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- DirectorGene MilfordStarsKathy CarlyleRobert LansingFelice OrlandiA detective investigating the murder of a heroin addict discovers that there is a connection between the junkie and his fiance, who is his boss' daughter.
- DirectorJohn SledgeStarsStacy HarrisLouis SirgoGinny HostetlerDetective film presenting the cases of two New Orleans detectives. One is about a patrolman who is suspected of murdering a socialite kleptomaniac, and one about the murderer of a bank robber whose corpse was found in a swamp.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsDavid JanssenJeanne CrainDina MerrillA famous movie star's fan-club secretary has been brutally murdered. She has in her office old newspaper clippings regarding a missing heiress. Did the secretary know something about the mystery of the heiress? David Janssen investigates.
- DirectorRaymond NassourKenneth W. RichardsonStarsWilliam ThourlbyWarren J. KemmerlingMichael FoxA series of murders involving a stripper (Indus Arthur) are investigated by a hard-drinking reporter (William Thourlby) in this late-entry film-noir.
- DirectorAllen BaronStarsAllen BaronMolly McCarthyLarry TuckerA hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York, but a special girl from his past and a gun dealer with pet rats get in his way.
- DirectorWilliam ConradStarsJeffrey HunterDana AndrewsAnne FrancisScientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but then falls in love with her.
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsGregory PeckRobert MitchumPolly BergenA lawyer's family is stalked by a man he once helped put in jail.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsWilliam ShatnerFrank MaxwellBeverly LunsfordA charismatic "social reformer" rallies the white populace of a Southern town to oppose school integration, but he soon finds himself in a situation that he cannot control.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsLee MarvinAngie DickinsonJohn CassavetesSurprised that their contract victim didn't try to run away from them, two professional hit men try to find out who hired them and why.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsEdmond O'BrienVera MilesRobert CulpA gunman who believes his friend has been murdered sets out to get the people who killed him and finds himself enmeshed in corrupt labor union politics.
- DirectorDouglas HeyesStarsAnn-MargretJohn ForsythePeter BrownA rising political star faces scandal and blackmail when the young woman he tries to help turns out to be a juvenile delinquent.
- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsJack HoganJune KenneyJohn BaerA burglar steals a briefcase. Unknown to him, it contains a valuable secret formula. So he has the police on his trail--plus the owner of the formula and a ruthless spy...
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsOrson WellesJuliette GrécoBradford DillmanThree performers for six roles: this is the game of the film. A melodrama about two love triangles. In the first, Hagalin is killed by his mistress and her lover. In the second, attorney Lamorciere discovers her woman would like to elope with his assistant. During the trial against two murderer lovers, attorney agrees to a minor sentence for them.
- DirectorPaul HenreidStarsBette DavisKarl MaldenPeter LawfordThe working-class twin sister of a callous, wealthy woman impulsively murders her out of revenge and assumes her identity. But impersonating her dead twin is more complicated and risky than she anticipated.
- DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsCraig HillMarcia HendersonRobert LoweryTwo identical twin sisters...one is very,very good--one is very, very bad. The good twin is due some big bucks. The bad twin wants 'em. Since they look just alike...look out.
- DirectorBill KarnStarsJohnny CashDonald WoodsCay ForesterA murderous thug and his cohorts take a bank executives wife hostage after their robbery plans go awry.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsCraig StevensLaura DevonEdward AsnerWhen crime boss Scarlotti is murdered, PI Peter Gunn is distraught and angry. Scarlotti saved his life once. Nick Fusco, the new kingpin, is the prime suspect for the murder but it's going to be a struggle for Gunn to investigate him.
- DirectorLeonard KastleDonald VolkmanStarsShirley StolerTony Lo BiancoMary Jane HigbyAn obese, embittered nurse doesn't mind if her toupee-wearing boyfriend romances and fleeces other women, as long as he takes her along on his con jobs.
