Crime Movies

Live Wires (1946)

Live Wires (1946)

Live Wires (1946)
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65

Slip gets fired from his job at a construction company for decking his boss. His sister, who got him a job at the company, is angry with him. Slip manages…

Scarlet Street (1945)

Scarlet Street (1945)

Scarlet Street (1945)
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103

Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she’s really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Pillow of Death (1945)

Pillow of Death (1945)

Pillow of Death (1945)
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66

Attorney Wayne Fletcher and his secretary have an affair. When Wayne’s wife is found smothered to death, he becomes the prime suspect. As the police investigate the murder, a psychic…

Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Who’s Guilty? (1945)

Who’s Guilty? (1945)

Who’s Guilty? (1945)
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225

Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
The Bellman (1945)

The Bellman (1945)

The Bellman (1945)
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100

The bell ringer at a way station in the French Alps, murders a passing horse trader with a thrown rock and relieves him of his bankroll, in order to bribe…

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)

Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)

Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)
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89

Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the…

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Danger Signal (1945)

Danger Signal (1945)

Danger Signal (1945)
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78

After robbing and murdering his married lover and then making her death look like suicide, conniving philanderer Ronnie Mason relocates to Los Angeles. Under a new identity and claiming to…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Alone in the Night (1945)

Alone in the Night (1945)

Alone in the Night (1945)
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95

A series of crimes is being perpetrated around a famous singer. Strangely, during each of the crimes, the artist’s voice is heard humming his favorite song. Suspicions lead to a…

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Genre: Crime
Fallen Angel (1945)

Fallen Angel (1945)

Fallen Angel (1945)
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98

An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing…

And Then There Were None (1945)

And Then There Were None (1945)

And Then There Were None (1945)
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98

Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island and while they are waiting for the mysterious host to appear, a recording levels serious accusations at each of the guests. Soon…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Pursuit to Algiers (1945)

Pursuit to Algiers (1945)

Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
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65

After the King of Ruthenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean liner which also carries a…

Johnny Angel (1945)

Johnny Angel (1945)

Johnny Angel (1945)
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79

George Raft plays a sailor who sets out to solve his father’s mysterious death.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Mildred Pierce (1945)

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Mildred Pierce (1945)
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111

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Strange Confession (1945)

Strange Confession (1945)

Strange Confession (1945)
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62

A scientist who is working on a cure for influenza is victimized by his unscrupulous boss, who releases the vaccine before it’s ready, resulting in the death of the scientist’s…

Apology for Murder (1945)

Apology for Murder (1945)

Apology for Murder (1945)
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67

Head over heels in love with a stern and cold older businessman’s young wife, a reporter is seduced into conspiring to murder him so she can inherit his estate, while…

Genre: Crime
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)
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80

George Sanders stars in this engrossing melodrama about a very domineering sister who holds a tight grip on her brother — especially when he shows signs of falling in love.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Lady on a Train (1945)

Lady on a Train (1945)

Lady on a Train (1945)
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94

While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one too many mystery novels….

The Falcon in San Francisco (1945)

The Falcon in San Francisco (1945)

The Falcon in San Francisco (1945)
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66

While on vacation, the Falcon is arrested for kidnapping after striking up a friendship with a girl whose nurse has been recently murdered.

Genre: Crime, Mystery
Federal Operator 99 (1945)

Federal Operator 99 (1945)

Federal Operator 99 (1945)
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169

Jerry Blake (aka Federal Operator 99) teams-up with Joyce Kingston to thwart the plans of escaped crime boss Jim Belmont.

Genre: Action, Crime
Bewitched (1945)

Bewitched (1945)

Bewitched (1945)
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65

A girl enlists a psychic to get rid of her murderous alternate personality.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Murder He Says (1945)

Murder He Says (1945)

Murder He Says (1945)
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91

Pete Marshall is sent as a replacement to the mountain district town of Plainville when a public opinion surveyor who went there goes missing. Visiting the hillbilly family of Mamie…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The Woman in Green (1945)

The Woman in Green (1945)

The Woman in Green (1945)
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68

Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of…

The Frozen Ghost (1945)

The Frozen Ghost (1945)

The Frozen Ghost (1945)
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61

When a man dies of a heart attack, a stage and radio mentalist believes he has willed him to die because he was angry with the man. Riddled with guilt,…

Genre: Crime, Mystery
The Lady Confesses (1945)

The Lady Confesses (1945)

The Lady Confesses (1945)
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64

An estranged wife shows up after a nearly 7 years of disappearance — thought to be dead, to prevent her husband from marrying his new love until someone kills her.

