Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own jazz club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up accused of her murder.
Casts Mickey Rooney, Sally Forrest, William Demarest, James Craig, Kay Brown, Louis Armstrong, Myrna Dell, Vic Damone, Art Lewis, Tommy Rettig
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Secret Beyond the Door
The Terminal
Sunset Boulevard
Lost Highway
The Hot Month of August
Reservoir Dogs
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
The Man with the Golden Arm
The Underworld Story
Hell's Half Acre
No Man of Her Own
Love Me or Leave Me
Killer's Kiss
Man on Fire
Harlem Nights
Murder at 1600
Acts of Vengeance
Double Indemnity
Elevator to the Gallows
SIMILAR MOVIES
Secret Beyond the Door
IMDB 6.4 | Dec , 1947
After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.The Terminal
IMDB 7.3 | Jun , 2004
An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.Sunset Boulevard
IMDB 8.3 | Aug , 1950
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.Lost Highway
IMDB 7.5 | Jan , 1997
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.The Hot Month of August
IMDB 4.6 | 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.Reservoir Dogs
IMDB 8.1 | Sep , 1992
A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.Casablanca
IMDB 8.2 | Jan , 1943
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.Citizen Kane
IMDB 8 | Apr , 1941
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.The Man with the Golden Arm
IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 1955
When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.The Underworld Story
IMDB 6.1 | Jul , 1950
A blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a big city daily.Hell's Half Acre
IMDB 5.5 | Jun , 1954
A woman travels to Hawaii to find out if a man in prison there is actually her missing husband.No Man of Her Own
IMDB 6.9 | Feb , 1950
A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.Love Me or Leave Me
IMDB 6.7 | May , 1955
A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.Killer's Kiss
IMDB 6.3 | Oct , 1955
Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows.Man on Fire
IMDB 7.5 | Apr , 2004
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.Harlem Nights
IMDB 6.1 | Nov , 1989
'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organised crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair.Murder at 1600
IMDB 6.1 | Apr , 1997
A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Harlan Regis is in charge of the investigation. Despite resistance from the Secret Service, Regis partners with agent Nina Chance. As political tensions rise, they learn that the crime could be part of an elaborate cover-up. Framed as traitors, the pair, plus Regis' partner, break into the White House in order to expose the true culprit.Acts of Vengeance
IMDB 6 | Oct , 2017
A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his revenge.Double Indemnity
IMDB 8.1 | Jul , 1944
A seductive housewife draws an insurance salesman into a plot of adultery and crime to collect on her husband's life insurance.Elevator to the Gallows
IMDB 7.6 | Jan , 1958
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.