Murder by Contract

The Woman in Question

Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions

1950

Charley Varrick

Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large

1973

A Killer's Expiry Date

Wayne is a hitman who wants to retire, so that he can provide a safe life for his wife and their soon-to-be-born baby. He also wants to go legit so th

1998

Hoodlum Empire

It's a deadly play for power when a Mafia chieftain's top gun goes straight and threatens to testify against the big boss and his cruel, nationwide ne

1952

Over-Exposed

This titillating bit of pulp sensationalism was the last in a string of "B" films that Cleo Moore starred in at Columbia. Moore plays Lila Crane, an a

1956

Out of the Fog

A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather

1941

Walk a Crooked Mile

A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation

1948

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

When heiress Jean Courtland attempts suicide, her fiancée Elliott Carson probes her relationship with John Triton. In flashback, we see how stage ment

1948

Odds Against Tomorrow

An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.

1959

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. S

1946

Desert Fury

The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.

1947

I Walk Alone

Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a p

1947

Too Late for Tears

Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murd

1949

Daybreak

After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events the led him to the killing.

1939

Naked Alibi

Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police questioners, is beaten, and swears vengeance against them. Next

1954

Roadblock

An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.

1951

Vertigo For A Killer

Jean-Pierre Desagnat's Vertige pour un tueur involves Marc as a hood hunted down by his boss when he fails to execute a man who happens to be his frie

1970

Airport 1975

When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls.

1974

The Woman on Pier 13

Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them.

1950

The Killer Is Loose

A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner

1956