Chapter 27 (2007)

Crime
1957
Movie

Plunder Road

7
1957

A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.

6.2

Drama
1949
Movie

Knock on Any Door

6.2
1949

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.

6.6

Crime
1942
Movie

The Glass Key

6.6
1942

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

6.8

Crime
1939
Movie

Each Dawn I Die

6.8
1939

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.

6.6

Drama
1947
Movie

They Made Me a Fugitive

6.6
1947

After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.

6.4

Drama
1966
Movie

Madame X

6.4
1966

Holly Parker, the wife of a wealthy diplomat, is compromised by the accidental death of a man who has been romantically pursuing her. She is forced by her mother-in-law to assume a new identity in order to save the reputation of her husband and infant son. She wanders the world, trying to forget her heartbreak with the aid of alcohol and unsavory men. Eventually returning to the city of her downfall, she murders a blackmailer who threatens to expose her past. Amazingly, Holly is represented at her murder trial by her now adult son, who has become a public defender. In the hope of protecting her family, she refuses to reveal her real name and is known to the court as "Madame X".

6.5

Crime
1957
Movie

Time Without Pity

6.5
1957

Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row. David then goes on a quest to try and clear his son’s name while battling “the bottle.”

6.2

Crime
1955
Movie

House of Bamboo

6.2
1955

Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.

6.9

Mystery
1991
Movie

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

6.9
1991

At the insistence of Ruth Van Rydock, an old schoolfriend who is convinced that there is something wrong, Miss Marple agrees to visit 'Stonygates', the country house of Ruth's sister.

Genre : Mystery

Drama
2013
Movie

The Truth About Emanuel

6
2013

A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

6.3

Drama
1946
Movie

The Locket

6.3
1946

A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.

6.3

Crime
1954
Movie

Witness to Murder

6.3
1954

A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.

Crime
1948
Movie

The Dark Past

6
1948

A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recurring dream that the doctor of the house may be able to analyze.

6.3

Thriller
1967
Movie

The Deadly Affair

6.3
1967

Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi Germany extermination camp, might have some clues, but other officials want Dobbs to drop the case. So Dobbs hires a retiring inspector, Mendel, to quietly make inquiries. Dobbs isn't at all sure as there are a number of anomalies that simply can't be explained away. Dobbs is also having trouble at home with his errant wife, whom he very much loves, having frequent affairs. He's also pleased to see an old friend, Dieter Frey, who he recruited after the war. With the assistance of a colleague and a retired policeman, Dobbs tries to piece together just who is the spy and who in fact assassinated Fennan.

Genre : Thriller

6.5

Crime
1953
Movie

The Blue Gardenia

6.5
1953

Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.

6.1

Drama
1994
Movie

Blue Chips

6.1
1994

Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.

6.1

Mystery
1980
Movie

The Mirror Crack'd

6.1
1980

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

Genre : Mystery