Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore crime, criminals and those pursuing them.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,422 films · Page 250.
Crime
A beautiful singer whose career is on the rise finds out that her relatives are being harassed by criminals. She returns to her hometown to take revenge on them. She puts together a team to take them on, and Buddha, the criminal boss who murdered her uncle, from whom he was trying to extort money.
Action, Crime, spy film
Crime
A middle-aged woman, Miss Owens, recognises her fellow train passenger, mystery writer Larry Gordon, from a photograph on the cover of one of his books she is reading. Telling him she is a big fan of his books, she asks him how he gets his ideas for his stories, so he agrees to tell her..... Suddenly they hear a scream.
Crime
Tom Murray's wedding day becomes a nightmare when a mysterious stranger turns up claiming to be his wife. Annette is a French woman who met Tom during the Second World War when he was injured near Normandy, and she nursed him back to health. She claims that Tom became her husband then, but he has no memory of it.
Crime
A woman (Allman) drives aimlessly alone through the Southwestern United States, running from her past. Drunk one early morning, she hits something on a remote road. Unsure if it was human or animal, alive or dead, she doesn't bother to check.
musical film, Noir
Set in a visually dazzling fantasy of 1930s New York, Dark Streets tells the story of Chaz Davenport, a dashing playboy who owns what promises to become the hottest new nightclub in town if only the lights would stay on. Surrounded by the sumptuous blues music he adores, and with his pick of the gorgeous women who perform their sensual dance numbers on stage every night, Chaz is the envy of every man. But with the city thrown into darkness by frequent blackouts and a menacing loan shark closing in, Chaz is in danger of losing the club and far more.
crime thriller film, Drama, Noir
Mallabee is a millionaire sugar-cane grower in Cuba who blames his wife, Lorna, for an accident that has left him in a wheelchair. Lorna has been having an affair with Nick, a piano player in a Havana nightclub. Mallabee secretly is aware of this affair, having hired a private investigator to follow his wife.
Crime
Action, Blaxploitation, Crime, Drama
Witnesses supposed to testify against mobster Jack Rosewald are being killed left and right. Seeing no other options, New York District Attorney Virgil Riley and his assistant Jonas contact the last remaining witness, located in Los Angeles, Finley, to travel to New York. Initially skeptical, Finley agrees after being promised protection.
Crime
Ex-convict Carl Stock went to jail for his part in a robbery, and he now wants his share of the loot. His accomplice Sam Hare, now the owner of the Jackpot Club, won't cooperate. Stock persuades ex-safecracker Lenny Lane to help him steal the money from Hare's office.
Crime
Small-time crook Rocks Owen receives a mysterious phone call at the Blue Parrot Soho night club and is later found murdered. Bob Herrick, a New York detective in London to learn about Scotland Yard's methods, investigates, and policewoman Maureen Maguire goes undercover at the club posing as a hostess.
Crime Comedy, Drama
Letty Morris is a New York dancer who is shunning the advances of smalltime gangster "Legs" Caffey. When he insists on taking her to Atlantic City despite her repeated rejection, she decides to sneak off on a bus to Hollywood; Legs intercepts her and boards the bus, as well, determined to win her over. The bus is filled with colorful characters, including a singing trio the Three Julians and exuberant tippler Hector Withington, Jr.
Crime, Drama
John Sewell and his family are taken hostage by desperate fugitive Dewar who is a stowaway in their caravan.
Crime
Reagan's character, Dan McCloud, is an American (described as a "soldier of fortune" in the publicity for the picture's release) who becomes the foreman of a Central American banana plantation. Learning that his employer, Lukats, is corrupt and trying to corner the market, McCloud joins with one of the smaller growers (played by Rhonda Fleming) to organize the workers and stop Lukats' scheme.
Crime, Detective, Mysterie
Inventor Sir Claud Amory is discovered dead not long after hiring the celebrated French detective Hercule Poirot to track down a stolen formula for high explosives. Sir Claud's household is full of potential suspects, with suspicion falling on his financially troubled son Richard, his son's wife Lucia, whose father was an international spy, and the mysterious Dr. Carelli, an Italian with a dubious past.
Crime, Drama
United Broadcasting Company owner Bertram C. Reynolds, abetted by his marketing manager, Mr. Banning, decides to sacrifice quality for more profitable sensationalism by broadcasting a serial based on the twenty-year-old "Gloria Pembrook murder case." Sherry Scott, cynical manager of programming for the radio network, promises Reynolds "the hottest play you ever heard," giving the assignment to a team that includes Dr.
Crime, Drama, mystery film
The telepathy between identical twins: conventional Caroline lives with her father and is engaged; Lisa is hard-drinking, devil-may-care, and lives in London as a high-class call girl. Caroline has horrid dreams of Lisa's untimely demise, so she flies to London to help. To find out what befell Lisa, Caroline submerges herself in Lisa's dangerous milieu, seeking help from an East Indian cabdriver who loved Lisa, and continuing to have dreams and visions.
Crime, Drama, Noir
While fishing on a Mexican beach Dave Arnold (Sterling Hayden) meets beautiful Rita Kendrick (Anne Baxter). Dave turns on the blonde resolutely and purposefully. It seems, the both are immediately drawn to each other.
Action, Crime, mystery film
thumb|thumbtime=16|The Donovan Affair (1929; no audio) Jack Donovan is a gambler, womanizer, and con man whose luck has run out. Losing heavily at the track, he owes large sums to a clique of gamblers who have grown impatient with his refusal to pay. They decide he must be eliminated, assigning the job to Porter, a smooth but dangerous associate.
Crime
Gang members Ronnie, Jackie and Phil, aboard a train, break through from a cabin into the parcel compartment where bags of money are being carried. They work in silence to remove the back of a seat and enter the compartment and remove the bags. They then throw the bags from the train to their accomplice Gibbs who takes the money away in his van.
Crime, Drama
Wealthy banker Phillip Jordan is taken in by Binnie Weldon, a younger woman. He graciously offers her the use of a very valuable pearl necklace for her birthday celebration. She has no trouble switching it for a good imitation and giving the real one to her boyfriend, Jim Ryder.
Crime, Drama
thumb|George Irving, Jackie Cooper and Marjorie Reynolds in Streets of New York Teenager Jimmy Keenan operates a newsstand and is studying to become a lawyer. He takes care of a crippled boy named Gimpy whose mother has died. Jimmy's brother Tap Keenan is a notorious criminal.
Crime, mystery film
Master criminal Joe Wells is shot and left for dead in his hotel room. Wells rouses himself and wanders into the street before finally expiring in an alley next to a wax museum. Reporter Sue Gallagher, who lives upstairs from the museum, is first on the scene, and conceals the body among the wax exhibits in order to get a scoop.
Adventure, Crime, Drama
The story is told from the point of view of Seaman Andrews (Richard Attenborough), the ward of 19th-century smuggler chieftain, Carlyon (Michael Redgrave). Feeling persecuted by his stern disciplinarian guardian, Seaman Andrews jumps ship and turns Carlyon over to the customs officials. A deadly fight ensues, during which both Andrews and Carlyon escape and head their separate ways.