THE GREAT DETECTIVE

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

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

Crack-Up

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

1946

The Missing Juror

A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors.

1944

The Woman on Pier 13

Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them.

1950

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

Riot in Cell Block 11

A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.

1954

Pool of London

Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.

1951

High Sierra

Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.

1941

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