Ned Glass

Peggie Castle

Arthur Franz

Marsha Hunt

Back from the Dead

Back from the Dead (1957)

Harry Morgan

Signe Hasso

Richard Basehart

Larry Nelson, paroled from prison after serving nearly half of his thirty-year sentence, is determined to not fall into the clutches of the law again, and takes a quiet job at a country sanitarium. Thete, he meets and falls for a nurse, Charlotte Maynard, and he knows the only way to enter her web is to have a lot of money, for Miss Maynard is somewhat of a gold-digger. There is a $1,000,000 robbery of an armored car, and one of the robbery gang turns up at the sanitarium. So Nelson works a money-making, shady deal with an inmate, but soon finds himself a clay pigeon for other members of the gang. Meanwhile,sweet-and-wholesome nurse, Ann Taylor, is doing her best to make Larry see he needs to take another direction.—Les Adams

Outside the Wall

Outside the Wall (1950)

Shirley Patterson

Anthony Quinn

Dolores Donlon

Hitchhiker Johnny McBride is badly hurt and loses his memory when the car he is riding in crashes. Two years later, a clue leads him to his old home town, where he finds he is a murder suspect. Johnny tries to discover the truth about the murder, while pursued by gangsters and several seductive women.—Rod Crawford

The Long Wait

The Long Wait (1954)

Tony Curtis

Mona Freeman

Ann Robinson

Police detective Sergeant Jeff Andrews is working on a case involving a gang of shoplifters, and he allows himself to be falsely arrested as a petty thief in order to make contact with the gang. Meanwhile, Faye Burton, a petty shoplifter and the daughter of a prominent judge, is blackmailed by the gang into joining them on the promise that they will retrieve a confession signed when she was caught by a department-store detective who had her sign the document rather than calling the police. Jeff and Faye take a lot longer to figure out who is the "brains" behind the shoplifting gang than the audience does--and the audience has less information than they do.—Les Adams

I Was a Shoplifter

I Was a Shoplifter (1950)

John Qualen

Mary Anderson

Preston Foster

It's nearly Christmas, but Mike Hammer is on the vengeance trail when Jack, his wartime buddy, is murdered. Hotheaded Hammer sets out to find the killer, working his way through an increasingly large pile of suspects (and corpses). Along the way, he meets a new love interest, psychologist Charlotte Manning, a treacherous Santa, a gangster named Kalecki, and two weird sisters, the Bellamy twins.—Mike Rogers

I, the Jury

I, the Jury (1953)

Brian Donlevy

Peggy Dow

Howard Duff

Jack Early is a go-getting photographer who is determined to make a name for himself. He manages to be hired by a major San Francisco newspaper and from then on he is prepared to do anything to achieve his aim. Undaunted by anything, Early sinks into the underworld where gang boss Nick Palmer takes him under his wing. Thanks to him, Jack can take sensational snapshots of heisters at work. Which is not enough for him. Soon, thinking he is protected by the compromising photos he keeps taking, he starts manipulating and double-crossing hoodlums, including his mentor Nick Palmer.—Guy Bellinger

Shakedown

Shakedown (1950)

Deborah Chandler's rejected suitor, Selden Clark, manages the factory of her father, who dies: did he fall or was he pushed? But charming Clark manages to win her over and marry her. On the honeymoon, Clark's former girl Patricia intervenes and opens Deborah's eyes, alas too late. Now Clark tries to kill Deborah. Believed dead by all but Clark, she flees. But drifter Keith Ramsey recognizes and follows her. Can she trust him? Can he believe her?—Rod Crawford

Woman in Hiding

Woman in Hiding (1950)

Mario Lanza

Carlo Giuffrè

Pennachi

On a train to Rome, the American singer Marc Revere meets the Italian Raffaela. He notices that she intends to work and live at her uncle's. When he gives her a ride, it turns out that said uncle has moved to South America. So Revere offers her to live with him at his cousin's, an impecunious pianist.—Tom Zoerner

Seven Hills of Rome

Seven Hills of Rome (1957)

Elsa Lanchester

Norman Lloyd

Robin Hood-like pirate Baptiste takes only the ships of rich but wicked trader Narbonne. Fun loving Debbie, a passenger from his latest prize, stows away on the pirate ship and falls for the pirate; later, having become a New Orleans entertainer, she meets his alter ego, who's engaged to the governor's daughter. Sea battles and land rescues follow in lighthearted style.—Rod Crawford

Buccaneer's Girl

Buccaneer's Girl (1950)

Frank Faylen

John Payne

Jack Lambert

Having lost his heavyweight championship match, boxer Ernie Driscoll now drives a taxi for a living and earns the scorn of his nagging wife, Pauline, who blames him for her lack of social status. Involved with jewel thief Victor Rawlins, Pauline is murdered by him when she impedes his ability to fence the jewels. Blamed for his wife's murder, Ernie must track down Rawlins before he leaves the country.—Doug Sederberg

99 River Street

99 River Street (1953)

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6.1 / 10

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7.1 / 10

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Crime

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Drama

5.8 / 10

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Drama

6.1 / 10

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