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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,422 films · Page 215.
Crime, Drama
Ex-Army officer Steve Jameson, chief guard at San Quentin State Prison, meets San Francisco night club singer May Kennedy. Her brother, Joe "Red" Kennedy, is on the run from the police and is arrested when he visits her. Red arrives in San Quentin and fights hardened criminal "Sailor Boy" Hansen in the courtyard on his first day.
Comedy drama
When three formerly top-tier, now has-been actors meet at the funeral of a legendary Hollywood agent, their alcoholic reunion leads them to visit the Hollywood Sign. There they find the body of a man – leading them to uncover an in-progress scam for stealing millions from a Las Vegas casino – which originated as a movie plot written by one of the actors' ex-girlfriends – who could not get her script produced. Desperate to make a comeback, the three risk their lives for production capital ...
Comedy, mystery film, thriller film
After making a three-hour fiasco about New York City's water supply, a two-man film crew decides to take it up a notch by documenting life in the private investigator offices of "Boone and Murphy". Cheating husbands and missing dogs fail to bring in the big bucks however, and after sleeping with the wife of one of their clients Murphy leaves. To stop Boone from having to close down the business the two film-makers must resort to a hands-on approach in the investigations to ensure the completion of their movie.
Crime
Ruth Ashley is a former escort girl who, together with hard-boiled Gregory Stone, now owns the Hollywood Escort Bureau in Los Angeles. The escort bureau is managed by Breeze Nolan, who provides customers with both male and female escorts. Ruth also has an interest in the Café Martinique, where the escorts go with their dates to watch cabaret acts and drink champagne.
Crime, thriller film
Frank is a bachelor who has no plan of being tied down, that is until he meets Sarah. Sarah, an Arab woman from another country, changes Frank's perspective on love. Frank, who never wanted to settle down, falls for Sarah and they develop a love that will soon be forbidden.
Crime
Rose Shannon, a cabaret dancer, is in love with Chuck White, the stylish “Beau Brummell” of the Tenderloin district. One evening, she invites him to her apartment, only to discover his true nature. Terrified, she flees and stumbles upon a satchel thrown from a passing car.
Horror, mystery film, Noir
Painter Dave Stuart is blinded by his jealous model, Tanya, who says she mistakenly switched Dave's eyewash with acid. 'Dad' Hayden, father of his fiancé Heather, offers an operation to restore his sight, but Stuart will have to wait until 'Dad' Hayden dies. The benefactor dies a premature death and Stuart becomes a suspect.
Action, Adventure, Crime, Secret Agent, spy film
John Craig is an aging British secret agent who is tasked with returning a defector, the Russian scientist Kaplan who has foregone science for a modest life as a goatherd in Turkey. Craig faces opposition from his boss, his younger replacements, an American secret agent, a Turkish hotel keeper, and an organization of Russian Jews hostile to Kaplan. Craig's mission is complicated by Miriam, an innocent bystander who is taken hostage.
Crime
Two detectives, Finnegan and Jimmy, board a train in pursuit of a gangster, “Swifty” Dorgan. Swifty is traveling to New York to work for Dominic, a notorious gangster who owns a nightclub. Swifty jumps off the train near a bridge crossing and since no trace of him can be found the police believe him to be dead.
Crime, Drama, mystery film
Charlie Chan gets a chance to watch a popular opera performance. For seven years, opera star Gravelle has been locked in an insane asylum, his identity a mystery – even to himself. But when his memory unexpectedly returns, he begins to recall that his wife and her lover tried to murder him – and now he's determined to make them face the music.
buddy film, Comedy, musical film
Stan and Ollie are musicians traveling across the U.S. as "The Original Zoot Suit Band". During their journey, they encounter Chester Wright who purports to possess a revolutionary pill capable of converting water into fuel.
Comedy
Ted Higgins and Tommy Hinchcliffe work for the Speedy Service Window Washing Company. They run into a bookie named Nick Craig, who, after mistaking them for employees of the Speedy Messenger Service, sends them to Mr. Stewart's office to collect $50,000 owed to him.