The Brighton Strangler (1945)

The Brighton Strangler (1945)

The Brighton Strangler (1945)
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67

After suffering a head injury during the Blitz, John Loder, a theatre actor comes to believe himself to be the Brighton Strangler, the murderer he was playing onstage.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Circumstantial Evidence (1945)

Circumstantial Evidence (1945)

Circumstantial Evidence (1945)
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68

A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax.

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Power of the Whistler (1945)

The Power of the Whistler (1945)

The Power of the Whistler (1945)
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66

A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then tries to help him remember who he is based…

Genre: Crime, Mystery
Two O’Clock Courage (1945)

Two O’Clock Courage (1945)

Two O’Clock Courage (1945)
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68

A cab driver nearly hits a man with amnesia, then helps him unravel his past, only to discover he’s a murder suspect as she falls for him.

Genre: Crime, Mystery
The Phantom Speaks (1945)

The Phantom Speaks (1945)

The Phantom Speaks (1945)
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69

The spirit of an executed murderer enters the body of a physician, and forces him to do its bidding–namely, murder.

Having Wonderful Crime (1945)

Having Wonderful Crime (1945)

Having Wonderful Crime (1945)
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70

Newlyweds (George Murphy, Carole Landis) drag their lawyer friend (Pat O’Brien) to a mountain resort on a search for a missing magician.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Escape in the Fog (1945)

Escape in the Fog (1945)

Escape in the Fog (1945)
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63

A military nurse recovering at an inn from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees two men trying to murder a third. When she meets a man who…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
The Bride of Darkness (1945)

The Bride of Darkness (1945)

The Bride of Darkness (1945)
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100

Sylvie, a young woman who believes to be cursed, lives in the town of Carcassonne with her guardian, Mr. Toulzac. He is a retired teacher who wishes to discover the…

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The House of Fear (1945)

The House of Fear (1945)

The House of Fear (1945)
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69

The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing – solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest member. All seems serene and…

Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
The Suspect (1945)

The Suspect (1945)

The Suspect (1945)
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85

Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much,…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Jade Mask (1945)

The Jade Mask (1945)

The Jade Mask (1945)
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66

The latest assignment for respected detective Charlie Chan has come directly from the government and involves the disappearance of a scientist named Harper, who was working on an extremely important…

Adventures of Kitty O’Day (1945)

Adventures of Kitty O’Day (1945)

Adventures of Kitty O’Day (1945)
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63

A telephone operator plays homicide detective with her boyfriend, making it harder for the police.

The Falcon in Hollywood (1944)

The Falcon in Hollywood (1944)

The Falcon in Hollywood (1944)
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67

Suave amateur detective Tom Lawrence–aka Michael Arlen’s literary hero The Falcon–arrives in Hollywood for some rest and relaxation, only to find himself involved in the murder of a movie actor….

Genre: Crime, Mystery
Enter Arsène Lupin (1944)

Enter Arsène Lupin (1944)

Enter Arsène Lupin (1944)
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72

A rich but naive young woman is in possession of some priceless jewels. She herself doesn’t know it, but a gang of jewel thieves does.

Dead Man’s Eyes (1944)

Dead Man’s Eyes (1944)

Dead Man’s Eyes (1944)
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64

Artist David Stuart is blinded by a jealous model whose portrait he is painting. His fiance’s father generously offers his eyes for a sight restoring operation. There’s only one hitch:…

Bluebeard (1944)

Bluebeard (1944)

Bluebeard (1944)
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72

Young female models are being strangled. Will law enforcement be able to stop the crime wave before more women become victims?