Crime movies



Modesty Blaise (1966)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Vitti, Monica | Stamp, Terence | Dirk Bogarde | Andrews, Harry | Craig, Michael | Revill, Clive | Knox, Alexander | Falk, Rossella | Gabel, Scilla | Chow, Michael | Melia, Joe | Urzì, Saro | Aumont, Tina | MacGreevy, Oliver
Directors: Losey, Joseph
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Great Britain is giving 50 million pounds worth of diamonds to a Middle East sheik in return for oil concessions. There are rumors of a plot by arch-criminal Gabriel (Dirk Bogarde) to steal the diamonds, so the Secret Service Chief (Harry Andrews) seeks the help of sexy spy Modesty Blaise (Monica Vitti), who brings along her sidekick Willie Garvin (Terence Stamp).

Harper (1966)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Newman, Paul | Bacall, Lauren | Harris, Julie | Hill, Arthur | Leigh, Janet | Tiffin, Pamela | Wagner, Robert | Webber, Robert | Winters, Shelley | Gould, Harold | Jenson, Roy | Martin, Strother | West, Martin | deWit, Jacqueline | Iglesias, Eugene
Directors: Smight, Jack
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Paul Newman IS Harper, a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie’s Baby (Lauren Bacall) hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.

Guys and Dolls (1955)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Brando, Marlon | Simmons, Jean | Sinatra, Frank | Blaine, Vivian | Keith, Robert | Kaye, Stubby | Pully, B.S. | Silver, Johnny | Leonard, Sheldon | Dayton, Danny | Stone, George E. | Toomey, Regis | Givney, Kathryn | Borg, Veda Ann | Hokanson, Mary Alan
Directors: Mankiewicz, Joseph L.
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All the hot gamblers are in town, and they’re all depending on Nathan Detroit to set up this week’s incarnation of “The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York”; the only problem is, he needs $1000 to get the place. Throw in Sarah Brown, who’s short on sinners at the mission she runs; Sky Masterson, who accepts Nathan’s $1000 bet that he can’t get Sarah Brown to go with him to Havana; Miss Adelaide, who wants Nathan to marry her; Police Lieutenant Brannigan, who always seems to appear at the wrong time; and the music/lyrics of Frank Loesser, and you’ve got quite a musical. Includes the songs: Fugue for Tinhorns, “Luck Be a Lady”, “Sit Down, You’re Rocking the Boat”.

Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The (1974)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Matthau, Walter | Shaw, Robert | Balsam, Martin | Elizondo, Hector | Hindman, Earl | Broderick, James | O'Neill, Dick | Wallace, Lee | Pedi, Tom | Winde, Beatrice | Stiller, Jerry | George, Nathan | Bond, Rudy | McMillan, Kenneth | Roberts, Doris
Directors: Sargent, Joseph
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Pelham 1-2-3, a subway train, becomes the focal point of the most audacious and unusual terrorist attack ever seen. Four gunmen, going by color codenames, seize the train and hold its passengers and conductor hostage halfway between underground stations, demanding a hefty ransom else they will begin executing hostages. A veteran NY transit policeman leads negotiations with the hijackers to prevent any killing, but amid the showdown a question nags at authrorities - with the gunmen and their hostages in a tunnel surrounded by police on all sides, how can they possibly escape?

Piggy Banks (2005)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Muxworthy, Jake | German, Lauren | Mann, Gabriel | Sizemore, Tom | Michaely, Joel | Sprouse, Dylan | Osborne, Drew | Garner, Kelli | Wynne, Toni | Daley, Jazmin | Adachi, Lisa | Eakland, William L. | Neward, JJ | El-Bakhi, Bridger | Shaye, Lin
Directors: Freeman, Morgan J.
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Piggy Banks tells the story of two charming and brilliant brothers who finance their lifestyle by robbing and murdering pretty much anyone foolish enough to get in the car with them. They learn the business from their sociopath father (Tom Sizemore) who doesn’t bother to hide his crimes, or the brutal philosophy which drives it. He tells his sons people are just piggy banks. You need money? Just break one open. Michael is sloppy and reckless he goes about his work with a demented glee, John perhaps even more horrifyingly, understands the misery he inflicts he simply doesn’t care. It’s just a job. Lock all your doors.

