Crime Movies
Pretty Boy Floyd (1960)
Trying to shake his troubled past and start a new honest life, Floyd loses his job because of that past. With nowhere to go but back home in Oklahoma he…
The Purple Gang (1959)
The story of the infamous Purple Gang – a ring of bootleggers, hijackers and killers in 1920’s Detroit.
The Stranglers of Bombay (1959)
In 1826 British-ruled India, the secret Cult of Thugee demonstrates their worship of their goddess, Kali, by the mutilation and mass murder of thousands of Indians while pirating the shipments…
Vice Raid (1959)
The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name.
Sapphire (1959)
Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects — including the…
Edge of Eternity (1959)
Helped by socialite Janice Kendon and barkeeper Scott O’Brien, Arizona deputy sheriff Les Martin works to solve three brutal murders in and around the Grand Canyon. His efforts leads to…
Crime and Punishment USA (1959)
Believing he can elude justice, a California law student murders an elderly pawnbroker, then matches wits with the detective on the case.
The Bloody Brood (1959)
Nico, a drug dealer, murders a telegram messenger-boy “for kicks”, egged on by partner-in-crime, TV director Francis. Cliff, the boy’s older brother, investigates his death due to the slow progress…
The Crimson Kimono (1959)
Two detectives clash over the hunt for a burlesque dancer’s killer in Los Angeles’ Japanese district.
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.
The FBI Story (1959)
A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency’s battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.
The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959)
Career criminals and a local youth carefully plan and rehearse the robbery of a Missouri bank.
The Ugly Duckling (1959)
Henry Jekyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for his invitation to participate in life that never arrived: until he discovers a medical formula…
The Naked Road (1959)
A sleazeball (Ronald Long) who supplies women to his public-relations clients explains the rules of the game to his latest acquisition (Jeanne Rainer).
Inside the Mafia (1959)
A mob assassin holds innocent hostages at an airport in upstate New York.
The Bat (1959)
Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a country house called “The Oaks”, which not long ago was the scene of some murders committed by a strange and violent criminal…
The Scapegoat (1959)
An Englishman in France unwittingly is placed into the identity, and steps into the vacated life, of a look-alike French nobleman.
The Siege of Pinchgut (1959)
An escaped prisoner is trying to clear his name.
The Big Operator (1959)
A power-mad union boss resorts to murder to eliminate witnesses scheduled to testify against him. The eclectic cast includes Mickey Rooney, Mamie Van Doren, Mel Torme, Jay North, Vampira, Charles…
The Treasure of San Teresa (1959)
After World War II, an ex-spy returns to Germany to search for a cache of jewels he hid in a Czechoslovakian convent.
The Beat Generation (1959)
A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an…
Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)
A young alien falls for a pretty teenage Earth girl and they team up to try to stop the plans of his invading cohorts, who intend to use Earth as…
Jack the Ripper (1959)
A serial killer is murdering women in the Whitechapel district of London. An American policeman is brought in to help Scotland Yard solve the case.
The Scarface Mob (1959)
Story of how a group of incorruptible federal lawmen helped put 1920s’ Chicago gangster Al Capone in prison.
Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959)
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.
Compulsion (1959)
Two close friends’ plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.
Innocent Meeting (1959)
The daughter of a textile company owner falls in love with a young illustrator with a secret criminal past.
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an…
No Trees in the Street (1959)
Based on the play by Ted Willis, the film is set in the years just before World War II, when England hadn’t completely dug itself out of the worldwide depression….
Whirlpool (1959)
The ex-girlfriend of a German fugitive hides with the captain and crew of a ship on the Rhine.
Tiger Bay (1959)
In Tiger Bay, the docklands of Cardiff, rough-and-tumble street urchin Gillie witnesses the brutal killing of a young woman at the hands of visiting Polish sailor Korchinsky. Instead of reporting…
Breakout (1959)
A local government official leads a double life when organising a breakout from a prison.
The Last Mile (1959)
Jail house tensions mount as a killer’s execution approaches.