Crime Movies
Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
After the King of Ruthenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean liner which also carries a…
Johnny Angel (1945)
George Raft plays a sailor who sets out to solve his father’s mysterious death.
Mildred Pierce (1945)
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Strange Confession (1945)
A scientist who is working on a cure for influenza is victimized by his unscrupulous boss, who releases the vaccine before it’s ready, resulting in the death of the scientist’s…
Apology for Murder (1945)
Head over heels in love with a stern and cold older businessman’s young wife, a reporter is seduced into conspiring to murder him so she can inherit his estate, while…
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)
George Sanders stars in this engrossing melodrama about a very domineering sister who holds a tight grip on her brother — especially when he shows signs of falling in love.
Lady on a Train (1945)
While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one too many mystery novels….
The Falcon in San Francisco (1945)
While on vacation, the Falcon is arrested for kidnapping after striking up a friendship with a girl whose nurse has been recently murdered.
Federal Operator 99 (1945)
Jerry Blake (aka Federal Operator 99) teams-up with Joyce Kingston to thwart the plans of escaped crime boss Jim Belmont.
Bewitched (1945)
A girl enlists a psychic to get rid of her murderous alternate personality.
Murder He Says (1945)
Pete Marshall is sent as a replacement to the mountain district town of Plainville when a public opinion surveyor who went there goes missing. Visiting the hillbilly family of Mamie…
The Woman in Green (1945)
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of…
The Frozen Ghost (1945)
When a man dies of a heart attack, a stage and radio mentalist believes he has willed him to die because he was angry with the man. Riddled with guilt,…
The Lady Confesses (1945)
An estranged wife shows up after a nearly 7 years of disappearance — thought to be dead, to prevent her husband from marrying his new love until someone kills her.
The Brighton Strangler (1945)
After suffering a head injury during the Blitz, John Loder, a theatre actor comes to believe himself to be the Brighton Strangler, the murderer he was playing onstage.
Circumstantial Evidence (1945)
A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax.
The Power of the Whistler (1945)
A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then tries to help him remember who he is based…
Two O’Clock Courage (1945)
A cab driver nearly hits a man with amnesia, then helps him unravel his past, only to discover he’s a murder suspect as she falls for him.
The Phantom Speaks (1945)
The spirit of an executed murderer enters the body of a physician, and forces him to do its bidding–namely, murder.
Having Wonderful Crime (1945)
Newlyweds (George Murphy, Carole Landis) drag their lawyer friend (Pat O’Brien) to a mountain resort on a search for a missing magician.
Escape in the Fog (1945)
A military nurse recovering at an inn from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees two men trying to murder a third. When she meets a man who…
The House of Fear (1945)
The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing – solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest member. All seems serene and…
The Suspect (1945)
Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much,…
The Jade Mask (1945)
The latest assignment for respected detective Charlie Chan has come directly from the government and involves the disappearance of a scientist named Harper, who was working on an extremely important…
Adventures of Kitty O’Day (1945)
A telephone operator plays homicide detective with her boyfriend, making it harder for the police.
The Falcon in Hollywood (1944)
Suave amateur detective Tom Lawrence–aka Michael Arlen’s literary hero The Falcon–arrives in Hollywood for some rest and relaxation, only to find himself involved in the murder of a movie actor….
Enter Arsène Lupin (1944)
A rich but naive young woman is in possession of some priceless jewels. She herself doesn’t know it, but a gang of jewel thieves does.
Dead Man’s Eyes (1944)
Artist David Stuart is blinded by a jealous model whose portrait he is painting. His fiance’s father generously offers his eyes for a sight restoring operation. There’s only one hitch:…
Bluebeard (1944)
Young female models are being strangled. Will law enforcement be able to stop the crime wave before more women become victims?
The Woman in the Window (1944)
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
The Mark of the Whistler (1944)
A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man’s old…
The Last Ride (1944)
A police lieutenant is determined to bust the gang of crooks selling defective automobile tires.
Strangers in the Night (1944)
In this Gothic tale, a returning WW2 vet goes looking for a small-town girl whom he knows only from letters. It’s the pretext for an off-beat treatment of sexual frustration…
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home…
When Strangers Marry (1944)
A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer.
In Society (1944)
Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into…
The Falcon in Mexico (1944)
The Falcon travels to Mexico where he gets involved with murder and a mysterious painting.
The Pearl of Death (1944)
The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its owner since the days of the Borgias, is brought to London, thanks in…
Christmas Holiday (1944)
Don’t be fooled by the title. Christmas Holiday is a far, far cry from It’s a Wonderful Life. Told in flashback, the story begins as Abigail Martin marries Southern aristocrat…