Watched in the Pursuit of Noir
by karljhickey14 | created - 31 Dec 2015 | updated - 3 months ago | PublicPoverty row films , B movies , gangster pics , social realism , melodramas , pre code films , thrillers , crime films - all watched in the search for Films Noir .
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101. Conspirator (1949)
Approved | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In Cold War London, young American Melinda Greyton marries British Army Major Michael Curragh, who is a Communist spy working for the Soviets.
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Flemyng, Harold Warrender
Votes: 1,109
102. Grand Slam (1967)
Not Rated | 121 min | Crime, Drama
To pull off a daring diamond heist in Rio during Carnival, a retired schoolteacher hires four professionals who must contend with a revolutionary alarm system and a taciturn secretary.
Director: Giuliano Montaldo | Stars: Janet Leigh, Robert Hoffmann, Klaus Kinski, Riccardo Cucciolla
Votes: 1,385
103. Jeanne Eagels (1957)
Not Rated | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The life of 1920s actress Jeanne Eagels.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Agnes Moorehead, Charles Drake
Votes: 846
104. Shock Treatment (1964)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An actor hired to locate $1 million in stolen loot endures the rigors of an insane asylum.
Director: Denis Sanders | Stars: Stuart Whitman, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Lauren Bacall
Votes: 614
poor man's Shock Corridor .
105. So Young, So Bad (1950)
Approved | 91 min | Drama
A psychiatrist and nurse overthrow the abusive heads of a girls' reform school in order to teach the unfortunate young women that they have a chance at healthy lives.
Directors: Bernard Vorhaus, Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Paul Henreid, Catherine McLeod, Grace Coppin, Cecil Clovelly
Votes: 580
106. Tormented (1960)
Unrated | 75 min | Horror, Thriller
A 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.
Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Richard Carlson, Susan Gordon, Lugene Sanders, Juli Reding
Votes: 2,940
107. Woman in the Dark (1934)
Passed | 68 min | Crime, Drama
A paroled prisoner hits a man who's attacking a woman, then runs away, scared that he killed the man (he did not). From the book "Woman in the Dark" by Dashiell Hammett.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Fay Wray, Ralph Bellamy, Melvyn Douglas, Roscoe Ates
Votes: 608
108. A House Divided (1931)
70 min | Drama
In a small Pacific village, a widowed fisherman marries a girl young enough to be his daughter. Complications ensue when the new wife falls in love with her husband's son.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Walter Huston, Douglass Montgomery, Helen Chandler, Mary Foy
Votes: 262
109. Lost Boundaries (1949)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
This story is a true account of the lives of Scott and Marsha Carter. Having graduated from medical school, Scott Carter, a fair-skinned African American, marries Marsha Mitchell and moves ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Beatrice Pearson, Mel Ferrer, Susan Douglas Rubes, Robert A. Dunn
Votes: 496
110. Meet Danny Wilson (1952)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, Musical
A nightclub singer has a racketeer for a manager and a rivalry with his pianist for a girl.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Shelley Winters, Alex Nicol, Raymond Burr
Votes: 472
111. Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)
Approved | 105 min | Crime, Drama
In this sequel to "Knock On Any Door", the residents of a Chicago tenement building band together to insure that the son of Nick Romano does not follow in his father's footsteps...to the electric chair.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Burl Ives, Shelley Winters, James Darren, Jean Seberg
Votes: 590
Sequel to Knock On Any Door 1949
112. Night Into Morning (1951)
Passed | 86 min | Drama, Romance
Berkeley university professor adjusts (using alcohol) to tragic fire deaths of wife & son.
Director: Fletcher Markle | Stars: Ray Milland, John Hodiak, Nancy Reagan, Lewis Stone
Votes: 582
113. Inside Straight (1951)
Approved | 87 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Rip MacCool has learned early in life that "money talks" and after he arrives in San Francisco, he has no qualms about being ruthless in business, and his first fast-deal bilks Ada Stritch ... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: David Brian, Arlene Dahl, Barry Sullivan, Mercedes McCambridge
Votes: 305
114. Station Six Sahara (1963)
99 min | Drama
A beautiful blonde (Baker) joins a small group of men running an oil station in the Sahara Desert and starts the emotions soaring.
