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The Glass Web 1953 The ice cold diva Paula ruthlessly exploits the guys she dates While blackmailing the married Don with a recent one night stand, she has a secret affair with Henry, who works as researcher for the weekly authentic TV show Crime of the Week, which Don writes for When Henry fails to

Soylent Green (1973) In 2022, Earth is overpopulated and totally polluted; the natural resources have been exhausted and the nourishment of the population is provided by Soylent Industries, a company that makes a food consisting of plankton from the oceans. In New York City, when Soylent's member of

Double Indemnity (1944) In 1938, Walter Neff, an experienced salesman of the Pacific All Risk Insurance Co., meets the seductive wife of one of his clients, Phyllis Dietrichson, and they have an affair. Phyllis proposes to kill her husband to receive the proceeds of an accident insurance policy and

The Violent Men (1954) A Union ex-officer plans to sell up to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancee, but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner and the outfit's bully-boy tactics make him think again. When one of his hands is murdered he decides to stay and fight, utilising his war e

The Prize (1963) As the Nobel Prize winners come to Stockholm to receive their awards, their lives are overturned and perturbed in various ways.

The Cincinnati Kid (1965) In 1930s New Orleans, the Cincinnati Kid, a young stud poker player who travels from one big game to the next, stopping along the way up with various girls, is pitted against the legendary champion card-sharp Lancey Howard in a high-stakes poker game.

Key Largo (1948) Frank McCloud travels to a run-down hotel on Key Largo to honor the memory of a friend who died bravely in his unit during WW II. His friend's widow, Nora Temple, and wheelchair bound father, James Temple manage the hotel and receive him warmly, but the three of them soon find thems

When a conservative middle-aged professor engages in a minor dalliance with a femme fatale, he is plunged into a nightmarish quicksand of blackmail and murder.

Rico is a small-time hood who knocks off gas stations for whatever he can take. He heads east and signs up with Sam Vettori's mob. A New Year's Eve robbery at Little Arnie Lorch's casino ...

Never a Dull Moment (1968) When practicing for a role, actor Jack is mistaken for the killer Ace. He doesn't realize this until it's too late and is carried off to gangster boss Leo Smooth, who wants Ace to do a job for him. Fearing for his life, Jack plays his role, but always searching for a way o

Larceny, Inc. (1942) Three bumbling crooks buy a store so that they can rob the bank next door. When they soon discover the money they can make as legitimate businessmen, they abandon their plan. Trouble is, one of their cohorts, who's escaped from jail, won't let them.

The Sea Wolf (1941) Humphrey van Weyden, a writer, and fugitives Ruth Webster and George Leach have been given refuge aboard the sealer "Ghost," captained by the cruel Wolf Larsen. The crew mutinies against Larsen's many crimes, and though van Weyden, Ruth, and George try to escape Larsen'

Tight Spot (1955) Sherry Conley, a street tough and cynical woman with an unhappy family background, is taken from prison to a hotel, where the DA tries to convince her to testify against a mobster. Sherry is reluctant because the last witness was murdered before he made it to the stand, and why sho

Destroyer (1943) Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the crew, is Steve Boleslavski, a shipyard welder that helped build her, who reenlists, with his old rank of Chief boatswain's mate. After

The Red House (1947) Pete and Ellen have reared Meg as their own, ever since she was a baby and her parents took off. Now a teen, Meg convinces her friend Nath to come help with chores on the farm: Pete isn't getting around on his wooden leg like he used to. When Nath insists on using a short cut ho

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) Dr. Clitterhouse is fascinated with the working of the criminal mind. His interest is so deep that he finds the best way to observe criminals in action is to become one himself! Whilst robbing a safe at an exclusive party he stumbles across an organized gang tryin

House of Strangers (1949) In New York, after seven years in prison, the lawyer Max Monetti goes to the bank of his brothers Joe, Tony and Pietro Monetti and promises revenge to them. Then he visits his lover Irene Bennett that asks him to forget the past and start a new life. Max recalls the early 3

Two Weeks in Another Town (1962) Former film star Jack Andreus is released from a sanitarium where he has lived for the previous three years, suffering from alcoholism, a traumatic automobile accident, and a severe mental breakdown. He's been offered two weeks of dubbing work in Rome by Maurice Krug

My Geisha (1962) Paul Robaix is a well known director, married to Lucy Dell, a famous movie star. Robaix wants to make a movie of the classic play Madame Butterfly, but he doesn't want his wife to play the leading part, as in his previous pictures. Producer Sam Lewis and Lucy Dell think up a scheme

Brother Orchid (1940) Gang boss Little John Sarto returns from Europe where he was looking for "class" to find the new gang leader Jack Burns unwilling to relinquish his control. When Sarto puts together a rival gang he gets wounded and seeks refuge in a monastery. He is gradually transformed by the

Flesh and Fantasy (1943) Two clubmen discuss the occult, introducing three weird tales: 1) Plain, bitter Henrietta secretly loves law student Michael. Then on Mardi Gras night, a mysterious stranger gives her a mask of beauty that she must return at midnight. 2) At a party, palmist Podgers makes unc

