99 River Street
A former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with jewel thieves.
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The Set-Up
1949★ 7.3
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950★ 7.2
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
Hell Drivers
1957★ 6.7
An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.
You Only Live Once
1937★ 7.1
Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.
Plunder Road
1957★ 7.0
A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
Fallen Angel
1945★ 6.6
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.
The Big Combo
1955★ 7.0
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.
The Dark Corner
1946★ 6.6
Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers.
Nightfall
1956★ 6.9
An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
Dick Tracy
1990★ 6.2
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
Pitfall
1948★ 6.9
An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.
His Kind of Woman
1951★ 6.8
Career gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find himself entangled with fellow guests at a luxurious resort and suspecting that the man who hired him may be the deported crime boss Nick Ferraro aiming to re-enter to the USA.
They Live by Night
1949★ 6.8
An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.
They Made Me a Fugitive
1947★ 6.6
After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
The Locket
1946★ 6.3
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
The Web
1947★ 7.1
A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.
Big Trouble
2002★ 6.1
The story of how a mysterious suitcase brings together, and changes, the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two hitmen, a pair of street thugs, two love struck teens, two FBI men and a psychedelic toad. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry's best-selling first novel, "Big Trouble."
The Big Knife
1955★ 6.0
Movie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to sign a new seven-year contract. Castle is sick of the low quality of the studio's films and wants to start a new life. While his estranged wife supports him in the decision, Castle's talent agent urges him to reconsider. When Castle continues to be uncooperative, Hoff resorts to blackmail in order to get his way.
Framed
1947★ 6.5
Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.
Hollow Triumph
1948★ 6.6
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.