Crime Movies

Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard (1950)

Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard (1950)

Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard (1950)
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67

A federal agent joins forces with a British lawman to foil a spy ring.

Southside 1-1000 (1950)

Southside 1-1000 (1950)

Southside 1-1000 (1950)
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73

The U.S. Secret Service goes after a counterfeiting ring by placing one of its agents in a criminal mob.

Genre: Crime
Woman on the Run (1950)

Woman on the Run (1950)

Woman on the Run (1950)
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77

Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible…

Dial 1119 (1950)

Dial 1119 (1950)

Dial 1119 (1950)
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75

A deranged killer escapes from a mental institution, intent on locating the psychiatrist whose testimony sent him to the asylum, holds the patrons of a bar hostage.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Undercover Girl (1950)

Undercover Girl (1950)

Undercover Girl (1950)
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83

After her father is murdered, a girl joins the police force in an effort to track down the killers.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Pirates of the High Seas (1950)

Pirates of the High Seas (1950)

Pirates of the High Seas (1950)
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260

For decades, pirates roamed the seas, searching for booty to plunder and coastal villages to terrorize. Who were these men and women? As you dig beneath the myth of Blackbeard,…

Chain Gang (1950)

Chain Gang (1950)

Chain Gang (1950)
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70

Crusading newspaperman Cliff Roberts masquerades as a prison guard to document inhuman conditions.

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Deported (1950)

Deported (1950)

Deported (1950)
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89

The real-life deportation of gangster Lucky Luciano was the inspiration for this romanticized and slightly crackbrained crime drama. Jeff Chandler plays the Luciano counterpart, who once he arrives in Italy…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Dark City (1950)

Dark City (1950)

Dark City (1950)
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98

Gamblers who “took” an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Walk Softly Stranger (1950)

Walk Softly Stranger (1950)

Walk Softly Stranger (1950)
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81

A petty crook moves to an Ohio town and courts a factory owner’s disabled daughter.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
The Breaking Point (1950)

The Breaking Point (1950)

The Breaking Point (1950)
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97

A fisherman with money problems hires out his boat to transport criminals.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Union Station (1950)

Union Station (1950)

Union Station (1950)
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81

Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
The Woman in Question (1950)

The Woman in Question (1950)

The Woman in Question (1950)
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88

Agnes “Astra” Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks…

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Murder Without Crime (1950)

Murder Without Crime (1950)

Murder Without Crime (1950)
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78

A man gets in trouble when he accidentally kills and covers up a murder of a girl he meets after a big fight with his wife.

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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Mister 880 (1950)

Mister 880 (1950)

Mister 880 (1950)
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90

The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don’t know is that he is also Mr. 880, an amateurish counterfeiter who has amazingly managed…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Outrage (1950)

Outrage (1950)

Outrage (1950)
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75

A young woman who has just become engaged has her life completely shattered when she is raped while on her way home from work.

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Sleeping City (1950)

The Sleeping City (1950)

The Sleeping City (1950)
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86

A young doctor taking a break from work is shot in the head, and the police can’t find a clue even as to a possible motive. Inspector Al Gordon (John…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Shakedown (1950)

Shakedown (1950)

Shakedown (1950)
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80

Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the success ladder. On the strength of his sheer tenacity, he…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Bunco Squad (1950)

Bunco Squad (1950)

Bunco Squad (1950)
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67

Police sergeants Johnson and McManus take on Los Angeles confidence tricksters. Con man Tony Wells, lining up rich widow Jessica Royce as his latest mark, sets up a false paranormal…

Genre: Crime
South Sea Sinner (1950)

South Sea Sinner (1950)

South Sea Sinner (1950)
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88

A tramp steamer lands sick crewman Jake Davis on rubber-growing island Oraka, from which voluptuous, bedroom-eyed saloon singer Coral is about to be ejected because “men like her too much.”…

Rashomon (1950)

Rashomon (1950)

Rashomon (1950)
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88

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man’s murder and the rape of his wife.

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Force of Evil (1950)

Force of Evil (1950)

Force of Evil (1950)
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79

Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
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103

Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime business, faces corrupt local cops who…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
No Way Out (1950)

No Way Out (1950)

No Way Out (1950)
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106

Two hoodlum brothers are brought into a hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one of them dies the other accuses their black doctor of murder.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Edge of Doom (1950)

Edge of Doom (1950)

Edge of Doom (1950)
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99

A priest sets out to catch the man who killed one of his colleagues.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Lady Without Passport (1950)

A Lady Without Passport (1950)

A Lady Without Passport (1950)
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74

An undercover U.S. Immigration agent falls in love with an immigrant attempting to enter the United States through Havana, Cuba in an illegal smuggling ring.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Convicted (1950)

Convicted (1950)

Convicted (1950)
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91

A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Panic in the Streets (1950)

Panic in the Streets (1950)

Panic in the Streets (1950)
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96

A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. With only 48 hours to find the killer, who is now a ticking time…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
The Underworld Story (1950)

The Underworld Story (1950)

The Underworld Story (1950)
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91

A blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a big city daily.

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Great Jewel Robber (1950)

The Great Jewel Robber (1950)

The Great Jewel Robber (1950)
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91

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…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Once a Thief (1950)

Once a Thief (1950)

Once a Thief (1950)
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88

A down-on-her-luck San Francisco woman, turning in desperation to jewel robbery, barely escapes getting nabbed in a heist and moves to Los Angeles where she gets an honest job as…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Crisis (1950)

Crisis (1950)

Crisis (1950)
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96

An American doctor gets caught in the middle of a revolution when he’s forced to operate on a South American dictator.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
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95

A police detective’s violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
711 Ocean Drive (1950)

711 Ocean Drive (1950)

711 Ocean Drive (1950)
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102

A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over…

Genre: Crime
My Friend Irma Goes West (1950)

My Friend Irma Goes West (1950)

My Friend Irma Goes West (1950)
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91

Singer Steve, friend Seymour and fiance Jane, along with her dizzy blonde room mate Irma, have a series of misadventures on a California-bound train and end up involved with a…

Genre: Comedy, Crime
Mystery Street (1950)

Mystery Street (1950)

Mystery Street (1950)
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93

When a young woman’s skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor,…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
This Side of the Law (1950)

This Side of the Law (1950)

This Side of the Law (1950)
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74

A man – trapped in a cistern – reflects on the dark events that lead to his lonely entrapment. Told in flashback, we witness his chance encounter with a nefarious…

Genre: Crime
Night and the City (1950)

Night and the City (1950)

Night and the City (1950)
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95

Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry’s schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her…

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Destination Murder (1950)

Destination Murder (1950)

Destination Murder (1950)
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72

Laura Mansfield catches a glimpse of mob hit man Jackie Wales after he shoots her businessman father. At the police station, Laura identifies Jackie as the murderer, but the policeman…

Genre: Crime
Armored Car Robbery (1950)

Armored Car Robbery (1950)

Armored Car Robbery (1950)
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67

While executing an armored car heist in Los Angeles, icy crook Dave Purvis shoots policeman Lt. Phillips before he and his cronies make off with the loot. Thinking he got…