Crime Movies
The Big Heat (1953)
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.
Hot News (1953)
An ex-prize fighter — now reporter — tries to expose a gambling ring after an uneven bout in the ring kills a pugilist.
Mexican Manhunt (1953)
Los Angeles, 1953. The author David L. “Dave” Brady wants to bring a missed ex-newspaperman back to Los Angeles. Therefore Dave has to travel to Mexico City. Dave gets involved…
The Beggar’s Opera (1953)
Adaptation of John Gay’s 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.
99 River Street (1953)
A former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with jewel thieves.
I the Jury (1953)
After his best friend and war buddy is mysteriously gunned down, Mike Hammer will stop at nothing to settle the score for the man who sacrificed a limb to save…
Vice Squad (1953)
A Los Angeles police captain (Edward G. Robinson) ties the case of a slain policeman to a bank robbery, all in a day.
Second Chance (1953)
A prize-fighting boxer with a lethal right punch falls for a gangster’s moll on the run in Mexico.
City That Never Sleeps (1953)
Chicago cop Johnny Kelly, dissatisfied with his job and marriage, would like to run away with his stripper girlfriend Angel Face, but keeps getting cold feet. During one crowded night,…
Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)
A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial.
Pickup on South Street (1953)
In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been…
Cry of the Hunted (1953)
A prison convict escapes through the Louisiana swamps.
Split Second (1953)
Escaped convicts hold hostages in a ghost town targeted for a nuclear bomb test.
Code Two (1953)
Three young men train to become motorcycle cops.
The System (1953)
A gambling boss is pressured by the law and press when a crusade is started against him after one of his collectors becomes a killer.
House of Wax (1953)
A New York sculptor who opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures runs into trouble with his business partner, who demands that the exhibits become…
The Flanagan Boy (1953)
Johnny Flanagan did not have the privileges of a good education or wealthy background but the streets developed his natural talent to be a great fighter. His enormous potential to…
Man in the Dark (1953)
Many interested parties are after the loot from a factory payroll heist but the mobster who hid it has amnesia after undergoing experimental brain surgery in the prison hospital.
One Girl’s Confession (1953)
Cleo Moore stars as Mary Adams, whose first step on the road to ruin is a $25,000 robbery. Mary hides the money, then confesses to the crime, secure in the…
Count the Hours! (1953)
A lawyer defends a migrant worker in a sensational murder trial.
Jeopardy (1953)
A woman is kidnapped when she goes to get help for her husband who is trapped on a beach with the tide coming in to surely drown him.
The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
Roy and Gilbert’s fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He’s killed before,…
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of…
Deadly Nightshade (1953)
Escapee switches identities but finds the new one quite a handful.
I Confess (1953)
Unable, due to the seal of the confessional, to be forthcoming with information that would serve to clear himself during a murder investigation, a priest becomes the prime suspect.
The Yellow Balloon (1953)
A young boy is blackmailed by a crook who saw him unwittingly cause his friend’s death.
Cosh Boy (1953)
Roy Walsh is a brash and enterprising thug who bullies his friends into subservience. He and his gang assault and rob people on the street, but things get increasingly dangerous…
The Drayton Case (1953)
During the early years of World War II, a bomb from a German airplane uncovers the corpse of a strangled woman.
Niagara (1953)
Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area….
The Long Memory (1953)
An innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied about him in court.
Women of Twilight (1953)
When a nightclub singer is arrested for murder, his pregnant girlfriend moves into a boarding house for women, but the mother-to-be soon discovers that her new lodgings harbors a horrific…
Angel Face (1953)
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
The Gambler and the Lady (1952)
A greedy but successful professional gambler wants to join the British Establishment when he falls in love with a blue-blooded lady. But first he must mend his ways and then…
Salute the Toff (1952)
The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer. One of the BFi’s most wanted films.
Escape Route (1952)
When nuclear scientists are kidnapped and smuggled behind the Iron Curtain, an FBI man and a British agent are assigned to catch the kidnappers.
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (1952)
A Dutch company’s owner bankrupts his own company, burns the incriminating ledgers and plans to run to Paris with the company funds but he is caught in the act by…
Paul Temple Returns (1952)
A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed “The Marquis.” There seems to be no other common thread between the victims, and Scotland Yard is…
The Ringer (1952)
An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him.
The Hour of 13 (1952)
1890, London, and a serial killer known as The Terror is murdering policemen. When gentleman thief Nicholas Revel unwittingly becomes the chief suspect, he must use his guile and wits…