The Big Shot (1942)

Crime
1947
Movie

Kiss of Death

7.1
1947

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

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.

Drama
1947
Movie

I Walk Alone

6.6
1947

Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub. 14 years later, Frankie is released from the clink and visits Noll with the intention of collecting his half of the nightclub's profits. But Noll, who has no intention of being so equitable, uses his ex-girlfriend Kay to divert Frankie from his intended goal.

6.1

Crime
1933
Movie

Ladies They Talk About

6.1
1933

A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.

Crime
1953
Movie

Crime Wave

7.1
1953

Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then attempt to force him into doing a bank job.

7.8

Drama
1932
Movie

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

7.8
1932

A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.

Crime
1930
Movie

The Big House

6.6
1930

Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.

7.3

Thriller
1947
Movie

Dark Passage

7.3
1947

A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.

Genre : Thriller

6.7

Crime
1956
Movie

The Killer Is Loose

6.7
1956

A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. Poole begins his plans to get revenge when he escapes his captors.

6.9

Drama
1958
Movie

I Want to Live!

6.9
1958

Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a murder and sent to death row.

7.7

Crime
1949
Movie

White Heat

7.7
1949

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.

Crime
1950
Movie

Caged

7.1
1950

A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.

6.7

Crime
1948
Movie

Cry of the City

6.7
1948

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?

7.2

Drama
1955
Movie

The Man with the Golden Arm

7.2
1955

When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.

6.9

Drama
1948
Movie

Pitfall

6.9
1948

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 private investigator.

Crime
1947
Movie

The Web

7.1
1947

A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.

7.6

Drama
1945
Movie

Scarlet Street

7.6
1945

Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.

Drama
1947
Movie

It Always Rains on Sunday

6.6
1947

During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.