Movie | United States | 02/12/1943 | Crime | World War II
Starting in Switzerland, Sherlock Holmes rescues the inventor of a bomb-sight which the allies want to keep from the Nazis. Back in London it seems that the inventor is not all that he seemed.
Movie | Poland | 02/06/2019 | Crime | World War II
The story of the investigation to unravel the mysterious death of a beautiful young woman in Nazi-occupied Warsaw. She is not Krystyna Holzer, as stated in her kennkarte (German-issued identity document), but a Jewess kept hidden by a Pole - a polonized Saxon - attorney Karol Karlzer. Before the outbreak of war, the woman was his student as well as the object of his unrequited love. The case is assigned to Detective Chief Inspector Rafal Król, an officer of the so- -called Blue Police under the control of the German occupiers, but also a soldier of the Polish underground, sworn to execute his orders. It is a suspenseful story set in the faithfully-recreated reality of occupied Warsaw and Zakopane.
Movie | United Kingdom | 11/29/1955 | Crime | Murder
An actress and an artist are linked by his brother to deadly smugglers sought by Scotland Yard.
Movie | United Kingdom | 04/01/1953 | Crime | Murder
An amateur detective races against time to clear the name of his cousin, who is accused of murdering her husband. It is based on the novel Whispering Woman by Gerald Verner.
Movie | United Kingdom | 07/29/1957 | Crime | Noir
Culver is a psychiatrist who uses hypnotism to treat his patients. When Carpenter, a test pilot, comes to see him complaining of blackouts that make his job difficult, Culver tries to mesmerise him into killing his wife.
Movie | United Kingdom | 10/01/1955 | Crime | Crime Drama
A murderer hopes to escape his death sentence by identifying the leaders of a spy ring.
Movie | United Kingdom | 08/31/1949 | Crime | Noir
An American pulp writer arrives in post-WWII Vienna only to find that the friend who waited for him is killed under mysterious circumstances. The ensuing mystery entangles him in his friend's involvement in the black market, with the multinational police, and with his Czech girlfriend.
Movie | United Kingdom | 12/09/1958 | Crime | Murder
A young woman marries a gentleman farmer who may have murdered his first wife.
Movie | United Kingdom | 01/01/1952 | Crime | Crime Drama
This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent bystander is accidentally killed.
Movie | United Kingdom | 04/16/1954 | Crime
Sensuous and desirable, Carol Forrest has always attracted the attention of men. Expert in the art of manipulation and control she married an older man, loving only his vast wealth and continued to amuse herself with indiscreet affairs. But when neighbour Mark Kendrick lets slip that her husband intends cutting her out of his will Carol concentrates all her attentions on the unsuspecting Kendrick, obtaining his help to dispose of this irritating obstacle.
Movie | United Kingdom | 01/09/1948 | Crime | Noir
Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as Pinkie – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.
Movie | United Kingdom | 03/06/1950 | Crime | Murder
Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the British war buddy who saved his life at Anzio Beach is now in trouble with the law in England. Taking the advice of his secretary to go to England rather than wire money, Adam arrives in his friend's village to find him about to stand trial for the murder of the hired stable-hand, Lawrence.