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7.0

♡ 11

92%

Joseph H. Lewis Director

Queenie Leonard as Alice

Nina Foch as Julia Ross

Leonard Mudie as Peters

George Macready as Ralph Hughes

Julia Ross secures employment with a wealthy widow and goes to live at her house. Two days later, she awakens in a different house in different clothes and with a new identity.

Night and the City

1950

7.8

♡ 23

86%

90%

Jules Dassin Director

Hugh Marlowe as Adam Dunn

Betty Shale as Mrs. Pinkney

Kay Kendall as One of Helen's Girls

Peter Butterworth as Thug

Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.

Detour

1945

7.3

♡ 5

98%

77%

Edgar G. Ulmer Director

Tom Neal as Al Roberts

Bess Flowers as Connie - Tony's Wife

Eddie Hall as Tony - Used-Car Lot Mechanic Inspecting Car

Ann Savage as Vera

The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.

Back to the Wall

1958

French

7.2

♡ 3

Édouard Molinaro Director

Aurore Chabrol as (as Aurore Paquiss)

Jeanne Moreau as Gloria Decrey

Bernard Musson as Le client impatient à la poste

Gérard Buhr as Mario

Rich industrialist Jacques Decret learns his wife Gloria is having an affair with a young actor. For revenge, he bombards her with anonymous letters, convincing her that her lover is the culprit while Gloria desperately seeks a way out.

The File on Thelma Jordon

1949

6.9

♡ 4

71%

Robert Siodmak Director

Wendell Corey as Cleve Marshall

Arthur Tovey as Courtroom Spectator

Jane Novak as Mrs. Blackwell

Kenneth Tobey as Police Photographer

Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.

Cry Danger

1951

7.3

♡ 12

76%

Dick Powell Director

Hy Averback as Bookie

Regis Toomey as Cobb

Richard Erdman as Delong

Rhonda Fleming as Nancy

After serving five years of a life sentence, Rocky Mulloy hopes to clear his friend who's still in prison for the same crime.

The Burglar

1957

6.5

♡ 8

100%

Paul Wendkos Director

Peter Capell as Baylock

Martha Vickers as Della

Jayne Mansfield as Gladden

Dan Duryea as Nat Harbin

Burglar Nat Harbin and his two associates set their sights on wealthy spiritualist Sister Sarah, who has inherited a fortune -- including a renowned emerald necklace -- from a Philadelphia financier. Using Nat's female ward, Gladden, to pose as an admirer and case the mansion where the woman lives, they set up a perfect break-in. Things get complicated afterwards.

The Naked City

1948

7.5

♡ 16

86%

Jules Dassin Director

Howard Duff as Frank Niles

John Marley as Managing Editor

Walter Burke as Pete Backalis

Arthur O'Connell as Sgt. Shaeffer

After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

Scandal Sheet

1952

7.4

♡ 7

100%

Phil Karlson Director

Pierre Watkin as Baxter

Rosemary DeCamp as Charlotte Grant

Frank Hagney as Onlooker at Murder Scene

Don Beddoe as Pete

A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself.

Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands

1967

Japanese

5.7

♡ 22

Atsushi Yamatoya Director

Akaji Maro as

Kôhei Tsuzaki as

Hatsuo Yamaya as Doctor

Masayoshi Nogami as Naka

A wealthy real estate investor is forced to watch the rape of his girlfriend and then is sent a film showing the fact. He hires a hitman, Sho, and shows him the film, so that the detective can get rid of the criminals. But the boss of the criminal band is Ko, Sho's archnemesis, who raped and murdered his girlfriend.

Repeat Performance

1947

6.8

♡ 5

62%

Alfred L. Werker Director

Tom Conway as John Friday

John Ireland as Narrator

Jean Del Val as Tony

Richard Basehart as William Williams, the Poet

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.

Cast a Dark Shadow

1955

7.0

♡ 9

86%

67%

based on play or musical

Lewis Gilbert Director

Aileen Lewis as Brighton Tea Shop Customer

Kay Walsh as Charlotte Young

Dirk Bogarde as Edward Bare

Kathleen Harrison as Emmie

Edward "Teddy" Bare is a ruthless schemer who thinks he's hit the big time when he kills his older wife, believing he will inherit a fortune. When things don't go according to plan, Teddy sets his sights on a new victim: wealthy widow Freda Jeffries. Unfortunately for the unscrupulous criminal, Freda is much more guarded and sassy than his last wife, making separating her from her money considerably more challenging.

Brighton Rock

1948

♡ 9

95%

85%

brighton, england

brighton, england, uk

John Boulting Director

Michael Brennan as Crabbe

Nigel Stock as Cubitt

Alan Wheatley as Fred Hale

Richard Attenborough as Pinkie Brown

Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.

Murder by Contract

1958

7.2

♡ 8

100%

los angeles, california

noir

Thriller

Irving Lerner Director

Vince Edwards as Claude

Joseph Mell as Harry

Phillip Pine as Marc

Kathie Browne as Mary

Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer. His next target, a woman, is the most difficult.

Sweet Smell of Success

1957

8.0

♡ 27

98%

jazz singer or musician

Alexander Mackendrick Director

Burt Lancaster as J.J. Hunsecker

Lawrence Dobkin as Leo Bartha

Forbes Murray as Patron at Toots Shor's

William Forrest as Sen. Harvey Walker

New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.

Yield to the Night

1956

7.1

♡ 8

65%

J. Lee Thompson Director

Geoffrey Keen as Chaplain

Diana Dors as Mary Hilton

Marianne Stone as Richardson

Michael Ripper as Roy

Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.

I Confess

1953

7.2

♡ 27

81%

Alfred Hitchcock Director

Henry Corden as Det. Sgt. Farouche

Karl Malden as Inspector Larrue

Alfred Hitchcock as Man Crossing the Top of Long Staircase

Judson Pratt as Murphy

When a priest hears a murderer’s confession, he becomes bound by his vow of silence—even as circumstantial evidence turns suspicion toward him. Torn between faith and self-preservation, he faces public scandal and trial for a crime he cannot reveal the truth about.

Scarlet Street

1945