Director: Seth Holt | Stars: Carroll Baker, Peter van Eyck, Ian Bannen, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 523
115. Appointment in Honduras (1953)
Approved | 79 min | Adventure, Crime, Thriller
A wealthy American couple are hostages on an arduous jungle journey.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Glenn Ford, Ann Sheridan, Zachary Scott, Rodolfo Acosta
Votes: 687 | Gross: $1.15M
116. Home of the Brave (1949)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, War
During WW2, a reconnaissance platoon is sent to map out a Japanese-held island but racial tensions arise between the white soldiers and the only black member of the group.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Douglas Dick, Steve Brodie, Jeff Corey, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 796
117. Dilemma (II) (1962)
89 min | Drama
Around 1960, Englishman Toby Hood comes to Johannesburg to run a publishing company. He is open-minded and befriends people with different social ranks, but the harsh realities of society force him to make a choice about friendships.
Director: Henning Carlsen | Stars: Ivan Jackson, Evelyn Frank, Marijke Mann, Zakes Mokae
Votes: 106
118. Dominique (1979)
PG | 100 min | Horror, Thriller
A millionaire, who drove his wife to commit suicide, starts believing that he is being haunted by her spirit.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Jean Simmons, Jenny Agutter, Simon Ward
Votes: 1,177
119. Fear City (1984)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and maimed by a psycho-killer. A conflicted ex-boxer-turned-talent-manager and his business partner and friend, who represent some of the girls, set out to find him before he strikes again.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia, Melanie Griffith
Votes: 4,330
120. The Reward (1965)
92 min | Drama, Western
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.
Director: Serge Bourguignon | Stars: Max von Sydow, Yvette Mimieux, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Gilbert Roland
Votes: 288
121. Detour (1998 Video)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When Danny and his gang attempt to rob the warehouse of a mob boss, they find themselves on the run. Danny goes back to his hometown to find his mother has recently died leaving him the ... See full summary »
Director: Joey Travolta | Stars: Jeff Fahey, James Russo, Michael Madsen, Gary Busey
Votes: 336
122. The Kremlin Letter (1970)
M/PG | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
During the Cold War a Naval Intelligence officer endowed with a powerful photographic memory is transferred to the CIA to participate in a covert operation in Moscow.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Bibi Andersson, Richard Boone, Nigel Green, Dean Jagger
Votes: 2,311 | Gross: $0.24M
123. Blue City (1986)
R | 83 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A drifter returns to his Florida hometown only to discover that his father, the local mayor, was mysteriously murdered during his absence. Vowing to find the killer and avenge his father's death, he starts his own investigation.
Director: Michelle Manning | Stars: Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, David Caruso, Paul Winfield
Votes: 1,340 | Gross: $6.95M
from a Ross Macdonald novel .
124. Darker Than Amber (1970)
PG | 96 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Professional beach bum and 'knight errant' Travis McGee goes up against psychotic body-builder Terry Bartell. McGee pulls out all the stops when he joins a Caribbean cruise to bring the killer to justice.
Director: Robert Clouse | Stars: Rod Taylor, Theodore Bikel, Suzy Kendall, Ahna Capri
Votes: 607
from John D. Macdonald novel
125. The MacKintosh Man (1973)
PG | 98 min | Thriller
A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda, James Mason, Harry Andrews
Votes: 5,221 | Gross: $3.30M
126. Lady in a Cage (1964)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A woman trapped in a home elevator is terrorized by a group of vicious hoodlums.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, James Caan, Jennifer Billingsley, Rafael Campos
Votes: 3,829 | Gross: $1.85M
127. The Delta Factor (1970)
R | 91 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Kim Stacy and Morgan are two CIA Agents on a secret mission to rescue a scientist imprisoned by terrorists on a remote island.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Yvette Mimieux, Christopher George, Diane McBain, Ralph Taeger
Votes: 186
from Mickey Spillane .
128. Running Target (1956)
Approved | 82 min | Crime, Romance, Western
In the Colorado Rockies, Sheriff Scott, heads a posse that is after four escaped convicts, and thought it is his sworn duty to return the men dead or alive, he is, as always, reluctant to ... See full summary »
Director: Marvin R. Weinstein | Stars: Doris Dowling, Arthur Franz, Richard Reeves, Myron Healey
Votes: 155
129. The Temp (1993)
R | 96 min | Drama, Thriller
Nice guy junior exec Peter doesn't play dirty but unfortunately, some of his colleagues do. In comes Kris, his new temp, who is bright and efficient and saves him. She's willing to play dirty for Peter.
