Crime Films and TV
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Anti-semitism is at the heart of the beating death of soldier Joseph Samuels (Sam Levene) in "Crossfire" (1947). Capt. Finlay (Robert Young) investigates, and Pvt. "Monty" Montgomery (Robert Ryan) has his version of the story. But can he be believed? #filmnoir
World War I| veteran Eddie Rice (John
Payne) returns to L.A. in hope of curing his battle-induced amnesia. But people there seem to know him as Eddie Ricardi, a gangster, with whom crime boss Vince Alexander (Sonny Tufts) has a score to settle. "The Crooked Way" (1949) #filmnoir
Steve Thompson (Burt Lancaster) blows into town and ex-wife Anna (Yvonne De Carlo) promptly plays him for a world-class chump, in "Criss Cross" (1949). She's two-timing mobster Slim Dundee (Dan Duryea)
— as femmes fatale do — and Steve gets himself deeper into a pickle. #filmnoir
Vacationing in Latin America, Dr. Eugene Ferguson (Cary Grant) is pressed into service. He must perform a delicate operation on dictator Raoul Farrago (José Ferrer). But sinister forces are at work and for Ferguson the stakes are raised considerably. "Crisis" (1950) #filmnoir
Vacationing in Latin America, Dr. Eugene Ferguson (Cary Grant) is pressed into service. He must perform a delicate operation on dictator Raoul Farrago (José Ferrer). But sinister forces are at work and for Ferguson the stakes are raised considerably. "Crisis" (1950) #filmnoir
Prison warden Mark Brady (Walter Huston) gives convict Robert Graham (Phillips Holmes) a break and makes him his valet, a better assignment than Graham's job in the prison jute mill. But an inmate escape plan endangers Graham's plum position. "The Criminal Code" (1931) #pre_noir
Los Angeles Det. Lt. Sims (Sterling Hayden) can't smoke cigs, so he chews toothpicks, "Tons of 'em," in "Crime Wave" (1954). He follows the rules as he sees fit, and is hell-bent on nabbing some murderous stickup men. James Elroy modeled LAPD Det. Bud White after him. #filmnoir
Violent convict Van Duff (William Bendix) leads a mass prison break. Six survive and Duff is wounded. He offers the others a split of loot he stashed if they help him get away. To do so they must survive a treacherous journey and stay ahead of the law. "Crashout" (1955) #filmnoir
When farmer Fred Morgan and his housekeeper turn up dead, hired hand George Braden (John Craven) looks good for the murder rap. Atty. Doug Madison (Macdonald Carey) feels he's defending a guilty man, but then new evidence comes to light. "Count the Hours!" (1953) #filmnoir
After World War II, RCAF flyer Laurence Gerard (Dick Powell) searches in France for the killer of his bride who was a French Resistance member. Vichy collaborator Marcel Jarnac (Luther Adler) is the culprit. But no one knows what he looks like. "Cornered" (1945) #filmnoir
Tom Neal, 'Detour' (1945).
He was just trying to meet up with his girlfriend, but what happened next sent his life into a tailspin. (Click link to read) #filmnoir
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Police Det. Steve Carelli (Robert Loggia) leads the search for a cop killer. But the investigation is hampered by reporter Hank Miller (Gene Miller). And Alice (Shirley Ballard), the sexpot wife of Carelli's partner, isn't making things any easier. "Cop Hater" (1958) #filmnoir
Warden George Knowland (Broderick
Crawford) helps convict Joe Hufford (Glenn Ford) adjust to prison life. But when Hufford witnesses an inmate murder he sticks to the criminal code of silence, even though it means he'll be a suspect. "Convicted" (1950) #filmnoir
Electronic surveillance expert Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) spys for big corporations and ignores his employers' evil intentions. But it gets harder to stay aloof once he takes a closer look behind the scenes. Watergate-era paranoia abounds. "The Conversation" (1974) #thriller
Maj. Michael Curragh (Robert Taylor)
sweeps Melinda Greyton (Elizabeth Taylor) off her feet and they are wed. Marital bliss proves elusive when she learns he's harboring a secret. Worse news: he must quiet her before nasty rumors circulate. "Conspirator" (1949) #filmnoir
Descius Heiss (Oskar Homolka) runs an antiques shop and makes a comfortable living for himself and his daughter Margaret (Muriel Pavlow). But his assistant Archie Fellowes (Kenneth Griffith) discovers a dark secret that threatens Heiss. "Code of Scotland Yard" (1947) #crimefilm
Chicago cop Johnny Kelly (Gig Young) plans to leave his job and his wife. But his younger brother is getting in deep with an unsavory character who does dirty work for a corrupt lawyer. And the lawyer wants Johnny in his pocket, too. "City That Never Sleeps" (1953) #filmnoir
Escaped con Vince Ryker (Vince Edwards) thinks he's toting a canister of heroin to Los Angeles, but it's filled with a radioactive substance that could wipe out the city's population. A police dragnet must stop him before it's too late. "City of Fear" (1959)
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