Scarlet Street (1945) Chris Cross, 25 years a cashier, has a gold watch and little else. That rainy night, he rescues delectable Kitty from her abusive boyfriend Johnny. Smitten, amateur painter Chris lets Kitty think he's a wealthy artist. At Johnny's urging, she lets Chris establish her in an apar

A Hole in the Head (1959) Tony Manetta runs an unsuccessful Miami hotel, on which he can't meet the payments. Another liability is his weakness for dames (Shirl, his sexy current flame, is even less responsible than Tony). But a solid asset is Ally, his sensible 12-year-old son. When Tony wants stol

Bullets or Ballots (1936) After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner former detective Johnny Blake knocks him down convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. "Buggs" Fenner thinks Blake is a police agent.

A Boy Ten Feet Tall (1963) A young boy living in Port Said, Egypt, narrowly escapes a bomb blast that destroys the apartment block where he lives. After discovering that both his parents were killed in the explosion, he decides to travel (on foot) to Durban, South Africa, to be with his only living

Seven Thieves (1960) In Monte Carlo, Theo Wilkins recruits his young protégé Paul Mason - just released from prison - to help him rob the famous casino of $4 million. The plan is straightforward. On the night of the Governor's Ball, Theo will create a distraction in the casino by having one of the

Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) When ex-cop Steve Rollins is released from San Quentin after five years, his only thoughts are of revenge on the men who framed him for manslaughter. Back in San Francisco, his quest for the truth brings him up against ruthless waterfront gang boss Victor Amato.

Nightmare (1956) A musician has a nightmare in which he killed a man. When he wakes up he finds evidence that the crime really took place and tries to find the truth with the help of his brother-in-law who is a police officer.

The Stranger (1946) Wilson of the War Crimes Commission is seeking Franz Kindler, mastermind of the Holocaust, who has effectively erased his identity. Wilson releases Kindler's former comrade Meinike and follows him to Harper, Connecticut, where he is killed before he can identify Kindler. Now Wils

The Whole Towns Talking (1935) Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He's never late for work and nothing interesting ever happens to him. One day everything changes: he oversleeps and is fired as an example, he's then mistaken for evil criminal killer M

Dark Hazard (1934) Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His gambling causes problems. When he runs into old flame Valerie, Marge leaves him. After a few years he returns, but she is now in love with old flame Pres. Jim buys racing dog Dark Hazard and

Tiger Shark (1932) Mike is a great tuna fisherman though he lost a hand to a shark years earlier saving Pipes Boley. Now Mike is happily married to Quita and doesn't notice that Pipes and Quita are falling for each other.

The Little Giant (1933) Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who sells him some phony stock certificate

A Slight Case of Murder (1938) Remy Marco, Prohibition beer baron, figures he'll do even better after repeal. Only trouble is, his beer tastes terrible. (He drinks no beer himself and nobody dares tell him). Four years later, when he's about bankrupt, he visits his summer home in Saratoga, complete

Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944) Henpecked Mr. Winkle is only too happy to go to war when he's drafted. Later his nagging wife and his neighbors are astonished when he returns home as a decorated war hero.

All My Sons 1948 All My Sons tells the story of Joe Keller, a successful, middle aged, self made man who has done a terrible and tragic thing He framed his business partner for a crime and engineered his own exoneration Now, his son is about to marry the partners daughter, the affair is revisited, a

Night Has a Thousand Eyes 1948 After heiress Jean Courtland attempts suicide, her fiance Elliott Carson probes her relationship to John Triton In flashback, we see how stage mentalist Triton starts having terrifying flashes of true precognition His partner, Whitney Courtland, uses Tritons talent to

Illegal 1955 Ambitious D A Victor Scott zealously prosecutes Ed Clary for a womans murder But as Clary walks the last mile to the electric chair, Scott receives evidence that exonerates the condemned man Realizing that hes made a terrible mistake he tries to stop the execution but is too late Humble

Confessions of a Nazi Spy 1939 Prior to the United States entry into World War II, Nazi spies try to steal American military secrets Among those whose passions are roused is Kurt Schneider who was court martialed and dishonorably discharged from the US Army Schneider is not very bright and is easily

I Am the Law 1938 Law professor John Lindsay Edward G Robinsonaccepts the job of special prosecutor offered him by civic leader Eugene Ferguson Otto Kruger against the wishes of his wife Jerry Barbara ONeil PaulJohn Beal, Fergusons son, aids Lindsay, not knowing his father is boss of the crime syndi

Big Leaguer 1953 John Lobert runs a training camp in Florida for the New York Giants Every year, he evaluates the hopefuls to pick the best for a minor league contract They all have dreams and talent, but the elimination whittles them down to a lucky few wholl get the 150 a month contract This year

A Bullet for Joey 1955 Montreal the former well known gangster Joey Victor is fetched from Europe, where he was deported to from USA His shall kidnap the nuclear physicist Dr Macklin and bring him behind the Iron Curtain Joey reactivates his old gang, including the formerly attractive Joyce She shal