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1. The Thirteenth Hour (1947)

Passed | 65 min | Film-Noir, Mystery

In the 7th of Columbia's "Whistler" series, truck-firm owner Steve Reynolds gets involved in a feud with a rival firm, and shortly thereafter is slugged by a masked assailant who steals the... See full summary »

Director: William Clemens | Stars: Richard Dix, Karen Morley, John Kellogg, Jim Bannon

Votes: 323

2. Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948)

Passed | 81 min | Crime, Music, Mystery

A socialite in financial trouble gets involved with a nightclub and gambling club owner, whose hoodlums are not afraid to kill, only to regret it and finally help a police lieutenant incriminate him and his gunman.

Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Virginia Mayo, Bruce Bennett, Robert Hutton, Tom D'Andrea

Votes: 370

3. The Threat (1949)

Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Vicious hood 'Red' Kluger escapes from Folsom State Prison and follows through on his threats to the detective who arrested him and the D.A. who convicted him.

Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Michael O'Shea, Virginia Grey, Charles McGraw, Julie Bishop

Votes: 1,192

4. Seven Guns to Mesa (1958)

Passed | 69 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A band of outlaws, led by "Papa" Clellan, hold up in a ghost town as they plan an attack on a wagon train loaded with gold. The unexpected arrival of a stagecoach forces the gang to hold ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Dein | Stars: Charles Quinlivan, Lola Albright, James Griffith, Jay Adler

Votes: 37

5. Miami Exposé (1956)

Approved | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Miami cop Bart Scott tracks down, in Cuba, a fugitive witness who can shed light in a double homicide and about the activities of a Miami mob lawyer who uses murder and blackmail in order to force the legalization of gambling in Florida.

Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Patricia Medina, Edward Arnold, Michael Granger

Votes: 234

6. Noose for a Gunman (1960)

Not Rated | 69 min | Western

Case Britton, gunslinger and wanted man, comes to town to meet his bride-to-be, stop a stagecoach robbery, and get even with the man who killed his brother.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Jim Davis, Lyn Thomas, Ted de Corsia, Barton MacLane

Votes: 318

7. Guns of a Stranger (1973)

G | 91 min | Action, Music, Western

Forced in the line of duty to kill a young Abilene gunman, Sheriff Matthew Roberts (Marty Robbins)is torn by inner anguish and takes off his badge and leaves Kansas. Time passes and Roberts... See full summary »

Director: Robert Hinkle | Stars: Marty Robbins, Chill Wills, Dovie Beams, Steven Tackett

Votes: 104

8. Her Husband Lies (1937)

Passed | 74 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Her Husband Lies is a 1937 American drama film directed by Edward Ludwig and written by Wallace Smith and Eve Greene. The film stars Gail Patrick, Ricardo Cortez, Akim Tamiroff, Tom Brown, ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Gail Patrick, Ricardo Cortez, Akim Tamiroff, Tom Brown

Votes: 40

9. Ghost Town Law (1942)

Passed | 62 min | Drama, Western

When two of their Marshal friends are killed, the Rough Riders are sent to investigate. They have to find the killers in a ghost town where the houses and an old mine are interconnected by secret passages and tunnels.

Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Virginia Carpenter

Votes: 131

10. I Promise to Pay (1937)

Approved | 68 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Eddie Lang (Chester Morris), a decent family man making $27.50 a week, borrows fifty-dollars from Richard Farra (Leo Carrillo) in order to take his wife, Mary (Helen Mack) and two small ... See full summary »

Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Chester Morris, Leo Carrillo, Helen Mack, Thomas Mitchell

Votes: 187

11. Death in Small Doses (1957)

Not Rated | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A government agent investigates the use of illegal amphetamines among long-haul truck drivers.

Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Peter Graves, Mala Powers, Chuck Connors, Merry Anders

Votes: 325

12. Destination Murder (1950)

Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

When Laura Mansfield's father is killed by a delivery man, the police has few clues and the investigation drags on but Laura decides to find the killer on her own.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Joyce Mackenzie, Stanley Clements, Hurd Hatfield, Albert Dekker

Votes: 1,023

13. Detective Lloyd (1932)

Passed | 216 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A detective matches wits with a group of thieves out to steal a priceless amulet.

Directors: Henry MacRae, Ray Taylor | Stars: Jack Lloyd, Wallace Geoffrey, Muriel Angelus, Lewis Dayton

Votes: 38

14. Shakedown (1936)

Approved | 55 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A struggling young engineer, Bob Sanderson, refuses to marry the very-rich Edith Stuart until he can support her on his own earnings. He goes to work for her father as a messenger in the ... See full summary »

Director: David Selman | Stars: Lew Ayres, Joan Perry, Thurston Hall, Victor Kilian

Votes: 15

15. Barbed Wire (1952)

Passed | 61 min | Music, Western

When the Texas cattle trails to Kansas are blocked, cattle buyer Gene Autry (Gene Autry) goes to Texas to investigate. There, he finds his friend, land-agent "Buckeye" Buttram (Pat Buttram)... See full summary »

Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Gene Autry, Champion, Anne James, William Fawcett

Votes: 124

16. Missing Witnesses (1937)

Passed | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The daring of the racketeers all working for one organization in an East Coast city, leads the Governor to create a new undercover law agency formed to combat the gangsters, and to find ... See full summary »

Director: William Clemens | Stars: John Litel, Dick Purcell, Virginia Dale, Sheila Bromley

