Film Index
American cinema: Crime/Thriller
The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
John Farrow
At a New Year's party in San Francisco, Val Travers's plan to assassinate someone is thwarted by Simon Templar, better known as The Saint...
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John Farrow
Scarface (1932)
Howard Hawks
Chicago in the late 1920s. Alcohol prohibition has bred a new scourge - gangland crime - yet the authorities are helpless in preventing its spread...
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Howard Hawks
The Scarlet Claw (1944)
Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are in Quebec to attend a conference on the occult chaired by the eminent specialist in the field, Lord Penrose...
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Roy William Neill
Scream (1996)
Wes Craven
Shock and fear descend on a small American town when two high school students are brutally killed by a masked psycho-killer...
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Wes Craven
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Alfred Hitchcock
Young Charlie Newton is delighted when she receives a telegraph from her Uncle Charlie notifying her that he intends spending some time with her family in the peaceful American town of Santa Rosa...
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Alfred Hitchcock
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943)
Roy William Neill
During WWII, Sherlock Holmes succeeds in smuggling Dr Franz Tobel and his invention, the Bombsight, out of Switzerland, avoiding the Nazis who are eager to get their hands on Tobel's creation... [More...]
Roy William Neill
During WWII, Sherlock Holmes succeeds in smuggling Dr Franz Tobel and his invention, the Bombsight, out of Switzerland, avoiding the Nazis who are eager to get their hands on Tobel's creation... [More...]
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
John Rawlins
It is 1942 and Britain is at war with Germany. With alarming regularity a series of disasters is hampering the British war effort... [More...]
John Rawlins
It is 1942 and Britain is at war with Germany. With alarming regularity a series of disasters is hampering the British war effort... [More...]
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
Roy William Neill
During WWII, Musgrave Manor serves as a convalescent home for officers wounded in the war. When one of his colleagues is attacked by an unknown assailant one evening, Dr Watson invites his friend Sherlock Holmes to the house to investigate... [More...]
Roy William Neill
During WWII, Musgrave Manor serves as a convalescent home for officers wounded in the war. When one of his colleagues is attacked by an unknown assailant one evening, Dr Watson invites his friend Sherlock Holmes to the house to investigate... [More...]
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
Roy William Neill
When a British secret agent named Alfred Pettibone disappears on a train bound for Washington D.C., Sherlock Holmes is called in to investigate... [More...]
Roy William Neill
When a British secret agent named Alfred Pettibone disappears on a train bound for Washington D.C., Sherlock Holmes is called in to investigate... [More...]
Shockproof (1949)
Douglas Sirk
Having served a five year stretch in prison for her part in a murder, Jenny Marsh is released into the custody of parole officer Griff Marat, who offers her the prospect of a new life with his support... [More...]
Douglas Sirk
Having served a five year stretch in prison for her part in a murder, Jenny Marsh is released into the custody of parole officer Griff Marat, who offers her the prospect of a new life with his support... [More...]
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Jonathan Demme
Clarice Starling is undergoing the rigours of an FBI training course when she is recruited by Jack Crawford, head of the Bureau's Behavioral Science Unit, to help track down a serial killer... [More...]
Jonathan Demme
Clarice Starling is undergoing the rigours of an FBI training course when she is recruited by Jack Crawford, head of the Bureau's Behavioral Science Unit, to help track down a serial killer... [More...]
The Spider Woman (1944)
Roy William Neill
Just as London is being plagued by a series of pyjama suicides, Sherlock Holmes falls into a river and drowns whilst holidaying in Scotland... [More...]
Roy William Neill
Just as London is being plagued by a series of pyjama suicides, Sherlock Holmes falls into a river and drowns whilst holidaying in Scotland... [More...]
Split Second (1953)
Dick Powell
Convicted murderer Sam Hurley escapes from prison with his partner Bart Moore and immediately sets about recovering his ill-gotten gains from his last criminal exploit... [More...]
Dick Powell
Convicted murderer Sam Hurley escapes from prison with his partner Bart Moore and immediately sets about recovering his ill-gotten gains from his last criminal exploit... [More...]
The Sting (1973)
George Roy Hill
Illinois, 1936. Johnny Hooker, a small time con artist, finds himself out of his league when he pilfers a wad of cash belonging to one of Chicago's biggest racketeers, Doyle Lonnegan... [More...]
George Roy Hill
Illinois, 1936. Johnny Hooker, a small time con artist, finds himself out of his league when he pilfers a wad of cash belonging to one of Chicago's biggest racketeers, Doyle Lonnegan... [More...]
Strange Illusion (1945)
Edgar G. Ulmer
College student Paul Cartwright experiences a troubled dream in which he is reminded of the tragic death of his father, a prominent judge who was killed when his car collided with a train... [More...]
Edgar G. Ulmer
College student Paul Cartwright experiences a troubled dream in which he is reminded of the tragic death of his father, a prominent judge who was killed when his car collided with a train... [More...]
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Boris Ingster
Reporter Michael Ward is the key witness in a murder trial. At first, he has no qualms about testifying against the man who is accused of murdering a popular café owner... [More...]
Boris Ingster
Reporter Michael Ward is the key witness in a murder trial. At first, he has no qualms about testifying against the man who is accused of murdering a popular café owner... [More...]
The Stranger (1946)
Orson Welles
Immediately after WWII, a war crimes investigator named Wilson is assigned to track down the notorious Nazi war criminal Franz Kindler... [More...]
Orson Welles
Immediately after WWII, a war crimes investigator named Wilson is assigned to track down the notorious Nazi war criminal Franz Kindler... [More...]
