Richard Conte Films Noir
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1. The Spider (1945)
Approved | 63 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
A private detective, his devoted servant, and his female associate are caught in a web of crimes after discovering the fatal fate of a mind-reader's assistant billed as 'The Spider Woman'.
Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Richard Conte, Faye Marlowe, Kurt Kreuger, John Harvey
Votes: 210
New Orleans private eye framed for killing Ann Savage no less , investigates a spiritualist who uses spiders in the act , hence the title .
2. Somewhere in the Night (1946)
Passed | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, while trying to track down his old identity, he stumbles onto a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte
Votes: 3,523
Smooth nightclub operator in this classic amnesia noir .
3. 13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
Approved | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When spy chief Bob Sharkey finds out one of his agents-in-training is actually a Nazi double agent, his strategic decision not to arrest him results in tragedy.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: James Cagney, Annabella, Richard Conte, Frank Latimore
Votes: 3,067
Nazi infiltrator in OSS , dropped into France with Jimmy Cagney
4. Call Northside 777 (1948)
Approved | 112 min | Drama, Film-Noir
Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal re-opens a decade-old murder case.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb, Helen Walker
Votes: 10,235
The claimed to be innocent Frank W. Wiecek in a Chicago jail , can Jimmy Stewart find the proof ?
5. Cry of the City (1948)
Passed | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Police Lieut. Candella, longtime friend of the Rome family, walks a tightrope in the case of cop-killer Martin Rome.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Fred Clark, Shelley Winters
Votes: 3,735
Gangster escapes from hospital with a score to settle , childhood pal who just happens to be a cop must hunt him down .
6. House of Strangers (1949)
Approved | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After years in prison, Max promises revenge on his brothers for their betrayal. His lover Irene and memories of his past yield him a broader perspective.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Luther Adler
Votes: 4,187
His best role ? , the younger brother in an Italian American family who takes the rap for the family , is betrayed and seeks revenge . Great chemistry with Susan Hayward .
7. Thieves' Highway (1949)
Passed | 94 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
A war veteran turned truck driver attempts to avenge the crippling and robbing of his father at the hands of an amoral produce scofflaw.
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence
Votes: 6,867
Trucker takes on the San Francisco fruit market rackets . War veteran meets working class hero .
8. Whirlpool (1950)
Approved | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A woman suffering from kleptomania is hypnotized in an attempt to cure her. Soon afterwards, she's found at the scene of a murder with no memory of how she got there, and seemingly no way to prove her innocence.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, José Ferrer, Charles Bickford
Votes: 4,793
Husband of a hypnotized kleptomaniac .
9. The Sleeping City (1950)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In New York, the murder of a Bellevue Hospital intern prompts the police to send an undercover detective to investigate.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Richard Conte, Coleen Gray, Richard Taber, John Alexander
Votes: 848
Undercover cop in a hospital trying to find a murderer .
10. Under the Gun (1951)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After a cunning, unscrupulous mobster is sentenced to a Florida prison farm, he launches a deadly escape plan.
Director: Ted Tetzlaff | Stars: Richard Conte, Audrey Totter, John McIntire, Sam Jaffe
Votes: 199
Racketeer ends up on a southern chain gang , desperate to escape he learns that a trustee who shoots an escapee gets automatic release , so arranges to pay someone to escape... Great little B with a gimmick .
11. Hollywood Story (1951)
Passed | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An independent producer unwisely opens a can of worms after he decides to make a movie about the unsolved murder of a famous silent film director in 1929.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Richard Conte, Julie Adams, Richard Egan, Henry Hull
Votes: 920
Producer rents an old studio , uncovers an old murder mystery , think's it's a great idea for a film and starts digging...
12. The Raging Tide (1951)
Approved | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After a San Francisco gangster murders a rival criminal, he seeks shelter on a fisherman's boat while the police are man-hunting him and pressuring his girlfriend into betrayal.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Shelley Winters, Richard Conte, Stephen McNally, Charles Bickford
Votes: 394
San Francisco gangster fakes alibi , escapes to sea and becomes a fisherman , tragedy ensues
13. The Fighter (1952)
Not Rated | 78 min | Drama, Sport
In Mexico, a young boxer uses his winnings to buy guns to avenge his family's murder.
Director: Herbert Kline | Stars: Richard Conte, Vanessa Brown, Lee J. Cobb, Frank Silvera
Votes: 171
From the great Jack London story , a bitter Mexican becomes a boxer in order to help the revolution . One of his toughest roles .
