A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain be...
When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides...
London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his ...
Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
Bank robber Kalle Grabowski escapes from prison while his unemployed smalltime crook buddy is sittin...
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...
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...
In Alexandria a terrifying phenomenon of the disappearance of women, spreads terror in the city. Pol...
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the fo...
Having met on a train, a smooth-talking psychotic socialite shares his theory on how two complete st...
A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corrupt...
The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and f...
Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after hi...
Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence...
Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby...
A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she ...
During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been p...