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Noir and Crime
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Alias John Preston - 1956
A wealthy man arrives in a small town and falls in love. He has some inner demons that need exorcising so he seeks psychiatric help
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Alexander Knox, Christopher Lee, Betta St John
Appointment With Crime - 1946
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: William Hartnell, Raymond Lovell, Robert Beatty, Herbert Lom, Joyce Howard
Black Orchid - 1953
Quality: 9/10 (region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Ronald Howard, Olga Edwardes, John Bentley, Mary Laura Wood, Patrick Barr
The Brighton Strangler - 1945
After receiving an injury in the Blitz, an actor becomes the part he was playing on stage, the Broghton Strangler
Quality: 9/10,US production
Stars: John Loder, June Duprez
Daybreak - 1946
A hangman conceals his identity when he takes his new wife to live on a barge
Quality: 8/0
Stars: Eric Portman, Ann Todd, Maxwell Reed, Bill Owen
Desperate Moment - 1953
After being made to confess to a murder he didn't commit, Simon van Halder escapes prison and sets out to prove his innocence
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling, Philip Friend, Albert Lieven, Simone Silva
The Case Of The Missing Heiress - 1949
Quality: 6.5/10
Stars: Valentine Dyall, Julia Lang, Hugh Griffith
Dual Alibi - 1946
Quality: 9/10 (region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Herbert Lom, Phyllis Dixey, Terence de Marney, Ronald Frankau, Eugene Deckers
Escape - 1948
Following an accidental killing, an ex RAF pilotgoes on the run until he can prove his innocence
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Rex Harrison, Peggy Cummins, William Hartnel, Patrick Troughton
Feet Of Clay - 1960
Quality: 7/10 (region free EURO PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Vincent Ball, Wendy Williams, Hilda Fenemore, Angela Douglas
Gang War - 1962
Two criminals get into conflict over a Juke Box crime racket in this super rare Danziger Prodcution. Tasty theme tune
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Sean Kelly, Eira Heath, David Davies
The Gold Express - 1955
Honeymooning reporters get involved with a train carrying gold from the Spanish Armada
Quality: 8/10 (logo)
Stars: Vernon Gray, Ann Walford, May Hallatt, Ivy St Helier, Delphi Lawrence
Good-Time Girl - 1948
A troubled girl runs away from home and falls in with some bad sorts, in this excellent good-girl-gone-bad drama
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Jean Kent, Dennis Price, Herbert Lom, Flora Robson
The Green Buddha - 1955
Highly entertaining British crime B-movie with a thrilling Rollercoaster ride finale
Quality: 7/10
Stars: Wayne Morris, Mary Germaine, Marcia Ashton, Walter Rilla, Mary Merrall
Hidden Homicide - 1959
'Charters new waters of terribleness' one reviewer said. But this, although quite bonkers, is a very entertaining little thriller
Quality: 8.5/10
Stars: Griffith Jones, Patricia Laffan, Bruce Seton
The Hideout - 1956
Hilarious review: the guns, gangsters and fast cars do their best but it's hard to disguise a bunch of Englishmen in tweed jackets, driving Ford Prefects'
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Dermot Walsh, Rona Anderson, Sam Kydd, Ronald Howard
Hotel Reserve - 1944
Quality: 9/10 (region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: James Mason, Lucie Mannheim, Herbert Lom, Raymond Lovell, Clare Hamilton
The Hour Of 13 - 1952
A jewel thief tries to trick the Police who suspect that the valuable stone he has stolen relates to the murder of eleven Policemen
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Peter Lawford, Dawn Addams, Roland Culver, Derek Bond, Michael Hordern
The Interrupted Journey - 1949
A writer is travelling on a train with his publisher when he pulls the communication cord, setting in motion a series of terrifying events
Quality: 9/10 logo
Stars: Valerie Hobson, Richard Todd, Christine Norden, Tom Walls
Jack The Ripper - 1959
An American detective is brought in to try help solve the Whitechapel Murders case, in this good adaptation]
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Lee Patterson, Eddie Byrne, Betty McDowall, John Le Mesurier
Kill Her Gently - 1957
Two escaped convicts are picked up on the road by a man who wants to hire them to kill his wife
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Griffith Jones, Maureen Connell, Marc Lawrence, Marianne Brauns
Lady In The Fog - 1952
Quality: 7/10 (logo/region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Cesar Romero, Lois Maxwell, Bernadette O'Farrell, Geoffrey Keen
The Long Haul - 1957
After leaving the Army in Germany, a trucker takes a long-haul driver job in Britain where he runs into an organised-crime syndicate that controls the trucking industry
Quality: 9/10 (UK/Euro disc)
Stars: Victor Mature, Diana Dors, Patrick Allen, Peter Reynolds
Mantrap - 1953
Quality: 6.5/10 (region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Paul Henreid, Lois Maxwell, Keiron Moore, Hugh Sinclair, Bill Travers
Meet Sexton Blake - 1945
Sexton and his trusty side-kick Tinker are called in by the War Office to find some important papers that were stolen from a man killed during an air raid.
Quality: 7/10 (region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: David Farrar, Manning Whiley, Betty Huntley-Wright
My Death Is A Mockery - 1952
A fisherman cannot make a decent living from his trawler so he decides to turn his hand to smuggling
Quality: 6-7/10, some sync issues
Stars: Donald Houston, Kathleen Byron, Bill Kerr
One Jump Ahead - 1954
I shall always look back on this as one of my gayest evening. Ruins, a body and Scotland Yard sandwiches. Who could ask for more?' Excellent crime drama
Quality: 7/10
Stars: Paul Carpenter, Diane Hart, Jill Adams
On The Night Of The Fire - 1939
Quality: 8/10 (region free Euro PAL dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Ralph Richardson, Diana Wynyard, Mary Clare, Dave Crowley, Henry Oscar
River Patrol - 1948
Quality: 7/10
Stars: John Blythe, Lorna Dean, Wally Patch, Stan Paskin
The Saint's Girl Friday - 1953
A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend (aka The Saint's Return)
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Louis Hayward, Naomi Chance, Diana Dors, Sydney Taffler, Jane Carr, William Russell
The Secret Partner - 1961
A wealthy London-based shipping magnate is blackmailed by an evil dentist which threatens to reveal an old case of fraud
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Stewart Granger, Bernard Lee, Haya Harareet, Melissa Stribling
The Siege Of Sidney Street - 1960
A girl recalls the catalystic events leading up to a house seige by 100 Police Officers
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Donald Sinden, Nicole Berger, Kieron Moore, Peter Wyngarde
The Strange Affair - 1968
Excellent time-capsule crime drama about stitch-ups and corruption in the Police Force
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Michael York, Susan George, Jeremy Kemp, Madge Ryan, Jack Watson
The Straw Man - 1953
An insurance company investigate, when a pay-out is due if a convicted man goes to prison
Quality: 7/10
Stars: Dermot Walsh, Clifford Evans, Lana Morris, Amy Dalby
They Came By Night - 1940
A jeweller goes undercover to help the Police bring a gang of thieves to justice
Quality: 6.5/10
Stars: Phyllis Calvert, Will Fyffe, Kathleen Harrison
They Drive By Night - 1938
An ex con released from prison goes to find his girl, but she has been murdered, so he legs it
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Emyln Williams, Anna Konstam, Ernest Thesiger, William Hartnell
Third Party Risk - 1954
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Finlay Currie, Maureen Swanson, Simone Silva, Ferdy Mayne