14. The Raiders (1952)
Approved | 80 min | Western
A rancher who has staked a claim during the California gold rush goes after the gang of murderous claim-jumpers who have stolen his claim and murdered his wife.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Richard Conte, Viveca Lindfors, Barbara Britton, Morris Ankrum
Votes: 169
Prime candidate for a noir western , rancher seeks revenge on the claim jumpers who killed his wife .
15. The Blue Gardenia (1953)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A telephone operator ends up drunk and at the mercy of a cad in his apartment. The next morning she wakes up with a hangover and the terrible fear she may be a murderess.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern, Raymond Burr
Votes: 6,192
Reporter who takes an interest in Anne Baxter's case .
16.
General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
Episode:
The Eye of the Beholder
(1953)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
An artist seeks the perfect model for a painting of a Madonna. In the process of his search, he becomes involved in a murder case.
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Richard Conte, Martha Vickers, Jarma Lewis, Otto Waldis
Votes: 41
Gimmicky little story , an artist is a murderer ... or is he ?
17. Highway Dragnet (1954)
Passed | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Wrongly accused of killing a bar-girl he was seen with earlier, a Korean War vet flees from the police in the company of a woman photographer and her young female model.
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Richard Conte, Joan Bennett, Wanda Hendrix, Reed Hadley
Votes: 897
Soldier in the frame for killing Mary Beth Hughes in Vegas , forces a ride with two women for California .
18. Race for Life (1954)
Approved | 79 min | Drama, Sport
A car pilot must choose between his love for car-racing, and his wife. His buddy's accident will help him to choose, and his loyal ways will get him a new friend - his main rival.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Richard Conte, Mari Aldon, Peter Illing, Alec Mango
Votes: 182
British film , sometimes listed as noir . Tough motor racing potboiler , Conte the obligatory yank .
19. The Big Combo (1955)
Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A police lieutenant is ordered to stop investigating deadly crime boss Mr. Brown because he hasn't been able to get any hard evidence against him. He goes after Brown's girlfriend, who despises him, for information instead.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Jean Wallace, Brian Donlevy
Votes: 8,618
Mr Brown . " First is first , and second is nobody ." Great performance in one of the archetypal noirs .
20. New York Confidential (1955)
Approved | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A top syndicate crime boss and his corrupt politicians make multi-million deals and order murders until the vicious pattern finally catches up to them.
Director: Russell Rouse | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Anne Bancroft, Marilyn Maxwell
Votes: 1,007
Imported Chicago hitman , falls for Broderick Crawford's daughter .
21. The Big Tip Off (1955)
Approved | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Richard Conte plays two-bit newspaper columnist Johnny Denton, who gains notoriety by printing tips on upcoming gangland activities.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Richard Conte, Constance Smith, Bruce Bennett, Cathy Downs
Votes: 113
Journalist starts getting mysterious tips after he bumps into an old pal who's a charity organizer sic.
22. The Case of the Red Monkey (1955)
Approved | 71 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A US agent protects a defecting Russian scientist in London as scientists are murdered. The agent finds the killers' hideout, is captured with a policeman's niece, escapes, and stops the killings.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Richard Conte, Rona Anderson, Russell Napier, John Horsley
Votes: 187
State Department man entangled in nuclear scientist murders in London . Obligatory yank in a British B .
23. I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
Passed | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Susan Hayward stars as singer-actress Lillian Roth, whose rise to stardom was nearly destroyed by alcoholism.
Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert, Jo Van Fleet
Votes: 2,486
Sadistic husband of a Broadway star , a true story well on the way to melodrama .
24. The Brothers Rico (1957)
Passed | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A retired mob accountant is drawn back in when his brothers, who have recently made a hit for the organization, decide to go to the authorities.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn Grant, Larry Gates
Votes: 1,617
Elder brother of a family caught up in the mob , tries to stop the inevitable . Glum film of Simenon's glum novel , one of Conte's best roles .
25.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Perchance to Dream
(1959)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A fatigued man fights to stay awake as he explains to a psychiatrist that if he falls asleep it will trigger a nightmare, which will cause his heart to fail.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Richard Conte, John Larch, Suzanne Lloyd, Eddie Marr
Votes: 4,503
Desperate man tells a psychiatrist he can't sleep , because if he sleeps a woman in a nightmare will kill him .
26. Ocean's Eleven (1960)
Approved | 127 min | Comedy, Crime, Music
Danny Ocean gathers a group of his World War II compatriots to pull off the ultimate Las Vegas heist. Together the eleven friends plan to rob five Las Vegas casinos in one night.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford
Votes: 25,196 | Gross: $12.32M
Electrician in the heist , dies of a heart attack and makes the police suspicious .
