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Wanted for Murder

1946

The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist the urge to strangle women to death.

5.4

I Met a Murderer

1939

An Englishwoman who writes novels meets a farmer who has just killed his nagging wife.

5.4

On the Night of the Fire

1939

A barber gives in to temptation and steals some money, leading to blackmail and murder.

6.1

Dancing with Crime

1947

When his best friend is murdered inside a London dancehall, a cab driver and his girlfriend involve themselves in the investigation and discover a major criminal operation hiding behind the club's friendly facade.

5.7

Nightbeat

1947

After the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman.

6.4

Good-Time Girl

1948

Sent to a home for "problem" girls, incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd, and suffers spectacularly as a result.

6.2

The Intimate Stranger

1956

Film producer Reggie Wilson is worried he may have a dual personality. Fleeing Hollywood, he finds himself in England and married to the studio boss's daughter after which he quickly rises through the studio ranks. Then the letters begin to appear from a lovesick American actress who wants to know why he has thrown her over.

6.0

Daughter of Darkness

1948

In Ballyconnen, Emmy Baudine is a beautiful but disturbed young woman who works for the local priest. When the carnival comes to town, she encounters a handsome young boxer called Dan and lays his face open with her fingernails when he expects sexual favors from her. Hurriedly packed off by Father Corcoran to Yorkshire, Emmy is taken in by a farming family and manages to suppress the strange feelings of fascination and repulsion that she experiences in the presence of the opposite sex. Until, that is, the carnival comes to town and brings with it the vengeful Dan...

7.2

Violent Playground

1958

A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.

7.3

Jigsaw

1962

A woman is found murdered in a seaside house along the coast from Brighton in the county of East Sussex, England. Local D.I. Fred Fellows and D.S. Jim Wilks lead an investigation methodically following up leads and clues mostly in Brighton and Hove but also further afield. _-= Based on the novel "Sleep Long My Love" by Hillary Waugh and Inspired by the Brighton Trunk Murders of the late 1930's =-_

6.8

The Upturned Glass

1947

A neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how after the affair was over, the woman fell out a window and died. The surgeon, suspecting that she was murdered, set out to find her killer -- but, instead of turning the suspect over to the police, he planned to take his own revenge on the murderer.

5.8

Recoil

1953

A jeweller is killed in a gang robbery leaving the daughter as the only witness. When the police can't build a case against him she decides to go undercover to infiltrate the home of the killer's brother. Slowly she is drawn into the world of the rival gangs.

6.9

State Secret

1950

While working in England, an American surgeon Dr. John Marlowe is invited to Vosnia (a fictitious East-European country) to receive an award and demonstrate his life-saving surgery. Unwittingly caught in the middle of a dangerous and corrupt series of political events, Marlowe then becomes the object of a shoot-to-kill, vicious pursuit. Fleeing, he seeks help from an English-speaking actress, Lisa Robinson, and the two attempt to escape across the treacherous mountains of Vosnia.

6.5

Meet Mr. Callaghan

1954

A young woman is framed for the murder of a wealthy man who met his death at the hands of his heirs.

4.8

Third Party Risk

1954

Vacationing at a resort hotel in Spain, a man discovers he is the only one not mixed up one way or another in murder, drugs and microfilm smuggling. But, the police are after him!

5.6

Street of Shadows

1953

A saloon owner falls in love with the abused wife of a heavy gambler. He is snared into a web of intrigue when an ex-girlfriend is found murdered in his apartment.

5.8

The Last Page

1952

A married bookstore owner is blackmailed after he makes a pass at his new sexy blonde clerk.

6.0

Daybreak

1948

A mysterious barber hides a secret identity that eventually leads to tragedy.

8.0

Hello Darlin'

2020

Les Dalton is on parole after nine years in prison for armed robbery, and now everyone wants to know what happened to the missing gold. He claims it never existed, but no-one believes him, including the retired detective who headed the original manhunt. Whilst Dalton tries to build a new life in a world he wants no part of it, plans are afoot to force him to tell the truth -- a move which will ultimately cost someone their life.

5.5

Cosh Boy

1953

Roy Walsh is a brash and enterprising thug who bullies his friends into subservience. He and his gang assault and rob people on the street, but things get increasingly dangerous when their behavior escalates to larger crimes.

Genre	Drama, War
Production Companies	Ealing Studios, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Production Ccountries	United Kingdom

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Wanted for Murder

I Met a Murderer

On the Night of the Fire

Dancing with Crime

Nightbeat

Good-Time Girl

The Intimate Stranger

Daughter of Darkness

Violent Playground

Jigsaw

The Upturned Glass

Recoil

State Secret

Meet Mr. Callaghan

Third Party Risk

Street of Shadows

The Last Page

Daybreak

Hello Darlin'

Cosh Boy