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The 3rd Voice - 1960
The secretary, lover and creator of the financial fortunes of Harry Chapman, is jiltedby him for another girl. So she exacts revenge with help from 'the 3rd voice'
Quality: 6/10
Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Julie London, Laraine Day
5 Against The House - 1955
Four war vets attending college on the GI Bill, and a beautiful cabaret singer, try to rob a Reno Casino and pull off the perfect crime
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Guy Madison, Kim Novak, Brian Keith, William Conrad
5 Steps To Danger - 1957
Quality: 7/10 (region free Euro PAL dvd-r disc only, occasional logo)
Stars: Ruth Roman, Sterling Hayden, Werner Klemperer, Jeanne Cooper
A Cry In The Night - 1956
A psychotic peeping tom kidnaps a Policeman's daughter while she's out canoodling with her fiancee
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Brian Donlevy, Natalie Wood, Raymond Burr
Abandoned - 1949
baby-adoption racket
Quality: 6.5/10 (not great quality but rare)
Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Gale Storn, Raymond Burr, Marjorie Rambeau, Jeff Chandler
Alias Nick Beal - 1949
A district attorney rises to political success but loses his sense of morality once he starts associating with the shadowy and perhaps diabolical Nick Beal. Always reminds me of Christmas for some reason...
Quality: 8.5/10 (region free dvd-r disc only) good quality upgrade, best available print
Stars: Ray Milland, Audrey Totter, Thomas Mitchell, George Macready, Geraldine Wall
Allotment Wives - 1945
Ruthless women marry multiple GI's just to get their wages and life insurance pay-outs if they are killed in action
Quality: 8.5/10
stars: Kay Frances, Paul Kelly, Otto Kruger
Among The Living - 1941
A mentally unstable man escapes from a home and causes trouble for his identical twin
Quality: 6/10
Stars: Albert Dekker, Susan Hayward, Frances Farmer
Apology For Murder - 1945
Scheming femme fatale, Toni Kirkland, uses sex to lure a hack into helping her murder her husband
Quality: 7.5/10
stars: Ann Savage, Hugh Beaumont, Russell Hicks
The Arnelo Affair - 1947
Anne Parkson feels neglected by her lawyer-husband Ted. She falls in love with night-club owner Tony Arnello, a dodgy character who is a client of her husband's
Quality: 9/10
Stars: John Hodiak, George Murphy, Francis Gifford, Eve Arden, Dean Stockwell
Baby Face Nelson - 1957
Quality: 7/10
Stars: Mickey Rooney, Carolyn Jones, Cedric Hardwicke, Leo Gordon, Anthony Caruso
Back From The Dead - 1957 + trailer
Quality: 6/10, fairly rough
Stars: Peggie Castle, Arthur Franz, Masha Hunt
Bait - 1954
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas, John Agar
Behind Green Lights - 1946
Police lieutenant Sam Carson investigates a political murder after the victim is dumped at the door of police headquarters
Quality: 7/10, US Noir, logo
Stars: Carole Landis, William Gargan, Richard Crane
Betrayal From The East - 1945
Before World War Two, Japanese spies hunt for secrets of the Panama Canal
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Lee Tracy, Nancy Kelly, Richard Loo
Between Midnight And Dawn - 1950
Two night prowl cops cruise the dark streets where constant danger lurks, in this edgey Police procedural
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Mark Stevens, Edmond O'Brien, Gale Storm
Beware, My Lovely - 1952
Quality: 9/10 (occasional logo)
Stars: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Taylor Holmes, Barbara Whiting
The Big Chase - 1954
Quality: 8.5/10
Stars: Glenn Langan, Adele Jergens, Lon Chaney Jr
The Big Bluff - 1955
When a scheming fortune hunter finds his rich wife is not going to die as easily as expected, he and his lover make other plans to get her millions. A cracking Film Noir entry
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: John Bromfield, Martha Vickers, Robert Hutton, Rosemarie Bowe, Eve Miller
The Big Combo - 1955
Failing to nail a mobster, a cop goes after his girlfriend for incriminating information, in this brutal, classic Noir
