Stars: Heather Angel, Roger Pryor, Ford Sterling Director: William Nigh Writers: Jack Natteford (story), Claire Church (story) When the daughter of a newspaper publisher is falsely charged with murder, a reporter on her father’s paper goes into hiding with her. At first hoping to get an exclusive story, the reporter eventually finds himself falling in …
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Stars: Faye Emerson, Julie Bishop, and Jackie Gleason Director: Robert Florey Writers: Anthony Coldeway (screenplay), Dorothy Mackaye (play) An actress gets mixed up with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 robbery. Before she’s sent to prison. For more THRILLING, CRIME MYSTERIES checkout the FILM NOIR playlist exclusively at PizzaFlix: …
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The film begins with the attack on Pearl Harbor. Alaska at the time was weakly defended. Canada had already built the northwest staging route; a series of airfields spread across northwestern Canada. The decision is made to build a highway to Alaska. The workers are divided into three starting camps, Fort Nelson BC., Skagway Alaska, …
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Stars: Evalyn Knapp, Preston Foster, Charles Delaney Director: Charles E. Roberts Writers: Charles E. Roberts (screenplay) A young lawyer is elected mayor of the city and promises to rid it of the corruption it’s famous for. The problem is that most of the corruption he’s vowed to eliminate is caused by the crooked political machine …
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A great Catholic movie for those who wish we had a Catholic cinema and also just a great movie. Watch this if you want to watch a movie without being compromised by the Hollywood immorality producers. I do not own this. No copyright infringement intended. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, …
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Film noir directed by Maxwell Shane. In order to save his sister Rosalie (Anne Bancroft) from social embarrassment, crime lord Phil Regal (Anthony Quinn) gets the father of her unborn baby, condemned murderer Nicky Bradna (Farley Granger) paroled so he can marry her. source
Derived loosely from the popular-in-its-day autobiography of NY Police captain Cornelius W. “The Gang Buster” Willemse. Mary Kennedy, the daughter of police lieutenant Jim Kennedy, works … Director: Christy Cabanne Writers: James Gruen (screenplay), Cornelius W. Willemse (book), Stars: Norman Foster, Judith Allen, Sidney Blackmer source
Life gets complicated for a taxi driver when it’s discovered that he’s the spitting image of the murdered heir to a fortune. Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet Writers: Betty Burbridge (screenplay), Betty Burbridge (story) Stars: Wallace Ford, Finis Barton, E. Alyn Warren source
As a train speeds through the Arizona night, a man posing as a physician holds up the baggage-car crew and escapes with a $500,000 payroll. The fake doctor, Paul Bruckner, leaves the train .. Director: Mark Stevens Writers: Robert Angus (original story), Aben Kandel (screenplay) Stars: Mark Stevens, King Calder, Felicia Farr source