The Return of the Whistler (1948)
On the eve of his marriage, a young mans fiance disappears He hires a private detective to help him track her down, but soon finds himself entangled in a web of lies, intrigue and murder revolving around his fiances dead ex hus
Mysterious Intruder (1946)
Amid murders and kidnappings, a private detective is hired to find a missing girl whose family inheritance contains two rare collectible song recordings worth a lot of money
Flamingo Road (1949)
A corrupt small town sheriff manipulates local candidates to the state legislature but he eventually comes into conflict with a visiting carnival dancer
Moonrise (1948)
Danny is despised by his schoolmates because his father was accused of killing another man and sentenced to death
Illegal (1955)
After an overly aggressive district attorney unknowingly sends an innocent man to the chair, he resigns, turns to drinking, and acquires a criminal clientele
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
After phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live in anonymity
Knock on Any Door (1949)
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court
The Amazing Mr X (1948)
On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf then meets a tall dark man, Alexis, who seems to know all about such things After more ghostly manifestatio
Clash by Night (1952)
Mae Doyle comes back to her hometown a cynical woman Her brother Joe fears that his love, fish cannery worker Peggy, may wind up like Mae Mae marries Jerry and has a baby she is happy but restless, drawn to Jerrys friend Earl
Among the Living (1941)
A mentally unstable man, who has been kept in isolation for years, escapes and causes trouble for his identical twin brother
Fury (1936)
When a wrongly accused prisoner barely survives a lynch mob attack and is presumed dead, he vindictively decides to fake his death and frame the mob for his supposed murder
Gun Crazy (1950)
Two disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree
Johnny Eager (1941)
The step daughter of a district attorney falls in love with a gangster on parole who her father originally imprisoned
The Accused (1949)
A beautiful psychology professor tries to hide a self defense killing
The Window (1949)
To avoid the heat of a sweltering summer night a 9 year old Manhattan boy decides to sleep on the fire escape and witnesses a murder, but no one will believe him
Alias Nick Beal (1949)
A district attorney rises to political success and the governorship but loses his sense of morality once he starts associating with the shadowy and perhaps diabolical Nick Beal
The Tattered Dress (1957)
After top lawyer James Blane gets an acquittal for a man who killed another man for sexually roughing up his trophy wife, the murderous town sheriff frames him for bribing a juror in the case
Act of Violence (1948)
An embittered, vengeful POW stalks his former commanding officer who betrayed his mens planned escape attempt from a Nazi prison camp
Affair in Trinidad (1952)
Nightclub singer and her brother in law try to find her husbands killer
Ruthless (1948)
A poor boy who saved a rich girl from drowning is adopted by her family, but he grows into a money hungry ruthless businessman who would step on others to get to the top of the social ladder
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
During WWII, several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr Watson has volunteered his services He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime from a long list of suspects including the ow
This Gun for Hire (1942)
When assassin Philip Raven shoots a blackmailer and his beautiful female companion dead, he is paid off in marked bills by his treasonous employer who is working with foreign spies
Murder by Contract (1958)
Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer until he finds his next target is a woman
They Drive by Night (1940)
When one of two truck driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner
Death of a Scoundrel (1956)
The New York police investigates the murder of a Czech immigrant whose rags to riches story is told by his secretary to homicide detectives
The Garment Jungle (1957)
The struggle of a ladys garment workers organization to unionize a New York clothing sweat shop the owner of which is determined to keep the union out of his business at any cost
Ransom! (1956)
After the child of wealthy parents gets abducted, the police and a member of the press intervene to assist the parents in their search but end up complicating their impending decisions
The 39 Steps (1935)
A man in London tries to help a counter espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top secret information
The Mob (1951)
Johnny Damico botches a murder case and is suspended from the force In reality, he is put undercover to identify the mysterious boss of the NY waterfront who has murdered everyone in his way Will Johnny be next in line
5 Against the House (1955)
Four vets attending college on the GI Bill and a cabaret singer try to rob a Reno Casino and pull off the perfect crime
Singapore (1947)
After WW2, an American skipper returns to Singapore to retrieve his hidden stash of pearls and finds his lost fiancee who now has amnesia
San Quentin (1937)
An army trainer becomes captain of the prison yard and in time, falls for the sister of a hardened inmate
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train
The Maltese Falcon (1931)
A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon
Appointment with Danger (1950)
When ruthlessly dedicated postal inspector investigates the murder of a co worker, he finds that the sole witness, a nun, has been targeted by the killers
Man Bait (1952)
The married owner of a bookstore is attracted to his sexy blonde clerk He finally gives in to temptation and makes a pass at her, but that only results in him getting enmeshed in blackmail and murder
Union Station (1950)
A sharp eyed woman spots a man with a gun on a train and her alert to the railroad police helps them in their search for a ruthless gang who have kidnapped a blind heiress
Black Widow (1954)
An aspiring young writer insinuates herself into the life of a Broadway producer only to meet an unexpected fate
Summer Storm (1944)
In this filmed Chekhov adaptation, Olga is an alluring peasant woman who lures cynical aristocrat Fedor away from his milquetoast fiancee, with tragic consequences
Make Haste to Live (1954)
After serving 18 years in prison for a murder he didnt commit, a mobster is paroled and returns to a New Mexico town to exact his revenge on the woman responsible for his conviction
711 Ocean Drive (1950)
An electronics expert creates a huge bookie broadcast system for his crime boss, and takes over operations when his boss is murdered His greed leads him on a deadly destructive path
The Spider Woman (1943)
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so called pajama suicides He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider
Murder Is My Beat (1955)
A police detective helps a singer heading to prison for the murder of a man she claims is still alive
The Whole Truth (1958)
A movie executive is framed for the murder of his beautiful promiscuous leading lady by her jealous, estranged husband