Crime Movies

The Big Combo (1955)

The Big Combo (1955)

The Big Combo (1955)
IMDb: N/A
88

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster’s girlfriend.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Women’s Prison (1955)

Women’s Prison (1955)

Women’s Prison (1955)
IMDb: N/A
79

A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women’s prison.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Six Bridges to Cross (1955)

Six Bridges to Cross (1955)

Six Bridges to Cross (1955)
IMDb: N/A
96

Follow the evolution of a small time juvenile delinquent hood to a big time racketeer. Based on the famous 1950 Brinks Robbery in Boston that netted the crooks $2.5 million….

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
IMDb: N/A
81

One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and…

The Delavine Affair (1955)

The Delavine Affair (1955)

The Delavine Affair (1955)
IMDb: N/A
64

Peter Reynolds stars as Rex Banner, a newspaperman who makes it his life’s mission to track down a vicious gang of thieves. When his informant winds up dead, Rex finds…

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Black Tuesday (1954)

Black Tuesday (1954)

Black Tuesday (1954)
IMDb: N/A
80

Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Cry Vengeance (1954)

Cry Vengeance (1954)

Cry Vengeance (1954)
IMDb: N/A
82

Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he was scarred, framed, and imprisoned. On release, Vic has but one desire, revenge on still-hiding…

The Fast and the Furious (1954)

The Fast and the Furious (1954)

The Fast and the Furious (1954)
IMDb: N/A
76

A framed man escapes prison and takes a wealthy woman’s Jaguar with her in it. After she tries to escape numerous times, they begin to develop feelings for each other,…

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Third Party Risk (1954)

Third Party Risk (1954)

Third Party Risk (1954)
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63

Vacationing at a resort hotel in Spain, a man discovers he is the only one not mixed up one way or another in murder, drugs and microfilm smuggling. But, the…

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Operation Manhunt (1954)

Operation Manhunt (1954)

Operation Manhunt (1954)
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77

Ten years after his defection from the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa, Igor Gouzenko is hunted by Soviet agents. Based on a true story.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Naked Alibi (1954)

Naked Alibi (1954)

Naked Alibi (1954)
IMDb: N/A
86

Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police questioners, is beaten, and swears vengeance against them. Next night, Lieut. Parks is murdered; Willis is…

The Stranger Came Home (1954)

The Stranger Came Home (1954)

The Stranger Came Home (1954)
IMDb: N/A
80

Someone knocked out a man and left him for dead during a fishing trip in Portugal. That someone is either his fetching wife, or two business partners, all sporting guilty…

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Suddenly (1954)

Suddenly (1954)

Suddenly (1954)
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77

The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw’s unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can’t abide guns and those who use them….

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Dragnet (1954)

Dragnet (1954)

Dragnet (1954)
IMDb: N/A
89

Two homicide detectives try to find just the facts behind a mobster’s brutal murder.

Genre: Crime, Drama
A Bullet Is Waiting (1954)

A Bullet Is Waiting (1954)

A Bullet Is Waiting (1954)
IMDb: N/A
81

A plane carrying a sheriff and a man indicted for manslaughter is wrecked on a lonely California beach and the prisoner manages to escape, after a struggle, only to be…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Down Three Dark Streets (1954)

Down Three Dark Streets (1954)

Down Three Dark Streets (1954)
IMDb: N/A
85

An FBI Agent takes on the three unrelated cases of a dead agent to track down his killer.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Private Hell 36 (1954)

Private Hell 36 (1954)

Private Hell 36 (1954)
IMDb: N/A
81

In New York City, a bank robbery of $300,000 goes unsolved for a year, until some of the marked bills are found in a Los Angeles drugstore theft. Police detectives…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Time Is My Enemy (1954)

Time Is My Enemy (1954)

Time Is My Enemy (1954)
IMDb: N/A
64

A happily-married woman is blackmailed by her first husband, who she wrongly believed was killed in the Blitz.

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Shield for Murder (1954)

Shield for Murder (1954)

Shield for Murder (1954)
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82

A crooked detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep his money.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Human Desire (1954)

Human Desire (1954)

Human Desire (1954)
IMDb: N/A
91

A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in a sordid affair with a co-worker’s wife and murder. Preserved by the Academy Film…

Pushover (1954)

Pushover (1954)

Pushover (1954)
IMDb: N/A
88

A police detective falls for the bank robber’s girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Paid to Kill (1954)

Paid to Kill (1954)

Paid to Kill (1954)
IMDb: N/A
75

A man pays a hitman to kill him. Circumstances change and he tries to call off the hit but he has trouble getting the deal killed.