Votes: 133

17. Here Comes the Groom (1934)

Approved | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Piccolo player Mike Scanlon loses his girl due to his unexciting lifestyle, so he decides to commit a robbery to gain notoriety. But the robbery goes awry and Mike finds himself on the run ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Jack Haley, Mary Boland, Neil Hamilton, Patricia Ellis

Votes: 37

18. Midnight Court (1937)

Passed | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Victor Shanley had once been New York City's most-acclaimed crime-fighting, crusading District Attorney and the scourge of the underworld. But the workaholic demands of the job led him to ... See full summary »

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Ann Dvorak, John Litel, Carlyle Moore Jr., Joseph Crehan

Votes: 129

19. Yokel Boy (1942)

Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

"Perfect Movie Fan" Joe Ruddy is brought to Hollywood as a publicity stunt and put in charge of a production company as a gag, but everybody isn't in on the gag, and Joe imports a notorious... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Albert Dekker, Joan Davis, Eddie Foy Jr., Alan Mowbray

Votes: 46

20. The Man in Blue (1937)

Passed | 67 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A police officer who kills a thief during the commission of a robbery takes on the responsibility of raising the man's son.

Director: Milton Carruth | Stars: Robert Wilcox, Edward Ellis, Nan Grey, Richard Carle

Votes: 18

21. Men Without Names (1935)

Approved | 66 min | Action, Crime, Drama

This story about the U.S. Department of Justice and its agents begins with a daring mail-truck robbery by a ruthless gang that flees to the western U.S. after the robbery. When money from ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Madge Evans, David Holt, Lynne Overman

Votes: 62

22. Sabotage Squad (1942)

Approved | 60 min | Drama, Romance, War

Rejected by the army because of a bad heart, Eddie Miller, small-time gambler, promises his girl, Edith Cassell, that he will get a good job. Meanwhile, his pal, Chuck Brown, a pickpocket, ... See full summary »

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Bruce Bennett, Kay Harris, Edward Norris, Sidney Blackmer

Votes: 26

23. Woman Trap (1936)

Approved | 63 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

New York gangster Riley Ferguson shoots a henchman who tried to double-cross him in a Los Angeles jewel robbery, and Ramirez offers him a hideout until things quiet down, as the jewels are ... See full summary »

Director: Harold Young | Stars: Gertrude Michael, George Murphy, Akim Tamiroff, Sidney Blackmer

Votes: 27

24. Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! (1940)

Passed | 59 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance

In despair after breaking up with his girlfriend, a man hires a thug he has never seen to kill him. However, he changes his mind when he falls in love with another woman--but he can't stop ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Donald Woods, Kathryn Adams, Wallace Ford, Mona Barrie

Votes: 42

25. City Girl (1938)

Approved | 63 min | Crime, Drama

A racketeer uses a waitress to get information from the district attorney whom she comes to love.

Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Ricardo Cortez, Phyllis Brooks, Robert Wilcox, Douglas Fowley

Votes: 28

26. The Line-Up (1934)

Passed | 64 min | Drama

Bob Curtis (William Gargan), the youngest member of the New York City plain-clothes squad, is assigned to help Detective-Sergeant Doyle (Paul Hurst) uncover the people behind a number of ... See full summary »

Director: Howard Higgin | Stars: William Gargan, Marian Nixon, Paul Hurst, John Miljan

Votes: 38

27. The Pecos Pistol (1949)

Approved | 26 min | Short, Action, Adventure

A partial remake of and using footage from 1941's "Rawhide Rangers" that starred Johnny Mack Brown, this Tex Williams short is about a Ranger who pretends to turn outlaw in order to track ... See full summary »

Director: Will Cowan | Stars: Tex Williams, Smokey Rogers, Deuce Spriggins, Barbara Payton

28. That's My Story! (1937)

Passed | 62 min | Drama, Music, Mystery

A reporter desperate for a story tries to interview a gangster's girlfriend jailed in a small town. He gets himself thrown in the same jail and runs into a female reporter with the same ... See full summary »

Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Claudia Morgan, William Lundigan, Herbert Mundin, Hobart Cavanaugh

29. Counsel for Crime (1937)

Approved | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Law school graduate Paul Maddox, adopted son of Senator Robert Maddox, accepts an offer to join the law firm of William "Bill" Mellon, brilliant but unscrupulous criminal attorney. Mrs. ... See full summary »

Director: John Brahm | Stars: Otto Kruger, Douglass Montgomery, Julie Bishop, Thurston Hall

Votes: 33

30. Frontier Law (1943)

Approved | 55 min | Western

Riding south from Montana, Jim Warren and his friend, Ramblin' Rufe, discover that Jim's old pal, Dusty Norton, is working for triggerman Joe Hawkins. Later, Jim and Rufe see cattleman ... See full summary »

Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Russell Hayden, Fuzzy Knight, Dennis Moore, Jennifer Holt

Votes: 23

31. Lightnin' in the Forest (1948)

Approved | 58 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Psychiatrist David Lamont is pressured into "analyzing" the madcap but glamorous niece of a judge. Then crooks on the lam intrude...

Director: George Blair | Stars: Lynne Roberts, Don 'Red' Barry, Warren Douglas, Lorna Gray

Votes: 23

32. Prairie Pirates (1949)

Approved | 23 min | Short, Drama, Western

In this remake of and using stock-footage from 1941's "Arizona Cyclone," Tex Williams is a daredevil freight-line driver who, with the aid of his pals Smokey and Deuce, wipes out the ... See full summary »

Director: Will Cowan | Stars: Tex Williams, Smokey Rogers, Deuce Spriggins, Patricia Hall