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- DirectorLautaro MurúaStarsAlberto ArgibayWalter VidarteTônia CarreroA young man whose dream is to become the next Carlos Gardel turns to a life of crime.ARGENTINA
- DirectorHugo FregoneseStarsJorge SalcedoSebastián ChiolaTito AlonsoA bank employee utilizes a legal loophole to conduct the perfect crime, planning to reap the rewards of his embezzlement following a six-year prison sentence.
- DirectorKurt LandStarsAlberto de MendozaEgle MartinLuis TascaA motley crew robs a bank.
- DirectorRomán Viñoly BarretoStarsNarciso Ibáñez MentaGuillermo BattagliaMilagros de la VegaWhen his child is hit by a car, a writer of thrillers is desperate to avenge his death and goes in search of the murderer.
- DirectorLuis César AmadoriStarsLaura HidalgoEduardo CuitiñoAlberto de MendozaFor ambition a woman sacrifices her true love and marries a wealthy man.
- DirectorLuis SaslavskyDaniel TinayreStarsMecha OrtizPedro López LagarAmelia BenceLaura Sinrok, a rich and despotic woman domains her husband Alberto, pretending to commit suicide to retain him with her. Her ending will be tragic.
- DirectorDaniel TinayreStarsAmelia BenceFrancisco de PaulaEnrique DiosdadoTale of Emilia (Amelia Bence), a famous concert pianist. As a child, Emilia was sexually assaulted by a circus clown (Enrique Diosdado) while the music of Manuel de Fallas' "Ritual Dance of Fire" could be heard from the circus tent. Since that time, Emilia has gone into hysterics every time she hears the de Fallas composition. Making matters worse, the lascivious clown is now her business manager. Exploiting Emilia's fragile emotional state, the ruthless manager dominates the poor girl.
- DirectorHugo FregoneseStarsTito AlonsoJorge AriasLuis de Lucía
- DirectorDaniel TinayreStarsFanny NavarroMecha OrtizTita MerelloA nurse is framed for murder by negligence. She goes to prison pregnant by her rich boss.
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonStarsElisa GalvéNicolás FreguesVirginia RomayA woman seeks revenge for the death of her father and plans a murder in which the alibi is her own rape.
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonStarsArturo García BuhrLautaro MurúaGraciela BorgesDuring the infamous decade, the grandson of a conservative leader of the Province of Buenos Aires will get into the affairs of his grandfather and discover a world of corruption.
- DirectorManuel RomeroStarsNarciso Ibáñez MentaZully MorenoSevero FernándezThe crimes of a banker who turned a sudden passion for a woman into a motive for horrible crimes, the execution of which he meets with incredible cynicism.
- DirectorMario SofficiStarsAmelia BenceCarlos CoresNelly PanizzaA young woman receives a stranger in her home who has an accident, they both get married and she inherits a fortune due to the death of her uncle. Later, she will discover that there is a connection between the events.
- DirectorFernando AyalaStarsAlberto de MendozaDuilio MarzioOrestes CavigliaIt is the story of a gang of juvenile petty criminals who find their "boss" to one capable of solving their problems and realize their wishes.
- DirectorHugo del CarrilStarsLaura HidalgoHugo del CarrilPedro LaxaltA man who deeply loves his wife, tears before his death by disease . After falling into despair, she embarks on a journey trying to forget but, in Paris, he meets a look-alike of his beloved.
- DirectorCarlos Hugo ChristensenStarsArturo de CórdovaTônia CarreroCarlos CotrimPrisoners of Ilha Anchieta penitentiary rise up, dominate the guards and run away. One of them, who dreams of seeing his mother again, meets a prostitute, and tells her his story.
- DirectorPierre ChenalStarsRichard WrightJean WallaceGloria MadisonIn 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
- DirectorCarlos Hugo ChristensenStarsÁngel MagañaRenée DumasNicolás FreguesTwo separate episodes that have in common the door which separates good from evil. In the first segment, "Alguien al teléfono", Ángel Magaña tries to avenge the death of his sister, a girl who commits suicide over gambling debts. In the second, "El pájaro cantor vuelve al hogar", Roberto Escalada is a former inmate who whistles when commits crimes, and returns home where he is expected by his blind mother, who believes he has regenerated.
