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Ace in the Hole

An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.

1951

Riff-Raff

A private detective foils the plans of villains attempting to take over Panamanian oilfields when he hides a valuable map in plain sight.

1947

Suspense

The proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes a peanut-vendor to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the show's

1946

The Suspect

Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henp

1945

Party Girl

Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realiz

1958

Hollow Triumph

Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.

1948

Pitfall

An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent pr

1948

Larceny

Rick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow into giving up her savings for

1948

The Enforcer

After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieu

1951

Force of Evil

Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of

1950

Pursued

A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely

1947

Night Editor

A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.

1946

The Houston Story

A Texas oil driller schemes to steal millions of dollars in oil.

1956

Scandal Sheet

A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself.

1952

Crack-Up

Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?

1946

High Wall

Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he's committed to an understaffed county

1947

Loophole

Bank teller Mike Donovan (Barry Sullivan) takes the first step on the road to Perdition when he fails to report a $49,000 shortage. Accused of theft,

1954

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

The Reckless Moment

After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.

1949