Burglar Nat Harbin and his two associates set their sights on wealthy spiritualist Sister Sarah, who has inherited a fortune -- including a renowned emerald necklace -- from a Philadelphia financier. Using Nat's female ward, Gladden, to pose as an admirer and case the mansion where the woman lives, they set up a perfect break-in. Things get complicated afterwards.
The crook couple Peter and Gwen have run away from Germany and are dreaming of a sweet life on Mallo...
Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock hires Marlowe to find an old rare coin, the Brasher Doubloon, that bel...
Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But whe...
Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up f...
After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly ...
A dramatic and penetrating examination of the intellectual and moral standards existing at Oxford Un...
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots...
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate s...
Second-hand car sales man Willenbrock has everything that he could ever wish for. He is married, has...
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involvi...
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful li...
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his B...
A woman suffers from amnesia after killing her husband, who was just about to demand a divorce for h...
Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack ...
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayn...
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the ...
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a bet...
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in...