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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.
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.
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.
Calling Paul Temple

1948

Calling Paul Temple

1948
6.4
Paul Temple is called in to help Scotland Yard track down a serial killer who has murdered several wealthy women.
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.
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

1947

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

1947
5.3
A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as 'Gruesome', has found out about a scientist's secret formula for a gas that temporarily paralyzes anyone who breathes it. When Gruesome accidentally inhales some of the gas and passes out, the police think he is dead and take him to the morgue, where he later revives and escapes. This puzzling incident attracts the interest of Dick Tracy, and when the criminals later use the gas to rob a bank, Tracy realizes that he must devote his entire attention to stopping them.
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.
Mysterious Mr. Nicholson

1947

Mysterious Mr. Nicholson

1947
4.3
A change in a will, a murder and a mysterious letter. The police look to a former cat burglar to aid them in the investigation.
Undercover Maisie

1947

Undercover Maisie

1947
8
Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to use her as an undercover agent to expose a conman.