- DirectorLeón KlimovskyStarsGraciliano BatistaMaría Esther BuschiazzoHéctor CalcañoWhen a woman goes to see an ex-boyfriend who blackmails her, she leaves behind an earring and when she returns to retrieve it, she finds that he has been murdered.
- DirectorLuis SaslavskyStarsAurora BautistaAlfredo AlcónBárbara MujicaReturning from Switzerland, a young investigator meets María, his father's new wife. They immediately feel an irresistible attraction, which he tries to overcome by mixing it up with another woman.
- DirectorMario SofficiStarsJuan VerdaguerSusana CamposMaría Luisa RobledoOut of the blue, a meek, old painter begins receiving love letters from Rosaura. This intrigues his fellow boarding house tenants, so they involve themselves into his relationship until one day the mysterious Rosaura appears.
- DirectorMario SofficiStarsMartha AtocheMario BaroffioCayetano BiondoA writer wrapped in a brilliant police case belonging to a Chinese sect.
- DirectorPierre ChenalStarsNicole MaureyMaurice RonetInda LedesmaThe love affair of an ex-convict with a showgirl, unleashes the jealousy of his wife, a wealthy and unbalanced forty.
- DirectorCarlos Hugo ChristensenStarsNéstor ZavarceBlanca del PradoFloren DelbeneThe plot centers on Lucio Santana, a lovable prankster and class clown whose dad happens to be a detective working on the serial killings of local children. When Lucho makes friends with a girl in his class, she divulges to him that a man who lives in the woods near the park has been giving her free lollipops, and plans to take her to his candy house. But she makes Lucho vow never to tell anyone. When the girl winds up murdered, Lucho is torn between honoring his word to his slain friend, or telling his father that he knows who the man is.
- DirectorFernando AyalaStarsCarlos CoresJulia SandovalVassili LambrinosA washed up reporter teams up with an immigrant from Hungary to start a fake journalism by correspondence school.
- DirectorCarlos Hugo ChristensenStarsZully MorenoJorge RigaudJuana SujoA lonely woman marries a man without getting to know him.
- DirectorAntonio MompletStarsArturo de CórdovaOlga ZubarryEnrique Santos DiscépoloA prison escapee seeking to settle accounts with his companions who betrayed him joins a pickpocket and a young woman.
- DirectorEmil E. ReinertStarsGustav FröhlichCornell BorchersAdrienne GessnerA European Film Noir that takes place during 12 hours of a New Year's Eve in Vienna.AUSTRIA
- DirectorRolf ThieleStarsNadja TillerO.E. HasseHildegard KnefA 14-year-old girl is caught while trying to pick a doctor's pocket. The doctor ends up taking her in and turning her into a sophisticated lady, whom he marries off to a wealthy man.
- DirectorE.G. de MeystStarsLouis SalouMarie DéaClaudine DupuisBELGIUM
- DirectorNorbert BenoîtMarcel JauniauxE.G. de MeystStarsMargueritte DehousseOmer DucarmeHarry DuprayA beautiful and mysterious femme fatale arrives out of the blue in a small village spreading conflict and discontent throughout the community until the inhabitants harass her and provoke her tragic death.
- DirectorRik KuypersIvo MichielsRoland VerhavertStarsTine BalderTone BrulinAlice De GraefA pessimistic urban drama, with a musical score by Jack Sels and Max Damasse, charts in strongly expressionistically lit black-and-white images the wanderings of a tormented man through the cosmopolitan port city of Antwerp. The only people to show him understanding are an orphan and two disillusioned women.
- DirectorJorge IleliPaulo WanderleyStarsCyl FarneyEliana MacedoGrande OteloIntent on offering his fiancée a better life, countryman heads for Rio de Janeiro in search of a place in the sun. With no contacts in the big city, he gets involved with the crime underworld connected with illegal betting.BRAZIL
- DirectorRoberto FariasStarsEliezer GomesReginaldo FariaJorge DóriaFilm about the true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational railroad hold-up on a train carrying a small fortune.
