The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.

Assault on a Queen

1966

English

5.6

♡ 8

36%

Jack Donohue Director

Lester Matthews as Doctor

Noel Drayton as Elevator Operator

Richard Conte as Tony Moreno

Val Avery as Trench

A group of adventurers refloat a WWII German submarine and prepare to use it to pull a very large heist; The Queen Mary which they plan to rob on the high seas.

The Purple Heart

1944

English

6.4

♡ 6

40%

Lewis Milestone Director

Anne Baxter as Anne

Richard Conte as Lt. Angelo Canelli

Martin Garralaga as Manuel Siva

Philip Ahn as Saburo Goto

This is the story of the crew of a downed bomber, captured after a run over Tokyo, early in the war. Relates the hardships the men endure while in captivity, and their final humiliation: being tried and convicted as war criminals.

Circus World

1964

English

6.1

♡ 9

50%

Henry Hathaway Director

Richard Conte as Aldo Alfredo

Lloyd Nolan as Cap Carson

John Smith as Steve McCabe

Claudia Cardinale as Toni Alfredo

Circus owner Matt Masters is beset by disasters as he attempts a European tour of his circus. At the same time, he is caught in an emotional bind between his adopted daughter and her mother.

Cry of the City

1948

English

7.2

♡ 9

93%

Robert Siodmak Director

Tom Moore as Doctor

Robert Adler as Man

Richard Conte as Martin Rome

Walter Baldwin as Orvy

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?

The Sleeping City

1950

English

6.6

♡ 6

67%

George Sherman Director

Coleen Gray as Ann Sebastian

Michael Strong as Dr. Alex Connell

Richard Conte as Fred Rowan, aka Fred Gilbert

Frank Baxter as Interne

A young doctor taking a break from work is shot in the head, and the police can't find a clue even as to a possible motive. Inspector Al Gordon (John Alexander) decides that he has to put some men on duty at the hospital, and one of them is Fred Rowan (Richard Conte), a detective with experience as an army medic, masquerading as an intern. What Rowan finds is a high-pressure world in which interns are hopelessly squeezed for time, sleep, energy, and -- most of all -- money, and walk a fine line on the edge of personal and professional disaster.

Blue in the Face

1995

English

6.6

♡ 18

42%

Wayne Wang Director

Keith David as Jackie Robinson

Jared Harris as Jimmy Rose

Richard Conte as Pvt. Rivera

Malik Yoba as Watch Man

A wacky group of locals visit the neighborhood cigar shop, looking for good times and finding plenty of hilarious fun. But when the greedy owner threatens to close the shop for good and turn it into a trendy vegetarian restaurant, the neighborhood proves they'll do just about anything to save their favorite hangout.

Tony Rome

1967

English

6.5

♡ 12

63%

59%

Action

based on novel or book

Gordon Douglas Director

Richard Conte as Lt. Dave Santini

Rocky Graziano as Packy

Robert J. Wilke as Ralph Turpin

Stanley Ralph Ross as Sam Boyd

Tony Rome, a tough Miami PI living on a houseboat, is hired by a local millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter, and in the process has several encounters with local hoods as well as the Miami Beach PD.

They Came to Cordura

1959

English

6.4

♡ 3

80%

Robert Rossen Director

Richard Conte as Cpl. Milo Trubee

Gary Cooper as Major Thomas Thorn

Michael Callan as Pvt. Andrew Hetherington

Van Heflin as Sgt. John Chawk

An army major, himself guilty of cowardice, is asked to recommended soldiers for the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Mexican Border Incursion of 1916.

The Brothers Rico

1957

English

6.8

♡ 2

50%

Phil Karlson Director

Richard Conte as Eddie Rico

Paul Picerni as Gino Rico

Rudy Bond as Gonzales

James Darren as Johnny Rico

Eddie Rico, the erstwhile bookkeeper for a big Mafia boss, is now making a living as an honest merchant in Florida with his family. Things go sour when the police start a search for his syndicate-linked brothers who are on the lam after a big hit, forcing Eddie to get involved with the Mafia again.

A Walk in the Sun

1945

English

6.9

♡ 6

86%

Lewis Milestone Director

John Ireland as Pfc. Windy Craven

Steve Brodie as Pvt. Judson

Richard Conte as Pvt. Rivera

Herbert Rudley as Sgt. Eddie Porter

In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in, then makes its way inland to attempt to take a fortified farmhouse, as tension and casualties mount.

The Raging Tide

1951

English

6.4

♡ 3

san francisco, california

Thriller

George Sherman Director

Richard Conte as Bruno Felkin

John McIntire as Corky Mullins

Minerva Urecal as Johnnie Mae Swanson

Ray Walker as Neil

A San Francisco hood is rubbed out by rival Bruno Felkin, who himself reports the crime to Homicide Lt. Kelsey in an alibi scheme which fails. To escape, he stows away on a fishing boat. At sea, skipper Hamil Linder receives Bruno kindly, teaching him fishing; Bruno enlists Hamil's wayward son Carl to tend his slot machines. Then Carl takes an interest in Bruno's girl Connie. Climax in a storm at sea.

Pepe

5.5

George Sidney Director

Ernie Kovacs as Immigration Inspector

Joey Bishop as Joey Bishop

Richard Conte as Richard Conte

Sammy Davis Jr. as Sammy Davis Jr.

Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. Pepe, determined to get the horse back (as he considers it his family), decides to take off to Hollywood. There he meets film stars including Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Zsa Zsa Gabór, Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier and Jack Lemmon in drag as Daphne from Some Like It Hot. He is also surprised by things that were new in America at the time, such as automatic swinging doors. When he finally reaches the man who bought the horse, he is led to believe there is no hope of getting it back. However, the last scene shows both him and the stallion back at the ranch with several foals.

Thieves' Highway

1949

English

7.5

♡ 1

100%

san francisco, california

Thriller

truck crash

truck driver

Jules Dassin Director

Richard Conte as Nick Garcos

Walter Baldwin as Officer Riley

Joseph Pevney as Pete

Robert Foulk as Taller Cop at Roadside Bar

Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently beaten and burglarized by mob-connected trucker Mike Figlia, and Nick resolves to get even. He partners with prostitute Rica, and together they go after Mike, all the while getting pulled further into the local crime underworld.

Highway Dragnet

6.2

Nathan Juran Director

Richard Conte as Jim Henry

Harry Harvey as Mr. Carson

Joan Bennett as Mrs. H.G. Cummings

Wanda Hendrix as Susan Wilton

An ex-Marine, on the lam from a murder charge, hitches a ride with a glamour-magazine photographer, who is travelling cross-country with her principal model. Tensions rise when the women realize the man with them may be a killer.

I'll Cry Tomorrow

1955

English

7.2

♡ 3

86%

Daniel Mann Director

Timothy Carey as Derelict

Ruth Storey as Marge Belney

Bill Walker as Porter

Richard Conte as Tony Bardeman

Deprived of a normal childhood by her ambitious mother, Lillian Roth becomes a star of Broadway and Hollywood before she is twenty. Shortly before her marriage to her childhood sweetheart, David Tredman, he dies and Lillian takes her first drink of many down the road of becoming an alcoholic.

House of Strangers

1949

English

7.3

♡ 21

71%

75%

Action

based on novel or book

Joseph L. Mankiewicz Director

Edward G. Robinson as Gino Monetti

Luther Adler as Joe Monetti

Richard Conte as Max Monetti

Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Tony Monetti

Gino Monetti is a ruthless Italian-American banker who is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's arrested for his questionable business practices. Three of the sons take over the business but kick their father out. Max, a lawyer, is the only son that stays loyal to his father.