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsRobert BlakeScott WilsonJohn ForsytheTwo ex-cons murder a family in a robbery attempt, before going on the run from the authorities. The police try to piece together the details of the murder in an attempt to track down the killers.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsHenry SilvaElizabeth MontgomeryRichard AndersonExiled American gangster Colini sends his protégé-killer Giordano to the USA to eliminate Colini's mob enemies.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsJeffrey HunterPat CrowleyDennis HopperIn Los Angeles, a brave witness to murder agrees to testify in court against the street gang leader who's desperate to silence him.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsFrank SinatraLaurence HarveyJanet LeighAn American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera MilesA Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.
- DirectorArthur PennStarsWarren BeattyAlexandra StewartHurd HatfieldAfter the mob tries to kill him for an unknown reason, a comedian steals the identity of a homeless man and goes on the run.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsGregory PeckDiane BakerWalter MatthauAn accountant suddenly suffers from amnesia. This appears related to the suicide of his boss. Now some violent thugs are out to get him. They work for a shadowy figure known simply as The Major.
- DirectorBurt KennedyStarsGlenn FordElke SommerRita HayworthWhen half-a-million dollars disappears from a doctor office's safe, the cops assigned to the burglary case, Joe and Pete, decide to find the money and keep it for themselves.
- DirectorBurt BalabanStuart RosenbergStarsStuart WhitmanMay BrittHenry MorganThe rise and fall of a 1930's Brooklyn crime syndicate, known as Murder Incorporated, led by mobster Lepke Buchalter.
- DirectorWilliam ConradStarsTroy DonahueJoey HeathertonBarry SullivanDisturbed young man meets a girl he believes to be a long-dead ancestor.
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsConstance TowersAnthony EisleyMichael DanteA former prostitute relocates to a buttoned-down suburb, determined to fit in with mainstream society. But perverse secrets simmer beneath the wholesome surface.
- DirectorJohn F. SchreyerStarsRobert HuttonJohn GoddardCarol OhmartThree teenage criminals break out of juvenile prison and head south to Mexico.
- DirectorHubert CornfieldRichard BooneStarsMarlon BrandoRichard BooneRita MorenoTwo men kidnap a girl off the streets, take her to a beach house owned by a drug-addicted stewardess, and hold her for ransom.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsCharles McGrawRobert RidgelyTed KnightIn Chicago, the police are man-hunting a serial killer of blonde women and end-up car-chasing him through the complex maze of state highways.
- DirectorRalph NelsonStarsAlain DelonAnn-MargretVan HeflinSan Francisco ex-con Eddie Pedak wants to go straight, but local cop Mike Vido, motivated by a personal vendetta, keeps harassing him while Eddie's brother Walter wants Eddie for one last major heist.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsGeorge PeppardRaymond BurrGayle HunnicuttA down-on-his-luck New York private eye takes a bodyguard job for the death-threatened mistress of a shady millionaire and gets involved in conspiracy and murder.
- DirectorJohn BoormanStarsLee MarvinAngie DickinsonKeenan WynnAfter being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the money that was stolen from him.
- DirectorNoel BlackStarsAnthony PerkinsTuesday WeldBeverly GarlandWhen a mentally-disturbed young man tells a pretty girl that he's a secret agent, she believes him; murder and mayhem ensue.
- DirectorBuzz KulikStarsJim BrownGene HackmanMike KellinA riot in a state prison is staged to cover up an escape attempt, during which many inmates and guards are killed. Shot on location at Arizona State Prison.
- DirectorJames LandisStarsArch Hall Jr.Helen HoveyRichard AldenThree people driving into Los Angeles for a Dodgers game have car trouble and pull off into an old wrecking yard where they are held at bay by a bloodthirsty psycho and his crazy girlfriend.
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsPeter BreckConstance TowersGene EvansBent on winning a Pulitzer Prize, a journalist commits himself to a mental institution to solve a strange and unclear murder.
