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1. Gun Crazy (1950)

Passed | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

7.6
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74 Metascore

Two disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: John Dall, Peggy Cummins, Berry Kroeger, Morris Carnovsky

Votes: 14,902

2. Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957)

Approved | 88 min | Drama, Western

6.0
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A cavalry officer, the sole survivor of an Indian attack, and a wagon load of prisoners travel through hostile Indian country.

Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Dennis O'Keefe, Mona Freeman, Katy Jurado

Votes: 483

3. Black Tuesday (1954)

Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.6
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Gangster Vincent Canelli and bank robber Peter Manning escape from Death Row minutes before their execution by electric chair.

Director: Hugo Fregonese | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Jean Parker, Peter Graves, Milburn Stone

Votes: 675

4. Al Capone (1959)

Approved | 104 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

6.7
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A chronicle of the rise and fall of Chicago crime boss Al Capone during the Prohibition era.

Director: Richard Wilson | Stars: Rod Steiger, Martin Balsam, Fay Spain, James Gregory

Votes: 1,912

5. Hopalong Cassidy (1952–1954)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

7.7
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Hopalong and his horse Topper catch bad guys with Red Connors for comic relief.

Stars: William Boyd, Edgar Buchanan, George D. Wallace, Rick Vallin

Votes: 395

6. Rocketship X-M (1950)

Approved | 77 min | Family, Sci-Fi

4.9
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An astronaut crew on their way to the Moon are unexpectedly propelled by gravitational forces and end up on Mars instead.

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Osa Massen, John Emery, Noah Beery Jr.

Votes: 2,500

7. Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951–1958)

30 min | Family, Western

7.7
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Hickok rode Buckshot while 300-pound Jingles rode Joker. Jingles described Hickok as "the bravest, strongest, fightingest U.S. Marshal in the whole West." And that's about it: he beat up all the bad guys and somehow kept his good looks.

Stars: Guy Madison, Andy Devine, Sam Flint, William Haade

Votes: 233

8. Decoy (1946)

Approved | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.8
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A mortally wounded female gangster recounts how she and her gang revived an executed killer from the gas chamber, to try and find out where he buried a fortune in cash.

Director: Jack Bernhard | Stars: Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, Robert Armstrong, Herbert Rudley

Votes: 2,202

9. Dillinger (1945)

Passed | 70 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

6.5
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John Dillinger begins his life of crime as a petty thief, meets his future gang in prison and eventually masterminds a series of daring robberies.

Director: Max Nosseck | Stars: Lawrence Tierney, Edmund Lowe, Anne Jeffreys, Eduardo Ciannelli

Votes: 2,144 | Gross: $4.00M

10. When Strangers Marry (1944)

Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.5
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A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Kim Hunter, Dean Jagger, Neil Hamilton

Votes: 1,383

11. The Gray Ghost (1957– )

30 min | Adventure, War, Western

8.5
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The Civil War exploits of Confederate cavalry officer John Singleton Mosby, the Gray Ghost, was the basis of this syndicated series. Sgt. Magruder was the only other regular character but actual historic people were occasionally portrayed.

Stars: Tod Andrews, Phil Chambers, Sherwood Price, Jean Willes

Votes: 105

12. The Shadow Returns (1946)

Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

5.4
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Super-sleuth Lamont Cranston, (aka "The Shadow") investigates the theft of jewels from a grave.

Directors: Phil Rosen, William Beaudine | Stars: Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, Tom Dugan, Joseph Crehan

Votes: 311

13. I Escaped from the Gestapo (1943)

Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

5.5
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A forger is forced to work for a Nazi spy ring. His conscience gets the better of him, though, and he secretly conspires with the FBI to turn over the gang.

Director: Harold Young | Stars: Dean Jagger, John Carradine, Mary Brian, William Henry

Votes: 231

14. The Come On (1956)

83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.1
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Unscrupulous con woman gets involved in murder.

Director: Russell Birdwell | Stars: Anne Baxter, Sterling Hayden, John Hoyt, Jesse White

Votes: 280

15. Fear (1946)

Approved | 68 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery

5.7
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In this Americanized retelling of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, a medical student--broke, hungry and desperate for money--murders a loan shark to whom he owes money. After the killing,... See full summary »

Director: Alfred Zeisler | Stars: Peter Cookson, Warren William, Anne Gwynne, Francis Pierlot

Votes: 669

16. Finger Man (1955)

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

6.4
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An ex-con goes undercover for the government to "finger" the crime boss who made his sister a drug addict.

Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Forrest Tucker, Peggie Castle, Timothy Carey

Votes: 430

17. Bomba: The Jungle Boy (1949)

Approved | 70 min | Adventure, Family

5.4
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George Harland and his daughter, Patricia, are photographers who discover a wild boy in the jungle. When Patricia become lost, Bomba brings her back, overcoming plagues of locusts, forest fires and fierce wild animals.