Director: Tom Holland | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Lara Flynn Boyle, Dwight Schultz, Oliver Platt
Votes: 3,616 | Gross: $6.42M
130. Cafe Society (1995)
R | 107 min | Drama, Mystery
A society playboy with a taste for the lowlife is set up for exploitation by an unscrupulous undercover cop and his shadowy political masters.
Director: Raymond De Felitta | Stars: Frank Whaley, Peter Gallagher, Lara Flynn Boyle, John Spencer
Votes: 424 | Gross: $0.01M
131. Sisters (1972)
R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A small-time reporter tries to convince the police she saw a murder in the apartment across from hers.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning, William Finley
Votes: 20,700 | Gross: $0.35M
Hitchcock like horror thriller.
132. Tango durch Deutschland (1980)
89 min
Director: Lutz Mommartz | Stars: Eddie Constantine, Maya Faber-Jansen, Anna Plackinger, Gerta Reinhardt
Votes: 14
art film with Eddie Constantine
133. Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective (1990 Video)
92 min | Crime, Drama
Sent to keep an eye on a studio head's girlfriend at a Northern California film shoot, hardboiled P.I. Dan Turner, is forced to go into hiding when someone shoots his best girl and a police... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Lewis | Stars: Marc Singer, Tracy Scoggins, Nicholas Worth, Arte Johnson
Votes: 120
134. The Hidden Eye (1945)
Approved | 69 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Blind detective Duncan Maclain relies on his working senses to piece together an assortment of clues to solve a case of murder.
Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: Edward Arnold, Frances Rafferty, Ray Collins, Paul Langton
Votes: 423
135. Identity Unknown (1945)
Passed | 71 min | Drama, Romance, War
An amnesiac soldier, the only survivor of a group of four unidentified soldiers - victims of a bomb raid - visits each man's address with the hope of restoring his memory and identity.
Director: Walter Colmes | Stars: Richard Arlen, Cheryl Walker, Roger Pryor, Bobby Driscoll
Votes: 374
136. Line of Demarcation (1966)
92 min | Drama, War
1941. A little town in the Jura is cut in half by a river that forms the border between German-occupied France and the free zone.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Jean Seberg, Maurice Ronet, Daniel Gélin, Jacques Perrin
Votes: 890
137. The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
Approved | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A disfigured watch-maker with a grudge against society embarks on a life of crime.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Peter Lorre, Evelyn Keyes, Don Beddoe, George E. Stone
Votes: 1,875
138. Strange Holiday (1945)
Approved | 61 min | Drama, Thriller
A man returns from a trip to find fascists have taken over the U.S. government.
Director: Arch Oboler | Stars: Claude Rains, Bob Stebbins, Barbara Bate, Paul Hilton
Votes: 242
139. The Hidden Eye (1945)
Approved | 69 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Blind detective Duncan Maclain relies on his working senses to piece together an assortment of clues to solve a case of murder.
Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: Edward Arnold, Frances Rafferty, Ray Collins, Paul Langton
Votes: 423
140. Ghost Ship (1952)
Approved | 74 min | Horror
A luxury ship is haunted by the ghosts of a crew that had disappeared off the ship years before.
Director: Vernon Sewell | Stars: Dermot Walsh, Hazel Court, Hugh Burden, John Robinson
Votes: 928
141. The Devil Pays Off (1941)
Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama, War
Chris Waring (William Wright) is a government investigator trying to gather the necessary evidence to convict a shipping magnate, DeBrock (J.Edward Bromberg), of selling his ships to the ... See full summary »
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: J. Edward Bromberg, Osa Massen, William Wright, Margaret Tallichet
Votes: 92
142. Lady Gangster (1942)
Passed | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Acting as a decoy in a bank robbery Dot get arrested. But before going to jail she manages to steal the $40, 000 loot from her accomplices. Her arrest attracts the attention of her former sweetheart Ken who believes her innocent.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Faye Emerson, Julie Bishop, Frank Wilcox, Roland Drew
Votes: 785
143. Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
Passed | 134 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
After the German administrator of Czechoslovakia is shot, his assassin tries to elude the Gestapo and struggles with his impulse to give himself up as hostages are executed.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Anna Lee, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 6,391
144. Nazi Agent (1942)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama
A story of German-born identical twins (both played by Conrad Veidt), one a loyal American, and the other, a Nazi official.
