A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
Casts Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd, Bonita Granville, Richard Denning, Joseph Calleia, William Bendix, Frances Gifford, Donald MacBride, Margaret Hayes
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Child of Sorrow
The Night of the Hunter
Mildred Pierce
Contender
Fairview St.
The Dutch Cleanse
The Hot Month of August
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Hardly a Criminal
IMDB 6.9 | Mar , 1949
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IMDB 6.3 | Oct , 1953
A cabaret performer tries to protect her daughter from a mysterious killer while resisting the advances of the prosecutor pursuing the criminal.Elevator to the Gallows
IMDB 7.6 | Jan , 1958
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.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.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.Murder, My Sweet
IMDB 7.3 | Dec , 1944
After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.The Brasher Doubloon
IMDB 5.9 | Feb , 1947
Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock hires Marlowe to find an old rare coin, the Brasher Doubloon, that belonged in her deceased husband's collection. Marlowe begins investigating, but quickly finds himself entangled in a series of unexplained murders.Dead Silence: The Movie
IMDB 7 | Oct , 1991
A young screenwriter and a wanna-be director find a backer for their latest movie project... a mafioso who expects his no-talent son to get the leading part.Child of Sorrow
IMDB 5.8 | Mar , 1956
A war hero forced to participate in a smuggling ring meets a prostitute in the postwar ruins of Manila.The Night of the Hunter
IMDB 7.9 | Jul , 1955
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.Mildred Pierce
IMDB 7.6 | Oct , 1945
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.Contender
IMDB 7 | Apr , 2017
Eddie Brackett returns to the city to see an old friend, but gets into some trouble.Fairview St.
IMDB 8 | Feb , 2010
Paroled after serving four years in prison for armed robbery, James Winton returns home to his wife and father to make amends. However, when James is implicated in the recent murders of old acquaintances, the police detective who put him away last time is determined to make him pay at any cost.The Dutch Cleanse
IMDB 10 | Jul , 2024
A methodical young man hired to clean up the messes murderers leave behind has his work cut out for him when he is contracted by a particularly strange serial killer.The Hot Month of August
IMDB 4.2 | Feb , 1966
A young man, Jason, is on his way home and meets two beautiful women, Hope and Alexis. He falls for Hope, but has sex with Alexis. He doesn't know that Alexis' husband has hired a private detective to trail her, and the man reports back to Alexis' husband about her affair with Jason. The husband kills Alexis but the police suspect Jason. He and Hope have to clear his name and find enough evidence to prove the husband is the killer.Lady Chaser
IMDB 6 | Nov , 1946
A poisoned aspirin creates headaches for a woman who received the deadly pill from a stranger, then passed it on to her uncle.Cry Terror!
IMDB 6.4 | May , 1958
A mad bomber holds an innocent family hostage.May Morning
IMDB 4.7 | Aug , 1970
A dramatic and penetrating examination of the intellectual and moral standards existing at Oxford University, England, in the early 1970s.Alphaville
IMDB 6.9 | May , 1965
Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”High and Low
IMDB 8.4 | Mar , 1963
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.