Subgenre Sampler
Sales > Classics > Suspense/Crime: 30 films to Buy
Lady Vanishes, The (1979)
- Curious, though lackluster remake of Hitchcock's classic train thriller. Angela Lansbury plays the vanishing lady whose disappearance is investigated…
- DVD $19.95
Black Sunday (1977)
- A suspenseful, violent terrorist thriller based on Thomas Harris' fictional novel about the pro–Palestinian "Black September" group who…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Hanged Man, The (TV Series) (1975)
- Colin Blakely plays a rich industrialist whose success has made him the death target of his shady competitors. Series follows Blakely pretending to…
- DVD $29.95
Gambler, The (1974)
- A typically gritty 70s crime drama, adapted from a story by Dostoevsky, that boasts a fine performance by James Caan as a well–respected…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Rockford Files, The (TV Series) (1974-1975)
- In the spirit of 'Cold Case' this detective thriller series stars James Garner as an easy going plaid jacket attired investigator pursuing unsolved…
- DVD $39.95, $39.95, $39.95, $39.95
Lord Peter Wimsey (TV Series) (1972)
- Dorothy L. Sayers's archetypal British gentleman detective sleuths murders and crimes of passions in this sophisticated and subtly satirical BBC…
- DVD
$45 $33.75
Snoop Sisters, The (TV Series) (1972)
- Two elderly spinsters put down their mystery writing pens to catch perps for real in this dotty, genteel crime series. Starring former Miss Marple,…
- DVD $39.95
Van Der Valk (TV Series) (1972-1992)
- A hugely popular police procedural series starring Barry Foster as Van der Valk, a no–nonsense Dutch detective and head of the Amsterdam CID…
- DVD $109.95
Ellery Queen (TV Series) (Don't Look Behind You) (1971-1975)
- Whodunnit series stars Jim Hutton as a mystery writer whose sleuthing know–how is regularly called upon by his Police Inspector…
- DVD $49.95
Firechasers, The (1971)
- Brit–crime flick has an insurance investigator chasing down an arsonist, along the way he meets and works with a beautiful newspaper reporter…
- DVD $14.95
Persuaders, The (TV Series) (Persuaders!, The) (1971)
- Roger Moore and Tony Curtis play a debonair duo who lend their status and charm to dissuade the criminal fraternity. Wonderfully corny.
DVD 'Box…
- DVD $79.95
Callan (TV Series) (1970)
- The bold British TV spy series with Edward Woodward as the cold–blooded but very human secret agent.
- DVD
$20 $15, $129.95
Assassination Bureau, The (1969)
- Spirited crime caper which translates Jack London's novel of the same name to Europe on the cusp of WWI.
Diana Rigg plays an aspiring journalist…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Some Girls Do (1969)
- Return outing for Richard Johnson's 'Bulldog Drummond' pits the Bond–wannabe against a cabal of mini–skirted fembots and his…
- DVD $19.95
Danger Diabolik (1968)
- Cat–burgling cool from the pop–art 1960's, outfitted in futuristic chic and the effortless glamour of John Phillip Law and blonde…
- Blu-Ray $24.95
Dragnet (TV Series) (1967)
- The classic hard–case, ultra–realistic sixties police procedural, with officers Friday and Gannon cleaning up the mean streets of…
- DVD $49.95
Rage (1966)
- Sweaty Mexican American thriller with Glenn Ford playing a self–pitying alcoholic doctor who lives alone in a border town, and finds himself…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Blindfold (1965)
- Rock Hudson stars in this wry thriller as a psycho–analyst caught up in an international spy plot after one of his patients knows more than…
- DVD $14.95
Kitten with a Whip (1964)
- Ann–Margaret brings white–hot intensity to this cult classic about a teenage girl on the run from the law who blackmails a clueless…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Birds, The (1963)
- Hitch's masterful rendering of Daphne Du Maurier's novella contains some of his most memorable set pieces, as the population of a seaside resort come…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)
- Politically–charged nail–biter with Frank Sinatra experiencing post–war paranoia about a fellow soldier who may have been…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
Portrait in Black (1960)
- Sudsy potboiler with Turner and Quinn murdering Turner's wealthy husband, unfortunately the perfect crime does not go undetected. Campy fun.
- DVD $14.95
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
- Underrated American Western telling the tale of a U.S. Marshal seeking revenge in the town of 'Gun Hill' after the racially charged rape and murder…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
Defiant Ones, The (1958)
- That well known image of race–hatred – escaped black and white prisoners unwillingly handcuffed together – originated here, with…
- DVD
$15 $11.25
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) (1955-1962)
- Pre–dating THE TWILIGHT ZONE by some years, the Master of Suspense created this iconic television series featuring self–contained tales…
- DVD $159.95
Caine Mutiny, The (1954)
- Solid action with unstable Ship's Captain Humphrey Bogart contending with mutinies and typhoons.
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
Strangers On a Train (1951)
- The Master of Suspense justifies his mantle with this consummate thriller. He executes one glorious set piece after another as psycho Robert Walker…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
Enforcer, The (1950)
- Gripping, well–characterized crime drama leads D.A. Humphrey Bogart into the seedy underworld to trail the leader of a notorious murder ring.
- Blu-Ray $24.95
Stranger, The (1946)
- Orson Welles plays a Nazi war criminal who marries an unsuspecting American, but Edward G. Robinson is hot on his trail. Welles also directed this…
- DVD $29.95
Dark Journey (1937)
- British spy caper with Leigh as a French spy falling for a German double–agent.
- DVD $34.95