Crime
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 his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Trouble in Paradise
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Some Like It Hot
The Killing
The Man with the Golden Arm
Shaft's Big Score!
Casino
Beverly Hills Cop II
Blackmail
Ocean's Eleven
Black Angel
Naked Alibi
Roadblock
Green for Danger
Mysterious Intruder
Cause for Alarm!
Double Jeopardy
Pushover
He Walked by Night
The Steel Trap
SIMILAR MOVIES
Trouble in Paradise
IMDB 7.4 | Oct , 1932
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
IMDB 7.9 | Feb , 1920
Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep.Some Like It Hot
IMDB 8.1 | Mar , 1959
Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.The Killing
IMDB 7.7 | Jun , 1956
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.The Man with the Golden Arm
IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 1955
When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.Shaft's Big Score!
IMDB 6 | Jun , 1972
John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.Casino
IMDB 8 | Nov , 1995
In early-1970s Las Vegas, Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con-artist ex Lester Diamond and a handful of corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger.Beverly Hills Cop II
IMDB 6.5 | May , 1987
Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of police Captain Andrew Bogomil. With the help of Sgt. Taggart and Det. Rosewood, they soon uncover that the shooting is associated with a series of "alphabet" robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin—and the chase is on.Blackmail
IMDB 6.5 | Jul , 1929
London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.Ocean's Eleven
IMDB 6.4 | Aug , 1960
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.Black Angel
IMDB 6.1 | Aug , 1946
A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.Naked Alibi
IMDB 6 | Oct , 1954
Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police questioners, is beaten, and swears vengeance against them. Next night, Lieut. Parks is murdered; Willis is the only suspect in the eyes of tough Chief Conroy, who pursues him doggedly despite lack of evidence. The obsessed Conroy is dismissed from the force, but continues to harass Willis, who flees to a sleazy town on the Mexican border. Of course, Conroy follows. But which is crazy, Conroy or Willis?Roadblock
IMDB 5.8 | Sep , 1951
An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.Green for Danger
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 1946
In the midst of Nazi air raids, a postman dies on the operating table at a rural hospital. But was the death accidental?Mysterious Intruder
IMDB 5.8 | Apr , 1946
A private detective is hired to find a young heiress but finds himself accused of murder.Cause for Alarm!
IMDB 5.8 | Mar , 1951
A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.Double Jeopardy
IMDB 5.4 | Jun , 1955
Marc Hill is the attorney for Emmet Devrey, a real estate developer with a past, who is being blackmailed by his former partner Sam Baggett. When Sam's unfaithful wife Marge cooks up a scheme with her used car salesman lover Jeff Calder to bilk both Devrey and her alcoholic husband, Sam is killed and Devrey is accused of the crime. Mark is called to prove his employers innocence.Pushover
IMDB 6.5 | Jul , 1954
A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.He Walked by Night
IMDB 6.7 | Feb , 1949
Roy Martin aka Roy Morgan is a burglar and former war-time Radio & Electronics Engineer who listens in to radio police calls, allowing him to stay one step ahead of the cops.The Steel Trap
IMDB 6.4 | Nov , 1952
Joseph Cotten plays an assistant bank manager who steals $1,000,000 from the safe late on a Friday and then plans to flee to Brazil over the weekend.