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1. Gun Crazy (1950)
Passed | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Two disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: John Dall, Peggy Cummins, Berry Kroeger, Morris Carnovsky
Votes: 14,903
2. Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, Western
A cavalry officer, the sole survivor of an Indian attack, and a wagon load of prisoners travel through hostile Indian country.
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Dennis O'Keefe, Mona Freeman, Katy Jurado
Votes: 483
3. Black Tuesday (1954)
Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Gangster Vincent Canelli and bank robber Peter Manning escape from Death Row minutes before their execution by electric chair.
Director: Hugo Fregonese | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Jean Parker, Peter Graves, Milburn Stone
Votes: 676
4. Al Capone (1959)
Approved | 104 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A chronicle of the rise and fall of Chicago crime boss Al Capone during the Prohibition era.
Director: Richard Wilson | Stars: Rod Steiger, Martin Balsam, Fay Spain, James Gregory
Votes: 1,912
5. Hopalong Cassidy (1952–1954)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Hopalong and his horse Topper catch bad guys with Red Connors for comic relief.
Stars: William Boyd, Edgar Buchanan, George D. Wallace, Rick Vallin
Votes: 395
6. Rocketship X-M (1950)
Approved | 77 min | Family, Sci-Fi
An astronaut crew on their way to the Moon are unexpectedly propelled by gravitational forces and end up on Mars instead.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Osa Massen, John Emery, Noah Beery Jr.
Votes: 2,500
7. Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951–1958)
30 min | Family, Western
Hickok rode Buckshot while 300-pound Jingles rode Joker. Jingles described Hickok as "the bravest, strongest, fightingest U.S. Marshal in the whole West." And that's about it: he beat up all the bad guys and somehow kept his good looks.
Stars: Guy Madison, Andy Devine, Sam Flint, William Haade
Votes: 233
8. Decoy (1946)
Approved | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A mortally wounded female gangster recounts how she and her gang revived an executed killer from the gas chamber, to try and find out where he buried a fortune in cash.
Director: Jack Bernhard | Stars: Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, Robert Armstrong, Herbert Rudley
Votes: 2,202
9. Dillinger (1945)
Passed | 70 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
John Dillinger begins his life of crime as a petty thief, meets his future gang in prison and eventually masterminds a series of daring robberies.
Director: Max Nosseck | Stars: Lawrence Tierney, Edmund Lowe, Anne Jeffreys, Eduardo Ciannelli
Votes: 2,144 | Gross: $4.00M
10. When Strangers Marry (1944)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Kim Hunter, Dean Jagger, Neil Hamilton
Votes: 1,384
11. The Gray Ghost (1957– )
30 min | Adventure, War, Western
The Civil War exploits of Confederate cavalry officer John Singleton Mosby, the Gray Ghost, was the basis of this syndicated series. Sgt. Magruder was the only other regular character but actual historic people were occasionally portrayed.
Stars: Tod Andrews, Phil Chambers, Sherwood Price, Jean Willes
Votes: 105
12. The Shadow Returns (1946)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Super-sleuth Lamont Cranston, (aka "The Shadow") investigates the theft of jewels from a grave.
Directors: Phil Rosen, William Beaudine | Stars: Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, Tom Dugan, Joseph Crehan
Votes: 311
13. I Escaped from the Gestapo (1943)
Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A forger is forced to work for a Nazi spy ring. His conscience gets the better of him, though, and he secretly conspires with the FBI to turn over the gang.
Director: Harold Young | Stars: Dean Jagger, John Carradine, Mary Brian, William Henry
Votes: 231
14. The Come On (1956)
83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Unscrupulous con woman gets involved in murder.
Director: Russell Birdwell | Stars: Anne Baxter, Sterling Hayden, John Hoyt, Jesse White
Votes: 280
15. Fear (1946)
Approved | 68 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
In this Americanized retelling of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, a medical student--broke, hungry and desperate for money--murders a loan shark to whom he owes money. After the killing,... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Zeisler | Stars: Peter Cookson, Warren William, Anne Gwynne, Francis Pierlot
Votes: 669
16. Finger Man (1955)
Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An ex-con goes undercover for the government to "finger" the crime boss who made his sister a drug addict.
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Forrest Tucker, Peggie Castle, Timothy Carey
Votes: 430
17. Bomba: The Jungle Boy (1949)
Approved | 70 min | Adventure, Family
George Harland and his daughter, Patricia, are photographers who discover a wild boy in the jungle. When Patricia become lost, Bomba brings her back, overcoming plagues of locusts, forest fires and fierce wild animals.