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsJece ValadãoOdete LaraDaniel FilhoWhen powerful outlaw "Boca de Ouro" dies, a reporter interviews his former lover Guigui to try to outline his personality. But the woman offers him three different versions of the facts, following the changes of her own personal feelings towards the man.
- DirectorJosé Carlos BurleStarsAnselmo DuarteIlka SoaresJosé LewgoyTwo friends grow up together in the same neighborhood, but take different paths in life as adults. One becomes an honest worker, and the other strays into dishonesty. But the good guy's sister has an affair with her brother's friend, who abuses her. Her brother wants revenge. But when he sees him in danger some time later, he must decide which is the stronger feeling: the former friendship, or his wish for revenge.
- DirectorJorge IleliStarsNorma BengellJece ValadãoOdete LaraThree men who never met each other are hired by a mysterious client to carry out a daring bank robbery.
- DirectorFlaminio BolliniStarsMarly BuenoNelson CamargoMiro CerniA greedy guy a banker's nephew where work as mere employee, associates with low profile thieves, fooling them concerning the money on first successful robbery, he has a double romance, a sister of one gang's member and night club singer.
- DirectorNelson Pereira dos SantosStarsGrande OteloJece ValadãoMalu MaiaA talented songwriter of sambas is forced to face the social injustices of the city around him.
- DirectorJean DevaivreStarsPatricia RocRené DaryPaul DupuisPierre Chambrac, a French industrialist, and Canadian Paul Laforêt, two former brothers in arms, meet again by chance in Paris five years after the end of World War II. Pierre is engaged to a beautiful foreign young lady by the name of Helen Bering. He introduces her to his friend, which seems to trouble him. To his amazement, Helen and Paul disappear without notice. Pierre, who was beginning to feel jealous, sees his suspicion confirmed. He decides to fly to Montreal where he thinks the couple has taken refuge. Once there, he learns that his dear Helen is actually a criminal and that Paul is a policeman whose duty was to arrest her...CANADA
- DirectorFyodor OtsepStarsHelmut DantineMary AndersonPaul LukasWhen a nagging wife commits suicide, her husband is threatened with a murder frame by his lawyer, unless he kills a certain female reporter for him.
- DirectorPierre ChenalStarsAlberto ClosasElisa GalvéFlorence MarlyCHILE
- DirectorOtakar VávraStarsKarel HögerFlorence MarlyEduard LinkersAfter an accidental explosion in the lab, its inventor slips in and out of dream-like hallucinations, realizing that he had given the formula to one of his colleagues, who he tries to stop before it is too late.CZECHOSLOVAKIA
- DirectorPavel BlumenfeldStarsJirina SvorcováVladimír RázGustav HeverleJan Bernard (Vladimír Ráz) reports to the district police department that his wife Hilda did not return from visiting her sister in East Berlin. For young investigator Tereza Machátová (Jirina Svorcová), this is the first serious case; she was hitherto responsible only for petty crime and juvenile delinquents. The testimonies given by neighbors, relatives, acquaintances and Bernard's colleagues gradually begin to constitute the complete image of the events preceding Hilda's disappearance. At the same time, Bernard was to leave for a business trip to Italy, but the trip was canceled for business reasons. Tereza's superior, Captain Landa (Gustav Heverle), who trusts Bernard far less than does the young investigator, suspects him of planning emigration - for it seems that Hilda has illegally crossed the border to West Germany.
- DirectorMartin FricStarsDana MedrickáJaroslav MarvanElla NollováInspector Cadek from the 13th police station should keep an eye on the released safe-cracker nicknamed The Cat. He rightly suspects that Cat will go and pick up his last loot which the police didn't manage to find and that he will want revenge on Karta who helped get him behind bars. At the hospital, Cat's ex-lover Fróny hopelessly falls for doctor Chrudimský and decides to start a new life. She still refuses to help the inspector in his search for The Cat and Karta.
- DirectorBodil IpsenLau LauritzenStarsIllona WieselmannEbbe RodePoul ReumertAn uptown girl loses her memory after getting a disturbing message from her doctor and ends up in the wrong part of town among criminals and prostitutes.DENMARK
- DirectorBodil IpsenStarsJohannes MeyerBerthe QvistgaardAage FønssThe middle-aged manufacturer Jens Steen is on his way to his summer house by the sea to rest for a few days. All alone. At the same time, the 20-year-old Else Petersen is out on the road hitchhiking - in search of a free holiday. Jens gives Else a lift. She accompanies him to the summer house. It will be crucial moments in his life; he is immediately obsessed with Else's beauty and youth.
