Crime films on 'Talking Pictures' channel
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- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsMorgan ConwayAnne JeffreysMike MazurkiPolice detective Dick Tracy must identify and apprehend a serial killer known as Splitface.This film is shown on 'Talking Pictures under the following title. 'Dick Tracy.'
- DirectorAlan JamesRay TaylorStarsRalph ByrdKay HughesSmiley BurnetteA master criminal called The Spider puts the famous detective's brother under a hypnotic spell and turns him against Dick.
- DirectorJohn EnglishWilliam WitneyStarsRalph ByrdLynne RobertsCharles MiddletonDick Tracy battles spies and saboteurs in his efforts to bring to justice the Stark gang, a criminal family led by the vicious Pa Stark.
- DirectorJohn RawlinsStarsRalph ByrdLyle LatellKay ChristopherDick Tracy investigates the theft of a fortune of fur coats, a possible insurance swindle and several murders, all linked to a huge thug who wears a hook in place of his right hand.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsMorgan ConwayAnne JeffreysLyle LatellExpensive diamonds are stolen but before the thief can fence them he is strangled by ex-con Cueball, who then takes the gems and continues murdering people he believes are trying to swindle him.
- DirectorJohn EnglishWilliam WitneyStarsRalph ByrdMichael OwenJan WileyDick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.
- DirectorJohn EnglishWilliam WitneyStarsRalph ByrdIrving PichelTed PearsonA mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can put his criminal gang back together again.
- DirectorJohn ArgyleStarsAnthony HulmeJoy SheltonTamara DesniNovelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, meets a newspaper woman called "Steve." Together they investigate a gang of diamond robbers.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsJohn BentleyDinah SheridanMargaretta ScottA maniac is murdering the patients of a doctor who specializes in nervous disorders. A detective is called in to catch the killer.Trapped in an underground stream. Temple is told "drowning is a pleasant way to die."
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsJohn BentleyDinah SheridanJack LiveseyA husband-and-wife detective team look into the murder of one of her friends, whose father has been kidnapped. They find themselves up against a sinister crime organization headed by a mysterious figure known only as "Z".
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsJohn BentleyPatricia DaintonGrey BlakeThe Temples investigate a series of gruesome murders attributed to a mysterious figure known as "The Marquis".This film is shown on 'Talking Pictures' under the following title. 'Bombay Waterfront.'
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsRobert AdairDelphi LawrenceDerrick De MarneyDisreputable Private Detective Slim Callaghan is hired to investigate a murder and a will change in London.Slim is a really seedy detective. He will "sit all night in a sewer double-crossing the rats."
- DirectorSidney GilliatStarsAlastair SimSally GrayTrevor HowardAfter the nurse who declares that a recent surgical death was a murder also dies, an enigmatic Scotland Yard inspector arrives to investigate.Alastair Sim with brolly and briefcase dodging the doodlebugs. Very good whodunit
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsWilliam SylvesterMary GermaineAlexander GaugeA blackmailer is murdered, and the police find that there is a long list of suspects who wanted to see him dead.It has a light-hearted score. It proves that crime films don't always need menacing music.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsJimmy HanleyLana MorrisSonia HolmFred Martin, a taxi driver who is a reformed convict, is used by the police to go undercover in order to help catch a gang of safe robbers. However things start to go wrong when the police stake out the wrong bank and Fred finds himself alone with the crooks.Now I know where 'Carry On Cabby' got some of their ideas from. Carry on snogging.
- DirectorByron HaskinStarsLizabeth ScottDon DeForeDan DuryeaThrough a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.I'll never forget the look of sheer avarice on Lizabeth Scott's face. Eyes wide with $ signs.
- DirectorFrancis MegahyStarsIan McShaneWarren ClarkeStephen GreifA group of fascists plan to finance their work by pulling off a bank robbery.This film is shown 'Talking Pictures' under the following title. 'Sewers of Gold.'
- DirectorRoy BoultingStarsElizabeth AllanPhilip FriendHarold AnstrutherMargaret Hamilton (Elizabeth Allan) faces trial by Coroner's Court, an archaic British institution where justice can't be guaranteed.First time that I've noticed that they used to 'kiss the book' when giving evidence.
