Crime Movies

The Ladykillers (1955)

The Ladykillers (1955)

The Ladykillers (1955)
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91

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

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Genre: Comedy, Crime
The Wicked Go to Hell (1955)

The Wicked Go to Hell (1955)

The Wicked Go to Hell (1955)
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93

Making his directorial debut, Robert Hossein also assumes the leading role, playing an escaped convict. Hossein and his fellow escapees cross the path of Marina Vlady, with whom they all…

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Shack Out on 101 (1955)

Shack Out on 101 (1955)

Shack Out on 101 (1955)
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80

A greasy spoon diner provides a base for a spy smuggling nuclear secrets.

Genre: Crime
The Crooked Web (1955)

The Crooked Web (1955)

The Crooked Web (1955)
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77

Following WWII, ex-G.I. Stan opened up a drive-in restaurant. His girlfriend, Joanie, is one of the car hops. They want to get married someday, but the less-than-stellar business the restaurant…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Portrait of Alison (1955)

Portrait of Alison (1955)

Portrait of Alison (1955)
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84

An actress and an artist are linked by his brother to deadly smugglers sought by Scotland Yard.

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Genre: Crime, Drama
I Died a Thousand Times (1955)

I Died a Thousand Times (1955)

I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
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109

After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before retiring — by robbing a resort hotel.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955)

Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955)

Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955)
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77

A delinquent girl involves an innocent friend in an armed robbery followed by a jail-break and hostage-taking with her equally delinquent boyfriend.

Genre: Crime, Drama
A Time to Kill (1955)

A Time to Kill (1955)

A Time to Kill (1955)
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65

A man and a woman are poisoned. The woman dies, but the man survives. The finger of blame begins to point at the man. A policeman and a newspaper journalist…

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No Man’s Woman (1955)

No Man’s Woman (1955)

No Man’s Woman (1955)
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70

A greedy, scheming woman is found murdered in her studio, and the police find that there is no shortage of suspects who wanted to see her dead–among them a rich…

Genre: Crime
The Big Knife (1955)

The Big Knife (1955)

The Big Knife (1955)
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111

Movie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to sign a new seven-year contract. Castle is sick of the low quality of the…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Bobby Ware Is Missing (1955)

Bobby Ware Is Missing (1955)

Bobby Ware Is Missing (1955)
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67

This suspense film revolves around the crime of child abduction. The parents of the missing child undertake a feverish search for their son. The police are contacted, and a ransom…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Illegal (1955)

Illegal (1955)

Illegal (1955)
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88

A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair — only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems…

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Swindle (1955)

The Swindle (1955)

The Swindle (1955)
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113

Aging small-time conman Augusto works with two younger men: Roberto, who desires to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Carlo, nicknamed Picasso. Through a series of mishaps and personal entanglements,…

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Genre: Crime, Drama
The Desperate Hours (1955)

The Desperate Hours (1955)

The Desperate Hours (1955)
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112

Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they’re holding hostage.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
They Can’t Hang Me (1955)

They Can’t Hang Me (1955)

They Can’t Hang Me (1955)
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75

A murderer hopes to escape his death sentence by identifying the leaders of a spy ring.

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Killer’s Kiss (1955)

Killer’s Kiss (1955)

Killer’s Kiss (1955)
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68

Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria’s violent boss, Vincent Rapallo,…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)

Footsteps in the Fog (1955)

Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
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90

A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
One Way Out (1955)

One Way Out (1955)

One Way Out (1955)
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61

A tragedy played in standard cops and robbers costume. A policeman faced with deep moral choices finds that once he’s set foot on the path of corruption he is trapped…

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Female on the Beach (1955)

Female on the Beach (1955)

Female on the Beach (1955)
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97

Lynn Markham moves into her late husband’s beach house the morning after former tenant Eloise Crandall fell from the cliff. To her annoyance, Lynn finds both her real estate agent…

Wiretapper (1955)

Wiretapper (1955)

Wiretapper (1955)
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80

A cash-strapped electrical engineer with a criminal past vows to go straight when he marries his longtime girlfriend, but he has second thoughts when the mob offers big money for…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Pete Kelly’s Blues (1955)

Pete Kelly’s Blues (1955)

Pete Kelly’s Blues (1955)
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95

In 1927, a Kansas City, Missouri cornet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy until a racketeer tries to extort them in exchange for protection.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
The Night of the Hunter (1955)

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

The Night of the Hunter (1955)
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93

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Phenix City Story (1955)

The Phenix City Story (1955)

The Phenix City Story (1955)
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100

A crime-busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambling and prostitution in their small Southern town.

Genre: Crime
The Night Holds Terror (1955)

The Night Holds Terror (1955)

The Night Holds Terror (1955)
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86

A group of escaped convicts holds a household prisoner as the police close in.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
We’re No Angels (1955)

We’re No Angels (1955)

We’re No Angels (1955)
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106

Three convicts escape from prison on Devil’s Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Ducotels, the only store…

Genre: Comedy, Crime
Barbados Quest (1955)

Barbados Quest (1955)

Barbados Quest (1955)
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90

Special investigator Duke Martin is in London to investigate the authenticity of a rare postage stamp called the Barbados Overplate. Someone is willing to commit murder to get his or…

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House of Bamboo (1955)

House of Bamboo (1955)

House of Bamboo (1955)
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102

Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Chicago Syndicate (1955)

Chicago Syndicate (1955)

Chicago Syndicate (1955)
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83

An ex-military accountant is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate the mob in Chicago in an attempt to break open the rackets. To complicate his job, two women stand in…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Dead by Morning (1955)

Dead by Morning (1955)

Dead by Morning (1955)
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68

Gorgeous Kate Dax and her crime-writer husband, Andrew, investigate the murder of eccentric spinster Miss Tulip at a remote country cottage.

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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A Life in the Balance (1955)

A Life in the Balance (1955)

A Life in the Balance (1955)
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74

A widower’s young son leads the police to a killer of sinners in Mexico City.

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King of the Carnival (1955)

King of the Carnival (1955)

King of the Carnival (1955)
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167

Treasury agents go after a ring of counterfeiters operating out of a traveling carnival.

Genre: Adventure, Crime
Finger Man (1955)

Finger Man (1955)

Finger Man (1955)
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82

An ex-con is inspired to go undercover and “finger” the mob after finding out his sister is hooked on illegal drugs.

Genre: Crime
5 Against the House (1955)

5 Against the House (1955)

5 Against the House (1955)
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84

Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Track the Man Down (1955)

Track the Man Down (1955)

Track the Man Down (1955)
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75

A newspaper reporter finds himself drawn into the aftermath of a racetrack robbery.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Little Red Monkey (1955)

Little Red Monkey (1955)

Little Red Monkey (1955)
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71

Several murders of nuclear scientists, that baffles Scotland Yard, occur in London about the same time that Bill Locklin, a special officer from the United States State Department, arrives to…

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Genre: Crime
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)
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89

A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it –…

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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
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106

One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his…

The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)

The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)

The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)
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95

After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into business for themselves. This may sound like a laudable scheme,…

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cell 2455 Death Row (1955)

Cell 2455 Death Row (1955)

Cell 2455 Death Row (1955)
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77

A Death Row inmate uses his prison law studies to fight for his life. Based on a true story.

Genre: Crime, Drama
A Bullet for Joey (1955)

A Bullet for Joey (1955)

A Bullet for Joey (1955)
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85

Raoul Leduc is a police inspector trailing a spy who plots to kidnap an important American atomic scientist. Joe Victor a gangster who is hired to carry out the abduction,…

Genre: Crime, Thriller