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Subgenre Sampler
Untouchables, The (TV Series) (1959-1963)
- Feat. Robert Stack, Paul Picerni
- An iconic crime series that once baited controversy for its escalation of television violence, this pulled out the stops to authentically…
Machine Gun Kelly (1958)- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Charles Bronson, Susan Cabot - A baby–faced Bronson gives an exciting edge to this superior B–movie biopic, based around the criminal career of the Depression–era…
Party Girl (1958)- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Lee J. Cobb… - Delicious Nicholas Ray–directed potboiler finds bum–legged Robert Taylor trying to cut ties with the mob. A slinky Cyd Charisse (tearing…
Vicious Circle, The (Circle) (1957)- Dir. Gerald Thomas
Feat. John Mills, Derek Farr, Lionel Jeffries - Neatly convoluted mystery has John Mills play an eminent medical specialist who is implicated in a murder when the body of a German actress turns up…
I Died A Thousand Times (1955)- Dir. Stuart Heisler
Feat. Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Lee Marvin… - Enjoyable remake of High Sierra that benefits from a fantastic cast and a rousing finale. Look for a young and uncredited Dennis Hopper.
Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)- Dir. Jack Webb
Feat. Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O'Brien… - Musical set in 1920's Kansas which blends jazz, gangsters and political corruption. Directed by and starring Jack Webb as a cornet player who is…
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.
Jail Bait (1954)- Dir. Ed Wood Jnr.
Feat. Timothy Farrell, Lyle Talbot, Steve Reeves… - Ed Wood gangster pic sees underworld types having plastic surgery to escape the law. Script is a model of logic by Wood's standards, but…
Touchez Pas au Grisbi (Hands Off the Loot) (1954)- Dir. Jacques Becker
Feat. Jean Gabin, RenĂ© Dary, Jeanne Moreau - Laid–back though influential French noir chronicling a wealthy, retired racketeer (Gabin) who is pulled back into the life of crime when his…
Lion Is in the Streets, The (1953)- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. James Cagney, Barbara Hale - Political parable based on Southern governor Huey Long stars James Cagney as the populist peddler–turned–politico who yields to…
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