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Lawrence Huntington – Suspected Person (1942)
Plot Synopsis by Hal EricksonSuspected Person was one of several Associated British Pathe productions released in the U.S. by PRC pictures. Clifford Evans stars as Jim Raynor, one of a trio of...
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Edgar Neville – Domingo de carnaval AKA Carnival Sunday (1945)
The same morning that carnival begins, a serene finds in Madrid the corpse of a rich and greedy lender who has been murdered. The main suspect is a seller of watches that owed much money to the old...
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Hubert Cornfield – Sudden Danger (1955)
Quote:A woman who heads a sportswear manufacturing company is found dead. Although it is ruled a suicide, the police detective in charge believes she was murdered, and his subsequent investigation...
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Howard W. Koch & Edmond O’Brien – Shield for Murder (1954)
Quote:David Wilentz writes:Shield for Murder predates Touch of Evil with its gloomy tale of police corruption. Edmund O’Brien stars as a brooding police detective consumed by greed. In a chilling set...
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Nadine Trintignant – Défense de Savoir aka Forbidden to Know (1973)
SynopsisThe very modest lawyer (Jean-Louis Trintignant) in this case of murder finds much more than he is looking for and then must decide what to do with the unwelcome information. He is defending a...
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John Mackenzie – The Long Good Friday (1980)
Quote:Harold, a prosperous English gangster, is about to close a lucrative new deal when bombs start showing up in very inconvenient places. A mysterious syndicate is trying to muscle in on his...
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Cy Endfield – Try and Get Me AKA The Sound of Fury (1950)
Todd Wiener writes:In 1947, novelist and B-movie screenwriter Jo Pagano published his third novel titled The Condemned. The novel was based upon the 1933 kidnapping and murder of Brooke Hart in San...
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Cornel Wilde – Storm Fear (1955)
Quote:After being wounded by a bullet, bank robber Charlie Blake seeks shelter with his gang at his brother’s mountain retreat. There he rekindles his romance with his brother’s wife and reconnects...
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Phil Karlson – Kansas City Confidential (1952)
Synopsis:A down-on-his-luck ex-G.I. finds himself framed for an armored car robbery. When he’s finally released for lack of evidence, after having been beaten up and tortured by the police, he sets...
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Zoran Calic – Vampiri su Medju Nama AKA Vampires are Among Us (1989)
In the first sequel of “Hi Inspector”, the cops Boki and Pajko get bored in their quite little town until the arrival of foreign visitors. These people reside at the local hotel where international...
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Jules Dassin – Brute Force (1947)
William K Everson writes:Brute Force was touted as being by far the toughest and most violent prison film Hollywood had ever made. Many European censors felt the same way and scenes were shortened for...
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Elia Kazan – Panic in the Streets [+commentary] (1950)
Synopsis:Filmed entirely on location in New Orleans, Panic in the Streets stars Richard Widmark as a city medical officer, racing against time to stop a plague epidemic. The carrier was an illegal...
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Anthony Mann – Raw Deal (1948)
Synopsis:Joe Sullivan is itching to get out of prison. He’s taken the rap for Rick, who owes him $50 Grand. Rick sets up an escape for Joe, knowing that Joe will be caught escaping and be shot or...
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Fritz Lang – Ministry of Fear (1944)
Synopsis:Ray Milland plays Stephen Neale–a bewildered man just released from an asylum. However, reality proves to be more surreal and perplexing than the asylum itself. Neale wanders through the...
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Stanley Kubrick – Killer’s Kiss (1955)
Synopsis:Prize-fighter Davy Gordon intervenes when private dancer Gloria Price is being attacked by her employer and lover Vincent Raphello. This brings the two together and they get involved with...
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Fabián Bielinsky – El aura AKA The Aura (2005)
A quiet, epileptic taxidermist plans the perfect crime. All he needs is the right opportunity. An accident, perhaps… 2.27GB | 2 h 7 min | 1280×720 | mkv...
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Walter Tennyson – The Body Vanished (1939)
Despite a short run time this is a breezy, effective British mystery. A Scotland Yard Inspector (Anthony Hulme) is on holidays with his friend, a newspaper reporter. The two come into a small village...
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Takashi Miike – Yurusarezaru mono AKA The Man in White (2003)
Asuza is a yakusa always dressed in white, a pure, yet tarnished man. A child from the streets, he saw his father assassinated by his older brother, and his mother commit suicide. These traumatizing...
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Takashi Miike – The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion (2003)
Synopsis:A rowdy, young yakuza takes revenge against a gang of thousands for the death of his boss. Review:Wow! The second and final part Miike’s Yurusarezaru mono (or: The Man in White) is pretty...
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Edwin L. Marin – Race Street (1948)
In this dark crime drama, the trouble begins when a San Francisco bookie attempts to lead an honest life by marrying a comely widow. In preparation for his nuptials, the fellow stays on the straight...
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