- DirectorFrancis SearleTerence FisherStarsWayne MorrisSandra DorneJames Kenney1955. Directed by Terence Fisher and starring Wayne Morris, Sandra Dorne and Patrick Holt. Set in London's Soho, a gang of ruthless safe-crackers plan their next robbery.It's difficult to tell who is crooked or not in this. A who's-up-to-what rather than a whodunit.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsClaire TrevorLawrence TierneyWalter SlezakA calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with the hotheaded murderer romancing her foster sister.This film is shown on Talking Pictures under the following title. 'Lady Of Deceit.'
- DirectorJack GageStarsRosalind RussellLeo GennClaire TrevorA Broadway star unintentionally kills her impresario but keeps mum about it after the police investigator targets a rival actress.A cat and mouse game between Rosalind Russell and Sydney Greenstreet. Very tense.
- DirectorRoy KellinoStarsPeter ReynoldsPatrick HoltLawrence O'MaddenAfter a failed bank robbery the getaway driver flees to the Devon countryside and the farm of his uncle.A cunning sense of unease through guilt. I like the eerie dream scene in a churchyard.
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsBoris KarloffEwan RobertsRichard WattisThree episodes of "Colonel March of Scotland Yard" edited together for theatrical release.I like the droll quirky characters in this. "Caught any queer fish lately, Colonel?"
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsDermot WalshHazel CourtHermione BaddeleyAn auditor comes into possession of an envelope containing prints and drawings which the British government is anxious to obtain and also a great many other people, all of whom try to get them from him by any means. He escapes many of the traps set for him by the villains, but is finally captured and is tied to an operating table where the gang leader is set to do some scalpel work on him.This film is shown on Talking Pictures under the following title. 'Undercover Agent.'
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsScott BradyMary CastleJohn BlytheIn London, American Gregor Stevens searches for his convicted murderer brother facing execution. He allies with smuggler Yvonne Durante to prove his brother's innocence, putting her at risk from her criminal associates.The plot has corkscrew twists. Mary Castle looks like Rita Hayworth in some of her shots.
- DirectorWolf RillaStarsMaxwell ReedSandra DorneLeslie Dwyer1953. Crime drama directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Maxwell Reed and Sandra Dorne. The wife of the garage owner is caught with the mechanic, when he is accidentally killed and a cover up begins.This film is shown on 'Talking Pictures' under the following title. 'Marilyn.'
- DirectorDerek N. TwistStarsJoan RiceTim TurnerSandra DorneWhen his colleague is killed during a chase in Kentish Town, London bobby Frank volunteers to become a dog-handler. Rex, his new companion, starts to take over his home life more than expected, to the irritation of girl-friend Pat. Frank just hopes the killer will re-appear.Police chase an armed crook. Good canine acrobatics from the hero Rex 111.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsWarren HullIsabel JewellJohn DilsonBill, a wrongly imprisoned doctor, escapes jail and finds refuge in an Arizona town, but his freedom is threatened when the gangster who framed him forces Bill to guide his criminal crew across the desert.Another canine hero in this. He rescues his fugitive friend in the desert.
- DirectorGuy GreenStarsDavid FarrarDavid KnightJulia ArnallWhen an 18 month old baby disappears in London, a police investigation ensues, though there are few leads.A child abduction case. Some litter-picking in a park provides a vital clue.
- DirectorKen AnnakinStarsDerek FarrJoan HopkinsPeter LorreAfter his wife is murdered, the husband tries to divert suspicion from himself to someone else. Unfortunately, his scheme winds up getting him mixed up with some real murderers.Entangled story. Two mysterious deaths at a holiday resort need to be solved.
- DirectorKen HughesStarsAlex NicolHillary BrookeSidney JamesAn American writer living in England gets entangled in a scheme by a beautiful blonde to murder her rich husband.Noir-like narration from Alex Nicol. He comes shabbily to a party as "the vulgar boatman."
- DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsJean KentDirk BogardeJohn McCallumA woman is murdered, but she is seen in different ways by different people.Fortune teller Astra has many faces. Who is telling the truth about her?
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsLaurence PaynePatricia DaintonJane GriffithsA married composer finds that his affair with his wife's half-sister has resulted in her death.A Tales-of-the-Unexpected-type scenario. Full of anticipatory interest throughout.
- DirectorTerry BishopStarsHarry H. CorbettFelicity YoungSpencer TeakleSet in the sleazy world of a backstreet 1950s nightclub, a serial killer is believed to be murdering the models of a glamour magazine.A pop-eyed twisted murderer. Harry H. Corbett in his grotesque pebble glasses.
