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5 Against the House

5 Against the House (1955)

IMDb: 5.9
1955

Four college buddies enjoying a night at a Reno casino are told by a cop that robbing the casino "cannot be done." That gets the brainiest rich kid among them thinking up a plan for the perfect robbery. He convinces the others to join in when they hear that it will only be a college hoax, his plan being to let the police know where the money is afterwards. The thing is, one of his friends has a he

While the City Sleep

While the City Sleeps (1956)

IMDb: 7.0
1956

A serial killer has been killing beautiful women in New York and the new owner of a media company offers a high ranking job to the first of his senior executives who can get the earliest scoops on the case

Dont Bother to Knock

Dont Bother to Knock (1952)

IMDb: 6.9
1952

After being dumped by his girlfriend, an airline pilot pursues a babysitter in his hotel and gradually realizes shes dangerous

The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall (1956)

IMDb: 7.6
1956

An ex sportswriter is hired by a shady fight promoter to promote his latest find, an unknown but easily exploitable rising star from Argentina

A Double Life (1947)

A Double Life (1947)

IMDb: 7.0
1947

A celebrated actor struggles to distinguish his own life from that of his most recent stage role, Othello

Force of Evil (1948)

Force of Evil (1948)

IMDb: 7.3
1948

An unethical lawyer, with an older brother he wants to help, becomes a partner with a client in the numbers racket

Kiss Tomorrow Goodby

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)

IMDb: 7.1
1950

Starting with a violent prison break, clever, ruthless Ralph Cotter corrupts everyone around him

Big House, U.S.A. (1

Big House, U.S.A. (1955)

IMDb: 6.7
1955

Gerry Barker finds a lost boy whose rich father is extorted into paying a ransom for his return but the boy accidentally dies and Jerry goes to prison

They Live by Night (

They Live by Night (1948)

IMDb: 7.5
1948

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

The Miami Story (195

The Miami Story (1954)

IMDb: 6.2
1954

Fed up with the raising crime in Miami, the police chief and the leading members of the city council hire a former Miami gangster, gone straight, to help eliminate the biggest crime syndicate in the city

The Enforcer (1951)

The Enforcer (1951)

IMDb: 7.3
1951

A crusading district attorney finally gets a chance to prosecute the organizer and boss of Murder Inc

Pickup on South Stre

Pickup on South Street (1953)

IMDb: 7.7
1953

A pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring

Each Dawn I Die (193

Each Dawn I Die (1939)

IMDb: 7.3
1939

A corrupt D A with political ambitions is angered by news stories implicating him in criminal activity and decides to frame the reporter who wrote them for manslaughter in order to silence him

In a Lonely Place (1

In a Lonely Place (1950)

IMDb: 8.0
1950

A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him However, she soon starts to have her doubts

Laura (1944)

Laura (1944)

IMDb: 8.0
1944

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating

TMen (1947)

TMen (1947)

IMDb: 7.0
1947

Two US Treasury agents hunt a successful counterfeiting ring

Thunder Road (1958)

Thunder Road (1958)

IMDb: 6.6
1958

A veteran comes home from the Korean War to the mountains and takes over the family moonshining business He has to battle big city gangsters who are trying to take over the business and the police who are trying to put him in prison

The Red House (1947)

The Red House (1947)

IMDb: 6.8
1947

An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods

You Only Live Once (

You Only Live Once (1937)

IMDb: 7.3
1937

The public defenders secretary and an ex convict get married and try to make a life together, but a series of disasters sends their lives spiraling out of control

The Strange Love of

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

IMDb: 7.4
1946

A man is reunited with his childhood friend and her husband, who believe he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier

Panic in the Streets

Panic in the Streets (1950)

IMDb: 7.3
1950

A doctor and a policeman in New Orleans have only 48 hours to locate a killer infected with pneumonic plague

The Big Heat (1953)

The Big Heat (1953)

IMDb: 8.0
1953

Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate

Dark Passage (1947)

Dark Passage (1947)

