Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3190 Films to Buy & Rent
On Dangerous Ground (1951)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond…
- Grimly rewarding noir, with real–life tough guy Robert Ryan in one of his best roles.
As a cop helping with a protracted rural manhunt, he…
Prowler, The (1951)
- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes, John Maxwell…
- This underseen "perv noir" deliciously subverts archetypes by twisting its menacing male lead (a terrific Van Heflin) into a 'homme fatale', replete…
Racket, The (1951)
- Dir. John Cromwell
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Lizabeth Scott…
- An incorruptible police captain's attempts to clean up the streets of his town leads to confrontation with the local mob boss. Minor noir, previously…
Strangers On a Train (1951)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Robert Walker, Farley Granger
- The Master of Suspense justifies his mantle with this consummate thriller. He executes one glorious set piece after another as psycho Robert Walker…
Thing, The (The Thing From Another World) (1951)
- Dir. Christian Nyby
Feat. Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite
- Howard Hawksian macho men in leather tussle it out with men in cardies over how to protect themselves from the abomidable alien outside in the snow.…
When Worlds Collide (1951)
- Dir. Rudolph Mate
Feat. Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hansen…
- When Earth faces imminent and total destruction from an errant star, scientists must organise an evacuation in time to save the human race. Thrilling…
Alfred Hitchcock - The Signature Collection (Dial M for Murder, I Confess, Stage Fright, The Wrong Man.) (1950-1957)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Box set contains four 50's classics from The Master of Suspense.
Blue Lamp, The (1950)
- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Patrick Doonan, Jack Warner
- A confident, precisely–judged thriller set in post–war London, with feral petty–crooks Dirk Bogarde and Patrick Doonan being hunted…
Clouded Yellow, The (1950)
- Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard, Kenneth More…
- Superior British noir with Howard as a jaded ex–secret service agent pressed into service when he falls for the charms of mysterious young…
Damned Don't Cry, The (1950)
- Dir. Vincent Sherman
Feat. Joan Crawford, David Brian, Steve Cochran…
- Loosely based on the relationship between Bugsy Siegel and Virginia Hill, this riveting film tells of a New York socialite's involvement with an…