- DirectorTerry BishopStarsDerren NesbittJulie HopkinsHoward Marion-CrawfordThe inhabitants of a small village, led by a war veteran, try to catch a vagrant, who they suspect to be an escaped mental patient.Derren Nesbitt seems so inoffensive. But he disturbs a village into a panic.
- DirectorBob McNaughtStarsNigel PatrickMoira ListerBeatrice CampbellAfter race horse trainer Gerald Coates' (Nigel Patrick) horse wins the Grand National, his wife comes home drunk, and the two of them have a violent argument, and she is accidentally killed. Coates insists that she didn't come home after the big race, but the police begin to suspect him, after a train ticket is found in his coat. About to be arrested, he receives help from an unexpected source.Nigel Patrick says "I was grateful for the fog" that night. But can he keep his cover?
- DirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsJohn BentleyPatricia DaintonJohn LaurieThe star of a London musical walks out before the curtain up, but the show must go on in a haunted theatre, The Regency. 40 years previously, the star of Hamlet was murdered, and more are dying to keep a dark secret.An abandoned theatre of dust and memories. It's reopening invites murder.
- DirectorRobert AsherStarsTerry-ThomasAthene SeylerHattie JacquesA weird mix of social misfits and neighbors becomes a gang of thieves stealing mink coats in order to fund local charities.A whacky gang of fur thieves. My favourite of the Terry-Thomas crime comedies.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsTerence LongdonJennifer JayneHarry FowlerA prisoner transport bus hijacked to free one inmate. Other prisoners locked in petrol-soaked barn, warned not to escape. Police find freed prisoner dead in crash, race to find bus and prisoners before barn catches fire.Peter Sallis and his primroses steals this film. Good sense of apprehensive tension.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsDerek BondJane HyltonDora BryanCoastal pub proprietress is inveigled into a smuggling plot.A visual joke on a pub sign begins a witty crime story. Smuggling and a runaway convict.
- DirectorAlfred RoomeStarsJack WarnerJane HyltonGeorge ColeWar hero George Martin escapes prison handcuffed to crook Willie Stannard. They obtain railway tickets. Pursued by police and press, George aims to break free from Willie and escape.Jack Warner is on the wrong side of the law for a change. A convict who quotes Longfellow.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsJack WarnerAnthony SteelJoy SheltonScotland Yard is mobilised in the hunt for blood donors in a race to save a dying girl.Inspector Lane takes a break from homicide. Until a historical case turns up.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsJack WarnerRonald LewisYolande DonlanA woman is found murdered in a house along the coast from Brighton. Local detectives Fellows and Wilks lead an investigation methodically following up leads and clues mostly in Brighton and Hove but also further afield.Abrupt end. The detectives are satisfied only in the last few seconds that the case is solved.
- DirectorHarold FrenchStarsJack WarnerNigel PatrickElizabeth SellarsInspector Michael Kenyon (Nigel Patrick) is a Narcotics Agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher, attempts to trap a brother/sister drug-smuggling team.Delightful Joyce Grenfell scenes. Lady Flavia and her Samarkand sand martins.
- DirectorLeslie S. HiscottStarsHarold FrenchFrancis L. SullivanAlexander FieldSlippery Rodney Haines runs a high-class gambling joint in Hampstead, while elsewhere in London Lamberti's Fair for the less-well-off is on its last legs. The only link between them seems to be Tommy Blyth, whose betting has put him in serious debt with Haines and who fancies Mary, the Lamberti's adopted daughter. In fact, there is a further unexpected link between the two worlds.All the crime action comes in the second half. So please be patient with the slow build-up.
- DirectorJack CardiffStarsVan JohnsonVera MilesEmlyn WilliamsA British-American returns to Britain after 20 years to discover that his father has been jailed since WW2 for a murder that took place in murky circumstances.This film is shown on Talking Pictures under the following title. 'Web Of Evidence.'
- DirectorFrank ChisnellStarsRichard MurdochHenry OscarPaul DemelMurder drama set in Soho involving a police inspector, a newspaper reporter and a country girl.Good snapshot of 1940s seedy Soho underworld mostly in Angelo's café. A reasonable whodunit.
- DirectorArthur PennStarsMarlon BrandoJane FondaRobert RedfordThe citizens of a Texan town become concerned and panicked when a local bad boy escapes prison and heads for his hometown.Fab photography. Love that shot of a prisoner running across the fields into the sunset.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsRichard ToddPeter SellersElizabeth SellarsA cosmetic salesman sets out to prove to himself and his wife that he is not a failure.I felt so sad for Mervyn Johns clutching his fish tank. Nasty film but a very good one.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsDavid LangtonJulien MitchellRuby MillerA industrialist has a row with his son, who leaves home. Meanwhile, both his assistant and solicitor conspire to embezzle a fortune in bonds. A plucky young newspaper reporter pursues the rich man's daughter.This film is shown on Talking Pictures under the following title. 'Alibi Breaker.'
- DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsZasu PittsEugene PalletteLucien LittlefieldBodies start mysteriously disappearing from the city morgue. An investigator tries to determine what is going on.This film is shown on Talking Pictures under the following title. 'Who Killed Frank Daniels?'
- DirectorD. Ross LedermanStarsFrieda InescortPaul CavanaghHeather AngelOccupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.A stagey all-under-one-roof whodunit. There's reveal upon reveal at the end.
- DirectorRobert S. BakerStarsRod CameronLois MaxwellClifford EvansWhile investigating the mysterious death of a friend, a man discovers a peace organization is the front for a crime syndicate. Based on the novel of the same name by Manning O'Brien.Rod Cameron looks like a bulkier Fred MacMurray. Hypnotist tells him "I am your Mind."
- DirectorNorman LeeStarsMichael Martin HarveyChili BouchierValentine DyallBusinessman Charles Peace leads a double life--by day he's a respected local businessman, but by night he's a professional thief who lets nothing, not even murder, stop him from getting what he wants.A creepy Victorian stalker. His mean playfulness evolves into killings.
- DirectorGuy NewallStarsEdmund GwennAubrey MatherJames Raglan1934. Comedy. Directed by Guy Newall and starring Edmund Gwenn, James Raglan and Hope Davy. A retired admiral who has a valuable diamond is pursued by crooks intent on getting the gem.Edmund Gwenn lands a valuable relic on his fishing line. Entertaining crime farce.
- DirectorRobert HamerStarsAlec GuinnessJoan GreenwoodPeter FinchWorks 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.This film is shown on Talking Pictures under the following title. 'The Detective.'
- DirectorJames V. KernStarsRobert YoungBetsy DrakeJohn SuttonIn flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramodern clifftop house.This film is shown on Talking Pictures under the following title. 'Second Woman.'
- DirectorLawrence HuntingtonStarsEric PortmanDulcie GrayDerek FarrA woman becomes the target of a man who is gradually becoming insane, unable to resist his urge to strangle women to death, but who appears to be purposely leaving pieces of evidence behind.This film is shown on Talking Pictures under the following title. 'Wanted For Murder.'
- DirectorSidney GilliatStarsJack HawkinsArlene DahlDennis PriceAn insurance investigator runs into an ex-girlfriend, who is still as beautiful as he remembered her, but is now married. He soon finds himself involved in arson, blackmail, and murder.This film is shown on Talking Pictures under the following title. 'She Played With Fire.'
- DirectorAlbert RayStarsGinger RogersLyle TalbotJ. Farrell MacDonaldThirteen years ago, somebody murdered the wealthy host of a dinner party. Now, the guests from that event reunite at the creepy house where the crime took place to figure out who inherited the victim's estate.This film is shown on Talking Pictures under the following title. 'Lady Beware.'
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsTerence LongdonDonald GrayDermot WalshWhen reporter Mark Kingston's student brother falls from his Cambridge college window, he makes haste from the States to set out to prove that it would not have been suicide, but was rather murder.This film is shown on Talking Pictures under the following title. 'Murder On The Campus.'
- DirectorWalter FordeStarsVera LynnDonald StewartMary ClareA young singer meets a man who is the victim of a kidnap plot, and is assumed by the gang to be his girlfriend.This film is shown on Talking pictures under the following title. 'You Can't Do Without Love.'
- DirectorBernard VorhausStarsTurhan BeyLynn BariCathy O'DonnellOn the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf; then meets a tall dark man Alexis, who seems to know all about such things.This film is shown on Talking Pictures under the following title. 'The Spiritualist.'
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsNicole MaureyDerek BondElwyn Brook-JonesAn adulterous husband plans to kill his invalid wife. He thinks that he has the perfect alibi, but an alert detective unravels his story.Michele is a femme-fatale. "Double Indemnity is on at the pictures tonight."
