Crime Movies

Thieves’ Highway (1949)

Thieves’ Highway (1949)

Thieves’ Highway (1949)
IMDb: N/A
94

Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The House Across the Street (1949)

The House Across the Street (1949)

The House Across the Street (1949)
IMDb: N/A
69

Dave Joslin, the managing editor of a big-city newspaper, is demoted and moved to the Miss Lonely Hearts column-writing department by the newspaper’s publisher, J. B. Grennell, because Joslin refuses…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
White Heat (1949)

White Heat (1949)

White Heat (1949)
IMDb: N/A
114

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Obsession (1949)

Obsession (1949)

Obsession (1949)
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96

A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife’s lover.

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The Red Menace (1949)

The Red Menace (1949)

The Red Menace (1949)
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81

A couple try to leave the Communist party after a murder by the group they were once loyal to.

Genre: Crime
Sky Liner (1949)

Sky Liner (1949)

Sky Liner (1949)
IMDb: N/A
61

Travellers board a flight, unaware that other passengers might be spies and counterspies, complete with secret documents, poison and elaborate plans to engage in international espionage!

Genre: Crime
Mr. Soft Touch (1949)

Mr. Soft Touch (1949)

Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
IMDb: N/A
93

When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WWII hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club’s safe and hides in…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Scene of the Crime (1949)

Scene of the Crime (1949)

Scene of the Crime (1949)
IMDb: N/A
94

A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman… that may have been involved in crooked activities.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Rainbow Man (1949)

The Rainbow Man (1949)

The Rainbow Man (1949)
IMDb: N/A
81

When a young woman is named as the prime suspect in a murder, her girlfriend and her girlfriend’s boyfriend set out to prove her innocence. Their investigation leads them to…

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Too Late for Tears (1949)

Too Late for Tears (1949)

Too Late for Tears (1949)
IMDb: N/A
99

Through 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.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Follow Me Quietly (1949)

Follow Me Quietly (1949)

Follow Me Quietly (1949)
IMDb: N/A
60

When it rains in the city, a serial killer known as “The Judge” looks for his next strangling victim. For months, the madman has been stalking at night, leaving behind…

Vengeance Is Mine (1949)

Vengeance Is Mine (1949)

Vengeance Is Mine (1949)
IMDb: N/A
59

In this crime drama, a man learns that he has six months left to live, and before he dies he decides to get revenge against the man responsible for his…

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Genre: Crime, Drama
The Big Steal (1949)

The Big Steal (1949)

The Big Steal (1949)
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71

Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief’s ex-girlfriend and is in turn being chased…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
House of Strangers (1949)

House of Strangers (1949)

House of Strangers (1949)
IMDb: N/A
101

Gino Monetti is a ruthless Italian-American banker who is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Arson Inc. (1949)

Arson Inc. (1949)

Arson Inc. (1949)
IMDb: N/A
63

An arson investigator goes undercover to break up a ring that sets fires in order to collect the insurance.

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
IMDb: N/A
104

When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family…

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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Whisky Galore! (1949)

Whisky Galore! (1949)

Whisky Galore! (1949)
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82

Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 – during WWII – was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading…

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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Colorado Territory (1949)

Colorado Territory (1949)

Colorado Territory (1949)
IMDb: N/A
94

After escaping from jail, outlaw Wes McQueen is convinced by his old partner in crime to do one last heist.

King of the Rocket Men (1949)

King of the Rocket Men (1949)

King of the Rocket Men (1949)
IMDb: N/A
167

Prof. Millard pretends to be dead and helps Jeff King ferret out Vulcan, the evil traitor at the science academy. Donning his Rocket Man costume King goes from one hair…

Johnny Allegro (1949)

Johnny Allegro (1949)

Johnny Allegro (1949)
IMDb: N/A
81

Treasury Department officials recruit a florist (Raft) to lead them to a wanted criminal (Macready); but once he gets too close, he finds he’s the hunted.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Man on the Run (1949)

Man on the Run (1949)

