Thriller, Crime
John Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the hoods in the employ of Lionel Meadows, the sadistic organizer of a London car conversion racket. The car was not insured, and since the police appear indifferent to his plight, Cummings decides to find it himself -- and gets himself involved in an underworld battle.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Detrás de la mentira
Night and the City
The Lineup
Quiet Please, Murder
The People Against O'Hara
Danger Signal
The Damned Don't Cry
The Sleeping City
The Human Jungle
The Glass Web
I, the Jury
The Long Wait
Blind Date
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
Vicki
Down Three Dark Streets
The Crooked Way
I Love Trouble
Guilty Bystander
Ruthless
SIMILAR MOVIES
Detrás de la mentira
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1962
An industrialist's son becomes part of the communist party.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.The Lineup
IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 1958
In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.Quiet Please, Murder
IMDB 6.7 | Mar , 1943
A forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to rich suckers.The People Against O'Hara
IMDB 5.7 | Sep , 1951
A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client.Danger Signal
IMDB 5.8 | Nov , 1945
After robbing and murdering his married lover and then making her death look like suicide, conniving philanderer Ronnie Mason relocates to Los Angeles. Under a new identity and claiming to be a writer, Ronnie finds lodging at the home of Hilda Fenchurch and her mother. He woos Hilda, knowing she has money, but when he discovers that Hilda's sister, Anne, has just inherited $25,000, he switches his attentions to her.The Damned Don't Cry
IMDB 7.1 | May , 1950
Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.The Sleeping City
IMDB 5.8 | Sep , 1950
A young doctor taking a break from work is shot in the head, and the police can't find a clue even as to a possible motive. Inspector Al Gordon (John Alexander) decides that he has to put some men on duty at the hospital, and one of them is Fred Rowan (Richard Conte), a detective with experience as an army medic, masquerading as an intern. What Rowan finds is a high-pressure world in which interns are hopelessly squeezed for time, sleep, energy, and -- most of all -- money, and walk a fine line on the edge of personal and professional disaster.The Human Jungle
IMDB 5.3 | Oct , 1954
Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a recent unsolved murder of a strip-tease dancer. Recognizing the laxity of the department he implements many changes and soon finds himself under fire by the newspapers, the attorney of a racket leader and the denizens of this human jungle.The Glass Web
IMDB 6.2 | Nov , 1953
A manipulative diva blackmails a married man and insults her secret lover, leading to her murder. As the husband tries to cover his tracks, the lover sabotages him and suggests turning the case into a TV show episode.I, the Jury
IMDB 5.7 | Aug , 1953
After his best friend and war buddy is mysteriously gunned down, Mike Hammer will stop at nothing to settle the score for the man who sacrificed a limb to save his own life during combat. Along the way, Hammer rides a fine line between gumshoe and a one-man jury, staying two-steps ahead of the law—and trying not to get bumped off in the process.The Long Wait
IMDB 5.8 | May , 1954
Soon after thumbing a ride from a truck driver, Johnny McBride is badly burned and suffers from complete amnesia when the vehicle he’s riding in blows a tire and goes over an embankment in a fiery blaze. McBride later receives a tip from an acquaintance that a photo of him was placed prominently in the window of a photography studio in a town called Lyncastle, so Johnny immediately leaves for the burg in the hopes that something there will jog his memory.Blind Date
IMDB 6 | Aug , 1959
Dutch painter Jan-Van Rooyer hurries to keep a rendezvous with Jacqueline Cousteau, an elegant, sophisticated Frenchwoman, slightly his elder, whose relationship with him had turned from art student into one of love trysts. He arrives and is confronted by Detective Police Inspector Morgan who accuses him of having murdered Jacqueline. Morgan listens sceptically to the dazed denials of Van Rooyer as he tells the story of his relationship with the murdered woman. Morgan, after hearing the story, realizes that the mystery has deepened, and it becomes more complicated when the Assistant Commissioner, Sir Brian Lewis, explains that Jacqueline was not married but was being kept by Sir Howard Fenton, a high-ranking diplomat whose names must be kept out of the case.The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
IMDB 6 | Dec , 1952
A Dutch company's owner bankrupts his own company, burns the incriminating ledgers and plans to run to Paris with the company funds but he is caught in the act by his accountant who challenges his actions, leading to a reversal of roles.Vicki
IMDB 5.6 | Oct , 1953
A supermodel gets murdered. While investigating the case the story of a waitress turned glamor girl is revealed.Down Three Dark Streets
IMDB 5.9 | Sep , 1954
An FBI Agent takes on the three unrelated cases of a dead agent to track down his killer.The Crooked Way
IMDB 6.2 | Apr , 1949
A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his criminal past.I Love Trouble
IMDB 6.3 | Jan , 1948
A wealthy man hires a detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.Guilty Bystander
IMDB 5.5 | Apr , 1950
A drunken ex-cop gets a shot at redemption when his young son is kidnapped after a smuggling deal goes belly up.Ruthless
IMDB 5.5 | Apr , 1948
Horace Vendig always gets what he wants. Even as a poor youth, he charmed his way into high society by getting the father of his friend, Martha, to foot the bill for his Harvard education. When Vic, another childhood pal, is invited to Horace's mansion for a party, he brings along Mallory Flagg, who happens to bear a striking resemblance to Martha. As Vic and Horace reunite, old resentments rise to the surface.