Crime, Drama
James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Racket
Feds
Veronika Decides to Die
Before the Rains
Force of Evil
Brigham City
Call Northside 777
When Strangers Marry
Coogan's Bluff
Downtown '81
Clay Pigeons
The Man I Love
Aberdeen
The Unseeable
Pancho Barnes
Wit
The Nun's Story
I Walk Alone
Two Men in Manhattan
The Stone Killer
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Racket
IMDB 6.3 | Oct , 1951
The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.Feds
IMDB 5.8 | Oct , 1988
Ellie DeWitt and Janis Zuckermann are admitted to the very strict FBI Training Academy. They get a hard course, in which they learn to deal with guns and to recognise crimes. They also get a physical training. It appears that Ellie is a real fighting- machine, in contrast with Janis, the great student. They have to help each other, all the way to graduation.Veronika Decides to Die
IMDB 5.9 | May , 2009
After a frantic suicide attempt, Veronika awakens inside a mysterious mental asylum. Under the supervision of an unorthodox psychiatrist who specializes in controversial treatment, Veronika learns that she has only weeks to live.Before the Rains
IMDB 4.9 | Sep , 2007
Set in southern India in the late 1930s, this provocative tale traces the story of three people caught in an inexorable web of forbidden romance and dangerous secrets. After a British spice planter falls in love with his alluring servant, an idealistic young man finds himself torn between his ambitions and his family, his village and his past.Force of Evil
IMDB 6.6 | Aug , 1950
Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.Brigham City
IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 2001
Wes Clayton is a lawman and a bishop in a Mormon community called Brigham. The town is shaken when a woman from California is found murdered. Clayton and his young deputy work with an FBI agent sent to investigate. As a civil and spiritual leader in the frightened town, Clayton must uncover the town's deepest secrets, find the murderer and keep Brigham from ripping itself apart.Call Northside 777
IMDB 6.6 | Feb , 1948
In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal to look into the case. For some time, O'Neal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.When Strangers Marry
IMDB 6.1 | Aug , 1944
A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer.Coogan's Bluff
IMDB 6.4 | Oct , 1968
Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prisoner to the airport, he escapes and Coogan heads into the city to recapture him.Downtown '81
IMDB 6.7 | Jul , 2001
The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. He wanders the downtown streets carrying a painting he hopes to sell, encountering friends, whose lives (and performances) we peek into.Clay Pigeons
IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 1998
Clay is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend, Earl kill himself because of the ongoing affair that Clay was having with the man's wife, Amanda. Feeling guilty, Clay now resists the widow when she presses him to continue with their sexual affairs. Clay inadvertently befriends a serial killer named Lester Long, who murders the widow in an attempt to "help" his "fishing buddy."The Man I Love
IMDB 6.2 | Dec , 1946
Tough torch singer Petey Brown, visiting her family, finds a nest of troubles: her sister, brother, and the neighbor's wife are involved in various ways with shady nightclub owner Nicky Toresca. Petey has what it takes to handle Nicky, but then she meets San Thomas, formerly great jazz pianist now on the skids, and falls for him hard.Aberdeen
IMDB 6.5 | Sep , 2000
Kaisa is a Scot, a successful London lawyer, who snorts coke and has one-night stands with strangers. Her mother calls from Aberdeen with some story begging her to fly to Norway and collect her alcoholic dad whom she hasn't seen in years.The Unseeable
IMDB 6.6 | Nov , 2006
Set in 1934 Siam, the story involves a young pregnant woman named Nualchan who's searching for her missing husband. She comes to stay in the spooky rural mansion of a widow, Runjuan.Pancho Barnes
IMDB 5 | Oct , 1988
Bored socialite Florence Pancho Barnes decides to learn to fly.Wit
IMDB 7.4 | Feb , 2001
A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.The Nun's Story
IMDB 7.2 | Jun , 1959
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.I Walk Alone
IMDB 6.5 | Dec , 1947
Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub. 14 years later, Frankie is released from the clink and visits Noll with the intention of collecting his half of the nightclub's profits. But Noll, who has no intention of being so equitable, uses his ex-girlfriend Kay to divert Frankie from his intended goal.Two Men in Manhattan
IMDB 6.3 | Oct , 1959
Two French journalists become embroiled in a criminal plot in New York City involving a disappeared United Nations diplomat.The Stone Killer
IMDB 6.2 | Aug , 1973
A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.