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
Out of the Past
M
Strangers on a Train
Birdman of Alcatraz
Shanghai Express
The Maltese Falcon
Pandora's Box
The Big Sleep
Pickpocket
Scarface
Rififi
The Lady from Shanghai
Lo scoiattolo
Sabotage
A Morass
High and Low
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Tommy's
Er kann's nicht lassen
Kind Hearts and Coronets
SIMILAR MOVIES
Out of the Past
IMDB 7.7 | Nov , 1947
The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.M
IMDB 8.1 | May , 1931
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.Strangers on a Train
IMDB 7.7 | Jun , 1951
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.Birdman of Alcatraz
IMDB 7.5 | Jul , 1962
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.Shanghai Express
IMDB 7 | Feb , 1932
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.The Maltese Falcon
IMDB 7.7 | Oct , 1941
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.Pandora's Box
IMDB 7.5 | Jan , 1929
The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.The Big Sleep
IMDB 7.6 | Aug , 1946
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.Pickpocket
IMDB 7.3 | Dec , 1959
Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to improve his craft. With a police inspector keeping an eye on him, Michel also tries to get a straight job, but the temptation to steal is hard to resist.Scarface
IMDB 7.4 | Apr , 1932
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.Rififi
IMDB 7.8 | Apr , 1955
Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become the lover of local gangster Pierre Grutter during Tony's absence. Expanding a minor smash-and-grab into a full-scale jewel heist, Tony and his crew appear to get away clean, but their actions after the job is completed threaten the lives of everyone involved.The Lady from Shanghai
IMDB 7.3 | Dec , 1947
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.Lo scoiattolo
IMDB 5 | Oct , 1979
It tells the story of the struggle between gangs of thieves chasing after a jeweled necklace. A very valuable piece of jewelry made by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent for Hürrem Sultan is put up for sale. At the end of the auction, the necklace is sold to an Englishman named Morgan. A company called Lloyds Insurance has insured the necklace. The necklace will remain in Istanbul for a while longer before being transported to London by ship. Meanwhile, a theft gang called the Squirrel Gang, whose name appears on the Interpol list, will also be traveling on the ship. However, the Squirrel Gang is not the only organization after the necklace.Sabotage
IMDB 6.7 | Jan , 1937
Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten her teenage brother's life.A Morass
IMDB 6 | Mar , 2011
Secret agent Traveller works for an organization known only as The Bureau. Having failed his last mission, Traveller is given one last chance with a cryptic objective: find the mysterious Sterns. On his journey, Traveller must contend with the ghosts of his past and mine his way through traps set by enemy operatives in his search for the answer to the ultimate question: who is Sterns?High and Low
IMDB 8.4 | Mar , 1963
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 2009
Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who receives a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to his heroic act, McDonagh injures his back and becomes addicted to prescription pain medication. He then finds himself involved with a drug dealer who is suspected of murdering a family of African immigrants.Tommy's
IMDB 0 | Jun , 1985
A state employee tasked with photographing road conditions tracks a mysterious man (played by Steve Buscemi) who leaves suspiciously large garbage bags along a snowy country road.Er kann's nicht lassen
IMDB 6.8 | Oct , 1962
Father Brown is only too happy to interfere with the work of the police in solving tricky criminal cases, usually with resounding success. That's why the clergyman is transferred to a sleepy island called Abbott's Rock. At first, nothing happens there, but somehow Father Brown seems to be attracted to crime: Soon a gang of thieves is up to no good on the island. So Brown makes the headlines again, and is punitively transferred once more. This time he finds himself in a quiet Irish millionaire community.Kind Hearts and Coronets
IMDB 7.6 | Jun , 1949
When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his longtime love and the widow of one of his victims, his plans go awry.