The Lineup

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The Lineup (1958)

Crime

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The Man Who Cheated Himself

1950 ★ 6.2

A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.

Nightfall

Nightfall

1956 ★ 6.9

An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

His Kind of Woman

His Kind of Woman

1951 ★ 6.7

Career gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find himself entangled with fellow guests at a luxurious resort and suspecting that the man who hired him may be the deported crime boss Nick Ferraro aiming to re-enter to the USA.

Born to Kill

Born to Kill

1947 ★ 6.7

A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with a hotheaded murderer.

The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry

1950 ★ 7.0

Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.

Border Incident

Border Incident

1949 ★ 7.0

The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggling of Mexican migrant workers across the border to California. The two agents go undercover, one as a poor migrant.

The Glass Key

The Glass Key

1942 ★ 6.6

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

Hollow Triumph

Hollow Triumph

1948 ★ 6.6

Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.

Conflict

Conflict

1945 ★ 6.7

Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.

The Sniper

The Sniper

1952 ★ 6.7

Eddie Miller struggles with his hatred of women, he's especially bothered by seeing women with their lovers. He starts a killing spree as a sniper by shooting women from far distances. In an attempt to get caught, he writes an anonymous letter to the police begging them to stop him.

Pickup on South Street

Pickup on South Street

1953 ★ 7.4

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 making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.

The Penalty

The Penalty

1920 ★ 7.0

Blizzard, deranged from a childhood operation in which both his legs were needlessly amputated after an accident, becomes a vicious criminal, and eventually mob leader of the San Francisco underworld.

Man from Reno

Man from Reno

2014 ★ 6.4

A mystery outside of San Francisco brings together small-town sheriff Paul Del Moral, Japanese author Aki Akahori, and a traveler from Reno who soon disappears, leaving behind his suitcase and a trail of questions.

Black Widow

Black Widow

1987 ★ 6.2

Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple identities, Alexandra can't prove anything with conventional detective work. With no other option, she goes undercover, pursuing the same man as Catherine, and hoping that Catherine will slip up and reveal her true identity.

Where the Day Takes You

Where the Day Takes You

1992 ★ 6.1

King is a young man, but he's already a veteran of life on the streets of Los Angeles. The de facto leader of a group of teenage runaways, King acts as a mentor to troubled kids such as gay hustler Little J and junkie Greg. When Heather, a beautiful girl from Chicago, starts hanging out with King and his crew, it changes the dynamic of the gang. However, it seems as though nothing will alter their dangerous lifestyle.

Dark Passage

Dark Passage

1947 ★ 7.3

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

The Big Combo

The Big Combo

1955 ★ 7.0

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.

5 Against the House

5 Against the House

1955 ★ 5.9

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

The Blue Gardenia

The Blue Gardenia

1953 ★ 6.5

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 the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.

While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps

1956 ★ 6.9

Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".

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