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51. Traffic in Crime (1946)
Approved | 56 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Police Chief Jim Murphy, in a crime-ridden city, deputizes newspaper-reporter Sam Wire, to work as an undercover operative to rid the town of the gangster element. Sam taunts and tricks the... See full summary »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Kane Richmond, Anne Nagel, Adele Mara, Wade Crosby
Votes: 56
52. Clube do Sexo (1984)
78 min | Comedy
Director: Rubem Rey | Stars: Kleber Afonso, Aldo Bueno, Silas Bueno, Jussara Calmon
53. The Strange Mrs. Crane (1948)
Approved | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Hoping to bury her criminal past, Jenny Hadley settles into a comfortable existence as Gina, the wife of the politician Clinton Crane. When her former associate Floyd Durant shows up to ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Marjorie Lord, Robert Shayne, Pierre Watkin, James Seay
Votes: 130
54. The Tiger Woman (1945)
Approved | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
At the Tiger Club nightclub, singer Sharon Winslow asks private detective Jerry Devery to help her prevent the murder of her husband Fred, one of the club's owners. Sharon is afraid that ... See full synopsis »
Director: Philip Ford | Stars: Adele Mara, Kane Richmond, Richard Fraser, Peggy Stewart
Votes: 98
55. Fair Warning (1937)
Approved | 70 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
In California's Death Valley, a chemistry whiz-kid helps a sheriff track the man who murdered a wealthy mine owner who had been staying at a fancy winter resort.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: J. Edward Bromberg, Betty Furness, John Payne, Victor Kilian
Votes: 85
56. O Círculo do Prazer (1983)
75 min | Drama
Director: Mário Vaz Filho | Stars: Kátia Camargo, Helen Cristiane, Aryadne de Lima, Elizabeth de Luiz
57. Midnight Intruder (1938)
Approved | 68 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is a suspect.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Louis Hayward, Eric Linden, J.C. Nugent, Barbara Read
Votes: 151
58. Undercover Girl (1958)
68 min | Crime
A journalist pieces together clues which lead to the eventual downfall of a sophisticated blackmail ring.
Director: Francis Searle | Stars: Paul Carpenter, Kay Callard, Monica Grey, Bruce Seton
Votes: 107
59. Doctors Don't Tell (1941)
Passed | 65 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A naive young doctor, in a misguided effort to impress a young woman, finds himself in over his head when a gangster client demands plastic surgery to achieve the perfect disguise.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: John Beal, Florence Rice, Edward Norris, Ward Bond
Votes: 107
60. Forged Passport (1939)
Approved | 63 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Dan Frazier is a U.S. Border Patrolman on the California-Mexico border whose hot temper and ready-fists keep him in trouble, both of which indirectly lead to the death of a fellow trooper. ... See full summary »
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Paul Kelly, June Lang, Lyle Talbot, Billy Gilbert
Votes: 31
61. Bullets for O'Hara (1941)
Approved | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A detective (Roger Pryor) courts a gangster's (Anthony Quinn) ex-wife (Joan Perry) to lure him into a trap.
Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Joan Perry, Roger Pryor, Anthony Quinn, Maris Wrixon
Votes: 277
62. The Curtain Falls (1934)
Approved | 68 min | Drama
Sarah Crabtree was once a star of the stage, but has fallen on hard times; the city has condemned and torn down her apartment building and she has nowhere to go. She writes to her wealthy, ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Henrietta Crosman, Dorothy Lee, William Bakewell, Natalie Moorhead
Votes: 44
63. Sunshine of Paradise Alley (1926)
75 min | Drama, Romance
A wealthy banker wants to tear down a tenement slum to build a factory, but a charming girl who lives there starts to persuade him to change his mind. A crooked bank employee and one of the... See full summary »
Director: Jack Nelson | Stars: Barbara Bedford, Kenneth MacDonald, Max Davidson, Nigel Barrie
Votes: 25
64. Mark of the Phoenix (1958)
64 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A sample of an advanced new metal is stolen and made into a cigarette case in Brussels ready for smuggling to the East. An American jewel thief accidentally finds it in his possession and becomes the focus of unwanted attention.
Director: Maclean Rogers | Stars: Sheldon Lawrence, Julia Arnall, Anton Diffring, Eric Pohlmann
Votes: 137
65. Recaptured Love (1930)
77 min | Comedy, Drama
An errant husband wants to return to his wife.
Director: John G. Adolfi | Stars: Belle Bennett, John Halliday, Dorothy Burgess, George Bickel
Votes: 39
66. Ellis Island (1936)
Approved | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
It opens in 1926 when three bank robbers, Theodore Kedrich, Jan Imarski, and Petra Lonelli, stage a daring daylight bank robbery and get away with a million dollars in cash. They are soon ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Donald Cook, Peggy Shannon, Jack La Rue, Joyce Compton
Votes: 81
67. Frisco Waterfront (1935)
66 min | Drama
As California gubernatorial candidate Burton is about to cast his vote a truck crashes into the polling booth, critically injuring him and his opponent. A flashback traces his career from ... See full summary »
Directors: Arthur Lubin, Joseph Santley | Stars: Ben Lyon, Helen Twelvetrees, Rod La Rocque, Russell Hopton
Votes: 33
68. Tem Piranha no Aquário (1982)
79 min | Drama
Young woman trying her luck in the big city tells a journalist her sexual adventures.
Director: Vital Filho | Stars: Lúcia Alves, Cristina Amaral, Canarinho, Rubem De Bem
69. Broadway Jungle (1955)
62 min | Comedy, Drama
In Hollywood, fledgling director, harassed by the landlord for rent, explains that he has finally found a backer for his new movie, "Death Takes a Spree", and so should soon be flush.
Director: Phil Tucker | Stars: Norman Wright, June Gilmore, George Robeleto, Bruno Metsa
Votes: 56
70. Cheer Up! (1936)
72 min | Musical
A couple of out of work songwriters try to persuade a wealthy stockbroker to back them. But he turns out to be broke as they are. A series of mistaken identities, misunderstandings and ... See full summary »
Director: Leo Mittler | Stars: Stanley Lupino, Sally Gray, Roddy Hughes, Wyn Weaver
Votes: 84
71. Os Pilantras da Noite (1975)
95 min | Crime
Director: Tony Vieira | Stars: Tony Vieira, Claudete Joubert, Cristina Amaral, Kamal Bacarat
72. Motel (1974)
90 min | Comedy
Caseli, a young writer and teacher, creates in his imagination characters who would frequent a motel, the subject of the book he is writing.
Director: Alcino Diniz | Stars: Cristina Amaral, Rodolfo Arena, Jaime Barcellos, Milton Carneiro
Votes: 10