Subgenre Sampler
Courtroom: 202 Films to Buy & Rent
Perry Mason (TV Series) (1957-1966)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Feat. Raymond Burr, William Hopper, William Talman…
- Benchmark legal drama series which turned star Raymond Burr into a television institution as the near–invincible criminal lawyer, Perry…
Time Without Pity (1957)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Michael Redgrave, Leo McKern, Ann Todd…
- Nervy noir has Michael Redgrave in top form as an alcoholic father racing against time to save his son from the gallows.
Somewhat dated thriller…
Twelve Angry Men (12 Angry Men) (1957)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley…
- Henry Fonda holds–out on a unanimous jury who wish to convict an alleged murderer. A sweltering tension is worked up as he struggles to…
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton…
- Tense courtroom thriller, with Tyrone Power in the dock, defended by Charles Laughton, and consoled by wife Marlene Dietrich. Agatha Christie's story…
Please Murder Me (Please Murder Me!) (1956)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Peter Godfrey
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Raymond Burr, Dick Foran…
- Raymond Burr and Angela Lansbury square off in this tough–minded noir about a lawyers who successfully defends his client only to discover…
Tight Spot (1955)
- Dir. Phil Karlson
Feat. Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith…
- Tense crime melodrama in which Ginger Rogers is persuaded by attorney Edward G. Robinson to testify against her gangster boyfriend.
Place in the Sun, A (1951)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters…
- Montgomery Clift excels as a penniless youth whose determination to win the heart of socialite Elizabeth Taylor (in her debut as an adult actress) is…
Rashomon (1951)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori…
- The film that brought Kurosawa to the attention of the world, and an Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film.
Four wildly varying perspectives on a…
Adam's Rib (1949)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn
- A bittersweet battle of the sexes in which married lawyers find themselves on opposite sides of an attempted murder case. High–brow romp was…
Purple Heart, The (1944)
- Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Farley Granger…
- Watchable flag–waver from WW2 depicts the show trial of a crew of American airmen (led by Andrews) who are shot down over Tokyo in 1944. Has…