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Backfire

1950

Backfire

1950
5.8
When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army buddy Steve Connolly. A reformed crook, Connolly is on the lam from a trumped-up murder rap, and Corey hopes to clear his pal. Tagging along is Army nurse Julie Benson, who has fallen for Corey.
A Dangerous Profession

1949

A Dangerous Profession

1949
5.6
A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation involving a former flame.
Intruder in the Dust

1949

Intruder in the Dust

1949
7.3
Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites, is found standing over the body of a dead white man, holding a pistol that has recently been fired. Quickly arrested for murder and jailed, Beauchamp insists he's innocent and asks the town's most prominent lawyer, Gavin Stevens, to defend him, but Stevens refuses. When a local boy whom Beauchamp has helped in the past and who believes him to be innocent hears talk of a mob taking Beauchamp out of jail and lynching him, he pleads with Stevens to defend Beauchamp at trial and prove his innocence.
The Third Man

1949

The Third Man

1949
7.9
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.
Scene of the Crime

1949

Scene of the Crime

1949
6
A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activities.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

1949

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

1949
6.6
Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid for the plot to work. Inspector Wellman uses Freddie to get the killer (and it isn't the Swami).
A Letter to Three Wives

1949

A Letter to Three Wives

1949
7.2
A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands - but she does not say which one.
The Snake Pit

1948

The Snake Pit

1948
7.1
Virginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her arrival at the institution. Tormented by delusions and unable to even recognize her husband, Robert, she is treated by Dr. Mark Kik, who is determined to get to the root of her mental illness. As her treatment progresses, flashbacks depict events in Virginia's life that may have contributed to her instability.
Sorry, Wrong Number

1948

Sorry, Wrong Number

1948
6.8
Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.
The Naked City

1948

The Naked City

1948
7.2
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
Corridor of Mirrors

1948

Corridor of Mirrors

1948
5.8
A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life.
The Lady from Shanghai

1947

The Lady from Shanghai

1947
7.3
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
Secret Beyond the Door

1947

Secret Beyond the Door

1947
6.5
After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.
The Chinese Ring

1947

The Chinese Ring

1947
4.9
Soon after a Chinese princess comes to the US to buy planes for her people, she is murdered by a poison dart fired by an air rifle.
Dark Passage

1947

Dark Passage

1947
7.3
A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.
Lured

1947

Lured

1947
6.3
Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes her friend has been murdered by a serial killer who uses personal ads to find his victims. Temple hatches a plan to catch the killer using Sandra as bait, and Sandra agrees to help.
Song of the Thin Man

1947

Song of the Thin Man

1947
6.8
Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.
Cry Wolf

1947

Cry Wolf

1947
5.9
A woman uncovers deadly secrets when she visits her late husband's family.
Crossfire

1947

Crossfire

1947
6.6
A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?
Dancing with Crime

1947

Dancing with Crime

1947
5.9
When his best friend is murdered inside a London dancehall, a cab driver and his girlfriend involve themselves in the investigation and discover a major criminal operation hiding behind the club's friendly facade.