Thriller, Crime
Actor Lester Blaine has all but landed the lead in Myra Hudson's new play when Myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesn't look like a romantic leading man. On a train from New York to San Francisco, Blaine sets out to prove Myra wrong...by romancing her. Is he sincere, or does he have a dark ulterior motive?
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Leave Her to Heaven
House of Demons
Night and the City
The Desperate Hours
Gun Crazy
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Nightmare Alley
Mystery Street
Ride the Pink Horse
Murder by Contract
D.O.A.
Twin Dragons
Seconds
Dead Reckoning
The Letter
Freebie and the Bean
Yield to the Night
Possessed
Detective Story
Kiss Me Deadly
SIMILAR MOVIES
Leave Her to Heaven
IMDB 7.4 | Dec , 1945
A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.House of Demons
IMDB 4.3 | Feb , 2018
Four estranged friends reunite and spend the night in a remote country house that was once home to a Manson Family like cult. As the night goes on, the strange rituals in the house's past open connections between the past, the present and the subconscious, forcing all the characters to confront their deepest secrets and darkest demons, or be destroyed by them.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 Desperate Hours
IMDB 7 | Oct , 1955
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.Gun Crazy
IMDB 7.4 | 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.Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
IMDB 6.3 | Dec , 1942
In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into the clutches of the evil Professor Moriarty.Nightmare Alley
IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 1947
Roustabout Stanton Carlisle joins a traveling carny and unsuccessfully schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband, Pete.Mystery Street
IMDB 6.8 | Jun , 1950
When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor, to determine the woman's identity, how she died, and who killed her.Ride the Pink Horse
IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 1947
A con man tries to blackmail a Mexican gangster.Murder by Contract
IMDB 6.8 | 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.Twin Dragons
IMDB 6.8 | Jan , 1992
Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two inevitably get mistaken for each other.Seconds
IMDB 7.3 | Oct , 1966
An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity; one that comes with its own price.Dead Reckoning
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 1946
War heroes Rip Murdock and Johnny Drake are sent to Washington, D.C, to receive top honors for their service. Johnny, seemingly terrified by the publicity that awaits him, jumps off the train and later turns up dead. Suspecting foul play, Rip begins digging into his pal's past. He encounters cover-ups, threats to his own life and deadly femme fatale Coral Chandler.The Letter
IMDB 7.3 | Nov , 1940
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.Freebie and the Bean
IMDB 6.2 | Dec , 1974
Two San Francisco detectives want to bring down a local hijacking boss. But they'll have to get to him before a hitman does.Yield to the Night
IMDB 7 | Jun , 1956
Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.Possessed
IMDB 6.9 | May , 1947
After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.Detective Story
IMDB 7 | Oct , 1951
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.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.