An Unknown Friend
Jan 20, 1978 | IMDB 4
90 min Watch NowCrime
The cold and ruthless Bruno is married to Karen. Together they seek out poor and defenseless people offering them life insurance policies. Bruno and Karen make sure that it pays off. A movie about insurance scams. Inspector Susikoski investigates.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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The Executioner's Song
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The Laramie Project
American Born
Caroline: The Murder That Fooled The World
In Cold Blood
The Human Hyena
Capone
Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord
Lady Chaser
Traue Niemandem - Das Duo
Acquitted
The Betrayed
Run All Night
The Silence of the Lambs
Fargo
Strange Days
Swimming Pool
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The Big Clock
IMDB 7.3 | Mar , 1948
Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss Janoth to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence (albeit wrong) that he is the killer.Niagara
IMDB 6.8 | Jan , 1953
Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. Polly begins to suspect that something is amiss between Rose and George, and her suspicions grow when she sees Rose in the arms of another man. While Ray initially thinks Polly is overreacting, things between George and Rose soon take a shockingly dark turn.The Executioner's Song
IMDB 5.8 | Sep , 1982
In this fact-based made-for TV film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving to Utah. Before long, Gary begins an ill-advised romance with the troubled Nicole Baker, a teenage single mother. As their relationship quickly deteriorates, Gary goes on a murderous rampage, leaving two dead. During his trial, he demands capital punishment; a media circus ensues and outsiders look to profit from his story.Targets
IMDB 7 | Aug , 1968
An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psychotic shooting spree around Los Angeles.The Laramie Project
IMDB 6.5 | Jan , 2002
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IMDB 2.5 | Jan , 1990
A teenager who is obsessed with gangster movies believes himself to be a real gangster after his father is murdered.Caroline: The Murder That Fooled The World
IMDB 7 | Feb , 2022
The shocking story of Caroline Crouch, a British woman tragically murdered in Athens.In Cold Blood
IMDB 7.5 | Dec , 1967
After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.The Human Hyena
IMDB 5.2 | Apr , 1995
The dead body of a young man who was kidnapped is found, the police looks for the kidnappers as a web of corruption its uncovered in the police department.Capone
IMDB 6 | Apr , 1975
Young Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago. Torrio invites Capone to move to Illinois to help run his Prohibition-era alcohol sales operation. Capone rises through the ranks of Torrio's gang and eventually takes over. On top, he works to consolidate his power by eliminating his enemies, fixing elections to his advantage and getting rich. In his spare time, Capone courts the principled Iris Crawford.Der Island-Krimi: Der Tote im Westfjord
IMDB 6.5 | Oct , 2016
Lady Chaser
IMDB 6 | Nov , 1946
A poisoned aspirin creates headaches for a woman who received the deadly pill from a stranger, then passed it on to her uncle.Traue Niemandem - Das Duo
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2025
At the bottom of a lake, the police find a car with a wax corpse in the trunk. It is 15-year-old boarding school student Alex, who has been missing for five years. With the sad certainty that she has been murdered, the case, which should have been closed, takes a completely new turn. Her teacher, the charismatic Hajo Rick, convicted of her murder on the basis of circumstantial evidence and witness statements, could be innocent after all! When the ambitious defence lawyer Sophia Dreyer obtains a retrial, the former investigator finds himself in trouble: Chief Inspector Kai Matzen now has to throw the certainties of the past overboard - and realize that he is more personally involved than he would like. Sophia also suspects that she can't trust anyone. And what if it was Hajo Rick after all? Dreyer and Matzen investigate independently of each other, each in their own interest, and reconstruct Alex's last hours. In the process, they uncover an intrigue.Acquitted
IMDB 0 | Nov , 1929
A doctor is wrongly convicted of murder and sent to prison.The Betrayed
IMDB 5.5 | Sep , 2008
Kidnappers force a young mother to recover money stolen by her shady husband.Run All Night
IMDB 6.4 | Mar , 2015
Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. But when Jimmy’s estranged son becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago. Now, with nowhere safe to turn, Jimmy has just one night to figure out exactly where his loyalties lie and to see if he can finally make things right.The Silence of the Lambs
IMDB 8.3 | Feb , 1991
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.Fargo
IMDB 7.9 | Mar , 1996
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!Strange Days
IMDB 7 | Oct , 1995
Former policeman Lenny Nero has moved into a more lucrative trade: the illegal sale of virtual reality-like recordings that allow users to experience the emotions and past experiences of others. While they typically contain tawdry incidents, Nero is shocked when he receives one showing a murder.Swimming Pool
IMDB 6.5 | May , 2003
A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime.