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"Miles Cullen discovers how interesting life can be when he is transformed from mild-mannered bank teller into daring, ingenious bank robber in a matter of seconds. Held up at the bank by the criminal Reikle, Miles manages to stash most of the money in a safety deposist box first. When Reikle realizes he's been shortchanged, he plans to take revenge, and a great battle of wits ensues. To keep the money, Miles reaches new heights of courage, seducing...
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Moreau, who won the award for Best Actress at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival, is Anne Desbard̈es, a wealthy, bored housewife who believes she has witnessed a murder in a quayside bistro. Rushing to the scene of the crime, she strikes up a conversation with Chauvin, an employee of her husband who also saw the crime. The troubled woman continues to return to the caf,̌ increasingly identifying herself with the murder victim and becoming obsessed with...
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Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin is a driver for one of London's most notorious organized crime families of Eastern European origin. The family itself is part of the Vory V Zakone criminal brotherhood. Semyon heads the syndicate and is the proprietor of a plush Trans-Siberian restaurant. But his friendliness at the restaurant masks a cold and brutal core. Fortunes are tested by Semyon's volatile son and enforcer, Kirill. But Nikolai's carefully maintained...
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An immensely popular British crime film, THE BLUE LAMP was scripted by ex-policeman T.E.B. Clarke (The Lavender Hill Mob) and directed by the great Basil Dearden (Dead of Night). This classic film noir concentrates on interrelated episodes in the lives of several London policemen. A veteran cop is murdered by small-time delinquents Tom Riley (Dirk Bogarde, The Mind Benders) and Spud (Patric Doonan, The Man in the White Suit). Rookie cop Andy Mitchell...
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Michael works as a Rolls Royce chauffeur for rich Americans on tours around Europe. When he meets Ellie, a lovely young American, a love affair soon develops between them. But they are interrupted by a strange, sinister old woman who warns Ellie - 'Go now before the harm is done!' ENDLESS NIGHT is based on a suspense novel by Agatha Christie and stars Hayley Mills and George Sanders.
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A narcotics officer and a corrupt cop are involved in a murder investigation in a small border town. See all three versions of the film: the theatrical version, the preview version, and the restored version. Features include commentaries and featurettes.
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Ronnie Jackson (Bob Hope) is a baby photographer who fantasizes being a private eye. A baroness (Dorothy Lamour) actually mistakes him for one and asks for help locating her missing husband. This is followed by sinister doings in a gloomy mansion & sanatorium, with Peter Lorre & Lon Chaney Jr. Hope's character ends up framed for murder with every plot twist & parody of thriller cliches imaginable.
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Charley Partanna is a hit-man who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime syndicate families in the country. Unbeknownst to Charley, the Prizzis just hired Irene Walker, a free lance killer, to eliminate someone who double crossed them. When Irene and Charley fall in love their jobs become complicated. Their jobs become impossible when each is given a contract that neither can go through with.
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A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder. One sleepless night, Cheryl Draper witnesses a young woman being strangled to death in an apartment across the street. She reports the killing to the police, but when the police arrive there's no body to be found. The policemen are convinced the Cheryl probably dreamt the murder and leave ignoring her pleas.
11) The hot spot
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"Harry Madox is a handsome drifter who is not above larceny to make ends meet. After staging a daring daylight robbery at a local bank, he receives an alibi from an unexpected ally: Dolly Harshaw, a sexy and mysterious local woman who has her own plans for him. But when Harry falls for another beautiful woman, he incurs Dolly's wrath and finds himself caught in a maze of jealousy, betrayal and murder in which escape is impossible and danger is the...
12) I walk alone
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Partners Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub. Years later Frankie is released from the clink and visits Noll with the intention of collecting his half of the nightclub's profits. But Noll, who has no intention of being so equitable, uses his ex-girlfriend Kay to divert Frankie from his intended goal.
13) River's edge
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Based on an actual event, a close-knit group of teenagers discover that one of their own has killed his girlfriend. Emotionally ill-prepared, they struggle to differentiate between friendship and responsibility.
14) Wild at heart
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Lula knows she's destined to be with her ex-con boyfriend, Sailor, no matter how many times her mama tried to kill him. But when she and Sailor hit the road to find happiness, their journey plunges them into a disturbing underworld.
16) The web
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"Leopold Kroner, formerly of Colby Enterprises, is released after five years in prison for embezzlement. Andrew Colby, claiming that Kroner has threatened him, hires lawyer Bob Regan as a secret bodyguard. Sure enough, Kroner turns up in Colby's room with a gun, and Regan kills him. Then Regan, who sticks around to romance Colby's secretary Noel, begins to suspect he's been used"--Container.
17) Stone cold dead
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Sergeant Boyd's police search to find a sniper who has been shooting hookers.
18) Bank shot
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"Fresh from his recent jailbreak, criminal mastermind Walter Ballantine is already plotting his next bank heist. And this time he's thinking big - he's not just taking the loot, he's stealing the whole bank! Beset by a hapless crew, a lusty backer and an overzealous prison warden, Ballantine soon discovers that, when your getaway vehicle is the bank itself, it pays to be America's most driven criminal!"--
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Now comes the classic murder mystery the enigmatic Inspector Poole. The Birling family are rich, pampered and complacent. It is 1912 and the shadow of the impending war has yet to fall across their lives. As they sit down for dinner one night, celebrating the engagement of the eldest child, Sheila, to prosperous businessman Gerald, a knock at the door announces the arrival of a visitor who changes their lives forever.
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