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte,Jean Wallace, Brian Donlevy, Lee van Cleef
Black Diamonds - 1940
A reporter on a visit to his hometown hears of dangerous conditions at the local coal mine, and proceeds to investigate
Quality: 6/10 poor
Stars: Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Kathryn Adams
Blonde Bait - 1956 (aka Women Without Men)
US agent Kent Foster hopes to trap criminal Nick Randall by way of his glamourous girlfriend singer/stripper Angela Booth, who has promised to marry Randall, but ends up in prison after a using a broken mirror in a fight
Quality: 6.5-7/10
Stars: Beverly Michaels, Joan Rice, Thora Hird, Paul Carpenter, Avril Angers
The Bribe - 1949
Federal agent Rigby arrives in Central America to trace stolen plane engines but falls for the beautiful wife of the chief suspect
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Vincent Price, Charles Laughton
Dir: Robert Z. Leonard
Calling Homicde - 1956
Two homicide detectives search for a connection between the car-bombing murder of a fellow investigator and the mutilation murder of a much-hated owner of a modelling school
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Bill Elliott, Don Haggerty, Kathleen Case
Bury Me Dead - 1947
A newly married young woman is possessed by the evil spirit of her husband's deceased first wife. The possession turns her into a scheming killer!
Quality: 8/10 (new upgrade copy)
Stars: Cathy O'Donnell, June Lockhart, Hugh Beaumont, Mark Daniels, Greg McClure
City Of Fear - 1959
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Vince Edwards, Lyle Talbot, John Archer, Patricia Blair, Kathie Browne
The Clay Pigeon - 1949
A man awakes from a coma to find that he is being court martialled for informing on his fellow inmates at a Japanese prison camp. He sets out to clear his name when back home with help from Martha, widow of an ex army buddy
Quality: 8.5/10, US, occasional logo
Stars: Bill Williams, Barbara Hale, Richard Quine
The City That Never Sleeps - 1953
Johnny Kelly, who plans on resigning from the police force and leaving his wife the next day, has a very eventful last night on duty
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Gig Young, Mala Powers, William Talman
City Of Shadows - 1955
An old crook and his young protege get themselves involved in slot-machine rackets
Quality: 7/10
Stars: Victor McLagan, John Baer, Kathleen Crowley
Confidence Girl - 1952
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Tom Conway, Hillary Brooke, Eddie Marr, John Gallaudet, Jack Kruschen
The Counterfeiters - 1948
Quality: 6.5/10
Stars: John Sutton, Doris Merrick, Hugh Beaumont
Cover Up - 1949
An insurance company investigator goes to a small town to probe into a case of supposed suicide. The natives are not very cooperative and some turn hostile, leading to suspicion of foul play
Quality: 8/10
Stars: William Bendix, Dennis O'Keefe, Barbara Britton
The Crooked Web - 1955
A Government agent tries to trick a suspect into returning to Germany, the scene of his crimes
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Mari Blanchard, Richard Denning
Crime Of Passion - 1957
Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a dangerous path
Quality: 8.5/10
Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr
Crack-Up - 1946 + The Gangster - 1947
Quality: 7.5/10 (region free dvd-r disc only)
C/U Stars: Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall
T/G Stars: Barry Sullivan, Belita, Joan Lorring, Charles McGraw
The Dark Past - 1948
An escaped psychopathic killer who takes the family and neighbours of a Police psychologist hostage, reveals a recurring nightmare to the doctor
Quality: 9/10
Stars: William Holden, Nina Foch, Lee J. Cobb, Adele Jergens
Deadline USA - 1952
With his newspaper about to be sold, crusading editor Ed Hutcheson tries to complete an exposé on gangster Rienzi
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter
Dir: Richard Brooks
Crossroads - 1942
An amnesiac French diplomat is blackmailed for crimes that he committed before he lost his memory.
