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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,422 films · Page 288.
Coming-of-age, Crime, Drama
Colin McNally is a troubled teenager being brought up by his widowed mother following his father's death. With his carefree attitude towards the political situation in Northern Ireland, Colin becomes involved in criminal activities. He and friends, Spuds and Jimbo begin to steal cars, take them for a joyride and later set fire to them.
Drama
The Grand Prize winner of the 2004 WriteMovies.com International Screenwriting Contest, Valley of Angels follows a twenty-something drug dealer who falls into the dark side of the underworld after realizing that the City of Angels has lost its soul. Zachary "Zeus" Andrews is a Chicago transplant who moved to Los Angeles as a young boy, and quickly realized that he would never fit in there. A stranger in a hostile landscape, Zeus quickly became the go-to guy for rich kids in search of drugs.
Crime
An amateur detective gets a chance to test his sleuthing skills when an opera singer is murdered at the Hollywood Bowl.
Crime, Drama
Crime
thumb|The film After a vaudeville performer is murdered, another member of the troupe is arrested. During his trial only one juror, himself an entertainer, holds that he has been framed and seeks out the real culprit.
Action, Western
Ricardo Chavez is a convicted counterfeiter who is released on parole after serving time in a California prison and works on a ranch as he begins his post-incarceration life. Ricardo is soon abducted by a gang of outlaws and blackmailed to engrave printing plates to produce counterfeit currency for Matt Brunner, the gang's leader. Brunner presents himself in public as the owner of a Morongo Valley hunting lodge.
Crime
Soho gang members Eddie, Sinclair and Bill rob a jeweller's shop, and on leaving the premises shoot a passer-by who gets in their way. They flee to the countryside and find temporary work from Cranston, a farmer. Bill falls for Cranston's daughter Jane.
Action, thriller film
Ron Jeremy stars in this eroticized action-thriller that has a stripper avenging her sister's death. She knows she can't do the job alone, however, so she recruits the help of a rebellious cop to settle the score. But her quest doesn't turn out to be a neat affair, as she soon realizes there's more than one enemy to fight; and they all appear to be gunning for her even as she hunts them down.
Crime
A man smuggling drugs up the River Thames is caught when a newspaper reporter pursues him.
Crime, mystery film
thumb|thumbtime=5|The Voice of the City (1929) A young man is accused of murder and a master detective is set to track him down and uncover conclusive evidence of his guilt, but the more he works on the case, the more he becomes convinced that the accused is not the real killer. He discovers that the murder was committed by a notorious gangster who's attempting to frame the boy.
Adventure
Delores Quantero is the descendant of Zorro-style hero, Don Quantero, who was granted land by the Spanish crown. This grant, which is still legally valid, now covers the business district of the city. Another descendant, Carlos Manning, has discovered the existence of this document and plots to inherit the fortune by murdering his relatives.
Crime, Drama, mystery film, romance film
A radio star takes a vacation and is later found murdered. Barbara Hammond is accused of the murder and Jerry Beall tries to prove her innocence.
Crime, thriller film
crime thriller film, Drama
Crime
Crime, Noir
A bank examiner becomes involved with a couple planning embezzlement, which leads them to murder.
Crime, Drama, prison film, teen film
Seventeen-year-old Tommy Ryan lives with Mrs. O‘Meara, a seamstress, and her teenage son Eddie. Tommy’s exact status is unclear; Mrs.
Crime, Drama
An imprisoned bootlegger is recruited from incarceration to help capture his own gang after they kidnap the daughter of the judge who jailed him.
Crime
Detective Norman Craig takes the identity of dead bank robber Red Murray in order to go into prison without raising suspicions, he starts looking for three other bank robbers, but one day his partner is found dead in his cell and now Norman also has to find his partner's murderer.
Crime
On board a liner bound for America, Barbara Standish intends to smuggle some diamonds into America, but her plan is rumbled by U.S. Customs Agent Robert Leyland. Because he has fallen in love with her, he does not arrest her, but instead suggests she goes back to Europe to return the gems.
Crime, Western
Men have been found in the White Woods after being killed by the Phantom Wolf, which looks like Corporal Rod McDonald’s dog Chinook. When Corporal McDonald and Chinook come to investigate the locals fear the dog and want to kill him. McDonald discovers that the Phantom Wolf had been trained to kill by men trying to obtain mineral rights in the area.
Crime, Western
Corporal Rod Webb is assigned to investigate the disappearance of two men, and a woman named Nancy, who is seeking her father, accompanies him. With the help of his dog Chinook, Webb is able to solve the case.
Crime, Drama
Larry Sheldon is a gambler, who learns that a friend of his has been murdered by a local gangster, Spot Willis. When he goes to confront Spot, a melee ensues in which Spot winds up dead. Thinking that he is responsible for the death, Sheldon flees the city aboard a train, with his companion, Chick.
Crime, Drama
Steve Walker is a gambler in New York City high society who owns an illegal gambling house. A young Texan woman, Julie, arrives in New York and enters the casino and immediately takes a liking to him. Steve soon finds out that they were childhood sweethearts when she was a small girl known as "Pugnose" in Boonville, Texas.