Action, Crime, Drama, thriller film
O'Donovan breaks into a safe in a factory in Florence, Italy, late at night. That triggers a burglar alarm, and he shoots the night watchman and at least one policeman; his gunfire also starts a fire that consumes the factory. He goes to Francesca and demands she put him in contact with Petersen, her boss.
Crime, Heist
Three criminals have hatched a plan to rob an army barracks. The troops are about to be dispatched to take part in a war in the Middle East and there is believed to be a large amount of pay on the premises, to be shipped out with them. The gang enters an army barracks, disguised as soldiers and proceeds to the pay corps headquarters where, under the guise of maintenance work, they make sure that the alarms are disabled – which will give them time to make their escape once the robbery takes place.
Crime
An undercover Secret Service agent stumbles upon a smuggling ring illegally transporting Mexicans into the United States by air. When he pulls a gun on the pilot on one such trip, the pilot sends the aircraft into a sudden climb, causing the agent to tumble back into the cabin; the pilot then pulls a lever which opens the cabin floor, sending the agent and six illegal aliens plummeting to their deaths. The agent's boss, Tom Saxby (John Litel), needs a pilot to infiltrate the smuggling ring.
Crime, thriller film
Detective Matt Dickson is investigating a series of grisly murders committed in seedy motels across Los Angeles. He gets a break in the case when he realizes the killer is consistently using the names of boxers for aliases. Meanwhile, reporter Catherine Briggs is also pursuing the serial killer, but for her own mysterious reasons.
Action, Noir
Ruthless killer Steve Michel is known to the public as "the Claw" for his way of killing his victims with his prosthetic hook. After his accomplices Ryan and Taylor have broken in and stolen furs from the Flawless Furs warehouse, Steve kills the guard with his hook. Detective Dick Tracy arrives and talks to the store owner Humphries, Peter Premium, a representative for the insurance company, and Cudd the insurance investigator.
Crime, Drama, prison film
The story is set in Tangier when it was an internationally controlled territory separate from Morocco during the years leading towards Morocco regaining its independence. Sean (Harvey) is held in a castle prison awaiting execution after a bank guard has been killed during a robbery. The robbery may have political implications.
Crime, Drama
After a performance at London's Windmill Theatre, a member of the audience is found dead. When the Metropolitan Police investigate, they find he was shot, apparently from the direction of the stage, so with the entire cast suspect, they are asked to perform the show again.
thriller film
Martin Stang, a bank robber (Hargreaves) finds himself behind bars and decides to pursue another con job; his escape. He does this by attempting to convince prison authorities that he is blind and no longer poses a threat to society. Along his journey he befriends a sexually repressed clergyman's wife, Sarah (Davis).
Crime, Drama, Mysterie, Noir
The film opens with a teaser showing the end of the story. The priest of St. Elzear hears the church bells ringing, which (a narrator tells us) weren't supposed to ring until the Gauntlet of St.
Drama, mystery film
In San Francisco, policeman Lieutenant Riggs (Harold Huber) takes Mr. Moto, a detective and Lee Chan (Keye Luke), a student, to a prizefight between Bill Steele (Dick Baldwin) and Frank Stanton (Russ Clark), where the winner will take on the champion, Biff Moran (Ward Bond). However, the fight is fixed and gangster Nick Crowder (Douglas Fowley) bets big money that Stanton won't make it to the fifth round.
Crime, Drama, Heist
Although injured in combat, Matt Jameson returns home from Korea safely and works in California as an engineer. He is unhappily married to Nina, an alcoholic, and is attracted to his boss's secretary, Liz Addams. Vince Biskay, a friend from the Marines whose life Matt saved, turns up with a risky but tempting offer.
Crime, mystery film, thriller film
Television Film When his leading lady (and fiancée) Monica Welles (Redgrave) is found dead from an apparent suicide after the opening night of her Broadway stage debut, playwright Alex Dennison (Preston) is left heartbroken. On the first anniversary of her death, he gathers the cast and crew from that ill-fated night in the same Broadway theater, ostensibly to read a new play he is working on, a mystery in which a famous actress is killed. As the reading progresses, the scenes seem to the cast to be uncomfortably close to actual encounters they might have had with Monica.