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- DirectorCharles LaughtonStarsRobert MitchumShelley WintersLillian GishA self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.10/10
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsFrank SilveraIrene KaneJamie SmithReady to catch a train to his hometown, a washed-up boxer tells us about the strange and twisty events that happened to him the past couple of days.8/10
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsHumphrey BogartFredric MarchArthur KennedyThree escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household.8/10
- DirectorLewis R. FosterStarsWilliam BendixArthur KennedyLuther AdlerThe survivors of a prison break set out on an arduous journey to retrieve some loot.8/10
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsJack PalanceIda LupinoWendell CoreyHollywood actor Charles Castle is pressured by his studio boss into a criminal cover-up to protect his valuable career.8/10
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsRobert RyanRobert StackShirley YamaguchiPlanted in a Tokyo crime syndicate, a U.S. Army Investigator attempts to probe the coinciding death of a fellow Army official.8/10
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsVictor MatureRichard EganStephen McNallyThree hoodlums carefully case a small town while planning to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday. On Saturday, things turn violent and deadly.8/10
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsFrank SinatraKim NovakEleanor ParkerA junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.7/10
- DirectorJoseph H. LewisStarsCornel WildeRichard ConteJean WallaceA police lieutenant is ordered to stop investigating deadly crime boss Mr. Brown because he hasn't been able to get any hard evidence against him. He goes after Brown's girlfriend, who despises him, for information instead.7/10
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsRalph MeekerAlbert DekkerPaul StewartA doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious "great whatsit".7/10
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesPeter van EyckMichael RedgraveAn elusive billionaire hires an American smuggler to investigate his past, leading to a dizzying descent into a cold-war European landscape.7/10
- DirectorNathan JuranStarsFrank LovejoyMari BlanchardRichard DenningGovernment agent tries to trick a suspect into returning to Germany, the scene of his crimes.7/10
- DirectorStuart HeislerStarsJack PalanceShelley WintersLori NelsonAfter aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before retiring - by robbing a resort hotel.7/10
- DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsPaul LangtonBarbara PaytonRobert ShayneA police detective helps a singer heading to prison for the murder of a man she claims is still alive.7/10
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsHumphrey BogartGene TierneyLee J. CobbAt a Catholic mission in China, long-awaited "Father O'Shea" proves to be a tough guy, disturbingly attractive to mission nurse Anne.6/10
- DirectorLewis AllenStarsEdward G. RobinsonNina FochHugh MarloweAfter an overly aggressive district attorney unknowingly sends an innocent man to the chair, he resigns, turns to drinking, and acquires a criminal clientèle.6/10
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsGinger RogersEdward G. RobinsonBrian KeithA female inmate is whisked out of prison and into a police-guarded hotel until the district attorney can convince her to testify against the mob.6/10
- DirectorFrank TuttleStarsAlan LaddEdward G. RobinsonJoanne DruAfter 5 years in prison, ex-cop Steve Rollins is paroled and searches for the San Francisco mobsters who framed him for manslaughter.6/10
- DirectorMaxwell ShaneStarsFarley GrangerAnthony QuinnAnne BancroftA mobster (Quinn) springs a condemned murderer (Granger) because he got his sister (Bancroft) pregnant.6/10
- DirectorRanald MacDougallStarsJoan CrawfordBarry SullivanBetsy PalmerWhen a young woman arrives at the home of her socialite cousin, she soon gets sucked into the woman's complex web of deceit.6/10
- DirectorJohn ParkerBruno VeSotaStarsAdrienne BarrettBruno VeSotaBen RosemanThis film, with no dialogue at all, follows a psychotic young woman's nightmarish experiences through one skid-row night.6/10
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsGuy MadisonKim NovakBrian KeithFour vets attending college on the GI Bill and a cabaret singer try to rob a Reno Casino and pull off the perfect crime.6/10
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsJoan CrawfordJeff ChandlerJan SterlingMoving into a beach house involves Lynn Markham in mystery, danger, and romance with a beach boy of dubious motives.6/10
- DirectorPaul GuilfoyleStarsAngela LansburyKeith AndesDouglass DumbrilleAn unemployed architect meets a married woman with a business proposition. The architect soon suspect her interest isn't just financial - and might be deadly.5/10
- DirectorCornel WildeStarsCornel WildeJean WallaceDan DuryeaAfter being wounded by a bullet, bank robber Charlie Blake seeks shelter with his gang at his brother's mountain retreat. There he rekindles his romance with his brother's wife and reconnects with the boy he believes is his son.5/10
- DirectorBruno VeSotaStarsLawrence TierneyJayne MansfieldJohn CarradineSeveral persons, including an off duty policeman and a weird rich guy, are suspects in the murder of a beautiful actress.5/10
- DirectorLewis AllenStarsEdward G. RobinsonGeorge RaftAudrey Totter-In Montreal (Canada), a police inspector slowly discovers a plot to kidnap a nuclear physicist, American mobsters, foreign spies, and a blonde seductress, are all involved.5/10
- DirectorHarry EssexStarsFrank LovejoyKeefe BrasselleCathy O'DonnellThe infant baby of Sam and Anne Bennett is critically hurt after being hit by a bottle thrown by a gang of juvenile delinquent hoodlums known as the Wolf Pack. Police Detective Tom Lynn takes charge of the investigation and orders a shakedown of youth gangs in Chicago's toughest section, but this fails to locate members of the Wolf Pack gang. A savage beating is given to an innocent witness by Bennett, who takes matters into his own hands in the belief that the law authorities are too slow.5/10
- DirectorDick RossStarsBill WilliamsGeorgia LeeDouglas KennedyAn Army ex-con electronics engineer sells his skills to a violent crime boss for big money as his loving Christian wife begs him to stop.4/10