Crime, Thriller
Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their hands on the loot from Manning’s robbery to finance their escape from the country.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Letter
An Inspector Calls
Suddenly
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Kiss Me Deadly
Side Street
A un paso de la soledad
Memento Mori
Ride the Pink Horse
Murder by Contract
D.O.A.
The Desperate Hours
Gun Crazy
Night and the City
After the Fox
Goodnight, My Love
Out of Sight
Touch of Evil
The Professional
Double Indemnity
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Letter
IMDB 7.3 | Nov , 1940
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.An Inspector Calls
IMDB 7.2 | Mar , 1954
An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a hand in her death. But who is the mysterious Inspector and what can he want of them?Suddenly
IMDB 6.4 | Sep , 1954
The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can't abide guns and those who use them. But violence descends on Ellen's household willy-nilly when the U.S. President passes through town... and slightly psycho hired assassin John Baron finds the Benson home ideal for an ambush.Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
IMDB 6.9 | Aug , 1950
Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime business, faces corrupt local cops who run the city’s underworld and meets a powerful tycoon’s whimsical daughter.Kiss Me Deadly
IMDB 7.2 | Apr , 1955
One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.Side Street
IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 1950
A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals an envelope of money from the office of a corrupt attorney. Instead of a few hundred dollars, it contains $30,000. When he decides to return the money, things go wrong - and that is only the beginning of his troubles.A un paso de la soledad
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2024
Memento Mori
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2014
After a tragic event, Maxime Cavanel (Nicolas Couchet) will sink into alcoholism, drugs and solitude. He has now only one idea left in mind: "take revenge”, a terrible descent into hell awaits him. "A life of vengeance is an anticipated death… "Ride the Pink Horse
IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 1947
A con man tries to blackmail a Mexican gangster.Murder by Contract
IMDB 6.7 | Dec , 1958
Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer. His next target, a woman, is the most difficult.D.O.A.
IMDB 6.9 | Dec , 1949
Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to find out who his murderer is, Frank, with the help of his assistant and girlfriend, Paula, begins to trace back over his last steps. As he frantically tries to unravel the mystery behind his own impending demise, his sleuthing leads him to a group of crooked businessmen and another murder.The Desperate Hours
IMDB 7 | Oct , 1955
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.Gun Crazy
IMDB 7.5 | Jan , 1950
Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, on Starr's behest, they embark on a crime spree for cash.Night and the City
IMDB 7.5 | Jun , 1950
Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.After the Fox
IMDB 6 | Sep , 1966
A criminal mastermind sets up a phony film production as part of a plan to smuggle stolen gold.Goodnight, My Love
IMDB 6.7 | Oct , 1972
Gruff gumshoe Francis Hogan is hired by a mysterious woman to find her boyfriend who has gone missing. With his perpetually hungry partner in tow, Hogan must untangle a web of intrigue involving the criminal underworld and a dead courier. One double-cross follows another as Hogan investigates the whole sordid affair.Out of Sight
IMDB 6.7 | Jun , 1998
Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law.Touch of Evil
IMDB 7.8 | Mar , 1958
A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.The Professional
IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 1981
French secret service agent Josselin Beaumont is dispatched to take down African warlord N'Jala. But when his assignment is canceled, he's shocked to learn that his government is surrendering him to local authorities. He is given a mock trial and sentenced to 20 years of hard labor. But Beaumont escapes from prison and vows not only to avenge himself against his betrayers but also to finish his original assignment.Double Indemnity
IMDB 8.1 | Jul , 1944
An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.