Crime Movies

A Bullet for Joey (1955)

A Bullet for Joey (1955)

A Bullet for Joey (1955)
IMDb: N/A
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
Rififi (1955)

Rififi (1955)

Rififi (1955)
IMDb: N/A
118

Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become…

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Razzia (1955)

Razzia (1955)

Razzia (1955)
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101

Henri, the Man from Nantes, comes back to his country after a successful stay in the United States, where he was working for Liski, the drug dealer. With the fame…

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Violent Saturday (1955)

Violent Saturday (1955)

Violent Saturday (1955)
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90

Three men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, which turns violent and deadly.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Blackboard Jungle (1955)

Blackboard Jungle (1955)

Blackboard Jungle (1955)
IMDb: N/A
101

Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadier makes various attempts to engage the…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Tight Spot (1955)

Tight Spot (1955)

Tight Spot (1955)
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97

A former model, serving time in prison, becomes a key witness in a trial against a notorious gangster. She is put under protective watch by the District Attorney in a…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Contraband Spain (1955)

Contraband Spain (1955)

Contraband Spain (1955)
IMDb: N/A
82

An FBI agent goes to the French-Spanish border to round up some smugglers and counterfeiters after his brother is murdered.

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Dial Red O (1955)

Dial Red O (1955)

Dial Red O (1955)
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63

The first of the five films where Bill Elliott played a detective lieutenant in the L.A Sheriff’s department, Dial Red “O” (the correct title with the number 0 (zero), as…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Big House U.S.A (1955)

Big House U.S.A (1955)

Big House U.S.A (1955)
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83

A tough and realistic crime drama unfolds as merciless kidnapper Jerry Barker (Ralph Meeker) demands ransom paid against a young runaway whose fate lands Barker in Casabel Island Prison.

Crashout (1955)

Crashout (1955)

Crashout (1955)
IMDb: N/A
89

Convict Van Duff engineers a large-scale prison break; the six survivors hide out in a forgotten mine working near the prison, then set out on a long, dangerous journey by…

Genre: Crime
New Orleans Uncensored (1955)

New Orleans Uncensored (1955)

New Orleans Uncensored (1955)
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76

Discharged naval officer Dan Corbett moves to New Orleans and accepts a job as a longshoreman, unaware that the docks are run by an infamous racketeer. When the dock manager…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Murder Is My Beat (1955)

Murder Is My Beat (1955)

Murder Is My Beat (1955)
IMDb: N/A
77

Mr. Dean’s body is found face down in the fireplace, burned beyond recognition. Nightclub-singer Eden Lane is convicted of the crime. She is escorted to prison by one of the…

Genre: Crime, Mystery
New York Confidential (1955)

New York Confidential (1955)

New York Confidential (1955)
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87

Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed…

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Big Combo (1955)

The Big Combo (1955)

The Big Combo (1955)
IMDb: N/A
88

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster’s girlfriend.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Women’s Prison (1955)

Women’s Prison (1955)

Women’s Prison (1955)
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79

A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women’s prison.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Six Bridges to Cross (1955)

Six Bridges to Cross (1955)

Six Bridges to Cross (1955)
IMDb: N/A
96

Follow the evolution of a small time juvenile delinquent hood to a big time racketeer. Based on the famous 1950 Brinks Robbery in Boston that netted the crooks $2.5 million….

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
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81

One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and…

The Delavine Affair (1955)

The Delavine Affair (1955)

The Delavine Affair (1955)
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64

Peter Reynolds stars as Rex Banner, a newspaperman who makes it his life’s mission to track down a vicious gang of thieves. When his informant winds up dead, Rex finds…

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Black Tuesday (1954)

Black Tuesday (1954)

Black Tuesday (1954)
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80

Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Cry Vengeance (1954)

Cry Vengeance (1954)

Cry Vengeance (1954)
IMDb: N/A
82

Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he was scarred, framed, and imprisoned. On release, Vic has but one desire, revenge on still-hiding…

The Fast and the Furious (1954)

The Fast and the Furious (1954)

The Fast and the Furious (1954)
IMDb: N/A
76

A framed man escapes prison and takes a wealthy woman’s Jaguar with her in it. After she tries to escape numerous times, they begin to develop feelings for each other,…

