Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.

The Mask of Dimitrios

1944

English

7.2

♡ 9

83%

Jean Negulesco Director

Peter Lorre as Cornelius Leyden

Faye Emerson as Irana Preveza

Eduardo Ciannelli as Marukakis

John Abbott as Mr. Pappas

A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order to learn more about the man. Along the way he is joined by the mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his own motivation.

The Long Night

1947

English

6.5

♡ 7

50%

Anatole Litvak Director

Shirley Jean Rickert as Girl in the Theater

Murray Alper as Mac - Bartender

Vincent Price as Maximilian

Ellen Corby as Observer in Crowd

City police surround a building, attempting to capture a suspected murderer. The suspect knows there is no escape but refuses to give in.

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

1950

English

7.1

♡ 6

71%

Gordon Douglas Director

Ward Bond as Inspector Charles Weber

Luther Adler as Keith 'Cherokee' Mandon

Mack Williams as Mr. Hartford

Barton MacLane as Police Lt. John Reece

Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime business, faces corrupt local cops who run the city’s underworld and meets a powerful tycoon’s whimsical daughter.

Hollywood Story

1951

English

6.7

♡ 7

44%

William Castle Director

Betty Blythe as Betty Blythe

Peter Brocco as Charles Rodale

Elmo Lincoln as Elmo Lincoln

Richard Conte as Larry O'Brien

An independent producer unwisely opens a can of worms after he decides to make a movie about the unsolved murder of a famous silent film director.

The Right Hand of the Devil

1963

English

4.9

♡ 3

Aram Katcher Director

Monte Lee as Carter

Luigi Gardneri as Dino's Bartender

Lisa McDonald as Miss Sutherland

Georgia Holden as The Dancer

A sleazy but ingenious criminal masterminds a heist at a sold-out sports arena. He hires a motley crew of henchmen, seduces the middle-aged head cashier, and plans some brutal ruses to elude the law. But he's his own worst enemy.

Daybreak

1939

French

7.7

♡ 7

92%

Marcel Carné Director Arletty

Arletty as Clara

Bernard Blier as Gaston

Georges Douking as L'aveugle

Marcel Rouzé as Un agent

After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.

The Bad Sleep Well

1960

Japanese

8.0

♡ 24

100%

parent child relationship

Thriller

wedding

Akira Kurosawa Director

Kunie Tanaka as Hitman

Takeshi Katô as Itakura

Toshirô Mifune as Kôichi Nishi

Masayuki Mori as Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi

In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.

Short Cut to Hell

1957

English

6.0

♡ 4

James Cagney Director

Richard Hale as AT

Forbes Murray as Commuter

Larry Arnold as Commuter

Georgann Johnson as Glory Hamilton

A hitman is found out because he was paid off in traceable stolen money. On the run, he kidnaps the girlfriend of the police detective in charge of his pursuit; she tries to convince him to surrender before it's too late.

Somewhere in the Night

1946

English

7.0

♡ 12

89%

los angeles, california

Joseph L. Mankiewicz Director

Forbes Murray as Bank Executive

Richard Conte as Mel Phillips

John Ireland as Thug

Cy Schindell as Thug

George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.

The Seventh Victim

1943

English

6.7

♡ 8

95%

Mark Robson Director

Tom Conway as Dr. Louis Judd

Jean Brooks as Jacqueline Gibson

Mary Halsey as Minor Role

Evelyn Brent as Natalie Cortez

After young Mary Gibson discovers that her older sister Jacqueline has disappeared, she leaves her boarding school and heads to New York City to track down her sibling. But Mary gets drawn deeper into the mystery.

Hoodlum Empire

1952

English

5.9

♡ 4

Joseph Kane Director

Douglas Kennedy as Brinkley - Henchman

Forrest Tucker as Charley Pignatalli

Don Beddoe as Sen. Blake

Gene Lockhart as Sen. Tower

It's a deadly play for power when a Mafia chieftain's top gun goes straight and threatens to testify against the big boss and his cruel, nationwide network of crime. The picture, which was shot in a semi-documentary style, was inspired by the Kefauver investigations of 1950-51.

The Petrified Forest

1936

English

7.5

♡ 7

94%

80%

Action

arizona

based on play or musical

Archie Mayo Director

Bette Davis as Gabrielle Maple

Gus Leonard as Jim - Postman

Genevieve Tobin as Mrs. Chisholm

Addison Richards as Radio Announcer

Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.

Iron Man

1951

English

6.1

♡ 7

Joseph Pevney Director

Henry Corden as Gambler

Angela Stevens as Girl

Elmo Lincoln as Minor Role

John Indrisano as Referee at Chicago Arena

In Coaltown, Pennsylvania, miner Coke Mason hopes to better himself, buy a radio store, and marry Rose Warren. His gambler brother George thinks Coke can be more successful as a boxer, knowing that when he fights he's consumed with a murderous rage that makes him an "iron man." Seeing dollar signs in Rose's eyes, Coke reluctantly agrees, though he's fearful of the "killer instinct" that makes him a knockout success in the ring...and brings him the booing hatred of the fans. Will Coke throw off his personal demon before he kills someone?

The House on Telegraph Hill

1951

English

6.9

♡ 5

62%

san francisco, california

Thriller

Robert Wise Director

Richard Basehart as Alan Spender

Glen Walters as Bit Role

Harry Carter as Detective Ellis

Valentina Cortese as Victoria Kowelska

Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder when she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America.

Eyes Without a Face

1960

French

7.6

♡ 39

97%

Georges Franju Director

Edith Scob as Christiane Génessier

François Guérin as Le docteur Jacques Vernon

Alida Valli as Louise

Corrado Guarducci as (uncredited)

Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory assistant Louise, kidnaps young women and brings them to the Génessier mansion. After rendering his victims unconscious, Dr. Génessier removes their faces and attempts to graft them on to Christiane's.

The Last Crooked Mile

1946

English

6.1

♡ 4

96%

Philip Ford Director

Sheldon Leonard as Ed 'Wires' MacGuire

Nestor Paiva as Ferrara

Ben Welden as Haynes

George Chandler as Roller Coaster Operator

A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.

I, the Jury

1953

English

6.1

♡ 3

40%

Harry Essex Director

Peggie Castle as Charlotte Manning

John Qualen as Dr. R.H. Vickers

Frank Richards as Killer Thompson

Nestor Paiva as Manuel

After his best friend and war buddy is mysteriously gunned down, Mike Hammer will stop at nothing to settle the score for the man who sacrificed a limb to save his own life during combat. Along the way, Hammer rides a fine line between gumshoe and a one-man jury, staying two-steps ahead of the law—and trying not to get bumped off in the process.