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
Armored Car Robbery
The Las Vegas Story
Hoodlum Empire
Over-Exposed
Out of the Fog
Walk a Crooked Mile
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Christmas Holiday
The Fallen Sparrow
Crack-Up
Raw Deal
When Strangers Marry
T-Men
Inside Job
Fallen Angel
Macao
The Woman in the Window
The Set-Up
Where the Sidewalk Ends
The Letter
SIMILAR MOVIES
Armored Car Robbery
IMDB 6.6 | Jun , 1950
While executing an armored car heist in Los Angeles, icy crook Dave Purvis shoots policeman Lt. Phillips before he and his cronies make off with the loot. Thinking he got away scot-free, Purvis collects his money-crazy mistress, Yvonne, then disposes of his partners and heads out of town. What Purvis doesn't know is that Phillips' partner, tough-as-nails Lt. Cordell, is wise to the criminal's plans and is closing in on his prey.The Las Vegas Story
IMDB 5.8 | Jan , 1952
When newlyweds visit Las Vegas, the wife's shady past comes to the surface.Hoodlum Empire
IMDB 6.1 | Apr , 1952
It's a deadly play for power when a Mafia chieftain's top gun goes straight and threatens to testify against the big boss and his cruel, nationwide network of crime. The picture, which was shot in a semi-documentary style, was inspired by the Kefauver investigations of 1950-51.Over-Exposed
IMDB 5.1 | Apr , 1956
This titillating bit of pulp sensationalism was the last in a string of "B" films that Cleo Moore starred in at Columbia. Moore plays Lila Crane, an ambitious clip-joint floozie turned photographer with flexible morals and a penchant for fast money.Out of the Fog
IMDB 6.3 | Jun , 1941
A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.Walk a Crooked Mile
IMDB 5.7 | Sep , 1948
A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation. To investigate the case more efficiently, Dan O'Hara, an FBI agent, and Philip Grayson, a Scotland Yard sleuth, join forces. Will they manage to stop the spy ring from achieving their aim?Night Has a Thousand Eyes
IMDB 6.7 | Aug , 1948
When heiress Jean Courtland attempts suicide, her fiancée Elliott Carson probes her relationship with John Triton. In flashback, we see how stage mentalist Triton starts having terrifying flashes of true precognition. Now years later, he desperately tries to prevent tragedies in the Courtland family.Christmas Holiday
IMDB 6.4 | Jul , 1944
Don't be fooled by the title. Christmas Holiday is a far, far cry from It's a Wonderful Life. Told in flashback, the story begins as Abigail Martin marries Southern aristocrat Robert Monette. Unfortunately, Robert has inherited his family's streak of violence and instability, and soon drags Abigail into a life of misery.The Fallen Sparrow
IMDB 5.7 | Aug , 1943
Imprisoned during the Spanish Civil War, John "Kit" McKittrick is released when a New York City policeman pulls some strings. Upon returning to America, McKittrick hears that a friend has committed suicide, and he begins to smell a rat. During his investigation, McKittrick questions three beautiful women, one of whom has a tie to his refugee past. Pursued by Nazi operatives, McKittrick learns of the death of another friend, and begins to suspect the dark Dr. Skaas.Crack-Up
IMDB 5.6 | Sep , 1946
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?Raw Deal
IMDB 6.7 | May , 1948
Joe Sullivan (O'Keefe) has taken the rap for Rick (Burr), who double-crosses him with a flawed prison escape plan and other means intended to get rid of him. After seducing a beautiful young case worker, Joe uses her to help him carry out his plot for vengeance, leading him to the crazed Rick who set him up.When Strangers Marry
IMDB 6.1 | Aug , 1944
A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer.T-Men
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 1947
Two U.S. Treasury ("T-men") agents go undercover in Detroit, and then Los Angeles, in an attempt to break a U.S. currency counterfeiting ring.Inside Job
IMDB 5.6 | Jun , 1946
A pair of married ex-convicts trying to go straight get jobs at a department store. A gangster who knows about their past threatens to expose it unless they agree to help him rob the department store.Fallen Angel
IMDB 6.4 | Nov , 1945
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.Macao
IMDB 6.2 | Apr , 1952
Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singer/petty crook, Julie Benson?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
New York City cop Mark Dixon is already in trouble with his superiors for his brutal tactics when he accidentally kills a murder suspect. To protect himself, he decides to cover up the crime and pin the killing on a racketeer—a situation that grows complicated when the father of the woman Dixon loves is implicated as a suspect. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2004.The Letter
IMDB 7.3 | Nov , 1940
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.