Dir: Jack Conway
Quality: 9/10
Stars: William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor
The Cruel Tower - 1956
Sexy, hi-rise skyscaper construction thriller - not for the feint hearted!
Quality: 8.5/10
Stars: Mari Blanchard, Charles McGraw, John Ericson, Steve Brodie
Death In Small Doses - 1957
Truck drivers stuff themselves full of ‘Bennies’ to stay awake for the long haul. Some go crazy and some have terrible accidents so Tom Kaylor is sent undercover to expose the dealers
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Peter Graves, Chuck Connors, Mala Powers, Merry Anders
The Devil Thumbs A Ride - 1947
Law-abiding Jimmy Ferguson soon regrets giving a ride to killer Steve Morgan, in this cracking Noir. Essential viewing especially for Teirney's masterful performance
Quality: 8.5/10, US Film Noir
Stars: Lawrence Tierney, Ted North, Nan Leslie
Dir: Felix E. Feist
Decoy - 1946
Quality: 9/10 (region free Euro PAL dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, Robert Armstrong, Herbert Rudley
Dial Red O - 1955 / Sudden Danger - 1955
Quality: 9/10
DR Stars: Bill Elliott, Helene Stanley
SD Stars: Bill Elliott, Tom Drake, Beverly Garland
Dishonored Lady - 1947
An under-pressure fashion magazine Editor and party girl by night heads for a breakdown, so quits her job, moves away and changes her identity. All is peaceful until an ex tracks her down and implicates her in a murder
Quality: Quality: 8.5/10
Stars:Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O'Keefe, John Loder, William Lundigan
Double Jeopardy - 1955
Quality: 7.5/10 (occasional logo/egion free Euro PAL dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Rod Cameron, Gale Robbins, Allison Hayes, Jack Kelly
Fear No More - 1961
Travelling by train from Los Angeles to San Francisco, a woman, recently released from psychiatric care, is accused of the murder of a woman found dead in her compartment. Arrested and taken off the train, she escapes custody and flees to her apartment, where she finds another murder victim and realises she is being set up
Quality: 9/10, US Noir
Stars: Mala Powers, Jacques Bergerac, John Harding
Dragon's Gold - 1954
A bonding company sends an investigator to China to confirm the theft of millions of dollars of gold. murder and intrigue are both on the menu
Quality: 6.5/10
Stars: John Archer, Hillary Brooke, Noel Cravat
Edge Of Fury - 1958
Quality: 8.5/10 (region free Euro PAL dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Michael Higgins, Lois Holmes, Jean Allison
Forbidden - 1953
While searching for a mobster's widow in Macao, Eddie Darrow gets involved in a casino owner's affairs
Quality: 6.5/10, occasional logo
Stars: Tony Curtis, Joanne Dru, Lyle Betger
For You I Die - 1947
A prisoner is forced to escape by a crazed inmate and made to hide out at a roadhouse where his girlfriend works. Meanwhile the Police are in fairly hot pursuit
Quality: 6/10 (poor alpha print source)
Stars: Cathy Downs, Paul Langton, Mischa Auer
Fright - 1956
A woman believes herself to be the reincarnated lover of a Prince and a murderer turns out to be the reincarnation of the Prince. It's better than it sounds!