- DirectorGordon FlemyngStarsJim BrownDiahann CarrollErnest BorgnineThieves fall out when over a half million dollars goes missing after the daring and carefully planned robbery of the Los Angeles Coliseum during a football game, each one accusing the other of having the money.
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsJane FondaMichael SarrazinSusannah YorkThe lives of a disparate group of contestants intertwine in an inhumanely grueling dance marathon.
- DirectorLeon ChooluckStarsJock MahoneyGreta ThyssenJesse WhiteAn insurance investigator goes to Los Angeles to investigate the disappearance of a colleague.
- DirectorJack LeewoodStarsGene NelsonMerry AndersJames BrownAn investment counselor turns jewel thief when the gangster he embezzled funds from demands to be paid back.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsLaurence HarveyCapucineJane FondaA man arrives in New Orleans searching for his former girlfriend, an artist who now works in a bordello.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsJames BrownMerry AndersHenry CordenA condemned criminal's acquaintances gather at a remote lodge on the eve of his execution to search for hidden money.
- DirectorJoseph CatesStarsSal MineoJuliet ProwseJan MurrayIn New York, a disco hostess is stalked by a sexual predator and she requests help from a vice squad detective who takes a personal interest in the case.
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsRobert TaylorBarbara StanwyckJudi MeredithA woman is haunted by recurring nightmares, which seem to be instigated by her late husband who supposedly was killed in a fire.
- DirectorWilliam AllandStarsPaul AnkaRuth RomanAlex NicolA teenager's parents finally realize how bad their home life is when their son is arrested for prowling.
- DirectorEdmond O'BrienStarsJeffrey HunterDavid JanssenStella StevensTwo Korean War veterans re-unite to pull off a heist at a San Francisco airport but find themselves running for their lives.
- DirectorCharles DavisStarsDoug WilsonJeanne BairdMarilyn O'ConnorIn this obscure B potboiler, a longtime criminal returns to his native Los Angeles, determined to avenge his brother's murder.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsCraig HillElaine EdwardsGrant RichardsA doctor is on the run from the mob because he identified two hoods involved in a murder.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsRon FosterPatricia BlairHarp McGuireA detective falls in love with the diamonds--and the girlfriend--of a thief he's pursuing.
- DirectorAram KatcherStarsAram KatcherLisa McDonaldBrad TrumbullA sleazy but ingenious criminal masterminds a heist at a sold-out sports arena. He hires a motley crew of henchmen, seduces the middle-aged head cashier, and plans some brutal ruses to elude the law. But he's his own worst enemy.
- DirectorRobert Alan AurthurStarsSidney PoitierJoanna ShimkusAl Freeman Jr.A gang of black militants plots to rob a factory to finance their "revolutionary struggle".
- DirectorRobert SparrStarsPaul BurkeCarol LynleyMartha HyerA woman seduces a professional golfer, then offers to kill his opponent if the golfer will kill her psychiatrist, who wants her committed.
- DirectorBernard GirardStarsStella StevensShelley WintersSkip WardEllen Hardy gets a rude awakening when she discovers that her brother and sister are scheduled to leave the mental institution where they were put as young children after they killed their parents.
- DirectorCurtis HarringtonStarsSimone SignoretJames CaanKatharine RossA young couple who are into kinky "mind games" get more than they bargained for when a mysterious woman comes into their lives.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsRichard WidmarkHenry FondaInger StevensIn New York City's Spanish Harlem, detectives Madigan and Bonaro are given 72 hours by their superior to capture a hoodlum wanted for homicide in Brooklyn.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsPaul NewmanLauren BacallJulie HarrisCool private investigator Lew Harper is hired by a wealthy California matron to locate her kidnapped husband.
- DirectorPaul BogartStarsJames GarnerGayle HunnicuttCarroll O'ConnorA young woman from Kansas hires LA private detective Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother.
- DirectorAlex MarchStarsRyan O'NealLeigh Taylor-YoungVan HeflinA Vietnam veteran and ex-con is persuaded by a shady woman to rob a $50,000 payroll account on a California produce farm. But who is playing who?
