Crime films on 'Talking Pictures' channel
'Talking Pictures' is devoted to film history. I look forward to seeing these crime films on their channel.
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- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsMorgan ConwayAnne JeffreysMike MazurkiPolice detective Dick Tracy must identify and apprehend a serial killer known as Splitface.This film is shown on 'Talking Pictures under the following title. 'Dick Tracy.'
- DirectorAlan JamesRay TaylorStarsRalph ByrdKay HughesSmiley BurnetteA master criminal called The Spider puts the famous detective's brother under a hypnotic spell and turns him against Dick.
- DirectorJohn EnglishWilliam WitneyStarsRalph ByrdLynne RobertsCharles MiddletonDick Tracy battles spies and saboteurs in his efforts to bring to justice the Stark gang, a criminal family led by the vicious Pa Stark.
- DirectorJohn RawlinsStarsRalph ByrdLyle LatellKay ChristopherDick Tracy investigates the theft of a fortune of fur coats, a possible insurance swindle and several murders, all linked to a huge thug who wears a hook in place of his right hand.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsMorgan ConwayAnne JeffreysLyle LatellExpensive diamonds are stolen but before the thief can fence them he is strangled by ex-con Cueball, who then takes the gems and continues murdering people he believes are trying to swindle him.
- DirectorJohn EnglishWilliam WitneyStarsRalph ByrdMichael OwenJan WileyDick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.
- DirectorJohn EnglishWilliam WitneyStarsRalph ByrdIrving PichelTed PearsonA mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can put his criminal gang back together again.
- DirectorJohn ArgyleStarsAnthony HulmeJoy SheltonTamara DesniNovelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, meets a newspaper woman called "Steve." Together they investigate a gang of diamond robbers.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsJohn BentleyDinah SheridanMargaretta ScottA maniac is murdering the patients of a doctor who specializes in nervous disorders. A detective is called in to catch the killer.Trapped in an underground stream. Temple is told "drowning is a pleasant way to die."
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsJohn BentleyDinah SheridanJack LiveseyA husband-and-wife detective team look into the murder of one of her friends, whose father has been kidnapped. They find themselves up against a sinister crime organization headed by a mysterious figure known only as "Z".
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsJohn BentleyPatricia DaintonGrey BlakeThe Temples investigate a series of gruesome murders attributed to a mysterious figure known as "The Marquis".This film is shown on 'Talking Pictures' under the following title. 'Bombay Waterfront.'
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsRobert AdairDelphi LawrenceDerrick De MarneyDisreputable Private Detective Slim Callaghan is hired to investigate a murder and a will change in London.Slim is a really seedy detective. He will "sit all night in a sewer double-crossing the rats."
- DirectorSidney GilliatStarsAlastair SimSally GrayTrevor HowardAfter the nurse who declares that a recent surgical death was a murder also dies, an enigmatic Scotland Yard inspector arrives to investigate.Alastair Sim with brolly and briefcase dodging the doodlebugs. Very good whodunit
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsWilliam SylvesterMary GermaineAlexander GaugeA blackmailer is murdered, and the police find that there is a long list of suspects who wanted to see him dead.It has a light-hearted score. It proves that crime films don't always need menacing music.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsJimmy HanleyLana MorrisSonia HolmFred Martin, a taxi driver who is a reformed convict, is used by the police to go undercover in order to help catch a gang of safe robbers. However things start to go wrong when the police stake out the wrong bank and Fred finds himself alone with the crooks.Now I know where 'Carry On Cabby' got some of their ideas from. Carry on snogging.
- DirectorByron HaskinStarsLizabeth ScottDon DeForeDan DuryeaThrough a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.I'll never forget the look of sheer avarice on Lizabeth Scott's face. Eyes wide with $ signs.
- DirectorFrancis MegahyStarsIan McShaneWarren ClarkeStephen GreifA group of fascists plan to finance their work by pulling off a bank robbery.This film is shown 'Talking Pictures' under the following title. 'Sewers of Gold.'
- DirectorRoy BoultingStarsElizabeth AllanPhilip FriendHarold AnstrutherMargaret Hamilton (Elizabeth Allan) faces trial by Coroner's Court, an archaic British institution where justice can't be guaranteed.First time that I've noticed that they used to 'kiss the book' when giving evidence.
- DirectorFrancis SearleTerence FisherStarsWayne MorrisSandra DorneJames Kenney1955. Directed by Terence Fisher and starring Wayne Morris, Sandra Dorne and Patrick Holt. Set in London's Soho, a gang of ruthless safe-crackers plan their next robbery.It's difficult to tell who is crooked or not in this. A who's-up-to-what rather than a whodunit.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsClaire TrevorLawrence TierneyWalter SlezakA calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with the hotheaded murderer romancing her foster sister.This film is shown on Talking Pictures under the following title. 'Lady Of Deceit.'
- DirectorJack GageStarsRosalind RussellLeo GennClaire TrevorA Broadway star unintentionally kills her impresario but keeps mum about it after the police investigator targets a rival actress.A cat and mouse game between Rosalind Russell and Sydney Greenstreet. Very tense.
- DirectorRoy KellinoStarsPeter ReynoldsPatrick HoltLawrence O'MaddenAfter a failed bank robbery the getaway driver flees to the Devon countryside and the farm of his uncle.A cunning sense of unease through guilt. I like the eerie dream scene in a churchyard.
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsBoris KarloffEwan RobertsRichard WattisThree episodes of "Colonel March of Scotland Yard" edited together for theatrical release.I like the droll quirky characters in this. "Caught any queer fish lately, Colonel?"
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsDermot WalshHazel CourtHermione BaddeleyAn auditor comes into possession of an envelope containing prints and drawings which the British government is anxious to obtain and also a great many other people, all of whom try to get them from him by any means. He escapes many of the traps set for him by the villains, but is finally captured and is tied to an operating table where the gang leader is set to do some scalpel work on him.This film is shown on Talking Pictures under the following title. 'Undercover Agent.'
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsScott BradyMary CastleJohn BlytheIn London, American Gregor Stevens searches for his convicted murderer brother facing execution. He allies with smuggler Yvonne Durante to prove his brother's innocence, putting her at risk from her criminal associates.The plot has corkscrew twists. Mary Castle looks like Rita Hayworth in some of her shots.