Crime
Bank teller Mike Donovan (Barry Sullivan) takes the first step on the road to Perdition when he fails to report a $49,000 shortage. Accused of theft, Donovan is fired from his job. He is then prevented from finding other employment by Javert-like insurance investigator Gus Slavin (Charles McGraw). Despite many setbacks, Donovan attempts to clear his muddied name.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Christmas Holiday
Nobody Lives Forever
Bitch Slap
Force of Evil
Calcutta
The Blue Parrot
Odds Against Tomorrow
Desert Fury
I Walk Alone
Too Late for Tears
Easy Come, Easy Go
Dead Men Are Dangerous
Daybreak
The Houston Story
High Wall
The Missing Juror
Night Editor
A Bullet for Joey
The Woman in Question
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
SIMILAR MOVIES
Christmas Holiday
IMDB 6.4 | Jun , 1944
A young femme fatale realizes that the man she married is an incorrigible wastrel.Nobody Lives Forever
IMDB 6.3 | Nov , 1946
A con artist falls for the rich widow he's trying to fleece.Bitch Slap
IMDB 4.8 | May , 2009
Three bad girls - a down-and-out stripper, a drug-running killer, and a corporate powerbroker - arrive at a remote desert hideaway to extort and steal $200 million in diamonds from a ruthless underworld kingpin.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.Calcutta
IMDB 6.3 | Dec , 1946
Neale and Pedro fly cargo between Chungking and Calcutta. When their buddy Bill is murdered they investigate. Neale meets Bill's fiancée Virginia and becomes suspicious of a deeper plot while also falling for her charms.The Blue Parrot
IMDB 5.3 | Oct , 1953
'Rocks' Owen, the well-off owner of a car-hire business, is found murdered; the last place he was seen alive was the Blue Parrot nightclub. Scotland Yard go in to investigate, with the help of a visiting American detective and a nightclub hostess who may not be all she appears to be.Odds Against Tomorrow
IMDB 6.8 | Oct , 1959
An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.Desert Fury
IMDB 6 | Aug , 1947
The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.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.Too Late for Tears
IMDB 6.8 | Jul , 1949
Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.Easy Come, Easy Go
IMDB 0 | Apr , 1928
Dix plays radio announcer Robert Parker, working at a station run by his girlfriend's father. Becoming a bit overexcited on the air, our hero lets slip a few (fortuitously unheard) profanities. Fired from his job, Parker enters into an amusing series of misadventures with veteran bank robber Jim Bailey (Charles Sellon).Dead Men Are Dangerous
IMDB 5 | Feb , 1939
Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a corpse. However, he soon finds himself accused of the murder of a maid at a near-by boarding house.Daybreak
IMDB 7.6 | Jun , 1939
After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.The Houston Story
IMDB 5.5 | Feb , 1956
A Texas oil driller schemes to steal millions of dollars in oil.High Wall
IMDB 6.3 | Dec , 1947
Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he's committed to an understaffed county asylum full of pathetic inmates. There, Dr. Ann Lorrison is initially skeptical about Kenet's story and reluctance to undergo treatment. But against her better judgement, she begins to doubt his guilt.The Missing Juror
IMDB 6 | Nov , 1944
A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors.Night Editor
IMDB 5.4 | Mar , 1946
A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.A Bullet for Joey
IMDB 5.7 | Apr , 1955
Raoul Leduc is a police inspector trailing a spy who plots to kidnap an important American atomic scientist. Joe Victor a gangster who is hired to carry out the abduction, balks when he learns what is at stake and helps Leduc out instead.The Woman in Question
IMDB 6.3 | Oct , 1950
Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks from their point of view.Touchez Pas au Grisbi
IMDB 7.2 | Mar , 1954
Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the style they enjoy. However, Max confides the details of the theft to his younger mistress, Josey -- who has secretly taken up with ambitious young rival gangster Angelo. Angelo then has Riton kidnapped and demands the stash of gold as ransom, which threatens Max's dreams of the perfect retirement.