Man on the Run (1949)
IMDb: N/A
82

An Army deserter, still a fugitive in Post-War Britain, wanders into a pawn-shop robbery and finds himself wanted for murder. He meets a war widow who helps him elude the…

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Window (1949)

The Window (1949)

The Window (1949)
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73

An imaginative boy who frequently makes things up witnesses a murder, but can’t get his parents or the police to believe him. The only people taking him seriously are the…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Sky Dragon (1949)

Sky Dragon (1949)

Sky Dragon (1949)
IMDb: N/A
64

All the passengers on an airplane headed for San Francisco are drugged, and when they wake up, it is discovered that a quarter-million dollars is missing. Charlie Chan–and, of course,…

The Crooked Way (1949)

The Crooked Way (1949)

The Crooked Way (1949)
IMDb: N/A
90

A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his criminal past.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)

Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)

Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)
IMDb: N/A
75

A federal agent infiltrates a crime syndicate.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
City Across the River (1949)

City Across the River (1949)

City Across the River (1949)
IMDb: N/A
91

Brooklyn youth Frank Cusack, good son and brother by day, is a gang member by night. The Dukes, seemingly likable dead-end-kids, are dangerously involved with racketeer Gaggsy Steens. Despite the…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Homicide (1949)

Homicide (1949)

Homicide (1949)
IMDb: N/A
77

Michael Landers, a police lieutenant, sets out to investigate an intricate murder case. But, the case is closed after the only witness is found dead. Will Michael be able to…

Genre: Crime
Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949)

Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949)

Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949)
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73

Special Agent Dick Barton uncovers a ring of international psychopathic criminals with plans to dominate the world using a terrifying weapon of mass destruction.

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Genre: Crime
The Set-Up (1949)

The Set-Up (1949)

The Set-Up (1949)
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73

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Undercover Man (1949)

The Undercover Man (1949)

The Undercover Man (1949)
IMDb: N/A
85

Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. Frank works undercover, posing as a criminal to seek information,…

Genre: Crime, Drama
In the Name of the Law (1949)

In the Name of the Law (1949)

In the Name of the Law (1949)
IMDb: N/A
100

A young, by-the-book judge is appointed to a Sicilian village controlled by corrupt leaders and the mafia.

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Alias Nick Beal (1949)

Alias Nick Beal (1949)

Alias Nick Beal (1949)
IMDb: N/A
93

After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy
The Clay Pigeon (1949)

The Clay Pigeon (1949)

The Clay Pigeon (1949)
IMDb: N/A
63

Jim Fletcher, waking up from a coma, finds he is to be given a court martial for treason and charged with informing on fellow inmates in a Japanese prison camp…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Salon Mexico (1949)

Salon Mexico (1949)

Salon Mexico (1949)
IMDb: N/A
91

Mercedes works as a cabaret performer to pay for her sister’s studies. Problems begin when Mercedes and Paco, her exploiter, win a dance contest, but he refuses to share the…

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Knock on Any Door (1949)

Knock on Any Door (1949)

Knock on Any Door (1949)
IMDb: N/A
100

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.

Genre: Crime, Drama
He Walked by Night (1949)

He Walked by Night (1949)

He Walked by Night (1949)
IMDb: N/A
79

Roy Martin aka Roy Morgan is a burglar and former war-time Radio & Electronics Engineer who listens in to radio police calls, allowing him to stay one step ahead of…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Criss Cross (1949)

Criss Cross (1949)

Criss Cross (1949)
IMDb: N/A
88

An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
The Bribe (1949)

The Bribe (1949)

The Bribe (1949)
IMDb: N/A
98

United States Federal agent Rigby travels to the Central American island Carlotta to investigate a stolen aircraft engines smuggling racket.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Shockproof (1949)

Shockproof (1949)

Shockproof (1949)
IMDb: N/A
79

Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful eye of her parole officer, Griff Marat, who helps her secure a job caring for…

Highway 13 (1948)

Highway 13 (1948)

Highway 13 (1948)
IMDb: N/A
58

Hank Wilson is a driver for a truck for a big transportation company which is in financial straits. He is in love with Doris Lacy, a waitress at the truck-stop…

Genre: Crime, Mystery