The cases that haunt you.
The sponsor of a radio program is murdered at the station during a broadcast.
** ALL B/W FILMS - ALL PUBLIC DOMAIN ** (1941) Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (Drama Crime Romance) COLUMBIA PICTURES CORP. (1945) Midnight Manhunt (Comedy Crime Mystery Romance) METROPOLIS PRODU...
An ex-con trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico in order to unmask the real culprits.
IMPORTANT BACKGROUND NOTE: ACCORDING TO IMDB, THIS FILM WAS NEVER DISTRIBUTED, TELEVISED, OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN THE USA UNTIL 10/26/2016. THIS IS A CO PRODUCTION BETWEEN THE U.S.A. AND ...
Tod Slaughter has eyes for pretty Maria Marten, but when she spurns him he's not happy at all.
Title: He Walked by Night Summary: This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop. Directed by: Alfred L. Wer...
When silver is found in Virginia City, Lawyer John Storm (Tom Keene) leads a group from Indiana west. He soon has to defend them all in court against a company that is after their claims. Fighting ...
Black Widow is a 1954 mystery film with elements of film noir, written, produced and directed by Nunnally Johnson and starring Ginger Rogers, Van Heflin, Gene Tierney, Peggy Ann Garner and George R...
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From IMDb : Tough mobster Mahlon Keane practically runs crime in New York City. He meets broke ex-society girl Rhoda Philbrooke at a society fundraiser and helps her cheat her way to some winnings ...
A fun little comedy/romance/mystery from Monogram.
This is a simulation of a double feature program at a second-run movie house in the 1940s. The sleuthing begins with coming attractions and a cartoon, followed by the first feature, Sherlock Holmes...
Taken from IMDB: When several notorious criminals are unjustifiably released on parole, the Federal Government smells a rat and sends ace agent Richard Hendricks to investigate. Hendricks infiltrat...
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The only musical featuring Bela Lugosi .
“A true curiosity” (IMDB review quote). This crime melodrama is a fascinating example of how as late as 1930 some actors and directors were still learning to adapt to the medium of sound-film. ...
Call Northside 777 is a 1948 reality-based film noir directed by Henry Hathaway and starring James Stewart, Richard Conte and Lee J. Cobb. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_Northside_77...
From IMDb : Young Rita Adams is orphaned when her criminal father is gunned down by other gang members. She ends up in an orphanage where she is befriended by fellow orphans Bob Elliot and Mickey R...
Boomerang! is a 1947 American Film Noir based on the true story of a vagrant who was accused of murder by an incompetent police force, only to be found not guilty through the efforts of the prosecu...
A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.
Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The ...
Darkman is a 1990 American superhero horror film directed and co-written by Sam Raimi . The film stars Liam Neeson as scientist Peyton Westlake , who is brutally attacked, disfigur...
Title: I, the Jury Summary: Dectective Mike Hammer is determined to catch and kill the person who shot his close friend dead, so he follows clues that lead to a beautiful, seductive woman. Directed...
Ladies in Retirement is an American 1941 film noir directed by Charles Vidor, and starring Ida Lupino, Louis Hayward, Evelyn Keyes. It is based on a 1940 Broadway play of the same title which in tu...
Title: The Shadow Strikes Summary: Lamont Cranston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at an attorney's office. When the police search the scene, Cranston ...
Title: Across the Bridge Summary: A wealthy businessman attempts to run to Mexico to escape capture for embezzlement. On the way, he switches identities for a visa but that only complicates matters...
Title: Liliom Summary: Two women love the same man in a world of few prospects. In Budapest, Liliom is a "public figure," a rascal who's a carousel barker, loved by the experienced merry-go-round o...
Highway 301 is an American 1950 Film Noir written and directed by Andrew L. Stone, and starring Steve Cochran, Virginia Grey, Gaby André and Edmon Ryan.
This formally accomplished and psychologically complex gangster tale pivots on the growing attraction between Joji, a hardened career criminal, and Kazuko, the sweet-natured older sister of a newly...
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