- DirectorSerge BourguignonStarsMax von SydowYvette MimieuxEfrem Zimbalist Jr.Bounty hunters capture a wanted fugitive, but on the return trip begin to fight among themselves as to who should get the bigger share of the reward.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsJoan EvansRon FosterMerry AndersAn ex-con sets out to find the money which was hidden after a payroll robbery but is persuaded to turn it over to the police by his former accomplice's widow.
- DirectorJerry HopperStarsJ. Pat O'MalleyRobert J. WilkeRobert GistMakeshift gang carries off a theft of $2,000,000 and manages to baffle the police for three years.
- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsJack WardenVera MilesRobert DouglasThe story of a scheme to double-cross and steal money from the syndicate, and a police commissioner's efforts to investigate homicides in the city of corruption.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsZachary ScottBernie HamiltonKey MeersmanA jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsCameron MitchellJohn LuptonSteve BrodieThree professional killers break into the house of an airport employee to shoot the plane on which an Asian Prime Minister is due to leave America.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsNico MinardosBarbara EdenGrant RichardsBased on the Saturday Evening Post serial "Set Up For Murder" by Richard Stern, 12 Hours to Kill traces the problems of a young Greek national (Nico Minardos) who, after ogling a murder, is ushered off into the relative "safety" of suburban obscurity by the police, unaware that he is being double-crossed by a crooked gendarme.
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsCliff RobertsonDolores DornBeatrice KayA teenager who witnesses the murder of his father vows to exact revenge on the four mobsters involved in the killing.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsRon FosterMerry AndersBarry KelleyA reporter learns that his girlfriend's father, an old sea captain, is being paid by the mob to transport gangsters out of the country.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsTippi HedrenSean ConneryMartin GabelMark marries Marnie although she is a habitual thief and has serious psychological problems, and tries to help her confront and resolve them.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsGlenn FordLee RemickStefanie PowersA man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsEdward G. RobinsonRod SteigerJoan CollinsA motley crew of professional thieves plans the robbery of a Monte Carlo casino vault.
- DirectorBuzz KulikStarsDavid JanssenEd BegleyKeenan WynnDuring a stakeout, an L.A. cop kills a doctor who presumably pulled a gun but the coroner's inquest finds no gun, forcing the cop to look for it to clear his name.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsAlan LaddRod SteigerMichael CallanAn aerospace engineer (Ladd) ignores a policeman (Steiger) and hunts down a gang of juvenile delinquents.
- DirectorDenis SandersStarsJohn SaxonCharles AidmanSydney PollackDispatched to the front lines during the Korean War, an idealistic American soldier discovers the horrors of combat and comes at odds with a psychopathic member of his platoon.
- DirectorRudolph CusumanoStarsRobert ClarkeFrancine YorkSydney MasonAn ex-detective gets a job as an investigator digging up dirt on celebrities for a tabloid scandal sheet.
- DirectorBoris SagalStarsPeter Mark RichmanMartin GabelPhillip PineA feature film consisting of two 1962 episodes of the crime, drama show Cain's Hundred.
- DirectorIrvin BerwickStarsJonathan KiddLyn StattenFrank ArvidsonA car wreck gives Pete amnesia. He becomes an evangelist with a preacher's help. His new success leads his ex and her boyfriend to blackmail him over missing money. As his memory returns, Pete believes he killed the other driver.
- DirectorJohn PeyserStarsPeter Mark RichmanDorothy DandridgeJames CoburnA young woman with a past is manipulated by the police to discover a missing drugs shipment, also wanted by the mafia. Between her musician husband and her long time detective friend, she is hopeless - but still performs some jazz numbers.
- DirectorAlexander GrasshoffStarsRobert HuttonMary CastleMichael O'ConnellA married couple is held hostage in a dismal, deserted town by three escaped convicts. The crooks are looking for a cache of stolen loot, and they intend to keep the couple alive long enough to locate and dig up the cash for them.