- DirectorJohan JacobsenStarsMimi HeinrichHenrik Rosing WiehePoul ReichhardtThis noir drama has a double plot. A political thriller about sabotage on NATO transports. And a steamy love story with 19 y.o. Mimi Henrich showing all. First ever nude exposure in a Danish feature movie (causing quite a stir in its day).
- DirectorPalle Kjærulff-SchmidtRobert SaaskinStarsBirgitte PriceIb MossinGhita NørbyDesperation has a good hold of the youngsters. There are no more than 30,000 teacherships. Young people from the province are flowing to Copenhagen in the hope that the possibilities are greater there.
- DirectorBodil IpsenLau LauritzenStarsLau LauritzenJohannes MeyerLisbeth MovinTroels is a young, idealistic architect who one day wakes up to a true nightmare: To be accused of abusing and killing a 10-year-old girl. His wife, father and other loved ones react very differently. Meanwhile, Troels goes through a hell that threatens to change him forever.
- DirectorLau LauritzenStarsIb MossinBirgitte PricePer LauesgaardEgon, a young man from Jutland living with relatives in Copenhagen, meets sensible young girl Ruth and falls in love. But Egon is involved with a gang of criminals, and when they assault a man they meet in a bar they are caught by the police. Egon is sent to a juvenile home, but can he stay out of trouble?
- DirectorArne WeelStarsEllen Margrethe SteinBeatrice BonnesenPouel KernErik Hansen (Pouel Kerrn) is heavily indebted three years after he financed his wedding through shady loans from a loan shark. To solve the situation, he is coerced to make decisions that end up digging his own hole only deeper and deeper.
- DirectorJohan JacobsenStarsBirgitte FederspielPreben Lerdorff RyeVictor MontellA stranger - a fugitive, a sought-after - walks through a deserted landscape a late rainy day in August 1947. He reaches the sea, walks along the beach, the waves scream. He is lost. As it's getting dark he finds shelter in a lonely cottage where a mysterious woman lives alone.
- DirectorLau LauritzenStarsMogens WiethBerthe QvistgaardInge Hvid-MøllerAfter 3 years of marriage with hard life and quarrels on a Danish farm, Annie shoots her husband Henrik's dog. In return, he shoots and kills her. He's on the run from the law. Writer Eva gives him shelter and sympathy.
- DirectorAsbjørn AndersenStarsBodil KjerEbbe RodeIb SchønbergA man and a woman form a team traveling round performing as a professional dancing couple who has difficulty making ends meet.
- DirectorAstrid Henning-JensenBjarne Henning-JensenStarsEbbe RodePreben NeergaardLily WeidingDanish noir crime drama with a poetic nerve. Two boys, Kristinus and Jakob (Rode and Neergaard) experienced a loveless and abusive childhood. Now as grown-ups, they are acting outside the law.
- DirectorBodil IpsenStarsGull-Maj NorinPoul ReichhardtAngelo BruunA woman is found strangled in her shop. Shortly after, another murder is committed. Perhaps the most terrifying is that the both girls' name is Sonja. The police is convinced it's the same killer and at each scene is heard a woman singing the same song. A song which is soon dubbed the 'murder melody'.
- DirectorJohan JacobsenStarsEbbe RodeTove MaësHans-Henrik KrauseThe police suspect smuggling, theft and black-market racketeering of insulin after investigating the murder of a user. The superintendent suspects someone only known as Nålen (the needle) to be behind it all.
- DirectorArne WeelStarsIb ConradiEbba NøragerOlaf UssingMurder who-done-it mystery taking place in a small inner city street and involving a colorful set of local characters.
