Plot:
Four vets attending college on the GI Bill and a cabaret singer try to rob a Reno Casino and pull off the perfect crime.
Tag: Film-Noir
He Walked by Night 1949 • Movie
Plot:
This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.
Ministry of Fear 1945 • Movie
Plot:
Stephen Neale has just been released from an asylum during World War II in England when he accidentally stumbles onto a deadly Nazi spy plot and tries to stop it.
Call Northside 777 1948 • Movie
Plot:
Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal re-opens a decade-old murder case.
The Thin Man Goes Home 1945 • Movie
Plot:
Nick and Nora head to Nick’s hometown of Sycamore Springs to spend some time with his parents. His father, a prominent local physician, was always a bit disappointed with Nick’s choice of profession in particular and his lifestyle in general. With Nick’s arrival however the towns folk, including several of the local criminal element, are convinced that he must be there on a case despite his protestations that he’s just there for rest and relaxation. When someone is shot dead on his doorstep however, Nick finds himself working on a case whether he wants to or not.
99 River Street 1953 • Movie
Plot:
A former boxer turned cab driver has to hide from the police when his badgering wife is murdered by the jewel thief she was having an affair with.
Panic in the Streets 1950 • Movie
Plot:
A doctor and a policeman in New Orleans have only 48 hours to locate a killer infected with pneumonic plague.
Chicago Syndicate 1955 • Movie
Plot:
A former military accountant is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate the mob in Chicago in an attempt to break open the rackets. To complicate his job, two women stand in his way, each with her own agenda.
The Amazing Mr. X 1948 • Movie
Plot:
On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf; then meets a tall dark man Alexis, who seems to know all about such things.
The House of Fear 1945 • Movie
Plot:
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of deaths at a castle with each foretold by the delivery of orange pips to the victims.
The Mad Doctor 1941 • Movie
Plot:
A crazed physician marries a wealthy women and, with the help of his demented assistant, murders them for their money.
Brute Force 1947 • Movie
Plot:
At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.
The Night of the Hunter 1955 • Movie
Plot:
A self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he’d stolen in a robbery.
Sweet Smell of Success 1957 • Movie
Plot:
Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister’s romance with a jazz musician.
Kiss Me Deadly 1955 • Movie
Plot:
A doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious “great whatsit”.
You Only Live Once 1937 • Movie
Plot:
The public defender’s secretary and an ex-convict get married and try to make a life together, but a series of disasters sends their lives spiraling out of control.
The Reckless Moment 1949 • Movie
Plot:
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter’s lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
The Big Heat 1953 • Movie
Plot:
Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.
The Roaring Twenties 1939 • Movie
Plot:
Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I.
Murder, My Sweet 1945 • Movie
Plot:
After being hired to find an ex-con’s former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
Repeat Performance 1947 • Movie
Plot:
On New Year’s Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated.
The Female Animal 1958 • Movie
Plot:
An aging film star and her alcoholic daughter compete for a handsome extra.
Lightning Strikes Twice 1951 • Movie
Plot:
Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.
Kiss of Death 1947 • Movie
Plot:
A crook arrested for a jewelry heist initially refuses to give up his accomplices, but he changes his mind once his wife dies under worrying circumstances.
Night and the City 1950 • Movie
Plot:
A small-time grifter and nightclub tout takes advantage of some fortuitous circumstances and tries to become a big-time player as a wrestling promoter.
The Lady Gambles 1949 • Movie
Plot:
A desperate husband tries to find help for his wife suffering from addictive gambling.
Night Has a Thousand Eyes 1948 • Movie
Plot:
After phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live in anonymity.