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Ann Ayars, Frank Reicher, Dorothy Tree
Votes: 803
145. The Heist (1989 TV Movie)
R | 97 min | Drama, Romance
Framed con-man seeks revenge by planning a racetrack heist.
Director: Stuart Orme | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Tom Skerritt, Wendy Hughes, Noble Willingham
Votes: 866
146. Sunstroke (1992 TV Movie)
R | 91 min | Mystery, Thriller
After a bitter divorce, Teresa embarks on a noir journey to recover custody of her daughter. Murder, blackmail, and a mysterious stranger await her at a Scottsdale motel.
Director: James Keach | Stars: Jane Seymour, Stephen Meadows, Steve Railsback, Ray Wise
Votes: 191
147. Divorce (1945)
Not Rated | 71 min | Drama, Romance
A woman who has been married and divorced five times comes back to her small hometown, where she proceeds to complicate, and potentially destroy, the marriage of her childhood boyfriend.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Kay Francis, Bruce Cabot, Helen Mack, Jerome Cowan
Votes: 383
148. Psycho-Circus (1966)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.
Directors: Werner Jacobs, John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Christopher Lee, Leo Genn, Anthony Newlands, Heinz Drache
Votes: 1,471
149. The Hands of Orlac (1960)
95 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
A pianist who loses his hands in a plane crash receives the transplanted hands of an executed criminal but his new hands have the murderous tendencies of their previous owner.
Director: Edmond T. Gréville | Stars: Mel Ferrer, Christopher Lee, Dany Carrel, Lucile Saint-Simon
Votes: 501
150. The Vengeance of Doctor Mabuse (1972)
100 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
Dr. Mabuse and his accomplices steal all kinds of attributes from a National Research Institute in order to complete his own evil mind-control ray.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Fred Williams, Jack Taylor, Ewa Strömberg, Roberto Camardiel
Votes: 362
151. Manfish (1956)
Not Rated | 76 min | Adventure
Three deep sea divers get involved in murder while searching for a lost treasure.
Director: W. Lee Wilder | Stars: John Bromfield, Lon Chaney Jr., Victor Jory, Barbara Nichols
Votes: 319
152. The Island Monster (1954)
Approved | 87 min | Crime, Thriller
An Italian government agent is assigned to break up a drug smuggling ring on the island of Ischia but his daughter is kidnapped by the gang.
Director: Roberto Bianchi Montero | Stars: Boris Karloff, Franca Marzi, Renato Vicario, Patrizia Remiddi
Votes: 481
153. Homicidal (1961)
Unrated | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The brutal stabbing murder of a justice-of-the-peace sparks an investigation of dark family secrets in a sleepy small town in Southern California.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Glenn Corbett, Patricia Breslin, Eugenie Leontovich, Alan Bunce
Votes: 3,782
154. Storm Center (1956)
Approved | 85 min | Drama
During the 1950s, a small-town librarian is shunned by the locals after she refuses the City Council's request to remove a book on Communism from the library's shelves.
Director: Daniel Taradash | Stars: Bette Davis, Brian Keith, Kim Hunter, Paul Kelly
Votes: 1,653
155. Things Happen at Night (1948)
Not Rated | 79 min | Comedy, Horror
A young girl finds herself possessed by the spirit of a mischievous demon.
Director: Francis Searle | Stars: Gordon Harker, Alfred Drayton, Robertson Hare, Olga Lindo
Votes: 241
156. Terror Is a Man (1959)
Approved | 90 min | Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
A mad scientist transforms a panther into a man-like creature that escapes and goes on a murderous rampage.
Directors: Gerardo de Leon, Eddie Romero | Stars: Francis Lederer, Greta Thyssen, Richard Derr, Oscar Keesee
Votes: 837
157. A Dirty Knight's Work (1976)
PG | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of British aristocrats, who call themselves "Knights of Avalon", isn't content with the system of justice and executes judgment themselves. Instead of just killing the people they ... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: John Mills, Donald Pleasence, Barbara Hershey, David Birney
Votes: 261 | Gross: $0.00M
158. Hollywood Horror House (1970)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
An aging actress living in her Hollywood mansion with a retinue of elderly servants employs a new, mentally disturbed, personal assistant who schemes to take over the large estate.
