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1. Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
Not Rated | 110 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin, Adam West, The Woolly Monkey
Votes: 7,154
2. He Walked by Night (1948)
Approved | 79 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.
Directors: Alfred L. Werker, Anthony Mann | Stars: Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell
Votes: 6,696
3. Raw Deal (1948)
Approved | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Joe Sullivan (Dennis O'Keefe) has taken the rap for Rick (Raymond Burr), who double-crosses him with a flawed escape plan and other means intended to get rid of him.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor, Marsha Hunt, John Ireland
Votes: 5,605
4. T-Men (1947)
Approved | 92 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Two US Treasury agents hunt a successful counterfeiting ring.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Wallace Ford, Alfred Ryder, Mary Meade
Votes: 3,906
5. Border Incident (1949)
Passed | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Mexican and American federal agents tackle a vicious gang exploiting illegal farm workers in southern California.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva, James Mitchell
Votes: 2,737
6. The Black Sleep (1956)
Not Rated | 82 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Sir Joel Cadman, a mad scientist, kidnaps his victims and cuts open their brains in an effort to discover a means to cure his wife's brain tumor.
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Akim Tamiroff, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine
Votes: 2,039
7. Railroaded! (1947)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A beautician and her crooked boyfriend attempt to rob the bookie operation located in the back room, but when the plan goes wrong, they frame an innocent man.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: John Ireland, Sheila Ryan, Hugh Beaumont, Jane Randolph
Votes: 1,807
8. Shield for Murder (1954)
Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When a brutal police detective Lt. murders a bookmaker's runner for $25,000 in cash, a deaf mute sees him do it and now he finds he must kill again to cover his tracks.
Directors: Howard W. Koch, Edmond O'Brien | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, John Agar, Marla English, Emile Meyer
Votes: 1,725
9. Untamed Youth (1957)
Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Follows the vagrant sisters working for crooked characters at a rock 'n' roll prison-farm.
Director: Howard W. Koch | Stars: Mamie Van Doren, Lori Nelson, John Russell, Don Burnett
Votes: 1,360
10. The Murder Man (1935)
Passed | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a crooked businessman is fatally shot, a hotshot New York newspaper reporter specializing in murder stories narrows in on the dead man's associate.
Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Virginia Bruce, Lionel Atwill
Votes: 1,282
11. Daughters of Satan (1972)
R | 90 min | Horror
An antique dealer living in the Philippines buys an ancient painting of witches burning because one witch looks identical to his Wife.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Tom Selleck, Barra Grant, Tani Guthrie, Paraluman
Votes: 1,273
12. Kid Glove Killer (1942)
Passed | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Crime lab expert Gordon McKay uses the latest forensic techniques to solve murders in a city plagued by political corruption and mob rackets.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Van Heflin, Marsha Hunt, Lee Bowman, Samuel S. Hinds
Votes: 1,158
13. Big House, U.S.A. (1955)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Gerry Barker finds a lost boy whose rich father is extorted into paying a ransom for his return but the boy accidentally dies and Gerry goes to prison.
Director: Howard W. Koch | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Ralph Meeker, Reed Hadley, William Talman
Votes: 1,153
14. The Adventures of Tartu (1943)
Passed | 103 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
In 1940. Captain Terence Stevenson is with the British Army in the bomb disposal unit in London, his primary job is to defuse them. Despite having no experience as a spy, he is asked by his... See full summary »
Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Robert Donat, Valerie Hobson, Walter Rilla, Glynis Johns
Votes: 1,127
15. Pony Soldier (1952)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Western
In 1876, a Canadian North West Mounted Police Constable must obtain the release of white hostages captured by the Cree tribes that are raiding Montana from their Canadian reservation.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Tyrone Power, Cameron Mitchell, Thomas Gomez, Penny Edwards
Votes: 816
16. The File of the Golden Goose (1969)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
U.S. Agent Novak and Scotland Yard Officer Thompson go undercover to infiltrate a counterfeit organization.