27.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
The Old Pro
(1961)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
A retired hit man being blackmailed finds out in his profession, he has to keep on killing to protect his wife and to survive.
Director: Paul Henreid | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Richard Conte, Sara Shane, Stacy Harris
Votes: 432
Mob hitman tells his boss he's retiring , then gets a surprise visit in his countryside home .
28.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Organization
(1961)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
With the imprisonment of Al Capone for tax evasion, Frank Nitti has taken over the operation of the organization but that isn't stopping others from trying to muscle their way in. Arnie ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Robert Stack, Richard Conte, Susan Oliver, Milton Selzer
Votes: 82
Arnie Seeger tries to take over the Chicago mob after Capone's imprisonment .
29.
The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Chess Game
(1962)
52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Having had major successes in eliminating the illegal trade in champagne, Eliot Ness and the Untouchables suddenly find that the expensive wine is finding its way onto the market again. ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Robert Stack, Richard Conte, Murray Hamilton, Barbara Barrie
Votes: 53
Blind fish and seafood wholesaler suspected of importing champagne . A memorable role to put it mildly .
30. The Eyes of Annie Jones (1964)
Approved | 73 min | Drama, Mystery
Murder unfolds around a young girl who sleepwalks and talks while she does so.
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Richard Conte, Francesca Annis, Joyce Carey, Myrtle Reed
Votes: 168
Creepy character in a murder mystery involving a sleepwalking girl .
31.
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1965)
Episode:
The Green Felt Jungle
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Crime busting District Attorney Paul Maytric's (Leslie Nielsen) wife is killed by a car bomb that was meant for him. He quits as DA and becomes a vigilante out for revenge. After a local ... See full synopsis »
Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Macdonald Carey, Richard Conte, Larry Pennell
Votes: 19
Mob boss battling Leslie Nielsen's DA .
32. Assault on a Queen (1966)
Approved | 106 min | Adventure, Crime, Thriller
A motley crew of treasure hunters plan to rob the cruise-liner RMS Queen Mary, using a recovered WW2 German submarine.
Director: Jack Donohue | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Virna Lisi, Anthony Franciosa, Richard Conte
Votes: 1,238
Heist / caper film , Conte along for the ride .
33. Tony Rome (1967)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Tough Miami P.I., Tony Rome's hired by a millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter. In the search, he has several encounters with local hoods as well as the Miami's police.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Jill St. John, Richard Conte, Gena Rowlands
Votes: 3,231
Yet another Sinatra film , this time the cop .
34. Lady in Cement (1968)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
During an ocean dive, Miami gumshoe Tony Rome (Frank Sinatra) finds a woman's body with her feet encased in a concrete block and sets out to solve the murder case.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Raquel Welch, Richard Conte, Martin Gabel
Votes: 2,824
Sequel to Tony Rome .
35. The Godfather (1972)
R | 175 min | Crime, Drama
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton
Votes: 2,011,723 | Gross: $134.97M
Cameo , a tribute to his great Gangster roles .
36. The Boss (1973)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A hitman finds himself embroiled in the middle of a Mafia war between the Sicilians and the Calabrians.
Director: Fernando Di Leo | Stars: Henry Silva, Richard Conte, Gianni Garko, Antonia Santilli
Votes: 2,336
Euro crime film , yet another gangster .
37. The Big Family (1973)
86 min | Crime, Drama
Giancarlo Prete stars as a police commissioner out to stop local Mafia boss Don Peppino Scalise.
Director: Tonino Ricci | Stars: Raymond Pellegrin, Simonetta Stefanelli, Giancarlo Prete, Richard Conte
Votes: 57
See above .
38. Anastasia mio fratello (1973)
87 min | Comedy, Crime
Background Information: Padre Salvatore Gabriele Anastasio (Anastasia) arrived at Santa Lucia Church in an Italian-American section of the North Bronx in 1951. He was assistant pastor there... See full summary »
Director: Steno | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Richard Conte, Luciano Pigozzi, Edoardo Faieta
Votes: 119
Real life mobster Albert Anastasia .
39. The Violent Professionals (1973)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When his colleague is murdered by an organised criminal gang, a Milanese cop goes undercover to continue the investigation and single-handedly destroy the organization from within.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Luc Merenda, Richard Conte, Silvano Tranquilli, Carlo Alighiero
Votes: 989
Another Euro crime job .
40. No Way Out (1973)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications and many bloody shootouts ensue.
Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Alain Delon, Richard Conte, Carla Gravina, Marc Porel
Votes: 2,378
Another , this time the American gangster trying to have Alain Delon killed .
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