Director: Donald Wolfe | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, David Garfield, Gale Sondergaard, Virginia Wing
Votes: 536
159. High School Big Shot (1959)
TV-PG | 70 min | Crime, Drama
Marv needs money for his girlfriend Betty. Thanks to Marv's ties to the mob, he knows where to find a million dollars cash.
Director: Joel Rapp | Stars: Tom Pittman, Virginia Aldridge, Howard Veit, Malcolm Atterbury
Votes: 1,027
160. The Death Merchant (1991)
87 min | Action, Thriller
A nasty "businessman" strives to get a deal back on track after an archaeologist removes a computer chip from an artifact before it is stolen.
Director: James Winburn | Stars: Lawrence Tierney, Melody Munyon, Martina Castle, Ivan J. Rado
Votes: 95
161. The Sadist (1963)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
Three 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.
Director: James Landis | Stars: Arch Hall Jr., Helen Hovey, Richard Alden, Marilyn Manning
Votes: 3,043
162. The Bloody Brood (1959)
Unrated | 80 min | Crime, Drama
Two beatniks get their kicks by dealing drugs and violence.
Director: Julian Roffman | Stars: Barbara Lord, Jack Betts, Peter Falk, Ron Hartmann
Votes: 469
163. Hot Rod Girl (1956)
Approved | 79 min | Action, Drama, Romance
After his kid brother is killed in a street race, a champion drag-racer quits racing. However, a new kid comes to town determined to force him back into racing so he can take his title--and he's already taken his girlfriend.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Lori Nelson, Chuck Connors, John Smith, Mark Andrews
Votes: 394
164. Dangerous Millions (1946)
Passed | 69 min | Drama
A shipping magnate hatches a plan for testing the worth of his heirs, none of whom he has ever seen. He summons them all to China, and lays psychological and physical snares in the path of ... See full summary »
Director: James Tinling | Stars: Kent Taylor, Dona Drake, Tala Birell, Leonard Strong
Votes: 62
165. Peter Gunn (1989 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Detective Peter Gunn is asked by a mob boss to find the murderer of a friend's brother. Although he is working outside from the mob, Gunn is none the less pursued by mobsters, the cops and interested women.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Peter Strauss, Peter Jurasik, Jennifer Edwards, Barbara Williams
Votes: 264
166. Most Dangerous Man Alive (1961)
Approved | 82 min | Sci-Fi
After wandering in a nuclear testing area in the desert, escaped mobster Ron Candell starts mutating and seeks revenge on his former crime partners.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Ron Randell, Debra Paget, Elaine Stewart, Anthony Caruso
Votes: 309
167. Police Dog Story (1961)
Approved | 62 min | Crime, Drama
A rookie policeman is sent to the Police Dog Training School with a a half-wild German Sehpherd. They become a successful team and later capture an arson gang together,
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: James Brown, Merry Anders, Barry Kelley, Milton Frome
Votes: 72
168. Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When the shootings of two juvenile inmates bring public protest, a psychologist is brought in to see if he can do anything to control the problems peacefully.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Jerome Thor, Marcia Henderson, Scott Marlowe, John Hoyt
Votes: 152
169. Runaway Daughters (1956)
Approved | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Three teenagers with troubled families are unable to adjust at home and in high-school. Tempted with an easy, carefree life they soon pass from misdemeanors into serious crime - and will suffer for it. Sometimes, repentance comes too late.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Marla English, Anna Sten, John Litel, Lance Fuller
Votes: 167
170. Killer Shark (1950)
Approved | 76 min | Adventure
A college student takes a break and goes out to sea with his father, the captain of a shark-hunting boat. When his inexperience results in an accident in which his father and a crewman are ... See full summary »
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Laurette Luez, Roland Winters, Edward Norris
Votes: 260
171. Hot Car Girl (1958)
71 min | Drama
Instead of working for a living, Duke and Freddie steal auto accessories and sell to a fence. While Duke is out driving with his girl Peg, she tries to dissuade him from a life of crime. ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Richard Bakalyan, June Kenney, Robert Knapp, John Brinkley
Votes: 70
172. The Inn on the River (1962)
92 min | Crime, Drama
Inspector Wade hunts down The Shark, a criminal equipped with a wetsuit and a speargun.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Klaus Kinski
Votes: 1,027
173. The Devil's Daffodil (1961)
86 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Chinese detective breaks up a drug smuggling ring and tries to find the "Daffodil Killer". The drug smugglers had devised the ingenious method of smuggling heroin from Hong Kong in the stems of daffodils.
