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 277.
Drama, neo-noir
Patrick and his girlfriend Megan meet up with their childhood friends, Ryan and Sean. Ryan is a hothead who constantly torments Patrick, while Sean is more interested in flirting with Megan than catching up with friends. They have met again in order to experiment with new pills called “Blue and Whites” that cause instant amnesia at the stroke of midnight.
Crime
A businessman fakes his own death, for business reasons. A young woman is suspected of killing the business magnate who swindled her out of her family run candy business.
Crime, Drama
Infamous Parisian jewel thief Jean Boucheron, known as 'the Rat', attracts the fancy of socialite Zelia de Chaumont, mistress of a South American millionaire. She intends to reform 'the Rat', but he's only interested in relieving her of her pearls.
Crime
When Audrey Bedford is released from prison, she finds herself embroiled with mysterious doctors, missing heirs, diamonds and murder. Her step-sister has dubious motives for letting her stay with her, an employer wants to pay her to work for somebody else, and a detective, convinced that she was wrongly convicted, tries despite her protests to protect her from further trouble.
crime thriller film
Crime, Horror, mystery film
Crime, Drama
Gangster Nero Solitarius hires stock car driver Cateye Meares, leader of a band of sadistic thugs, to help him gain control of several automobile racetracks. Steve Cullen, whose brother was killed in an accident caused by Cateye, races under an alias while attempting to implicate the murderer. Infuriated by Steve's skill, Cateye assaults him.
Crime, Criminal Comedy Film, Dark Comedy, thriller film
Crime, Drama, Noir, prison film
Forced to participate in a prison break, a convict on the run holes up at a roadside diner.
Crime, Drama, mystery film
Joe Powell a publicity director for a film studio visits his girlfriend Susan Cooper. When they hear a woman scream, they find out that Ellen Smith who lives across the hall has been strangled to death in her apartment. Later, an actress named Mona Harrison who recently disappeared makes newspaper headlines.
Crime
Ann Martin is two years into a five-year prison sentence when she is granted a conditional parole. A job and new life in a small town await her, and candy-store owner Ed Praskins vows to produce regular reports on her conduct. She meets pharmacist Bill Phillips.
Action, Crime, Drama, Motor-Bike Film
The Dirt Gang is the last of six biker movies made by American International. It is a fascinating and compelling mixture of genres. It is a Biker/Western/Revenge Tragedy with smatterings of Sexploitation.
Crime, thriller film
When thieves rob his country estate, Bulldog Drummond uncovers a deadly jewel caper involving foreign agents trying to steal plans for a top-secret British aircraft.
Crime
Mary Turner gets arrested for a robbery she didn't commit. While in prison she studies law. After being released, she partners with another woman to legally scam wealthy men and to get revenge on the man who sent her to prison.
Crime, Drama, romance film
The film opens with a montage of New York's buildings and skyline before an announcer states "Warner Brothers presents." In New York City, after gambler Sig Kelch shoots a crooked poker player, the getaway car driven by Eddie Novoc strikes Marie Willens. Although Eddie is shaken by the big accident, Kelch insists that he keep driving. Later, a concerned Eddie visits Marie at the hospital, pretending to be a friend of her brother.
crime thriller film
The film follows tormented criminal Marley (Frederick Schmidt) who, after a stint in prison, sets out to try and find the daughter of the woman he killed. He is haunted by his guilt in the guise of the ghost of his victim. His bloody mission brings him up against his former gang boss Brendan (John Hannah) as he faces former demons as well as a brutal criminal conspiracy.
Crime, Drama
John Hewitt, a widower with two teenage daughters, places a two-dollar bet on a horse at the track and wins. Convinced that betting on horse racing means easy money, he becomes addicted and soon depletes his life savings and embezzles $14,000 in company funds to pay his bookie, whose attractive representative Mary Slate collects debts and appears to like John. With an audit of the comptroller's office looming, John becomes desperate to replace the money and steals $2,000 more.
Crime, Drama
Taft, a policeman, has fugitive murderer Tony Mako in custody and in handcuffs, two thousand miles from the prison from which Mako escaped. With four hours to kill, Taft takes his prisoner to a theater where an unfaithful schemer named Mae is a hostess. Mae is the wife of Anderson, the man who informed on Mako.
Action, Crime, Drama
Crime, Drama
Newspaper editor Mark Flint cares about only two things, reporting a big story, no matter whose life it adversely affects, and Edith, his wife. He is unaware that Edith, bored by him, has been having a romantic affair with Noel Adams, a banker. Adams gives a 24-hour deadline to Edith to leave her husband or end the affair.
Crime, mystery film, satanic film
Jerry Murdock enters a New York mansion on a dark night by a mysterious butler and bellhop, named Duncan. Upon entering the parlor, he finds himself in the middle of an interrogation being conducted by murder mystery writer Harry Forrest of the other guests, regarding who perpetrated the murder of a body lying on the parlor room floor. Each are being questioned regarding their movements prior to the murder.
Comedy drama, Crime
In New York City, Mamie Murphy is working as a manicurist when she hears on the radio that she has won $2,500 on the racehorse Lady Luck in a sweepstakes draw, with the chance to win a further $150,000. Newspaper reporter Dave Haines is sent to interview Mamie because he already knows her and fancies her. She turns down his invitation to accompany him that evening to the Blue Moon nightclub, but accepts an invitation from "businessman" Jack Conroy.
Crime, Drama
A gang of criminals kidnaps the son of James Kennedy, who is an American executive of a London-based chemical company. Kennedy ignores the advice of Inspector Hazelrigg of Scotland Yard to try a plan of his own. He wants to act without the police.
Action, Crime, Drama, spy film
The film's title character, a disabled Vietnam War veteran and director of an electronics firm, investigates an attempt to kill him.