Director: Sam Wanamaker | Stars: Yul Brynner, Charles Gray, Edward Woodward, John Barrie
Votes: 639 | Gross: $0.14M
17. Seven Cities of Gold (1955)
Approved | 103 min | Adventure, Biography, History
In 1769, a Spanish expedition to California seeks to conquer the land and discover its famed gold treasures while missionaries aim to gain new converts and establish a network of Catholic missions.
Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Richard Egan, Anthony Quinn, Michael Rennie, Jeffrey Hunter
Votes: 583
18. Impasse (I) (1969)
M | 100 min | Adventure
Pat Morrison, a treasure hunter in the Philippines, recruits army veterans to search for a gold treasure hidden by the military during World War II.
Director: Richard Benedict | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Anne Francis, Lyle Bettger, Rodolfo Acosta
Votes: 452
19. Main Street After Dark (1945)
Passed | 57 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An unscrupulous woman and her brood prey on soldiers and sailors in an embarkation city.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Edward Arnold, Selena Royle, Tom Trout, Audrey Totter
Votes: 378
20. They All Come Out (1939)
Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama
A "Crime Doesn't Pay" morality drama about a young man sentenced to a prison term and attempts by the system to rehabilitate jailed criminals.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Rita Johnson, Tom Neal, Bernard Nedell, Edward Gargan
Votes: 315
21. The Diamond Wizard (1954)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
An American Treasury agent teams up with a Scotland Yard inspector to track down a group of thieves that are creating artificial diamonds out of sugar.
Directors: Dennis O'Keefe, Montgomery Tully | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Margaret Sheridan, Philip Friend, Alan Wheatley
Votes: 261
22. The Broken Star (1956)
Approved | 82 min | Western
When a deputy marshal murders a henchman, steals the racketeer money he is holding, and claims self defense, the head marshal orders an investigation to find the truth.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Howard Duff, Lita Baron, Bill Williams, Douglas Fowley
Votes: 260
23. The Public Pays (1936)
Approved | 19 min | Crime, Drama, Short
A protection racket preying on milk distribution is broken through the persistence of law enforcement and the courage of a local businessman.
Director: Errol Taggart | Stars: Richard Alexander, Barbara Bedford, Harry C. Bradley, Russ Clark
Votes: 258
24. They're Always Caught (1938)
Approved | 22 min | Short, Crime
Shows the role the crime laboratory plays in the solving of cases, and how even the smallest detail can become a major clue.
Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Stanley Ridges, John Eldredge, Louis Jean Heydt, Charles Waldron
Votes: 235
25. The Penalty (1941)
Passed | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The son of a murderer is entangled in his father's crimes and is sentenced to a rehabilitive farm, where he learns a new way of life.
Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Edward Arnold, Lionel Barrymore, Marsha Hunt, Robert Sterling
Votes: 232
26. For the Common Defense! (1942)
Approved | 22 min | Crime, Drama, Short
This Crime Does Not Pay short shows how cooperation among all the nations of the Americas helps the war effort. In this case, a US government agent travels to Chile and Colombia. He works ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Kenward | Stars: John Litel, Douglas Fowley, Stephen McNally, Van Johnson
Votes: 222
27. Torture Money (1937)
Approved | 21 min | Short, Crime, Drama
Police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.
Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Edwin Maxwell, George Lynn, Murray Alper, King Baggot
Votes: 209
28. Quincannon, Frontier Scout (1956)
Approved | 83 min | Action, Romance, Western
A young woman hires a frontier scout to help her discover if her brother died in an Indian attack on a remote fort.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Tony Martin, Peggie Castle, John Bromfield, John Smith
Votes: 203
29. Plan for Destruction (1943)
Approved | 22 min | Short, Drama, History
This short documentary looks at Nazi Germany's plan for world domination by reviewing the effects of and bitterness felt over the defeat in WWI and focusing on the geopolitical concepts of Prof. Karl Haushofer and his influence on Hitler.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Lewis Stone, Frank Reicher, George Lynn, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Votes: 186
30. Hold Back the Night (1956)
80 min | Drama, War
A Marine officer tells his squad the story behind a bottle of liquor that he always keeps with him but never drinks from.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: John Payne, Mona Freeman, Peter Graves, Chuck Connors
Votes: 182
31. Run, Joe, Run (1974–1975)
30 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Joe, a trained member of the military's K9-Corp., was falsely accused of attacking his master, Sergeant Corey. Joe managed to escape before being killed and a bounty was put on his head.