Director: Ákos Ráthonyi | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, William Lucas, Sabine Sesselmann, Penelope Horner
Votes: 636
174. The Indian Scarf (1963)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a wealthy man dies, his relatives look forward to inheriting all his money. He leaves a provision in his will that they all must spend a week together in his castle. At the castle, the relatives soon begin to be killed off one by one.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Heinz Drache, Corny Collins, Klaus Kinski, Gisela Uhlen
Votes: 1,119
175. The Mad Executioners (1963)
92 min | Crime, Horror
A group of vigilantes hang wrong-doers.
Director: Edwin Zbonek | Stars: Hansjörg Felmy, Maria Perschy, Dieter Borsche, Wolfgang Preiss
Votes: 378
176. The Terrible People (1960)
92 min | Crime, Horror, Drama
A creepy German-made Wallace thriller about the ghost of a hanged man who returns to fulfill his promise. All of his accusers must die.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, Fritz Rasp, Dieter Eppler
Votes: 600
177. Mark of the Tortoise (1964)
90 min | Crime, Action, Thriller
The nephew of a murdered millionaire decides to track down his uncle's killer. He faces many life-threatening dangers as he tries to break into the inner circle of the sinister criminal "The Tortoise."
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Hildegard Knef, Götz George, Richard Münch, Heinz Reincke
Votes: 279
178. Der grüne Bogenschütze (1961)
93 min | Crime, Drama
An English businessman comes home to London, only to find visitors to his home being killed by arrows from "the Green Archer."
Director: Jürgen Roland | Stars: Klausjürgen Wussow, Karin Dor, Eddi Arent, Harry Wüstenhagen
Votes: 864
179. The Red Circle (1960)
92 min | Thriller, Crime
A strange, red circle appears on the neck of a man saved from the guillotine. What is its mysterious meaning? Tragically, it turns out to be something of a family curse, as each generation ... See full summary »
Director: Jürgen Roland | Stars: Renate Ewert, Klausjürgen Wussow, Karl-Georg Saebisch, Thomas Alder
Votes: 686
180. Room 13 (1964)
82 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A serial-killer is murdering the ladies of a night club. Detective Gray is seeking for the killer but can only find a lot of gangsters. And the killer is about to act again...
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, Richard Häussler, Walter Rilla
Votes: 530
181. The Black Abbot (1963)
95 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Several employees on a nobleman's estate show up at a former abbey, reputed to be haunted, to search for a hidden treasure. Howver, a mysterious hooded figure begins killing off those who may have figured out where the treasure is hidden.
Director: Franz Josef Gottlieb | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Grit Boettcher, Dieter Borsche, Charles Regnier
Votes: 858
182. Die weiße Spinne (1963)
103 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
(1963) Karin Dor, Joachim Fuchsberger. When gamblers who recently increased their life insurance begin dying, Scotland Yard.gets involved. When their chief inspector is murdered, they bring in a mysterious detective to solve the case.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, Horst Frank, Werner Peters
Votes: 338
183. The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle (1963)
Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A strangler is loose on a British estate, and he not only strangles his victims but brands an "M" onto their foreheads before he decapitates them.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Karin Dor, Harry Riebauer, Rudolf Fernau, Hans Nielsen
Votes: 553
184. Date Bait (1960)
TV-14 | 72 min | Drama
A Troubled young man, Brad, returns home after six months rehab. On his first night he starts a fight in dance club with a man named Logan because he was dancing with Sue, a girl whom Brad ... See full summary »
Director: O'Dale Ireland | Stars: Gary Clarke, Marlo Ryan, Dick Gering, Carol Dawne
Votes: 177
185. Ivy League Killers (1959)
68 min | Action, Crime
Bunch of ruthless rich kids frame a gang of bikers for their crimes.
