Ellis Island
An Italian government agent is assigned to dismantle a drug smuggling ring on the island of Ischia, but things become personal when his daughter is kidnapped by the criminals.
International Crime is a 1938 mystery and thriller film starring Rod La Rocque as the radio host and amateur detective Lamont Cranston, also known as "The Shadow". The plot involves Cranston and his a…
The 1939 British thriller Jamaica Inn, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, stars Maureen O’Hara and Charles Laughton in a tense tale of crime and intrigue on the Cornish coast, adapted from Daphne du Maurie…
One night a group of strangers, both innocent and criminal, are thrust together at a small country inn and must contend with a murder and $50,000 in stolen money.
A colonial police detective in an Eastern seaport seeks a stolen gem, and infiltrates the underworld by posing as a look-alike wharfside bar owner.
Three gangsters hold the Benson family captive in their hilltop home near the railroad station in the city of Suddenly, planning to assassinate the president of the USA.
In 16th century Sweden, the lives of three Scottish mercenaries and a vicar's family intersect after a crime forever alters a small coastal town. As the three try to escape, they find themselves trapp…
"Confidential Report" (1955), also known as "Mr. Arkadin," is an Orson Welles classic that weaves a complex tale of mystery and intrigue, as a wealthy tycoon hires an investigator to delve into his fo…
Secret Service agents make a deal with a counterfeiting inmate to be released on early parole if he will help them recover some bogus moneymaking plates, but he plans to double cross them.
An orphan boy in 1830's London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves.
A fugitive enters England illegally, following the disappearance of several noted atom scientists and is drafted to work as a Military Intelligence operative. They're Out To Get Him...But He's Hard T…
A mysterious stranger crosses paths with an outlaw bank robber and a greedy rancher.
An embattled attorney fights to topple corrupt town officials by running for mayor, and is aided by a visiting stranger, who's actually a vacationing Supreme Court justice, John Josephus Grant.
"The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery" (1959) follows Steve McQueen as a reluctant criminal drawn into a real-life heist gone wrong. Directed by Charles Guggenheim, this tense crime drama is based on the …
Three criminals desparate to hide from the police dress up as ministers and must spend their time doing charity work and restoring a mission to stay hidden.
Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in a notorious island prison While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow p…
A tour guide in Venice romances a visiting American tourist whose father owns a chewing-gum factory back in the U.S. She sets out to convince her skeptical father to bring the tour guide to America an…
Private investigator Oliver Keith and his assistant Ella Carey delve into the murder of an antique dealer, uncovering a web of blackmail, corruption, and stolen bonds.
An orphan escapes immigration officials at Ellis Island and goes to live with an old ship's master who can't find work and can't pay the rent.
Ranger Bill Williams goes to prison to get information on Chuck Adams. Then a fake posse chase gets him invited into Adams' gang. But just as he learns who Adams' boss is and is about to make his move…
A man is sentenced to hang for murdering a prospector, but cowboy Bruce Conway breaks him free to learn the location of the murder victim's hidden gold mine.
In the gold-rich California of the mid-1800s, native Spaniards are preyed upon by ruthless men taking advantage of unjust laws. Vowing to avenge her parents' murder, Barbara Britton becomes a Robin Ho…
Haunting film noir film directed by Fritz Lang starring Edward G. Robinson as Christopher "Chris" Cross, a middle-aged cashier stuck in a loveless marriage whose only joy in life is from painting. Whe…
A mysterious gambler living under an alias is drawn back into danger and romance.