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A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals an envelope of money from the office of a corrupt attorney. Instead of a few hundred dollars, it contains $30,000. When he decides to return the money, things go wrong - and that is only the beginning of his troubles.
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83 min
1950-03-23
Released
English
42
6.429
Joe Norson
Ellen Norson
George Garsell / Mr. Howard
Capt. Walter Anderson
Harriette Sinton
Emil Lorrison
Victor Backett
Det. Stan Simon
Nick Drumman / Stevenson
Lucille 'Lucky' Colner
Larry Giff (cabdriver)
Harold Simpson (chief teller)
Gus Heldon (bar owner)
Mrs. Malby (Ellen's mother)
Mr. Malby (Ellen's father)
Charlie (policeman)
Nurse Carter
Bartender
News Photographer
Louie
Policeman
Landlady
(Voice)
Detective Gottschalk
5.9
Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock hires Marlowe to find an old rare coin, the Brasher Doubloon, that belonged in her deceased husband's collection. Marlowe begins investigating, but quickly finds himself entangled in a series of unexplained murders.
1947-02-06 | en
6.0
Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.
1946-12-19 | en
6.1
Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a dangerous path.
1956-12-28 | en
7.1
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
1953-01-02 | en
7.9
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
1955-07-27 | en
7.3
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
1947-12-24 | en
7.5
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
1946-04-25 | en
7.6
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
1945-10-20 | en
5.8
A rookie cop takes on criminals who have the local government in their pocket.
1958-06-01 | en
5.8
A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recurring dream that the doctor of the house may be able to analyze.
1948-12-22 | en
7.3
Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
1947-01-30 | en
7.3
Proud, eccentric, and antisocial, Monsieur Hire has always kept to himself. But after a woman turns up dead in the Paris suburb where he lives, he feels drawn to a pretty young newcomer to town and discovers that his neighbors are only too ready to suspect the worst of him.
1947-01-15 | fr
6.6
A beautician and her crooked boyfriend attempt to rob the bookie operation located in the back room, but when the plan goes wrong, they frame an innocent man.
1947-09-25 | en
4.5
Discharged naval officer Dan Corbett moves to New Orleans and accepts a job as a longshoreman, unaware that the docks are run by an infamous racketeer. When the dock manager is murdered before he can notify the authorities of their criminal scheme, Dan coordinates with the police to go undercover and investigate.
1955-03-01 | en
6.7
An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.
1957-07-23 | en
6.4
Spurred on by the death of his drug-addicted sister at the hands of ruthless narcotics kingpin Frank McNally, U.S. drug enforcement agent Charles Sturgis embarks on an investigation that takes him from New York to London, Lisbon, Rome, Naples and finally Athens in pursuit of McNally's shapely associate, Gina Broger.
1957-04-02 | en
4.6
David Fielding, who has recently lost his wife, moves into a new neighborhood under a cloud of suspicion. Many feel that his wife's death in a car crash was no accident. Elizabeth Howard, the governess he hires to look after his children, makes it her mission to find out the truth. When other murders seem to be following David to his new town, Elizabeth investigates with the help of David's son Barnaby.
1945-05-12 | en
6.9
A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.
1946-10-17 | en
3.9
Eying a large inheritance, a reporter marries a rich woman with failing health. When she begins feeling healthy after the wedding, the reporter takes drastic measures to make sure his wife dies.
1946-04-27 | en
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