Director: William Davidson | Stars: Don Borisenko, Don Francks, Barbara Bricker, George Carron
Votes: 38
186. The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961)
Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Evil mastermind Dr. Mabuse is using brainwashed prison inmates to commit crimes but the German police aided by an FBI agent is on his trail.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Gert Fröbe, Lex Barker, Daliah Lavi, Fausto Tozzi
Votes: 789
187. The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)
103 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In 1960s Germany, criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse uses hypnotized victims and the surveillance equipment of a Nazi-era bugged hotel to steal nuclear technology from a visiting American industrialist.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Gert Fröbe, Wolfgang Preiss
Votes: 3,808
188. The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (1962)
Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Crime, Drama
Evil mastermind Dr. Mabuse seeks Professor Erasmus' secret invention, a device that makes one invisible, but a murder in a revue theatre brings the German police and the FBI into the mix.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Lex Barker, Karin Dor, Siegfried Lowitz, Rudolf Fernau
Votes: 597
189. Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard (1963)
90 min | Crime, Thriller, Sci-Fi
The spirit of the evil Dr. Mabuse takes over the body of a famous professor. The professor/Dr. Mabuse then begins a new crime wave that terrorizes the city.
Director: Paul May | Stars: Peter van Eyck, Sabine Bethmann, Dieter Borsche, Werner Peters
Votes: 446
190. The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse (1964)
90 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
The evil Dr. Mabuse develops a death ray with which he threatens the world.
Directors: Hugo Fregonese, Victor De Santis | Stars: Peter van Eyck, O.E. Hasse, Yvonne Furneaux, Rika Dialyna
Votes: 421
191. The Terror of Doctor Mabuse (1962)
88 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
German Police Inspector Lohmann investigates a string of crimes resembling Dr. Mabuse's M.O. but Mabuse is in Professor Polland's care inside an insane asylum.
Director: Werner Klingler | Stars: Gert Fröbe, Senta Berger, Helmut Schmid, Charles Regnier
Votes: 608
192. Der Zinker (1963)
Unrated | 93 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Scotland Yard investigates a series of murders where the victims have died by snake venom poisoning.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Heinz Drache, Barbara Rütting, Günter Pfitzmann, Jan Hendriks
Votes: 995
193. Der Zinker (1931)
64 min | Drama
Scotland Yard receives anonymous letters at regular intervals, which contain precise details about planned jewel thefts or wanted criminals. Inspector Elford believes that the informant is the so-called Zinker.
Directors: Karl Forest, Martin Fric, Karel Lamac | Stars: Lissy Arna, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Fritz Rasp, Peggy Norman
Votes: 123
194. The Master Touch (1972)
PG | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A just released from prison professional thief decides to do one last high-risk heist, which could settle him for life or land him behind bars again.
Director: Michele Lupo | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Giuliano Gemma, Florinda Bolkan, Wolfgang Preiss
Votes: 694
195. Uptight (1968)
M | 104 min | Drama, Thriller
In this landmark collaboration between activist and actress Ruby Dee and director Jules Dassin, Black revolutionaries are betrayed by one of their own. Based on the 1935 classic "The Informer."
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Frank Silvera, Roscoe Lee Browne
Votes: 965
196. Behind the Green Lights (1935)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama
Dave Britten, a bright young detective in the police force, captures one of J. C. Owen's henchmen and charges him with robbery. Owen then hires Raymond Cortell, a crooked lawyer, to act as ... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Norman Foster, Judith Allen, Sidney Blackmer, Purnell Pratt
Votes: 84
197. Dillinger (1991 TV Movie)
90 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The film is based on the actual events of the pursuit of American bank robber John Dillinger during the 1930s.
Director: Rupert Wainwright | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sherilyn Fenn, Will Patton, Bruce Abbott
Votes: 542
198. Unholy Partners (1941)
Passed | 94 min | Drama
A tough, ambitious newspaperman starts a new tabloid in 1919 New York, with a crooked big-time gambler as a partner.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Laraine Day, Edward Arnold, Marsha Hunt
Votes: 548
199. Shock Treatment (1973)
91 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A French businesswoman goes to a remote and popular rejuvenation clinic after a breakup, and begins to suspect the treatment methods used by the head doctor, and slowly uncovers the horrible secret behind the clinic's success.
Director: Alain Jessua | Stars: Alain Delon, Annie Girardot, Robert Hirsch, Michel Duchaussoy
Votes: 1,779
200. The Delinquents (1957)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama
A frustrated young man, separated from his younger girlfriend, gets involved in a juvenile gang.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Tom Laughlin, Peter Miller, Richard Bakalyan, Rosemary Howard
Votes: 669 | Gross: $1.00M
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