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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,422 films · Page 269.
Comedy horror, Ghost
Café owner Mike Clancy, suffering from asthma, is told by his doctor that he needs a rest cure in the mountains. A crooked real estate agent accepts Mike's down payment on an old house that once belonged to a gangster's widow. Mike and the Bowery Boys head out to the dilapidated house, and while housecleaning they find some of the gangster's cash.
Crime
French jewel thief Lupin (Charles Korvin) robs an heiress (Ella Raines) on a train, then follows her to England and saves her life.
Crime
Man-about-town James Tynewood pays for an expensive diamond. His cheque bounces and he disappears. His solicitor employs private eye Marjorie Stedman to find him.
Crime
Inventor and engineer Robert Draper is unjustly convicted for the murder of his partner. Just as he is being sent to prison, the prison truck crashes in the midst of a civil defense blackout, propelling him into a search for the real killers who framed him. Czech-American screenwriter Franz Schulz was billed as Francis Spencer for the film.
Crime
The Famous Five – Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Tim the dog – are visiting a seaside cottage and befriend young Wilfred, an orphan. Hearing that animals may be in danger on nearby Whispering Island, Wilfred goes to investigate and soon finds himself in trouble. The Famous Five go to his rescue.
thriller film
Unnatural & Accidental is about a First Nations woman named Rebecca (Carmen Moore) who returns home to Vancouver to be with her dying father and searches for her mother, Rita Jones (Tantoo Cardinal), who has been missing for years. Her journey leads her into the troubled life faced by many First Nations women who have ended up killed.
Crime, Drama, romance film
A young progressive thinking woman becomes superintendent at a French girl's reformatory dominated by the harsh previous head. A young girl is blackmailed by her acquaintance over her love for the superintendent's fiancé, but is released to join him in the end, when all is revealed.
Crime
Alan Roper, along with his partner-in-crime and his girlfriend, are planning the robbery of a betting shop. Alan asks crooked bookmaker Larry Hart to launder the money, but little does Larry know, it's his betting shop they plan to steal from.
Crime, Drama
Officers of the Flying Squad attempt to tackle a drug-smuggling organisation.
Crime
While on his honeymoon, a husband discovers the plan of his bigamous wife with her first husband to murder him for his money and he plans counter measures to throw the blame on them.
Adventure, Crime
Colonel Michael Donovan, a soldier of fortune and former U.S. Marine captain, is fed up with his latest job: keeping spoiled playboy George Foster out of trouble from women and liquor in Paris. Thus, he is eager to accept when revolutionaries Valdis and Ledgard want to hire him to kidnap King Peter II, ruler of a country somewhere in the Balkans.
Crime
Hazel Ashley, an emotionally unstable adolescent, meets a casual labourer and befriends him. At the same time, news comes that Miller, a convicted child murderer, has just escaped from a nearby lunatic asylum. Hazel goes missing, and when local villagers led by Major Peters search for her, they find her in a barn with the labourer, whom they assume is the escaped killer.
Crime, Drama, Noir
Police detective Doyle (Elliott) is investigating the alleged suicide of a woman who heads a clothing manufacturing company. He suspects that the victim was murdered, and that the perpetrator was her son, Curtis (Drake), who was blinded by her in an accident several years before. Hoping to clear himself, Curtis begins searching for clues on his own.
Crime
Young Johnny Rocco (Richard Eyer) is disturbed after seeing his gangster father Tony (Stephen McNally) involved in a murder. The gang, fearing young Johnny might tip the police, decide to silence both him and his father. Frightened, Johnny seeks help from schoolteacher Miss Mayfield (Coleen Gray) and gets some help from Father Regan (Leslie Bradley) and police detective Garron (Russ Conway) before his father has a final showdown with the gang.
Action, Crime, Drama, thriller film
Shot in a dramatic film format, Poacher tells the story of a desperate farmer who runs into trouble after stealing a stash of blood ivory from a gang of international terrorists. The film seeks to highlight the significant international issue of illegal ivory trade by addressing the plight of Africa's endangered elephant population.
Crime, Gangster Film, hood film, thriller film
After six long years behind bars, Gilly wants to settle down and live a quiet life. But it is not to be. Within hours of freedom, he discovers that his best friend and perennial partner in crime, "J", has invested all their cash in a huge array of submachine guns, dragging an apprehensive Gilly straight back into a lawless existence.
Crime
Denny O'Brien runs a boat shop on San Francisco's Pier 23 and moonlights as a private detective. A priest hires him to locate an Alcatraz escapee in hopes of getting him to surrender, but instead Denny is met by an impostor. The next day, a wrestling referee hires him to pick up a payoff for looking the other way in a fixed match but is killed before O'Brien can deliver the money.
boxing film, Crime
During an amateur boxing prizefight a young boy, Joey Parker, is beaten to death, and there is no acceptable official reason for why it happened. Because of this his sister, Mary Parker, becomes a strong opponent of boxing and all it stands for. A newspaper refuses to print the truth of what lies behind the Parker boy's tragic death, so sportswriter Wally Matson resigns in protest.
thriller film
Young and broke couple Dina and Ron put their unborn baby up for adoption online. They get a response from a wealthy married couple, Paul and Maria, who are willing to pay up front for the adoption. Dina and Ron arrive at their home and are welcomed in.
Crime
After adding a rare Cuban stamp to his coveted collection and admonishing his butler Jamison for winning money in a rigged dice game in Havana, retired jewel thief and unofficial private detective Michael Lanyard (the Lone Wolf), meets gorgeous Patricia Lawrence when she shares their horse-drawn carriage to the airport, to catch the flying boat to Miami. At the Miami airport, they are ambushed by kidnappers Chimp and Mr. Lee, employees of Big Joe Brady.
Crime
Lieutenant Steve McBride is in trouble with his boss, Captain McTavish, who suspects him of leaking police information to his girlfriend reporter Torchy Blane, which has resulted in complaints to the police department from rival newspapers. Torchy and Steve have an argument about this, and they agree that they will not exchange information about any police cases in the future. And Torchy is told by her boyfriend to lay off the latest murder case that he's handling; the killing of Marvin Spencer, the heir to the Bon Ton department store.
boxing film, Drama
Chicago former boxing champion Jim Brody is lured from his retirement and loving relationship with fiancée Helene back to the ring to face the current champion, Steve "Killer" Bronski. Brody's financial difficulties and failing private business have left him desperate for money, with Helene leaving on their planned cruise around the world without him in anger at his attempts to cancel it. He accepts the fight with the financial assistance of gangster Tony Russo.
Crime
The Rose Technique revolves around the life of an off-beat psychiatrist who wants to join the crazy world of daytime TV. She signs a contract with a school and becomes a teacher, but a student tries to prove that she is no angel. Strange things happen while the psychiatrist Doctor Lillian Rose is around.
Crime