Cass (2008)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama
Countries: UK
Actors: Anozie, Nonso | Press, Nathalie | Gregory, Leo | Brocker, Gavin | Bartlett, Nick | Beevers, Geoffrey | Bence, Jack | Demetriou, Mario | Ellis, Winston | Gee, Robbie | Hassan, Tamer | Ineson, Ralph | Jennings, Rory | Johnson, Jack | Kaluuya, Daniel
Directors: Baird, Jon S.
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The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain. CASS grew up in a time before political correctness and was forced to endure racist bullying on a daily basis, until one day when the years of pent up anger came out in a violent burst. CASS found through violence the respect he never had and became addicted to the buzz of fighting. His way of life finally caught up with him when an attempted assassination on his life, saw him shot three times at point blank range. His inner strength somehow managed to keep him alive but he was left with a dilemma; whether to seek vengeance as the street had taught him, or renounce his violent past. This is the extraordinary story of his life.

Wolf Creek (2005)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Crime | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Australia
Actors: O'Donnell, Guy | Poole, Gordon | Phillips, Nathan | Morassi, Kestie | Magrath, Cassandra | Jarratt, John
Directors: McLean, Greg
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Just when you thought it was safe to go hiking in the bushes again…along comes Mick Taylor. Kristy, Ben and Liz are three pals in their twenties who set out to hike through the scenic Wolf Creek National Park in the Australian Outback. The trouble begins when they get back only to find that their car won’t start. The trio think they have a way out when they run into a local bushman named Mick Taylor. Wait until you get a load of what Mick has in store for them. Their troubles have just begun.

They Live by Night (1948)

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Film-Noir | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: O'Donnell, Cathy | Granger, Farley | Da Silva, Howard | Flippen, Jay C. | Craig, Helen | Wright, Will | Bryant, Marie | Wolfe, Ian | Phipps, William | Harvey, Harry | Lee, Will | Nolan, Jim | Infuhr, Teddy | Foulger, Byron | Beach, Guy
Directors: Ray, Nicholas
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In the ’30s, three prisoners flee from a state prison farm in Mississippi. Among them is 23-years-young Bowie, who spent the last seven years in prison and now hopes to be able to prove his innocence or retire to a home in the mountains and live in peace together with his new love, Kitty. But his criminal companions persuade him to participate in several heists, and soon the police believe him to be their leader and go after “Bowie the Kid” harder than ever.

Long Good Friday, The (1980)

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Freeman, Paul | Dolan, Leo | McNally, Kevin | Love, Patti | Moriarty, P.H. | Thompson, Derek | Marshall, Bryan | Hoskins, Bob | Mirren, Helen | Head, Ruby | Cork, Charles | Pierre, Olivier | Brosnan, Pierce | O'Malley, Daragh | King, Dave
Directors: Mackenzie, John
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Harold, a prosperous English gangster, is about to close a lucrative new deal when bombs start showing up in very inconvenient places. A mysterious syndicate is trying to muscle in on his action, and Harold wants to know who they are. He finds out soon enough, and bloody mayhem ensues.

Assassination Bureau, The (1969)

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Reed, Oliver | Rigg, Diana | Savalas, Telly | Jürgens, Curd | Noiret, Philippe | Mitchell, Warren | Reid, Beryl | Revill, Clive | Griffith, Kenneth | Dobtcheff, Vernon | Incontrera, Annabella | Conrad, Jess | Coulouris, George | Michael, Ralph | Kath, Katherine
Directors: Dearden, Basil
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For her first assignment a lady journalist tracks down the head of an organisation offering to kill, for money, people deserving of such a fate. She thinks herself very clever when he agrees to take a contract with himself as the target. What she doesn’t know is that her paper’s owner is second-in-command in the Bureau and has his own reasons for supporting her challenge.