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Alfred Hitchcock
Professional tennis player Guy Haines is on a train bound for Metcalf, to arrange a divorce with his estranged wife Miriam, when a stranger starts up a conversation with him... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Professional tennis player Guy Haines is on a train bound for Metcalf, to arrange a divorce with his estranged wife Miriam, when a stranger starts up a conversation with him... [More...]
The Street with No Name (1948)
William Keighley
As a new wave of crime burns its way across America in the aftermath of WWII, FBI operatives are diligently engaged in combating organized gangsterism that threatens the peace and security of the nation... [More...]
William Keighley
As a new wave of crime burns its way across America in the aftermath of WWII, FBI operatives are diligently engaged in combating organized gangsterism that threatens the peace and security of the nation... [More...]
Suddenly (1954)
Lewis Allen
Suddenly is a small American town which was once a hive of activity but has become a place where nothing ever happens. It looks as if it may again live up to its name when the President of the United States is scheduled to pass through the town... [More...]
Lewis Allen
Suddenly is a small American town which was once a hive of activity but has become a place where nothing ever happens. It looks as if it may again live up to its name when the President of the United States is scheduled to pass through the town... [More...]
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Joseph Sargent
Lieutenant Zachary Garber, a New York transit cop, is giving a guided tour of the New York subway control centre to a party of directors of the equivalent Tokyo rail system... [More...]
Joseph Sargent
Lieutenant Zachary Garber, a New York transit cop, is giving a guided tour of the New York subway control centre to a party of directors of the equivalent Tokyo rail system... [More...]
Taxi Driver (1976)
Martin Scorsese
Travis Bickle is a Vietnam War veteran whose return to civilian life in New York City is proving to be an ordeal. In a bid to cure himself of his insomnia, he finds work as a night time taxi driver, indifferent to the risks he runs as he covers the seedier districts of the city... [More...]
Martin Scorsese
Travis Bickle is a Vietnam War veteran whose return to civilian life in New York City is proving to be an ordeal. In a bid to cure himself of his insomnia, he finds work as a night time taxi driver, indifferent to the risks he runs as he covers the seedier districts of the city... [More...]
Terror by Night (1946)
Roy William Neill
Roland Carstairs engages Sherlock Holmes to guard his mother's priceless diamond, the famed Star of Rhodesia, during a train journey from London to Edinburgh... [More...]
Roy William Neill
Roland Carstairs engages Sherlock Holmes to guard his mother's priceless diamond, the famed Star of Rhodesia, during a train journey from London to Edinburgh... [More...]
They Live by Night (1948)
Nicholas Ray
During the 1930s, three convicts make a successful break from a prison farm and go on the run in a stolen car. Two of the men are seasoned bank robbers, Chicamaw and T-Dub; the third, Bowie, is a young man wrongly convicted for murder... [More...]
Nicholas Ray
During the 1930s, three convicts make a successful break from a prison farm and go on the run in a stolen car. Two of the men are seasoned bank robbers, Chicamaw and T-Dub; the third, Bowie, is a young man wrongly convicted for murder... [More...]
They Won't Believe Me (1947)
Irving Pichel
Larry Ballentine is on trial for murder. After the case for the prosecution has been presented his defence lawyer calls him to the witness stand and asks him to recount the series of events that led to his arrest... [More...]
Irving Pichel
Larry Ballentine is on trial for murder. After the case for the prosecution has been presented his defence lawyer calls him to the witness stand and asks him to recount the series of events that led to his arrest... [More...]
This Gun for Hire (1942)
Frank Tuttle
Raven is a man who kills for one motive. Money. When nightclub manager Will Gates hires him to kill a man and then pays him in stolen banknotes he isn't pleased... [More...]
Frank Tuttle
Raven is a man who kills for one motive. Money. When nightclub manager Will Gates hires him to kill a man and then pays him in stolen banknotes he isn't pleased... [More...]
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
Norman Jewison
Millionaire financier Thomas Crown is bored with his life and so decides to mastermind the perfect bank robbery. Hiring a team of complete strangers to help him in his heist, he succeeds in stealing $2.6 million from an American bank... [More...]
Norman Jewison
Millionaire financier Thomas Crown is bored with his life and so decides to mastermind the perfect bank robbery. Hiring a team of complete strangers to help him in his heist, he succeeds in stealing $2.6 million from an American bank... [More...]
To Catch a Thief (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock
The French Riviera is hit by a spate of jewel robberies and the local police immediately suspect John Robie, a once notorious cat burglar, now apparently a reformed character... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
The French Riviera is hit by a spate of jewel robberies and the local police immediately suspect John Robie, a once notorious cat burglar, now apparently a reformed character... [More...]
Tokyo Joe (1949)
Stuart Heisler
War veteran Joe Barrett returns to Japan after WWII hoping to pick up the pieces of his shattered life. To his surprise, his gambling joint is still intact, being run by his old friend and business partner... [More...]
Stuart Heisler
War veteran Joe Barrett returns to Japan after WWII hoping to pick up the pieces of his shattered life. To his surprise, his gambling joint is still intact, being run by his old friend and business partner... [More...]
Topaz (1969)
Alfred Hitchcock
The year is 1962 and tensions between East and West are at their height. When a Russian intelligence officer defects to the United States, the CIA make two shocking discoveries... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
The year is 1962 and tensions between East and West are at their height. When a Russian intelligence officer defects to the United States, the CIA make two shocking discoveries... [More...]