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Genre: Crime, Thriller
On the Waterfront (1954)

On the Waterfront (1954)

On the Waterfront (1954)
IMDb: N/A
108

Terry Malloy is a kindhearted dockworker, and former boxer, who is tricked by his corrupt bosses into leading his friend to death. After falling in love, he tries to leave…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Father Brown (1954)

Father Brown (1954)

Father Brown (1954)
IMDb: N/A
91

Works 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.

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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
On Trial (1954)

On Trial (1954)

On Trial (1954)
IMDb: N/A
110

Prosecutor Etzel discovers that his father has sentenced a man, Leonardo Maurizius, on mere presumptions. He then makes it a point of honor to trace the sources of the case…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dial M for Murder (1954)

Dial M for Murder (1954)

Dial M for Murder (1954)
IMDb: N/A
105

When American writer Mark Halliday visits the very married Margot Wendice in London, he unknowingly sets off a chain of blackmail and murder.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
The Long Wait (1954)

The Long Wait (1954)

The Long Wait (1954)
IMDb: N/A
94

Soon after thumbing a ride from a truck driver, Johnny McBride is badly burned and suffers from complete amnesia when the vehicle he’s riding in blows a tire and goes…

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Mad Magician (1954)

The Mad Magician (1954)

The Mad Magician (1954)
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72

Don Gallico is an inventor of stage magic effects who aspires to become a star in his own right. Just before his first performance his act is shut down by…

Jail Bait (1954)

Jail Bait (1954)

Jail Bait (1954)
IMDb: N/A
74

Don Gregor, the son of famous plastic surgeon Dr. Boris Gregor, begins to hang around with young criminal Vic Brady and carry a gun. The pair attempt an armed holdup,…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
The Miami Story (1954)

The Miami Story (1954)

The Miami Story (1954)
IMDb: N/A
75

Fed up with the raising crime in Miami, the police chief and the leading members of the city council hire a former Miami gangster, gone straight, to help eliminate the…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Witness to Murder (1954)

Witness to Murder (1954)

Witness to Murder (1954)
IMDb: N/A
83

A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Diamond Wizard (1954)

The Diamond Wizard (1954)

The Diamond Wizard (1954)
IMDb: N/A
83

While in London trying to nab several fugitives who stole a million dollars from a U.S. Treasury vault, American federal agent Dennison (Dennis O’Keefe) assists Scotland Yard Insp. McClaren (Philip…

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Loophole (1954)

Loophole (1954)

Loophole (1954)
IMDb: N/A
80

Bank teller Mike Donovan (Barry Sullivan) takes the first step on the road to Perdition when he fails to report a $49,000 shortage. Accused of theft, Donovan is fired from…

Genre: Crime
Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)

Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)

Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
IMDb: N/A
83

When several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the killer may be. All evidence points to Dupin, but soon it becomes apparent…

Blackout (1954)

Blackout (1954)

Blackout (1954)
IMDb: N/A
87

When a beautiful young woman suddenly offers inebriated Casey Morrow a lot of money for a quick and easy job, he doesn’t ask too many questions. But when the girl’s…

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Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954)

Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954)

Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954)
IMDb: N/A
95

Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the style they enjoy. However, Max confides the…

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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Duffy of San Quentin (1954)

Duffy of San Quentin (1954)

Duffy of San Quentin (1954)
IMDb: N/A
78

San Quentin’s new warden crusades for reform and for a framed inmate who loves a nurse.

Genre: Crime, Drama
An Inspector Calls (1954)

An Inspector Calls (1954)

An Inspector Calls (1954)
IMDb: N/A
80

An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or…

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Eight O’Clock Walk (1954)

Eight O’Clock Walk (1954)

Eight O’Clock Walk (1954)
IMDb: N/A
87

Only a British cabdriver’s (Richard Attenborough) wife (Cathy O’Donnell) and lawyer (Derek Farr) believe him innocent of killing a little girl.

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Night People (1954)

Night People (1954)

Night People (1954)
IMDb: N/A
93

A US intelligence officer, stationed in Germany, is caught in a political dilemma when the Russians kidnap a young Army private, the son of prominent American businessman. In exchange for…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery