Henri, the Man from Nantes, comes back to his country after a successful stay in the United States, where he was working for Liski, the drug dealer. With the fame of being a tough guy preceding him, he sets himself to the task of knowing why the French operations were not so profitable - and soon he is master of all links of the organization. He can now get it honed to perfection - or destroy it. Only... the Police are following his every step.

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?

Pickup Alley

1957

English

6.2

♡ 6

38%

John Gilling Director

Aileen Lewis as Airline Passenger at Customs

Trevor Howard as Frank McNally

Kevin Stoney as Policeman

Cyril Shaps as Warden

Spurred on by the death of his drug-addicted sister at the hands of ruthless narcotics kingpin Frank McNally, U.S. drug enforcement agent Charles Sturgis embarks on an investigation that takes him from New York to London, Lisbon, Rome, Naples and finally Athens in pursuit of McNally's shapely associate, Gina Broger.

You Only Live Once

1937

English

7.2

♡ 30

100%

77%

Action

based on a true story

Fritz Lang Director

Jack Carson as Attendant in First Gas Station

Sylvia Sidney as Joan Graham

Barton MacLane as Stephen Whitney

Amzie Strickland as Young Woman

Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.

Terror House

1942

English

6.2

♡ 6

33%

Leslie Arliss Director

Tucker McGuire as Doris

Wilfrid Lawson as Jim Sturrock

Joyce Howard as Marian Ives

James Mason as Stephen Deremid

Two teachers, man-hungry Doris and restrained Marian, visit the Yorkshire moors a year after friend Evelyn disappeared there. On a stormy night, they take refuge in the isolated cottage of Stephen, one-time pianist shell-shocked in the Spanish Civil War. Doris flees as soon as the flood subsides; but Marian's suspicions about Evelyn's fate, in conflict with her growing love for Stephen, prompt her to stay on among the misty bogs.

The Third Secret

1964

English

6.5

♡ 6

62%

Charles Crichton Director

Richard Attenborough as Alfred Price-Gorham

Diane Cilento as Anne Tanner

Judi Dench as Miss Humphries

Ronald Leigh-Hunt as Police Officer

A prominent London psychologist seems to have taken his own life, causing stunned disbelief amongst his colleagues and patients. His teenage daughter refuses to believe it was suicide as this would go against all of the principles her father stood for, therefore she is convinced it was murder. She enlists the help of a former patient to try to get to the truth. However, the truth turns out to be both surprising and disturbing.

Johnny Allegro

1949

English

6.4

♡ 9

43%

san francisco, california

Thriller

Ted Tetzlaff Director

Thomas Browne Henry as Frank

Nina Foch as Glenda Chapman

George Raft as Johnny Allegro

Cosmo Sardo as Waiter

Treasury Department officials recruit a florist (Raft) to lead them to a wanted criminal (Macready); but once he gets too close, he finds he's the hunted.

The Killer That Stalked New York

1950

English

6.4

♡ 5

33%

Earl McEvoy Director

Robert Foulk as Cop

Walter Burke as Danny - Bellhop

Paul Picerni as Health Department Investigator

Norman Leavitt as The Photographer

In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the police are hot on the couple's trail. Meanwhile, government officials begin a desperate search for an unknown individual who is infecting the city with smallpox.

Escape in the Fog

1945

English

5.9

♡ 9

27%

san francisco, california

Thriller

Budd Boetticher Director

William Yip as Chinese Man

Elmo Lincoln as Cop

Harrison Greene as Mr. Boggs - Hotel Guest

John Elliott as Thomas - the Butler

A military nurse recovering at an inn from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees two men trying to murder a third. When she meets a man who is a federal agent at the inn, she is astounded to discover that he is the man in her dream who is the intended murder victim.

711 Ocean Drive

1950

English

6.8

♡ 5

62%

Joseph M. Newman Director

Amzie Strickland as Dame at Boxing Match

George DeNormand as Deputy Sheriff

Joanne Dru as Gail Mason

Edmond O'Brien as Mal Granger

A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.

The Accursed

1957

English

5.7

♡ 7

Michael McCarthy Director

Rupert Davies as Clinton

Christopher Lee as Doctor Neumann

Robert Bray as Major Shane

Oscar Quitak as Thomas Rilke

One time members of a resistance group come together every year to remember their dead leader, betrayed to and executed by the Nazis. When it seems that they might finally know the name of the traitor - and that he or she comes from within their own unit - their annual gathering becomes a deadly trial...

Armored Car Robbery

1950

English

7.0

♡ 7

66%

Richard Fleischer Director

Douglas Fowley as Benny McBride

Mack Williams as Detective Marshall - Police Lab

Anne Nagel as Mrs. Marsha Phillips

Anne O'Neal as Mrs. Page - Benny's Landlady

While executing an armored car heist in Los Angeles, icy crook Dave Purvis shoots policeman Lt. Phillips before he and his cronies make off with the loot. Thinking he got away scot-free, Purvis collects his money-crazy mistress, Yvonne, then disposes of his partners and heads out of town. What Purvis doesn't know is that Phillips' partner, tough-as-nails Lt. Cordell, is wise to the criminal's plans and is closing in on his prey.

The Night Holds Terror

1955

English

6.3

♡ 3

36%

Andrew L. Stone Director

Jonathan Hale as Bob Henderson

Eddie Marr as Captain Cole

Jack Kelly as Gene Courtier

Joel Marston as Reporter

A group of escaped convicts holds a household prisoner as the police close in.

The Killer Is Loose

1956

English

6.6

♡ 4

67%

Budd Boetticher Director

John Dennis as Highway Patrolman at Roadblock

Wendell Corey as Leon 'Foggy' Poole

Don Beddoe as Mr. Freeman

John Larch as Otto Flanders

A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. Poole begins his plans to get revenge when he escapes his captors.

The Price of Fear

1956

English

6.3

♡ 8

20%

Abner Biberman Director

Anna Karen as Mary

Kenneth Gibson as Restaurant Patron

Mary Field as Ruth McNab

Phillip Pine as Vince Burton

A co-owner of a race track goes on the run after witnessing something he shouldn't have at the track.

An Inspector Calls

1954

English

7.5

♡ 20

80%

Guy Hamilton Director

Alastair Sim as Inspector Poole

Arthur Young as Mr. Birling

John Welsh as Shop Walker

George Cole as Tram Conductor

An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a hand in her death. But who is the mysterious Inspector and what can he want of them?

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.

The Lady Gambles

1949

English

6.6

♡ 3

29%

Michael Gordon Director

John Indrisano as Bert

Peter Brocco as Horse Player

Don Beddoe as Mr. Dennis Sutherland

Harold Goodwin as Westerner

When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.

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711 Ocean Drive

The Accursed

Armored Car Robbery

The Night Holds Terror

The Killer Is Loose

The Price of Fear

An Inspector Calls

The Sleeping City

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