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Third Party Risk (1954)

Third Party Risk (1954)

Third Party Risk (1954)
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63

Vacationing at a resort hotel in Spain, a man discovers he is the only one not mixed up one way or another in murder, drugs and microfilm smuggling. But, the…

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Operation Manhunt (1954)

Operation Manhunt (1954)

Operation Manhunt (1954)
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77

Ten years after his defection from the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa, Igor Gouzenko is hunted by Soviet agents. Based on a true story.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Naked Alibi (1954)

Naked Alibi (1954)

Naked Alibi (1954)
IMDb: N/A
86

Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police questioners, is beaten, and swears vengeance against them. Next night, Lieut. Parks is murdered; Willis is…

The Stranger Came Home (1954)

The Stranger Came Home (1954)

The Stranger Came Home (1954)
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80

Someone knocked out a man and left him for dead during a fishing trip in Portugal. That someone is either his fetching wife, or two business partners, all sporting guilty…

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Suddenly (1954)

Suddenly (1954)

Suddenly (1954)
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77

The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw’s unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can’t abide guns and those who use them….

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Dragnet (1954)

Dragnet (1954)

Dragnet (1954)
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89

Two homicide detectives try to find just the facts behind a mobster’s brutal murder.

Genre: Crime, Drama
A Bullet Is Waiting (1954)

A Bullet Is Waiting (1954)

A Bullet Is Waiting (1954)
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81

A plane carrying a sheriff and a man indicted for manslaughter is wrecked on a lonely California beach and the prisoner manages to escape, after a struggle, only to be…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Private Hell 36 (1954)

Private Hell 36 (1954)

Private Hell 36 (1954)
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81

In New York City, a bank robbery of $300,000 goes unsolved for a year, until some of the marked bills are found in a Los Angeles drugstore theft. Police detectives…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Down Three Dark Streets (1954)

Down Three Dark Streets (1954)

Down Three Dark Streets (1954)
IMDb: N/A
85

An FBI Agent takes on the three unrelated cases of a dead agent to track down his killer.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Time Is My Enemy (1954)

Time Is My Enemy (1954)

Time Is My Enemy (1954)
IMDb: N/A
64

A happily-married woman is blackmailed by her first husband, who she wrongly believed was killed in the Blitz.

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Shield for Murder (1954)

Shield for Murder (1954)

Shield for Murder (1954)
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82

A crooked detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep his money.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Human Desire (1954)

Human Desire (1954)

Human Desire (1954)
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91

A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in a sordid affair with a co-worker’s wife and murder. Preserved by the Academy Film…

Pushover (1954)

Pushover (1954)

Pushover (1954)
IMDb: N/A
88

A police detective falls for the bank robber’s girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Paid to Kill (1954)

Paid to Kill (1954)

Paid to Kill (1954)
IMDb: N/A
75

A man pays a hitman to kill him. Circumstances change and he tries to call off the hit but he has trouble getting the deal killed.

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Genre: Crime, Thriller
On the Waterfront (1954)

On the Waterfront (1954)

On the Waterfront (1954)
IMDb: N/A
108

Terry Malloy is a kindhearted dockworker, and former boxer, who is tricked by his corrupt bosses into leading his friend to death. After falling in love, he tries to leave…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Father Brown (1954)

Father Brown (1954)

Father Brown (1954)
IMDb: N/A
91

Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.

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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
On Trial (1954)

On Trial (1954)

On Trial (1954)
IMDb: N/A
110

Prosecutor Etzel discovers that his father has sentenced a man, Leonardo Maurizius, on mere presumptions. He then makes it a point of honor to trace the sources of the case…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dial M for Murder (1954)

Dial M for Murder (1954)

Dial M for Murder (1954)
IMDb: N/A
105

When American writer Mark Halliday visits the very married Margot Wendice in London, he unknowingly sets off a chain of blackmail and murder.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
The Long Wait (1954)

The Long Wait (1954)

The Long Wait (1954)
IMDb: N/A
94

Soon after thumbing a ride from a truck driver, Johnny McBride is badly burned and suffers from complete amnesia when the vehicle he’s riding in blows a tire and goes…

Genre: Crime, Drama