The Glass Key
Sep 08, 1942 | IMDB 6.6
85 min Watch NowCrime, Mystery, Thriller
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Lineup
The Crimson Key
"Gumdrop", a short horror
White Heat
The Letter
Brighton Rock
High and Low
They Drive by Night
The Asphalt Jungle
The Petrified Forest
In a Lonely Place
Scarlet Street
The Woman in the Window
The Set-Up
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Bad Day at Black Rock
The Big Heat
Fury
The Killers
Silmät hämärässä
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Lineup
IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 1958
In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.The Crimson Key
IMDB 4.3 | Jul , 1947
Larry Morgan, a private detective, is hired by a woman who wants Larry to trail her husband. The husband is murdered and, shortly afterwards, the wife is also killed. Larry shuffles through a long list of suspects before revealing the killer..."Gumdrop", a short horror
IMDB 5 | Feb , 2020
Gumdrop is a short film noir/horror that delves into the psyche of Sampson, a secretive weapon dealer for a crime syndicate. Haunted by his past traumas, he struggles to maintain his sanity as he receives a rogue order that puts him in danger. Directed by JZ Murdock, with music by Andrea Fioravanti and Alex Dewell, this film has won 16 international awards, including Best Noir, Best Horror, and Outstanding Achievement in Transgressive Cinema and Culture (TCCC) - a category that honors films that defy the mainstream and challenge the status quo like: Eraserhead, Pink Flamingos, El Topo, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. For more on Sampson's story, read the true-crime short horror story, "Gumdrop City" (2012) by JZ Murdock.White Heat
IMDB 7.6 | Sep , 1949
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.The Letter
IMDB 7.3 | Nov , 1940
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.Brighton Rock
IMDB 6.8 | Jan , 1948
Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.High and Low
IMDB 8.3 | Mar , 1963
In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake.They Drive by Night
IMDB 6.9 | Jul , 1940
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.The Asphalt Jungle
IMDB 7.5 | May , 1950
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.The Petrified Forest
IMDB 7 | Feb , 1936
Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.In a Lonely Place
IMDB 7.6 | May , 1950
A screenwriter with a violent temper is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.Scarlet Street
IMDB 7.6 | Dec , 1945
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.The Woman in the Window
IMDB 7.4 | Oct , 1944
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.The Set-Up
IMDB 7.3 | Mar , 1949
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.Where the Sidewalk Ends
IMDB 7.1 | Jul , 1950
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.Bad Day at Black Rock
IMDB 7.3 | Jan , 1955
One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.The Big Heat
IMDB 7.6 | Oct , 1953
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.Fury
IMDB 7.5 | Jun , 1936
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.The Killers
IMDB 7.3 | Aug , 1946
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.Silmät hämärässä
IMDB 7 | Feb , 1952
A mad writer checks into a hotel. In the window of a opposite building he sees four men and starts to write their life story. Every man is an anonymous person who have done or experienced something irreversible in his life. They end up together to plan a heist.