Sort by IMDb Rating - Highest Rated Film-Noir Movies and TV Shows With Phil Karlson

1. Scandal Sheet (1952)

Passed | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

7.4

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X

The editor of an exploitation newspaper commits a murder and assigns his protégé to investigate hoping to divert attention away from himself.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Derek, Donna Reed, Broderick Crawford, Rosemary DeCamp

Votes: 3,478

2. 99 River Street (1953)

Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Crime, Drama

7.4

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X

A former boxer turned cab driver has to hide from the police when his badgering wife is murdered by the jewel thief she was having an affair with.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Payne, Evelyn Keyes, Brad Dexter, Frank Faylen

Votes: 3,437

3. Kansas City Confidential (1952)

Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

7.3

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X

An ex-con trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico in order to unmask the real culprits.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand

Votes: 8,140

4. The Phenix City Story (1955)

Passed | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

7.2

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X

A crime-busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambling and prostitution in their small Southern town.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn Grant, Edward Andrews

Votes: 3,259

5. The Brothers Rico (1957)

Passed | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.8

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X

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

6. Tight Spot (1955)

Approved | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.6

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.6/10 X

A female inmate is whisked out of prison and into a police-guarded hotel until the district attorney can convince her to testify against the mob.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith, Lucy Marlow

Votes: 2,539

7. Hell's Island (1955)

Approved | 84 min | Adventure, Drama, Film-Noir

5.9

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.9/10 X

Down-on-his-luck Mike Cormack is hired to fly to a Caribbean island to retrieve a missing ruby. On the island, possibly involved with the ruby's disappearance, is his ex-girlfriend.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Payne, Mary Murphy, Francis L. Sullivan, Eduardo Noriega

Votes: 416