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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,422 films · Page 236.
Crime, Drama
Peter Rossiter's wife Liz is paralyzed from a car accident caused by her own pulling of the car's steering wheel. He has an affair with his calculating sister-in-law, Honor, who ruthlessly pursues him. She is the widow of his brother, Christopher, whose life, it is strongly suggested, was made miserable by Honor throughout their marriage.
Crime
Amateur sleuth Tom Lawrence, known as the Falcon, is approached by Mia Bruger to help in finding her brother Franzel, who had gone missing. When Tom goes to a cocktail bar, he is attacked and knocked unconscious. When he revives, he finds himself in his car on a country road.
Crime, Noir
David Barrett, the co-owner of a dog-track, discovers that his partner, Lou Belden, has sold out to gangster Frankie Edare, who plans to get rid of Barrett and take sole control of the enterprise. Barrett confronts and threatens Lou at the Intermezzo Club. Around the same time, an inebriated businesswoman named Jessica Warren accidentally runs down an elderly man named Ferranti while driving.
Crime, Drama
Howard Anderson, a restless and discontented American, goes to Australia to team up with an old associate, Julian Fane. They plan the construction of a holiday resort. While Anderson is a builder who takes pride in his work, Fane's only motive in building is to burn down the resort in an insurance fraud.
Crime
A series of seemingly unconnected murders takes place in London, with the murderer leaving a calling card signed "The Marquess". Aspiring novelist and amateur detective Paul Temple and his wife Steve are called in to investigate. An ancient papyrus scroll recently excavated in Egypt by the menacing archaeologist Sir Felix Raybourne appears to hold the key to the murders.
Action, Crime, Drama, thriller film
Rupert Little is an ex-con, has decided to go straight. His little brother James wants to pursue a life of delinquency. After being released from jail, James tells Rupert that while he was in jail, he overheard Dexter, a criminal who was arrested for a purse snatching incident, tells his friend Collin that he plans to heist a nightclub on New Year's Eve.
Crime
Hotshot lawyer Steve Barnes is a candidate to be district attorney. His girlfriend Georgia Gale has a job singing for nightclub owner Vic Wright, a gangster who works for the mob boss, Marquette. Steve has film footage of Vic and brother Frankie committing crimes.
Crime, thriller film
Bernie Hewson is a member of a gang which ambushes a security van. He gets stranded when the gang makes their getaway with the money, and carries the can for the job. On his release from prison he visits the gang's leader, Nicky Venning, asking for a cut of the money.
Crime, mystery film
When three bank employees are killed with cobra venom, Detective Chan recalls an oddly similar case ten years earlier in Shanghai. In Shanghai in 1937, criminal Jan Van Horn was badly burned when the Japanese bombed Shanghai. After plastic surgery, he escaped custody and nobody knows what he looks like today.
Biography, Crime, Drama
Vincent Coll starts off as a New York street-fighter, and moves quickly all the way up to being a criminal kingpin in the mafia, and engages in a turf war with fellow mobster, Dutch Schultz.
Crime, Drama
Stockbroker Nicholas Lawrence (Gene Raymond) has grown tired of his tedious life in Los Angeles and decides one day to escape, stealing cash and securities from his company worth about a million dollars. He buys a plane ticket to Shanghai via Honolulu. Cynthia Strong (Osa Massen, credited as Stephanie Paull) has just attended her husband's funeral service.
Adventure, mystery film
Charlie Chan must stop a spy from destroying the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the Pacific after maneuvers in the Atlantic. As the U.S. fleet prepares to navigate the waters of the Panama Canal, Panama City becomes rife with spies.
Crime, Drama
American intelligence agent Jim Carter is sent to Japan under the cover of a journalist to find Taro Matsudo, Carter's old college friend, who is helping the communists there. At his hotel, Carter meets Steffi Novak, a mysterious woman who speaks six languages and wishes to accompany him. Together they are taken to a bar by Joe, an undercover agent posing as a taxi driver.
Action, Crime, Drama, thriller film
A Vietnam War veteran has been using illegal drugs, but eventually decides that he wants to escape that life. But before he can leave it behind, a CIA narcotics agent recruits him to go undercover in Los Angeles to help expose other ex-soldiers who are involved in drug dealing and drug kingpin Neilson.
Crime, Drama
Lola is a nitery chanteuse's whose gangster bosses head a murderous bootleg operation. Willie is a news reporter pretending to be an inveterate drinker. He frequents Lola's club, his phony drunkenness a cover for his investigation of the bootleg ring.
Crime, crime thriller film, Drama
This story takes place in an undisclosed area of New York City and is told in both real-time and multiple flashback scenes. Monica "Moni" Prince (Claire Forlani) is an undercover police detective working on investigating a heroin-dealing operation run by a gang who call themselves "The Crew". It is headed by Gale Carmody (Pete Postlethwaite) with whom Monica is forced to have a sexual relationship.
thriller film
Two couples, the Cowleys (Paul and Linda) and the Jeffries (Brandon/"Jeff" and Stella), have been friends for about a year. They spend so much time together they decide to vacation together in Florida. Jeff and Linda are secretly having an affair.
Crime
Initially, the film's story is told by Frank, a local plainclothes policeman in love with Hett, to a young tearaway Kenny. In the slums of London before World War II, Tommy is an aimless teenager who tries to escape his squalid surroundings by entering a life of crime. He falls in with local racketeer Wilkie, who holds the rest of the slum citizens – including Tommy's own family – in a grip of fear.
Drama, neo-noir
In a small coastal community in New Jersey, the only action in town is a nightclub called The Pavilion. The owner, Pete, can barely make the payroll so in an effort to bring in more business, he hires a sultry stripper named Danny Lee. Danny Lee's act soon turns the head of Ralph, which is not good news for his bed-ridden wife Luane.
Crime
Julia Evans, an American actress travels to Mexico with her young daughter. Drug dealer Sidney Carter spots the pair and decides to kidnap the young child. Carter enlists the services of his addict customer, Rick Pierce.
Crime, Drama
Crime, Drama
Squire of the village William Corder gets village maiden Maria into trouble. Believing her seducer is her admirer Carlos, a gyspy, her father throws her out of the house. When she turns to the Squire, in fear of exposure he murders her in a barn and buries the body, in the hope that Carlos will be the main suspect.
Crime, Drama, prison film, romance film
Undercover FBI agent Jeff Crane is planted in the same prison as Sonny Black, who is suspected of belonging to the notorious Purple Gang. Jeff helps Sonny escape in the hope that he will lead Jeff to the rest of the gang. Sonny is seriously wounded during the escape.
Crime, crime drama film, crime thriller film, Drama, Gangster Film, Noir, thriller film
Joe Sante is a small time crook, who works as a bookie's runner and small time drug pusher. Through ruthlessness and hard work, he begins to climb the ranks of organized crime until he becomes one of the main crime czars in his city. Eventually, he is betrayed and killed by his criminal cohorts who desire his wealth and power.