Director: Ford Beebe | Stars: Johnny Sheffield, Peggy Ann Garner, Onslow Stevens, Charles Irwin

Votes: 353

18. Gang Busters (1952– )

30 min | Crime, Drama

6.9
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True crime stories and their investigations are dramatized.

Stars: Robert Bice, Mike Ragan, Myron Healey, Don C. Harvey

Votes: 87

19. The Trap (1946)

Approved | 68 min | Mystery

6.0
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When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number Two Son Jimmy and faithful chauffeur Birmingham Brown.

Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Victor Sen Yung, Tanis Chandler

Votes: 1,232

20. Charlie Chan in the Chinese Cat (1944)

Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

6.3
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Charlie Chan investigates the locked-room murder of a chess expert.

Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Sidney Toler, Joan Woodbury, Mantan Moreland, Benson Fong

Votes: 1,488

21. Fall Guy (1947)

Passed | 64 min | Action, Crime, Drama

5.9
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Tom Cochrane (Leo Penn'), full of dope (cocaine) and covered with blood, is picked up by the police and then questioned by detectives Shannon (Douglas Fowley) and Taylor (Harry Strang), but... See full summary »

Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Teala Loring, Robert Armstrong, Leo Penn, Elisha Cook Jr.

Votes: 217

22. Dark Alibi (1946)

Approved | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

6.5
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A public defender enlists Charlie to exonerate one of his clients, an ex-con falsely accused of bank robbery and murder, scheduled for execution in nine days.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Ben Carter, Benson Fong

Votes: 1,454

23. The Scarlet Letter (1934)

G | 69 min | Drama, Romance

5.4
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In the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on her dress for bearing a child out of wedlock.

Director: Robert G. Vignola | Stars: Colleen Moore, Hardie Albright, Henry B. Walthall, Cora Sue Collins

Votes: 503

24. Suspense (1946)

Passed | 101 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance

6.4
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Frank Leonard, the proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes Joe Morgan, a peanut vendor at the show, to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Belita, Barry Sullivan, Bonita Granville, Albert Dekker

Votes: 894

25. The Scarlet Clue (1945)

Approved | 65 min | Mystery

6.3
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Charlie discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investigating several murders.

Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Ben Carter, Benson Fong

Votes: 1,566

26. The Shanghai Cobra (1945)

Approved | 64 min | Mystery

6.4
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Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Death by cobra venom connects a number of murders. Charlie investigates.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Benson Fong, James Cardwell

Votes: 1,247

27. Dangerous Money (1946)

Approved | 66 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

6.3
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A treasury agent on the trail of counterfeit money confides to fellow ocean liner passenger Charlie Chan that there have been two attempts on his life.

Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Sidney Toler, Gloria Warren, Victor Sen Yung, Rick Vallin

Votes: 1,285

28. Behind the Mask (1946)

Passed | 68 min | Mystery

4.8
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Lamont Cranston, aka the Shadow, has his hands full as the murder of blackmailing reporter Jeff Mann is blamed on him. Not only does the real murderer seem one step ahead of him as Lamont ... See full summary »

Directors: Phil Karlson, William Beaudine | Stars: Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, George Chandler, Dorothea Kent

Votes: 231

29. The Green Archer (I) (1940)

Passed | 285 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

6.5
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The struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on the way to prison, while his brother Abel Bellamy takes control of the estate for his own nefarious plans.

Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Victor Jory, Iris Meredith, James Craven, Robert Fiske

Votes: 199

30. The Hunted (1948)

Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.5
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Despite her pleas of innocence, an honest cop arrests his own girlfriend for her alleged part in a jewel robbery and he keeps hounding her after her release from prison, even though he still loves her.

Director: Jack Bernhard | Stars: Preston Foster, Belita, Pierre Watkin, Larry J. Blake

Votes: 673

31. Swing Parade of 1946 (1946)

Approved | 74 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

5.2
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A struggling young singer falls for a nightclub owner whose father, a millionaire, is trying to shut it down. Featuring The Three Stooges as waiters.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Gale Storm, Phil Regan, Moe Howard, Larry Fine

Votes: 441

32. The Choppers (1961)

Not Rated | 66 min | Crime, Drama

4.7
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A gang of teenage delinquents terrorize a small community by stealing cars and stripping them for parts, then selling the parts to a crooked junkyard owner. The police and an insurance company investigator set out to break up the gang.

Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Arch Hall Jr., Robert Paget, Burr Middleton, Rex Holman

Votes: 443

33. Crime Doctor (1943)

Approved | 66 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

6.3
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Amnesia victim, Robert Ordway, becomes the country's leading criminal psychologist. When he is hit on the head (by someone from his past) he suddenly remembers his previous life as a criminal.

Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Warner Baxter, Margaret Lindsay, John Litel, Ray Collins

Votes: 589

34. Captain Midnight (1942)

Passed | 270 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

6.6
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Secret Service Major Steel (Joseph W. Girard), is one of the few men in America aware of the fact that Captain Albright (Dave O'Brien) is also Captain Midnight, daring masked aviator ... See full summary »

Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Dave O'Brien, Dorothy Short, James Craven, Sam Edwards

Votes: 154

35. Hot Rhythm (1944)

Passed | 79 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

6.0
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Jimmy O'Brien (Robert Lowery) and Sammy Rubin (Sidney Miller), write jingle commercials for radio, and meet Mary Adams (Dona Drake) who wants to break into radio as a soloist for a band. ... See full summary »

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Robert Lowery, Dona Drake, Tim Ryan, Irene Ryan

Votes: 110

36. Deadwood Dick (1940)

Approved | 285 min | Western

7.2
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Deadwood Dick, a masked and mysterious hero, is in reality Dick Stanley, editor of the Dakota Pioneer Press and a leading member of Statehood For Dakota. He is on the trail of a masked ... See full summary »

Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Donald Douglas, Lorna Gray, Harry Harvey, Marin Sais

Votes: 66

37. Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)

64 min | Crime, Mystery

6.6
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Charlie investigates murders connected with insurance fraud. This one is set in San Francisco's Chinatown.

Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Victor Sen Yung, Tanis Chandler

Votes: 772

38. The Red Dragon (1945)

Approved | 64 min | Mystery

6.3
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Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with bullets that are not fired from a gun.

Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Sidney Toler, Fortunio Bonanova, Benson Fong, Robert Emmett Keane

Votes: 745

39. The Missing Lady (1946)

Passed | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

5.4
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A jade statue, "The Missing Lady", is stolen and its owner killed. Lamont Cranston, alias the Shadow, sets out to catch the killer but is blamed for the murders himself as each time he ... See full summary »

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, George Chandler, James Flavin

Votes: 218

40. The Jade Mask (1945)

Approved | 66 min | Mystery

6.2
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Eccentric scientist Harper lives in a spooky mansion with all the trimmings: hidden lab, secret panels, inscrutable butler, and greedy relatives with unusual talents. When Harper seems to ... See full summary »

Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Edwin Luke, Hardie Albright

Votes: 1,325

41. Mr. Hex (1946)

Passed | 63 min | Comedy

6.0
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Sach is given a post-hypnotic suggestion that turns him into a championship prizefighter.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell

Votes: 333

42. The Whistler (1954– )

30 min | Mystery

7.9
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Crime anthology series with twist endings; based on the popular radio drama and several B-movies.

Stars: William Forman, Danni Sue Nolan, Arthur Franz, Dorothy Green

Votes: 60

43. Black Gold (1947)

Passed | 90 min | Drama, History, Sport

6.1
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In the 1920s Texas, Indian farmer Charley Eagle is dreaming of winning the Kentucky Derby with his Black Hope horse but things change when oil is found on his land and the Black Gold colt is born.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Katherine DeMille, 'Ducky' Louie, Raymond Hatton

Votes: 232

44. Sensation Hunters (1945)

Approved | 62 min | Action, Crime, Drama

5.4
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A naive young girl, looking to escape from a bad family situation, falls in love with a man who turns out to be a cad, and leads her down the road to ruin.

Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Robert Lowery, Doris Merrick, Eddie Quillan, Constance Worth

Votes: 255

45. The Sky Dragon (1949)

Passed | 64 min | Crime, Mystery

6.4
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On a plane trip, Charlie Chan and the passengers are drugged, and when they wake up a quarter million dollars is missing.

Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Roland Winters, Keye Luke, Mantan Moreland, Noel Neill

Votes: 389

46. Portland Exposé (1957)

Approved | 72 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

6.0
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A tavern owner in mid-century Portland, Oregon finds the safety of himself and his family threatened when he becomes involved in a war between labor unions and a violent local crime syndicate.

Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Edward Binns, Carolyn Craig, Virginia Gregg, Russ Conway

Votes: 289

47. Live Wires (1946)

Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Crime

6.1
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Slip, who has difficulties in keeping any job for long, is hired by the District Attorney's office to serve summons and warrants to problematic citizens.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Mike Mazurki, Bobby Jordan

Votes: 420

48. The Underworld Story (1950)

Passed | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.9
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The story of the fight of a small-town newspaper to free an innocent girl of a murder charge, with the publisher of a metropolitan city newspaper heading, by forced circumstances, the opposing forces.

Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm, Howard Da Silva

Votes: 1,331

49. The Purple Gang (1959)

Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Drama

6.0
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The story of the infamous Purple Gang, a ring of bootleggers, hijackers and killers in 1920s' Detroit.

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Robert Blake, Elaine Edwards, Marc Cavell

Votes: 337

50. Cry Vengeance (1954)

Not Rated | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.4
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Violent ex-cop Vic Barron comes to Ketchikan, Alaska seeking revenge on an old enemy.

Director: Mark Stevens | Stars: Mark Stevens, Martha Hyer, Skip Homeier, Joan Vohs

Votes: 629



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