- DirectorFritz LangStarsEdward G. RobinsonJoan BennettDan DuryeaA man in mid-life crisis befriends a young woman, though her fiancé persuades her to con him out of the fortune they mistakenly assume he possesses.Painter Edward G. is painting Joan Bennett's toenails. She drawls "They'll be masterpieces."
- DirectorPat JacksonStarsTony BrittonSylvia SymsJack WatlingA top salesman with a U.K. toy firm foolishly brings an expensive watch back from a German trip for his wife's birthday. This is illegal in 1950's Britain and when Customs discover the watch he is charged and, unusually, given a prison sentence. Not having the money to appeal he has to serve his time hoping the details don't get out and he won't lose his job.Swift legal action. Tony Britton is not even warned to take his toothbrush to court.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsStanley BakerJohn CrawfordDonald PleasenceIn Britain, a Manchester police inspector becomes obsessed with capturing a criminal who escapes from prison.Deaf and dumb Silver is so sweet. This is probably Hammer's best thriller.
- DirectorQuentin LawrenceStarsPeter CushingAndré MorellRichard VernonA charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal 97,000 pounds.And this is maybe Hammer's second best crime film. After 'Hell Is A City' above.
- DirectorJeremy SummersStarsChristopher LeeTony FerrerTsai ChinFu Manchu replaces his arch-nemesis Nayland Smith with a hypnotized, murderous doppelgänger as part of a plan to become leader of the world's criminals.My favourite film of Christopher Lee's Fu Manchu series. He looks really snake-like in this.
- DirectorCliff OwenStarsPeter SellersLionel JeffriesBernard CribbinsIn London, Australian gangsters disguised as Bobbies rob the local criminals, making the panicked British mobsters seek an alliance with Scotland Yard in order to eliminate the foreign competition and return things to "normal".A criminal gang who use 'Rififi' as a training film. I like it.
- DirectorRichard C. SarafianStarsDavid HemmingsGayle HunnicuttWilfrid Hyde-WhiteReformed drug addict Tim Brett (David Hemmings) is vacationing in Italy with his aunt. When she is murdered, he tries to investigate. Soon his whole life spins out of control.Good psychological thriller. Beware of weird old ladies.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsDorothy McGuireGeorge BrentEthel BarrymoreIn 1916, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions"; one night during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced.Gothic whodunit. One of my favourite 'old dark house' movies.
- DirectorRowland V. LeeStarsAnn HardingBasil RathboneBinnie HaleA lottery winner breaks up with her fiancé and marries a fortune hunter who proves to be dangerous.I think Basil Rathbone is at his best as a villain. Beware the door scene will startle.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsAnn ToddNorman WoolandIvan DesnyMadeleine's middle-class family cannot understand why she puts off marrying a respectable young man; they know nothing about her long-term affair with a Frenchman.Madeleine's case is included in 'Scotland's Murder Mysteries.' On 'Yesterday' channel.
- DirectorPeter SasdyStarsEric PorterAngharad ReesJane MerrowAs a young child Jack the Ripper's daughter witnesses him kill her mother. As a young woman she carries on the murderous reign of her father. A psychiatrist tries to cure her with tragic consequences.Good sense of late-Victorian London. Steeped in vice and shrouded by fog.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsJean KentAlbert LievenDerrick De MarneySpies pursue a stolen diary aboard the Orient Express.A veiled remake of the film below. 'Rome Express' (1932)
- DirectorWalter FordeStarsMuriel AkedJoan BarryDonald CalthropA sinister character boards the Rome Express on the trail of a valuable Van Dyck painting, recently stolen from a Paris gallery. Much to his annoyance he finds the train populated with a motley assortment of passengers, including adulterous lovers, a very annoying golf fanatic, a French police chief and an American silent film star any one of whom could have the painting he desperately seeks.
- DirectorRedd DavisStarsJohn LoderNoel MadisonBelle ChrystallProfessor Grayson is working on anti-gas formula and Dr. Klee whose peace propaganda masks other interests means to obtain it.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsDirk BogardeMargaret LockwoodKay WalshEdward "Teddy" Bare is a delusional psychotic with a lust for wealth, older women and murder. Having committed what he thinks is the perfect murder of his elderly wife; Teddy sets his sights on new targets when her fortune goes elsewhere.