Stars: Paul Frees, Arch Whiting, Chad States, Owen Orr
Votes: 168
32. It May Happen to You (1937)
Approved | 21 min | Short, Crime, Drama
From MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" Series. Mobsters convince a meat packing company employee to help them hijack a truckload of beef.
Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: J. Carrol Naish, King Baggot, William Bailey, Barbara Bedford
Votes: 118
33. Money to Loan (1939)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Crime, Drama
The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, who talks about the general want for money, and the extraordinary lengths to which some will go to get ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Alan Dinehart, Paul Guilfoyle, John Butler, Addison Richards
Votes: 99
34. Give Till It Hurts (1937)
Approved | 21 min | Crime, Short, Drama
This entry in the Crime Does Not Pay series focuses on charity fraud. Two scam artists set themselves up as 'philanthropists' to help raise money for a local clinic, but the funds they raise never get to help the people who need it.
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Janet Beecher, Clay Clement, Howard Hickman, King Baggot
Votes: 90
35. What Price Safety! (1938)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Crime, Drama
Racketeers muscle in on construction business, use inferior materials, make big profits and endanger the public safety.
Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Lionel Royce, George Houston, John Wray, John Butler
Votes: 88
36. Come Across (1938)
Passed | 21 min | Short, Action, Adventure
A bank robber pulls off a heist and comes out with a good haul. However, he winds up being forced to give most of it to his gangland "friends" to hide him from the police, and who now turn their backs on him when his money runs out.
Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Bernard Nedell, Bernadene Hayes, Rita La Roy, Donald Douglas
Votes: 26
37. Miami Undercover (1961)
30 min | Drama
A cop in Miami Beach is hired by a big hotel to privately investigate criminal activity around the area.
Stars: Lee Bowman, Rocky Graziano, Hugh Lawrence, George N. Neise
Votes: 22
38. The Checkered Coat (1948)
66 min | Crime, Drama
Psychiatrist Dr. Michael Madden is visited by a man, Steve "Creepy" Bolin, wearing a weird checkered coat, and after Madden learns that Creepy is subject to death-like trances and the fear ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Tom Conway, Noreen Nash, Hurd Hatfield, James Seay
Votes: 13
39. Windy (1935)
Passed | 9 min | Short, Comedy, Western
Windy, an old desert rat prospector, comes into a small western town, and tells his tall-tales to the school children, and fills their heads with adventurous tales. Members of the school board band together to run him out of town.
Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Star: Charles 'Chic' Sale
40. Man-Made Miracles (1954)
11 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Directors: True Boardman, Carl Urbano | Stars: Ron Randell, Tom Powers
42. The Little People (1935)
Approved | 11 min | Short
An old woodcutter is friend of the woodland animals. He discovers a boy who has been setting animal traps and succeeds in turning his mind from trapping to a love for "the little people of the woods."
Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Star: Charles 'Chic' Sale
43.
Miami Undercover (1961)
Episode:
Triple Cross
(1961)
30 min | Drama
Director: Howard W. Koch | Stars: Lee Bowman, Rocky Graziano, Jil Jarmyn
44.
Miami Undercover (1961)
Episode:
Wrong Pigeon
(1961)
30 min | Drama
Director: Howard W. Koch | Stars: Lee Bowman, Rocky Graziano, Lonie Blackman, Leonard Bremen
45.
Run, Joe, Run (1974–1975)
Episode:
Yardbirds
(1974)
Adventure, Drama, Family
Joe comes to a Railroad Station where he's taken by the Station's Guard. There Joe uses his Army training to help the Guard who is having problems with thieves stealing from freight cars.
Stars: Paul Frees, Bobby Hall, Buck Kartalian, Bill Walker