- DirectorMatti KassilaStarsTauno PaloGunvor SandkvistHelen EldeDoctor Aitamaa is spending holiday with his family at their summer villa. He accidentally reads a letter that was meant to his wife. The letter is from another man. Aitamaa fallows his wife to the city and finds out that she has a lover. Later the wife is found killed and Aitamaa becomes the prime suspect.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsFarid ShawqiHind RustumYoussef ChahineA newspaper salesman at the train station in Cairo develops an unhealthy obsession with a woman who sells refreshments.EGYPT
- DirectorKamal El-ShaikhStarsShadiaShukri SarhanKamal El-ShinnawiAfter four years in prison, the young thief Said Mahran come out of jail & seek revenge against those who betrayed him,his beloved wife and his trusted henchman, who conspired to turn him into the police,they are now married to each other and are keeping his six-year-old daughter from him and his mentor Rauf Ilwan.The original title in Arabic mean "the thief & the dogs" this movie was Adapted from a famous novella by Naguib Mahfouz how also co-wrote the film screenplay.Mahfouz was inspired by the life of the famous Egyptian thief Mahmoud Amin Soliman.
- DirectorAarne TarkasStarsJussi JurkkaAnneli SauliEmmi JurkkaPitch-noir melodrama about young Kauko's endless obsession and love/hate relationship with Osmi, a girl he has known since childhood. Standing at her deathbed, Kauko reminisces his years spent as a sailor, prisoner, smuggler, and soldier in the Second World War, while Osmi manages to evolve from prostitution to a seemingly-happy family life with someone else.FINLAND
- DirectorAarne TarkasStarsVeijo PasanenAino-Maija TikkanenMatti TamminenA psychological drama of a young student (Veijo Pasanen) who is haunted by the nightmares of the past: he has witnessed his parents committing a double-suicide. He starts to date a girl with fateful consequences.
- DirectorWilliam MarkusStarsÅke LindmanPentti SiimesPirjo LindahlOne of two brothers working in a lock factory gets caught after participating in a burglary. He insists they didn't take anything after all, yet millions of Finnish marks are missing. Meanwhile, his seemingly virtuous older brother, who was not supposed to have anything to do with the burglary, seems to have some secrets on his conscience.
- DirectorVeikko ItkonenStarsTauno PaloUuno LaaksoEkke HämäläinenA mad writer checks into a hotel. In the window of a opposite building he sees four men and starts to write their life story. Every man is an anonymous person who have done or experienced something irreversible in his life. They end up together to plan a heist.
- DirectorAarne TarkasStarsJussi JurkkaMirja KaristoÅke LindmanThree youngsters spend the night nervously waiting for the police to arrive. Growing up in misery, dreaming of a different life, they have all become desperate criminals.
- DirectorGerhard KleinStarsIlse PagéEkkehard SchallHarry EngelThe story of a group of rebellious teens in East Berlin.EAST GERMANY
- DirectorWolfgang StaudteStarsHildegard KnefElly BurgmerErna SellmerAfter returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds an ex-soldier living in her apartment. Together the two try to move past their experiences during World War II.
- DirectorJoachim KunertStarsAlbert HetterleAnnekathrin BürgerHorst JonischkanDark secrets from the Nazi era emerge in 1960's East Germany
- DirectorAlfred WeidenmannStarsO.E. HasseMartin HeldHardy KrügerAn industrialist's wife was killed and now her lover is accused of murder.WEST GERMANY
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsMario AdorfChristian WolffGert FröbeA motorcycle gang in post-war Germany wreaks havoc on a town, until one of their members begins to have second thoughts after a run-in with the police.
- DirectorAlvin RakoffStarsNadja TillerRod SteigerPeter van EyckWhen an enigmatic woman hires a group of criminals to rob a US Army payroll armored truck bound for Marseilles things go wrong.
- DirectorWerner KlinglerStarsMartin HeldHardy KrügerNadja TillerA tragedy set in post-war Germany. A man is unable to find a job. In his desperation, he plans to rob a bank together with a friend (Hardy Kruger as Klaus) who works in a petrol station and feels tempted by the possibility of getting rich. Two different motivations drive these two good men into an immoral situation.
- DirectorGeorg Wilhelm PabstStarsCurd JürgensElisabeth MüllerAlbert LievenThis appeal for the abolition of the death penalty centers on a woman , who has been sentenced to capital punishment for killing her faithless husband.