- DirectorMel WellesStarsTerry BeckerElisa LotiBruno VeSotaAn ex-mafioso moves to Mexico to become a writer, revealing mob secrets in his books which are met with understandable displeasure. He is soon pursued by hit-men as well as the FBI, who need his testimony in a court case.
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsMickey SpillaneShirley EatonScott PetersLegendary detective Mike Hammer has spent seven years in an alcoholic funk after the supposed death of his secretary, Velda. He is brought back to the land of the living by his old friendly enemy, police lieutenant Pat Chambers.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsSteve McQueenJacqueline BissetRobert VaughnA nonconformist San Francisco cop is determined to find the underworld kingpin who killed the witness under his protection.
- DirectorRobert D. WebbStarsJames BrolinJacqueline BissetClaire TrevorSouth African secret agents attempt to save confidential microfilm before it falls into the hands of Communists.
- DirectorEddie DavisStarsTom TryonCarolyn JonesRick JasonA man discovers that he has been deliberately poisoned and hasn't long to live. In the short time he has left, he determines to find out who poisoned him and why.
- DirectorJames GoldstoneStarsHarry GuardinoBradford DillmanHope LangeAfter inadvertently ingesting some sugar laced with LSD, a man wakes up with amnesia and in the middle of a murder plot.
- DirectorLeonard J. HornStarsRoger SmithGreta BaldwinDennis MorganMystery drama of a detective who finds himself in trouble when he turns in the direction of a beautiful girl who is trying to commit suicide.
- DirectorDenis SandersStarsStuart WhitmanCarol LynleyRoddy McDowallAn actor hired to locate $1 million in stolen loot endures the rigors of an insane asylum.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsJames GarnerJean SimmonsSuzanne PleshetteAn amnesiac (James Garner) wanders the streets of Manhattan trying to figure out who he is.
- DirectorMark StevensStarsMark StevensJack DonnerDavid AldrichA Florida boat captain loses his license after an attempt to smuggle some Cuban refugees results in a woman dying in the process.
- DirectorCharles MartinStarsDana WynterRaymond St. JacquesKevin McCarthyAn escaped convict goes to a small town to clear his name; to pull off his plan, he becomes part of a murder plot.
- DirectorGeorge P. BreakstonStarsFraser MacIntoshVeronica HurstPhil BrownA young boy with a penchant for spinning elaborate yarns gets himself in deep trouble when he tries to tell people that he really did witness a terrible murder.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsVic MorrowSuzanne PleshetteVictor BuonoPilot Harry Black is hired to fly a man named Carlyle to Istanbul, where he's murdered. Now, mysterious Diane Reed and a local gangster, Rashi, are after Harry believing that he has the priceless plates Carlyle used to counterfeit money.
- DirectorSam WanamakerStarsYul BrynnerCharles GrayEdward WoodwardU.S. Agent Novak and Scotland Yard Officer Thompson go undercover to infiltrate a counterfeit organization.
- DirectorKarel ReiszStarsAlbert FinneySusan HampshireMona WashbourneA psychotic killer gets in the good graces of his aging invalid employer, and worms his way into the affection of her beautiful daughter, with unpleasant results for all.
- DirectorBert I. GordonStarsRichard CarlsonSusan GordonLugene SandersA man lets a former flame fall to her death rather than let her interfere with his new relationship, but her ghost returns to disrupt his impending nuptials.
- DirectorBurt TopperStarsVictor BuonoDavid McLeanDiane SayerAn overweight lab technician with low self esteem, brought on by his dominant mother, becomes a serial killer of female nurses.
- DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsMarguerite ChapmanDouglas KennedyJames GriffithA crazed scientist invents an invisibility formula. He plans to use the formula to create an army of invisible zombies.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsRon RandellDebra PagetElaine StewartAfter wandering in a nuclear testing area in the desert, escaped mobster Ron Candell starts mutating and seeks revenge on his former crime partners.