Crime

  • Jim Jarmusch – Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

    1991-2000CrimeCultJim JarmuschUSA

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    IMDB wrote:

    In Jersey City, an African American hit man follows “Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai.” He lives alone, in simplicity with homing pigeons for company, calling himself Ghost Dog. His master, who saved his life eight years ago, is part of the local mob. When the boss’ daughter witnesses one of Ghost Dog’s hits, he becomes expendable. The first victims are his birds, and in response, Ghost Dog goes right at his attackers but does not want to harm his master or the young woman. On occasion, he talks with his best friend, a French-speaking Haitian who sells ice cream in the park, and with a child with whom he discusses books. Can he stay true to his code? And if he does, what is his fate?Read More »

  • Seijun Suzuki – Mikkô zero rain AKA Smashing The 0-Line (1960)

    1951-1960AsianCrimeJapanSeijun Suzuki

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    Two reporters from competing newspapers and different moral setups investigate a drug ring, delving deeper into the underworld in the process.Read More »

  • Louis J. Gasnier – Reefer Madness (1936)

    1931-1940CrimeDramaLouis J. GasnierUSA

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    Quote:
    Propaganda film that relates the story, as told by high school principal Dr. Carroll to parents at a PTA meeting, of the scourge of marijuana. The tale revolves around Mae and Jack, accomplices in the distribution of marijuana, who manage to entice the local high school kids to stop by Mae’s apartment to smoke reefer. The lives of all who are involved with this menace are inevitably shattered. One man becomes so addicted to the killer weed that the guilt over framing a teen for murder causes a judge to order him to be committed for life to a mental hospital! Dr. Carroll closes by advising us to not incur the same tragedy. Written by Rick Gregory {[email protected]}Read More »

  • Andrew Thomas Hunt – Sweet Karma (2009)

    2001-2010Andrew Thomas HuntCanadaCrimeThriller

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    A mute Russian girl infiltrates Toronto’s underground sex trade to avenge the death of her sister.

    Montreal Gazette wrote:
    2009, Canada
    Directed by Andrew Thomas Hunt
    Written by Andrew Thomas Hunt, James Fler, Michael Paszt
    Starring Shera Bechard, John Tokatlidis, Frank J. Zupancic, Christian Bako
    82 minutes, English
    HD

    The exploitation film formula is fairly simple: take a social issue or problem, and try to solve it with breasts and knives. Everything from race relations to drug addiction has been tackled in this fashion. And though the films don’t provide any real solutions, I’m now unable to debate drug policy without suggesting criminals should have their genitals mutilated by woman in stiletto heels. Thanks, 1970s genre cinema.Read More »

  • Bruce Kessler – Killers Three (1968)

    1961-1970Bruce KesslerCrimeExploitationUSA

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    allmovie.com wrote:
    Three friends from a small North Carolina town face bleak economic futures in the years following World War II. Johnny (Robert Walker Jr) takes to running moonshine after his discharge from military service. He tries to think of a way for a better life for wife Carol (Diane Varsi) and their young son. Johnny and Carol hook up with Roger (Dick Clark), an ex-army demolitions expert. They plan to blow up the safe of a bootlegger, steal $200,000 and head off for a new life in sunny California. Their plans are thwarted when Roger uses too many explosives and the noise draws the attention of a Federal agent. Johnny kills the agent in this backwoods crime drama. Merle Haggard has a bit part and sings a few songs with the help of his band The Strangers. Clark was the producer who, with Michael Fisher, is responsible for the story. Plot Synopsis by Dan PavlidesRead More »

  • Alfred Zeisler – Der Schuß im Tonfilmatelier AKA The Shot in the Talker Studio (1930)

    1921-1930Alfred ZeislerCrimeGermanyWeimar Republic cinema

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    IMDB:
    During the shooting of a jealousy scene on a soundstage, one actress is murdered. Due to the fact that the male star of the movie had a relation with the victim and the female star is now his fiance, he is suspected by the police. Written by Stephan Eichenberg

    During the production of an early movie using not only pictures but also sound an actress is murdered. The arriving inspectors do not only have to get to know the circumstances of the crime but also the new conditions: how “sound-movies” are made, to solve the crime. Written by katharina_strehl public.uni-hamburg.deRead More »

  • Ingmar Bergman – Jungfrukällan AKA The Virgin Spring (1960) (HD)

    1951-1960CrimeDramaIngmar BergmanSweden

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    Set in beautiful 14th century Sweden, it is the sombre, powerful fable of wealthy land-owning parents whose daughter, a young virgin, is brutally raped and murdered by goat herders after her half sister has invoked a pagan curse. By a bizarre twist of fate, the murderers ask for food and shelter from the dead girl’s parents, who, discovering the truth about their erstwhile lodgers, exact a chilling revengeRead More »

  • Joseph Kane – The Man Who Died Twice (1958)

    1951-1960CrimeDramaJoseph KaneUSA

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    A nightclub singer loses her husband in an automobile accident, and soon afterward witnesses the murders of two narcotics agents, and suffers a nervous breakdown. The police come to believe that all three murders are related, as they had suspected her husband was involved in a heroin smuggling ring, and now they think she may have been involved in it – especially after they find a large stash of heroin hidden in her apartment. Read More »

  • Joseph Kane – Accused of Murder (1956)

    1951-1960CrimeDramaJoseph KaneUSA

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    Story
    Police detective falls for singer, gets involved with gangster killing.
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