- DirectorAlfred WeidenmannStarsHardy KrügerMartin HeldMario Adorf
- DirectorKurt HoffmannStarsHans SöhnkerRichard HäusslerCarola Höhn
- DirectorHelmut KäutnerStarsHorst CasparBettina MoissiO.E. HasseThe journalist Peter Zabel stumbles upon the sinking of the luxury yacht Orplid in Hamburg on August 14, 1949. The ship went down with a wedding party run by artists on a pleasure trip from Hamburg to Scotland . In spite of good weather and no technical problems. Out of personal curiosity, Zabel starts researching. Could the sinking of Orplid have political reasons?
- DirectorLadislao VajdaStarsHeinz RühmannSigfrit SteinerSiegfried LowitzHaving doubts about the guilt of the obvious suspect in the murder of an eight year old girl, a police detective decides to investigate the case on his own.
- DirectorAndré MichelStarsHildegard KnefCarl RaddatzIvan Desny
- DirectorJosef von BákyStarsHardy KrügerElisabeth MüllerLucie MannheimA doctor goes to meet a beautiful girl at a park bench near a wooded area. When he arrives, he finds her battered body lying next to a stream. He then finds himself to be the prime suspect.
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsIvan DesnyKarlheinz BöhmGertrud Kückelmann
- DirectorHans MüllerStarsKirsten HeibergPaul HenckelsCatja GörnaA gang of thieves plans to hit of a warehouse filled with precious stuff.
- DirectorGeorg TresslerStarsHorst BuchholzKarin BaalChristian Doermer"Think of a law, they've broken it. Think of a crime, they've committed it." A tense, tough story of teenage gangs committing acts of robbery, violence, and murder. The leader of the gang finds himself torn between his own brother and his sleazyu, (but very good looking) girlfriend. 35mm.
- DirectorRudolf JugertStarsHildegard KnefSybille SchmitzHardy KrügerA lonely older woman falls in love and marries a lascivious young band leader; an action that ultimately destroys her family.
- DirectorWolfgang StaudteStarsJuliette MaynielGötz GeorgeHans MahnkeAt the end of WWII a German soldier who had often been ordered to execute women and children deserts and tries to find a hiding place in his native village. Almost immediately the entire village is evacuated, except for the deserter and a French girl who is a compulsive worker. Believing that the Nazi regime is gone forever they tear down all Nazi placards. The girl also steals civilian clothes for the soldier from her employer. But the next day the Germans are back and determined to find out who took away the placards. The employer dares not report the girl for fear that he would also be punished. When the deserter understands that there is no refuge and that his parents and younger sister will be murdered if the Germans find him, he shoots himself. Fifteen years later when a short-time fun-fair is built the deserter's corpse turns up, but even his parents prefer to forget what happened and to let the corpse remain unidentified.
- DirectorRudolf JugertStarsHans AlbersHildegard KnefLucie MannheimAn aging truck driver finds smuggled money and becomes involved with a hijacking crowd.
- DirectorFrank WisbarStarsHorst BuchholzMartin HeldMaria PerschyIn Berlin, when the journalist Greg Bachmann is released from prison six months before the end of his sentence, there is a driver named Jupp waiting for him.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsMaria SchellCurd JürgensHeidemarie HatheyerIn the early Fifties Pauline Karka (Maria Schell) comes to Berlin. She is pregnant and totally penniless. She meets the laundry owner Anna John (Heidemarie Hatheyer) who always yearned to become a mother but hasn't been able to. Paulines child is born and the two women agree that Anna John will keep the newborn as her own baby. As Pauline is going to move to West Germany, she wants to see her child once again for the last time but Anna John refuses. Pauline panics and kidnaps by mistake the terminally ill kid of the neighbor woman. Meanwhile Anna John instructs her brother Bruno (Curd Jürgens) to get rid of Pauline but Bruno stumbles and kills himself with his own knife before he could find Pauline.
- DirectorHelmut KäutnerStarsHardy KrügerPeter van EyckIngrid AndreeAn interpretation of Hamlet finds the heir Claudius Steel Works struggling with his mother's to uncle Van Eyk in a sterile industrial post-WW2 West Germany.