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Downbeat crime films made between 1941 and 1959

Criss Cross (1949)

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Synopsis: A young man, Steve Thompson (Burt Lancaster, Atlantic City), returns to his hometown and quickly reconnects with his ex-wife (Yvonne De Carlo, Band of Angels), who (accidentally?) gets him […]

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1949

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)

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Synopsis: In post-World War II England, a Canadian veteran (Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry) suffering from PTSD accidentally kills a man in a bar fight. The ex-soldier goes on the lam […]

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1948

Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

January 15, 2021by Eric Binford 15 Comments

Synopsis: When her phone line gets crossed with another, a bedridden heiress, Leona Stevenson (Barbara Stanwyck, Stella Dallas), overhears a plot to murder an unnamed woman. Leona tries to alert […]

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1948

I Walk Alone (1947)

November 2, 2020by Eric Binford 5 Comments

Synopsis: Frankie Madison (Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry) has been released from jail after serving a fourteen-year sentence for bootlegging. Frankie immediately contacts ex-partner Noll Hunter (Kirk Douglas, Lust for Life) […]

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1947

Brute Force (1947)

September 23, 2020by Eric Binford 8 Comments

Synopsis: In order to be with his sickly wife (Ann Blyth, Mildred Pierce), troubled convict Joe Collins (Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry) devises a daring jailbreak. However, the scheme goes awry […]

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1947

Desert Fury (1947)

September 22, 2020by Eric Binford 8 Comments

Synopsis: A shady businessman (John Hodiak, The Harvey Girls) and his sidekick (Wendell Corey, The File on Thelma Jordon) arrive in a small Arizona town on the same day a […]

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1947

The Killers (1946)

September 10, 2020by Eric Binford 21 Comments

Synopsis: Two hired assassins arrive in a small town with the intention of killing a gas station employee nicknamed “The Swede” (Burt Lancaster, From Here to Eternity). After “Swede” is […]

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1946

Arch of Triumph (1948)

August 28, 2020by Eric Binford 12 Comments

Synopsis: The year is 1938. The place is Paris, France. An undocumented German physician (Charles Boyer, Algiers) comes to the aid of a penniless woman (Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia) roaming the […]

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1948

The Web (1947)

April 19, 2020by Eric Binford 21 Comments

Synopsis: A small-time lawyer (Edmond O’Brien, D.O.A.) agrees to work as a bodyguard for a wealthy businessman (Vincent Price, House of Wax). As soon as he starts his new job, […]

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1947

Out of the Past (1947)

January 21, 2019by Eric Binford 11 Comments

Synopsis: An ex-private detective (Robert Mitchum, Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison) with a shady past is now enjoying a quiet life in a small town, but old associates reappear and the […]

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1947

Murder, My Sweet (1944)

January 18, 2019by Eric Binford 9 Comments

Synopsis: Private eye Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell, The Bad and the Beautiful) is hired by an ex-con, Moose Malloy (Mike Mazurki, Some Like it Hot), to find the man’s old […]

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1944

My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)

December 7, 2018by Eric Binford 7 Comments

Synopsis: Julia Ross (Nina Foch, An American in Paris) in an American woman living in London, England, who answers a lady’s (Dame May Whitty, Mrs. Miniver) newspaper ad for a personal secretary. […]

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1945

A Woman’s Face (1941)

June 20, 2018by Eric Binford 3 Comments

Synopsis: A terribly disfigured criminal, Anna Holm (Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce), becomes involved in a plan to kill a young heir. However, Anna has a change-of-heart after a surgeon (Melvyn Douglas, […]

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1941

Beyond the Forest (1949)

April 9, 2018by Eric Binford 2 Comments

Synopsis: Bette Davis is Rosa Moline, a local physician’s wife who hates the monotony of her ordinary existence in a small Midwestern town. Rosa dreams of a gregarious life in […]

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