoral blonde tommy-gun girl Bonnie Parker cut a swath of bodies across the South-West. Starting out on gas stations and bars with side-kick Guy Darrow she graduated…
Grip of the Strangler (1958)
A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.
Thunder Road (1958)
Unrepentant Tennessee moonshine runner Luke Doolin (Robert Mitchum) makes dangerous high-speed deliveries for his liquor-producing father, Vernon (Trevor Bardette), but won’t let his younger brother Robin (James Mitchum) join the…
Machine-Gun Kelly (1958)
George Kelly is angry at the world and scared to death of dying. A career bank robber, Kelly gets his confidence from his Thompson SMG and his girl Flo. After…
The Flower in Hell (1958)
In post-Korean War Seoul, a young man from the countryside discovers that his older brother has become romantically involved in a prostitute and has no intentions of returning home.
The Strange Awakening (1958)
Peter Chance suffers a blow to the head and wakes up with amnesia in a luxurious home, where a doctor and several women tell him he’s a missing heir who’s…
Hell’s Five Hours (1958)
The manager (Stephen McNally) of a rocket-fuel plant deals with a worker (Vic Morrow) threatening to blow himself up.
Touch of Evil (1958)
When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When…
Gideon’s Day (1958)
Scotland Yard Inspector George Gideon starts his day off on the wrong foot when he gets a traffic-violation ticket from a young police officer. From there, his ‘typical day” consists…
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…
Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
Four women were murdered, each was knifed and, though they had their clothes torn, they weren’t molested. As the famed police inspector Jules Maigret pieces the clues together, he comes…
The Man Who Wouldn’t Talk (1958)
American scientist Dr. Frank Smith is brought to Britain to help the C.I.A. There is a defecting East block scientist they want him to debrief. The commies are less than…
The World Was His Jury (1958)
A sea captain stands trial for manslaughter after 162 people are killed in a fire aboard his cruise ship. Director Fred F. Sears’ 1958 drama stars Edmond O’Brien, Robert McQueeney,…
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
An ailing barrister agrees to defend a man in a sensational murder trial where the unconvincing testimony of the defendant’s wife becomes a subject of confusion.
Baby Face Nelson (1957)
Famed Depression-era gangster “Baby Face Nelson” (Mickey Rooney) robs and kills while accompanied by his beautiful moll (Carolyn Jones).
Plunder Road (1957)
A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
Man on the Prowl (1957)
A neglected wife (Mala Powers) unknowingly places her family in danger when she becomes friends with a psychologically disturbed deliveryman (James Best).
The Dalton Girls (1957)
Female relatives of the infamous Dalton gang carry on the family tradition.
Johnny Gunman (1957)
Set over the course of one night in New York, Johnny Gunman follows a tense battle between two mob boss hopefuls.
Kill Her Gently (1957)
A motorist picks up to escaped convicts. Instead of turning them over to the police he hires them to kill his wife.
The Flying Scot (1957)
A gang of four would-be robbers plans to steal a fortune in currency hidden aboard the “Flying Scotsman” in a railroad stateroom by cutting through the wall of the adjacent…
The Tijuana Story (1957)
Courageous newspaper editor Manuel Acosta Mesa tries to take on the mob in Tijuana through his newspaper, reporting on the violence, prostitution and drug sales in the border town.