Director: Ford Beebe | Stars: Johnny Sheffield, Peggy Ann Garner, Onslow Stevens, Charles Irwin
Votes: 353
18. Gang Busters (1952– )
30 min | Crime, Drama
True crime stories and their investigations are dramatized.
Stars: Robert Bice, Mike Ragan, Myron Healey, Don C. Harvey
Votes: 87
19. The Trap (1946)
Approved | 68 min | Mystery
When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number Two Son Jimmy and faithful chauffeur Birmingham Brown.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Victor Sen Yung, Tanis Chandler
Votes: 1,232
20. Charlie Chan in the Chinese Cat (1944)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Charlie Chan investigates the locked-room murder of a chess expert.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Sidney Toler, Joan Woodbury, Mantan Moreland, Benson Fong
Votes: 1,488
21. Fall Guy (1947)
Passed | 64 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Tom Cochrane (Leo Penn'), full of dope (cocaine) and covered with blood, is picked up by the police and then questioned by detectives Shannon (Douglas Fowley) and Taylor (Harry Strang), but... See full summary »
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Teala Loring, Robert Armstrong, Leo Penn, Elisha Cook Jr.
Votes: 217
22. Dark Alibi (1946)
Approved | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A public defender enlists Charlie to exonerate one of his clients, an ex-con falsely accused of bank robbery and murder, scheduled for execution in nine days.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Ben Carter, Benson Fong
Votes: 1,454
23. The Scarlet Letter (1934)
G | 69 min | Drama, Romance
In the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on her dress for bearing a child out of wedlock.
Director: Robert G. Vignola | Stars: Colleen Moore, Hardie Albright, Henry B. Walthall, Cora Sue Collins
Votes: 503
24. Suspense (1946)
Passed | 101 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
Frank Leonard, the proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes Joe Morgan, a peanut vendor at the show, to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Belita, Barry Sullivan, Bonita Granville, Albert Dekker
Votes: 894
25. The Scarlet Clue (1945)
Approved | 65 min | Mystery
Charlie discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investigating several murders.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Ben Carter, Benson Fong
Votes: 1,566
26. The Shanghai Cobra (1945)
Approved | 64 min | Mystery
Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Death by cobra venom connects a number of murders. Charlie investigates.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Benson Fong, James Cardwell
Votes: 1,247
27. Dangerous Money (1946)
Approved | 66 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A treasury agent on the trail of counterfeit money confides to fellow ocean liner passenger Charlie Chan that there have been two attempts on his life.
Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Sidney Toler, Gloria Warren, Victor Sen Yung, Rick Vallin
Votes: 1,285
28. Behind the Mask (1946)
Passed | 68 min | Mystery
Lamont Cranston, aka the Shadow, has his hands full as the murder of blackmailing reporter Jeff Mann is blamed on him. Not only does the real murderer seem one step ahead of him as Lamont ... See full summary »
Directors: Phil Karlson, William Beaudine | Stars: Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, George Chandler, Dorothea Kent
Votes: 231
29. The Green Archer (I) (1940)
Passed | 285 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on the way to prison, while his brother Abel Bellamy takes control of the estate for his own nefarious plans.
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Victor Jory, Iris Meredith, James Craven, Robert Fiske
Votes: 199
30. The Hunted (1948)
Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Despite her pleas of innocence, an honest cop arrests his own girlfriend for her alleged part in a jewel robbery and he keeps hounding her after her release from prison, even though he still loves her.
Director: Jack Bernhard | Stars: Preston Foster, Belita, Pierre Watkin, Larry J. Blake
Votes: 673
31. Swing Parade of 1946 (1946)
Approved | 74 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A struggling young singer falls for a nightclub owner whose father, a millionaire, is trying to shut it down. Featuring The Three Stooges as waiters.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Gale Storm, Phil Regan, Moe Howard, Larry Fine
Votes: 441
32. The Choppers (1961)
Not Rated | 66 min | Crime, Drama
A gang of teenage delinquents terrorize a small community by stealing cars and stripping them for parts, then selling the parts to a crooked junkyard owner. The police and an insurance company investigator set out to break up the gang.
Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Arch Hall Jr., Robert Paget, Burr Middleton, Rex Holman
Votes: 443
33. Crime Doctor (1943)
Approved | 66 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Amnesia victim, Robert Ordway, becomes the country's leading criminal psychologist. When he is hit on the head (by someone from his past) he suddenly remembers his previous life as a criminal.
Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Warner Baxter, Margaret Lindsay, John Litel, Ray Collins
Votes: 589
34. Captain Midnight (1942)
Passed | 270 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Secret Service Major Steel (Joseph W. Girard), is one of the few men in America aware of the fact that Captain Albright (Dave O'Brien) is also Captain Midnight, daring masked aviator ... See full summary »
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Dave O'Brien, Dorothy Short, James Craven, Sam Edwards
Votes: 154
35. Hot Rhythm (1944)
Passed | 79 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Jimmy O'Brien (Robert Lowery) and Sammy Rubin (Sidney Miller), write jingle commercials for radio, and meet Mary Adams (Dona Drake) who wants to break into radio as a soloist for a band. ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Robert Lowery, Dona Drake, Tim Ryan, Irene Ryan
Votes: 110
36. Deadwood Dick (1940)
Approved | 285 min | Western
Deadwood Dick, a masked and mysterious hero, is in reality Dick Stanley, editor of the Dakota Pioneer Press and a leading member of Statehood For Dakota. He is on the trail of a masked ... See full summary »
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Donald Douglas, Lorna Gray, Harry Harvey, Marin Sais
Votes: 66
37. Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)
64 min | Crime, Mystery
Charlie investigates murders connected with insurance fraud. This one is set in San Francisco's Chinatown.
Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Victor Sen Yung, Tanis Chandler
Votes: 772
38. The Red Dragon (1945)
Approved | 64 min | Mystery
Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with bullets that are not fired from a gun.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Sidney Toler, Fortunio Bonanova, Benson Fong, Robert Emmett Keane
Votes: 745
39. The Missing Lady (1946)
Passed | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A jade statue, "The Missing Lady", is stolen and its owner killed. Lamont Cranston, alias the Shadow, sets out to catch the killer but is blamed for the murders himself as each time he ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, George Chandler, James Flavin
Votes: 218
40. The Jade Mask (1945)
Approved | 66 min | Mystery
Eccentric scientist Harper lives in a spooky mansion with all the trimmings: hidden lab, secret panels, inscrutable butler, and greedy relatives with unusual talents. When Harper seems to ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Edwin Luke, Hardie Albright
Votes: 1,325
41. Mr. Hex (1946)
Passed | 63 min | Comedy
Sach is given a post-hypnotic suggestion that turns him into a championship prizefighter.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell
Votes: 333
42. The Whistler (1954– )
30 min | Mystery
Crime anthology series with twist endings; based on the popular radio drama and several B-movies.
Stars: William Forman, Danni Sue Nolan, Arthur Franz, Dorothy Green
Votes: 60
43. Black Gold (1947)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, History, Sport
In the 1920s Texas, Indian farmer Charley Eagle is dreaming of winning the Kentucky Derby with his Black Hope horse but things change when oil is found on his land and the Black Gold colt is born.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Katherine DeMille, 'Ducky' Louie, Raymond Hatton
Votes: 232
44. Sensation Hunters (1945)
Approved | 62 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A naive young girl, looking to escape from a bad family situation, falls in love with a man who turns out to be a cad, and leads her down the road to ruin.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Robert Lowery, Doris Merrick, Eddie Quillan, Constance Worth
Votes: 255
45. The Sky Dragon (1949)
Passed | 64 min | Crime, Mystery
On a plane trip, Charlie Chan and the passengers are drugged, and when they wake up a quarter million dollars is missing.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Roland Winters, Keye Luke, Mantan Moreland, Noel Neill
Votes: 389
46. Portland Exposé (1957)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
A tavern owner in mid-century Portland, Oregon finds the safety of himself and his family threatened when he becomes involved in a war between labor unions and a violent local crime syndicate.
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Edward Binns, Carolyn Craig, Virginia Gregg, Russ Conway
Votes: 289
47. Live Wires (1946)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Crime
Slip, who has difficulties in keeping any job for long, is hired by the District Attorney's office to serve summons and warrants to problematic citizens.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Mike Mazurki, Bobby Jordan
Votes: 420
48. The Underworld Story (1950)
Passed | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The story of the fight of a small-town newspaper to free an innocent girl of a murder charge, with the publisher of a metropolitan city newspaper heading, by forced circumstances, the opposing forces.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm, Howard Da Silva
Votes: 1,331
49. The Purple Gang (1959)
Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Drama
The story of the infamous Purple Gang, a ring of bootleggers, hijackers and killers in 1920s' Detroit.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Robert Blake, Elaine Edwards, Marc Cavell
Votes: 337
50. Cry Vengeance (1954)
Not Rated | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Violent ex-cop Vic Barron comes to Ketchikan, Alaska seeking revenge on an old enemy.
Director: Mark Stevens | Stars: Mark Stevens, Martha Hyer, Skip Homeier, Joan Vohs
Votes: 629