Crime Movies
The Dark Past (1948)
A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recurring dream that the doctor of the house may be…
An Act of Murder (1948)
A man kills his terminally ill wife to prevent her further suffering.
Brass Monkey (1948)
Carroll Levis, a radio variety host, gets involved in murder and theft.
Parole Inc. (1948)
A federal agent’s life is in danger when he’s exposed while investigating a parole scheme.
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)
Bill Saunders, a former prisoner of war living in England, whose experiences have left him unstable and violent, gets into a bar fight in which he kills a man and…
Incident (1948)
An innocent man — due to a case of mistaken identity — is beaten. Once recovered, the stockbroker tries to find the actual intended target — a gangster– and warn…
Inner Sanctum (1948)
A killer hides out in a small-town boarding house.
Cry of the City (1948)
Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another…
Race Street (1948)
A night club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.
Bodyguard (1948)
A cop on suspension is framed for murder when he noses in on a murder investigation.
Larceny (1948)
Rick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial….
Walk a Crooked Mile (1948)
A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation. To investigate the case…
The Golden Eye (1948)
A gold mine in Arizona, that was formerly losing a lot of money, suddenly turns into a veritable money-making machine. However, the owner, instead of being happy about his now…
Mystery in Mexico (1948)
Insurance detective Steve Hastings is sent by his company to investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent. His first lead is the agent’s fetching sister, Victoria, whom he trails to…
My Brother’s Keeper (1948)
War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan to obtain railway tickets,…
Hollow Triumph (1948)
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.
Jungle Goddess (1948)
When a plane carrying the daughter of a millionaire crashes in an African jungle, two pilots set out to collect the reward. They discover that she has become the goddess…
Pitfall (1948)
An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.
Fighting Back (1948)
An ex-convict, freed to fight in World War II, gets a factory job and is accused when a bracelet is missing.
Blonde Ice (1948)
A golddigging femme fatale leaves a trail of men behind her, rich and poor, alive and dead.
Key Largo (1948)
A hurricane swells outside, but it’s nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. There, sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco holes up – and holds at gunpoint hotel…
The Street with No Name (1948)
After two gang-related killings in “Center City,” a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail…and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI recruits a young agent, Gene Cordell, to…
The Shanghai Chest (1948)
Charlie attempts to solve a triple murder in which a dead man’s finger prints show up at all three murder sites, and all three victims were connected with the conviction…
Oliver Twist (1948)
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he’s hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young…
Jinx Money (1948)
A man wins $50,000 in a card game with gamblers, but is soon found dead and the money missing. Slip and Sach find the money near where the body was…
Stage Struck (1948)
A young woman’s murder sheds light on a crooked talent agency.
The Fuller Brush Man (1948)
Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make good when he becomes a Fuller Brush man. His awkward attempts…
I Jane Doe (1948)
While stationed in France during World War II, an American fighter pilot marries a French girl but leaves her behind when he returns to the U.S. The French woman follows…
I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes (1948)
An innocent dancer is accused of murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene, but his wife follows the trail of clues to find the real perpetrator.
Raw Deal (1948)
Joe Sullivan is itching to get out of prison. He’s taken the rap for his accomplice Rick, a sadistic mobster who owes him $50,000 from the job they pulled. Rick…
Good-Time Girl (1948)
Sent to a home for “problem” girls, incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd,…
No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948)
A sheltered heiress is abducted on her wedding night by a trio of cheap hoods.
The Hunted (1948)
A cop investigating a jewel robbery finds that all trails lead to his girlfriend – but she claims she’s being framed.
Casbah (1948)
Pepe Le Moko leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah of Algiers, where he has exiled himself to escape imprisonment in his native France.
The Return of the Whistler (1948)
When a woman goes missing on the eve of her wedding, her fiancee hires a detective to track her down
The Big Clock (1948)
Stroud, a crime magazine’s crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss Janoth…
Rope (1948)
Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.
The Naked City (1948)
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
The Eleven O’Clock Woman (1948)
Stanislas Oscar Seminario, aka SOS, is a young explorer, just back from Africa, visiting old friends: the Pescara’s. But the father keeps receiving anonymous letters. And soon a mysterious murder…
Dick Barton: Special Agent (1948)
Government agent Dick Barton battles a ring of Nazi spies who are planning to poison the entire London water supply.