IMDb: 7.5
1947

A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence

The Sniper (1952)

The Sniper (1952)

IMDb: 7.2
1952

A sniper kills young brunettes as the police attempt to grapple with the psychology of the unknown assailant

To Have and Have Not

To Have and Have Not (1944)

IMDb: 7.8
1944

During World War II, American expatriate Harry Morgan helps transport a French Resistance leader and his beautiful wife to Martinique while romancing a sensuous lounge singer

The Big Sleep (1946)

The Big Sleep (1946)

IMDb: 7.9
1946

Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family Before the complex case is over, hes seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love

Suspicion (1941)

Suspicion (1941)

IMDb: 7.4
1941

A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her

Gilda (1946)

Gilda (1946)

IMDb: 7.6
1946

A small time gambler hired to work in a Buenos Aires casino discovers his employers new wife is his former lover

Split Second (1953)

Split Second (1953)

IMDb: 6.9
1953

Two escaped killers take hostages and hide in a Nevada mining ghost town knowing that an atom bomb is scheduled to be tested there the next morning

The Maltese Falcon (

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

IMDb: 8.0
1941

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette

Double Indemnity (19

Double Indemnity (1944)

IMDb: 8.3
1944

An insurance representative lets himself be talked by a seductive housewife into a murderinsurance fraud scheme that arouses the suspicion of an insurance investigator

Shadow of a Doubt (1

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

IMDb: 7.8
1943

A young girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the Merry Widow killer sought by the authorities

The Third Man (1949)

The Third Man (1949)

IMDb: 8.1
1949

Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime

Crime Wave (1953)

Crime Wave (1953)

IMDb: 7.3
1953

Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter

The Violent Years (1

The Violent Years (1956)

IMDb: 3.4
1956

Paula Parkins is the teenage daughter of wealthy parents who cant seem to make time for her, so she looks for thrills as the leader of her all girl gang who rob and rape young men

Highway Dragnet (195

Highway Dragnet (1954)

IMDb: 6.3
1954

Wrongly accused of killing a bar girl he was seen with earlier, a Korean War vet flees from the police in the company of a woman photographer and her young female model

House of Strangers (

House of Strangers (1949)

IMDb: 7.4
1949

After years in prison, Max promises revenge on his brothers for their betrayal His lover Irene and memories of his past yield him a broader perspective

A Kiss Before Dying

A Kiss Before Dying (1956)

IMDb: 6.7
1956

A ruthless college student resorts to murder in an attempt to marry an heiress

The Midnight Story (

The Midnight Story (1957)

IMDb: 6.9
1957

When a San Francisco priest is murdered, a policeman, whos a close friend, starts an investigation

The Wrong Man (1956)

The Wrong Man (1956)

IMDb: 7.4
1956

In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emanuel Manny Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber

Mr. Arkadin (1955)

Mr. Arkadin (1955)

IMDb: 7.2
1955

An elusive billionaire hires an American smuggler to investigate his past, leading to a dizzying descent into a cold war European landscape

The Glass Key (1942)

The Glass Key (1942)

IMDb: 7.1
1942

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re election campaign

Call Northside 777 (

Call Northside 777 (1948)

IMDb: 7.4
1948

Chicago reporter P J McNeal re opens a decade old murder case

Undercurrent (1946)

Undercurrent (1946)

IMDb: 6.5
1946

Middle aged bride Ann Hamilton soon begins to suspect that her charming husband is really a psychotic who plans to murder her

The Postman Always R

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

IMDb: 7.5
1946

A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband

Cry of the City (194

Cry of the City (1948)

IMDb: 7.2
1948

Police Lieut Candella, longtime friend of the Rome family, walks a tightrope in the case of cop killer Martin Rome

The Blue Dahlia (194

The Blue Dahlia (1946)

IMDb: 7.2
1946

An ex bomber pilot is suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife

Niagara (1953)

Niagara (1953)

IMDb: 7.0
1953

As two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions between one wife and her husband reach the level of murder