Quality: 8/10, US
Stars: Eric Fleming, Nancy Malone, Frank Marth
The Girl In The Black Stockings - 1950
A party girl is murdered in a motel and everyone is under suspicion
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Lex Barker, Anne Bancroft, Mamie van Doren
The Girl Who Dared - 1944
Light-hearted but suspensefully plotted old dark house crime mystery
Quality: 7/10
Stars: Lorna Gray, Peter Cookson, Grant Withers, Veda Ann Borg, Willie Best
Girls Of The Road - 1940
A story of the great-depression era about women hobos, tramps, job-seekers, fugitives and runaways running from or toward something as they hitch-hiked their way across the United States. Recommended
Quality: 9/10 occasional logo
Stars: Ann Dvorak, Helen Mack, Lola Lane, Ann Doran, Marjorie Cooley
Girls On The Loose - 1958
An all female crime ring has been scoring on some major heists. But things hit a downward spiral after a gang member's sister starts dating a cop, Cracking stuff
Quality: 8.5/10
Stars: Mara Corday, Barbara Bostock, Peter Mark Richman
The Glass Web - 1953
A beautiful actress seduces and blackmails men but ends up pushing her luck a little too far
Quality: 7/10
Stars: Edward G Robinson, John Forsythe, Kathleen Hughes
The Green-Eyed Blonde - 1957
Noir-esq drama about a bunch of wayward girls in a correctional institution
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Susan Oliver, Melinda Plowman, Beverly Long, Norma Jean Nilsson, Tommie Moore
Guest In The House - 1944
A manipulative young woman moves in with her fiancé's family and turns a happy household against itself in this unusual Noir entry
Quality: 7.5/10, logo
Stars: Anne Baxter, Ralph Bellamy, Aline MacMahon, Ruth Warrick, Marie McDonald
The Hoodlum - 1951
Paroled sociopath Vincent Lubeck betrays his family's trust when he masterminds an armoured car robbery
Quality: 8.5/10, logo
Stars: LawrenceTtierney, Allene Roberts, Marjorie Riordan
Highway 13 - 1948
A driver for a trucking company hangs out at the truckstop with Doris. Meanwhile, the company he is working for is keen to find out why their trucks are involved in so many fatal accidents, on Highway 13
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Robert Lowery, Pamela Blake, Clem Bevans
The House Of Secrets - 1936
Two men stumble into an old mansion, and get involved with a crazed scientist, torture chambers and sinister medical experiments
Quality: 7.5/10, US
Stars: Leslie Fenton, Muriel Evans, Noel Madison
The Houston Story - 1956
In Houston, a man working as an oil driller comes up with a scheme for stealing millions of dollars worth of oil from the fields, in this neat Noir
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Gene Barry, Barbara Hale, Edward Arnold
The Human Jungle - 1954
Quality: 9/10 (feint logo visible)
Stars: Gary Merrill, Jan Sterling, Regis Toomey, Chuck Connors, Paula Raymond
The Hunted - 1948
A police detective investigating a jewel robbery discovers evidence that points to his girlfriend as the culprit, although she claims she was framed
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Preston Foster, Belita, Pierre Watkin
Illegal - 1955
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Nina Foch, Hugh Marlowe
Impact - 1949
A unfaithful wife plots with her lover to kill her husband, but the lover is accidentally killed instead. The husband stays in hiding letting his wife take the rap
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn
Incident - 1948
A stockbroker is mistaken in the dark for a gangster and is brutally beaten. His friends help him find the intended victim to warn him and get involved in hijacking and murder
Quality: 8.5/10 (region free Euro PAL dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Warren Douglas, Jane Frazee, Robert Osterloh, Joyce Compton
Inner Sanctum - 1948
A man fleeing the police after having committed a murder hides out in a boarding house in a small town
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Charles Russell, Mary Beth Hughes, Dale Belding
Inside Detroit - 1956
Gus Linden, the former racketeer head of a Detroit local of the United Automobile Workers of America, attempts to destroy his successor, Blair Vickers
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Pat O'Brien, Tina Carver
Inside Job - 1946
A pair of married ex-cons get jobs at a department store but a crook who knows about their past threatens to expose it unless they agree to help him rob the place
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Preston Foster, Ann Rutherford, Alan Curtis
Insurance Investigator - 1951
A businessman who has had a double indemnity policy taken out on him dies mysteriously, his insurance company sends an undercover agent to investigate
Quality: 7/10 (region free PAL dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Richard Denning, Audrey Long, John Eldredge, Hillary Brooke, Reed Hadley