- DirectorCharles CrichtonStarsDirk BogardeJon WhiteleyElizabeth SellarsA violent fugitive and a mistreated small boy team up to flee from authority.
- DirectorIrving RapperStarsBette DavisGary MerrillEmlyn WilliamsA mystery writer becomes involved in a tangled web of murderous deception not unlike the plots of her novels.
- DirectorSeth HoltStarsSusan StrasbergAnn ToddRonald LewisA wheelchair-bound young woman returns to her father's estate after 10 years, and although she's told he's away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the estate.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminDan CohenStarsStewart GrangerDonna ReedGeorge SandersA movie executive is framed for the murder of his beautiful promiscuous leading lady by her jealous, estranged husband.
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsJoan CrawfordJack PalanceGloria GrahameAfter an ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged playwright and marries her, he plots with his mistress to murder her.
- DirectorHugo FregoneseStarsJack PalanceConstance SmithByron PalmerAfter an enigmatic, self-described pathologist rents the attic room of a Victorian house, his landlady begins to suspect her lodger is Jack the Ripper.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsJack PalanceAnita EkbergNigel PatrickAn English bookkeeper (Nigel Patrick) who works for a jeweler steals a priceless jewel, and kills a man in the process. He flees to the continent, where he embarks on the life of his dreams; spending lavishly and pursuing women (including Anita Ekberg). A detective (Jack Palance) tracking him soon discovers he's not the only one searching for him, and begins to suspect there's more to the case than just an ordinary jewel theft.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsRichard AttenboroughBarry K. BarnesSheila SimA London cab driver gets mixed up with a criminal gang and sets out to expose the group and its leader for what they are.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsJack NicholsonKathleen TurnerRobert LoggiaTwo professional assassins fall in love.
- DirectorMuriel BoxStarsDonald SindenMuriel PavlowBelinda LeeLucy Church, the sole witness to a fatal robbery, is struck by a passing bus and her life lies in the balance as the thieves wait for a chance to finish her off.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsAlbert FinneyBillie WhitelawFrank FinlayInspired by his love for Dashiell Hammett novels, nightclub comedian Eddie Ginley puts an ad in the paper as a private eye. The case he gets turns out to be a strange setup and as he digs to the bottom of it his life starts falling apart.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsTom ConwayElizabeth SellarsEunice GaysonSir Roderick Strood is on trial for the murder of his wife.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsWilliam CampbellLuana AndersBart PattonA scheming widow hatches a bold plan to acquire her late husband's inheritance, unaware that she is being targeted by an ax murderer who lurks in the family's estate.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsLeslie BanksMackenzie WardKay WalshA cadet and military captain investigate murder at military college, suspecting the victim was targeted. They race to uncover the truth and stop the killer before they strike again, amid suspicious professors and intelligence operations.
- DirectorRobert ParrishStarsJames CoburnJames MasonJames FoxDuffy is a cunning aristocrat of criminals hire by Stefane, a young playboy, to hijack a boat carrying several million dollars of his father's fortune. He succeeds, with help from Stefane's girlfriend with an unexpected turn of events.
- DirectorRobert ParrishStarsBroderick CrawfordBetty BuehlerRichard KileyJohnny Damico botches a murder case and is suspended from the force. In reality, he is put undercover to identify the mysterious boss of the NY waterfront who has murdered everyone in his way. Will Johnny be next in line?
- DirectorGordon ParryStarsFreda JacksonRene RayLois MaxwellVivanne is thrown on her own when her lover is arrested for murder. Searching for a place to live, she eventually finds a room in a boarding-house run by a woman who provides room-and-board for unmarried mothers with an ulterior motive.
- DirectorJohn HoughStarsMark LesterLionel JeffriesSusan GeorgeWitnessing an assassination, a boy claims the assassins are hunting him. With his older sister, the pair escape numerous attacks and are aided by their grandfather and a resourceful young bystander even under the spectre of martial law.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsMia FarrowDorothy AlisonRobin BaileyA young blind woman is pursued by a maniac while staying with family in their country manor.
- DirectorMax NosseckStarsLawrence TierneyAllene RobertsMarjorie RiordanParoled sociopath and career criminal Vincent Lubeck betrays his family's trust when he masterminds a complex armored car robbery.
- DirectorDavid DruryStarsGabriel ByrneGreta ScacchiDenholm ElliottAfter a newspaper reporter helps expose a Member of Parliament as a possible spy, he finds that there's much more to the story than that.