Screening Room
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The Lady from Shanghai“Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O’Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot.” -
Kiss Me Deadly“A doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious ‘great whatsit.’” -
Gambit“An English cat burglar needs a Eurasian dancer’s help to pull off the perfect heist, but even the most foolproof schemes have a way of backfiring.” -
The Unguarded Moment“A beautiful teacher is protective of a high school boy who sexually harassed her, and later he becomes a murder suspect.” -
13 Rue Madeleine“When spy chief Bob Sharkey finds out one of his agents-in-training is actually a Nazi double agent, his strategic decision not to arrest him results in tragedy.” -
Touch of Evil“A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town.” -
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The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu“The villainous master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu sets out to destroy the people he holds responsible for the death of his family.” -
Ocean’s 11“Danny Ocean gathers a group of his World War II compatriots to pull off the ultimate Las Vegas heist. Together the eleven friends plan to rob five Las Vegas casinos in one night.” -
The Italian Job“A classic, comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam.” -
Reservoir Dogs“After a simple jewelry heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.” -
Paid“Mary Turner goes up for three years on a crime she didn’t commit. Once out she and former prison mates plan a scam in which old men can be sued for breach of promise - the ‘heart’.” -
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Scarlet Street“When a man in mid-life crisis befriends a young woman, her venal fiance persuades her to con him out of the fortune they mistakenly assume he possesses.” -
Bunny Lake Is Missing“Carol Lynley in Otto Preminger’s ‘Bunny Lake Is Missing.’ 1965. A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.” -
La Dolce Vita“1960. A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering paparazzo journalist living in Rome.” -
12 Angry Men“A dissenting juror in a murder trial slowly manages to convince the others that the case is not as obviously clear as it seemed in court.” -
White Heat“A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. Shortly after the plan takes place, events take a crazy turn.” -
Vertigo“A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend’s wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.” -
Out of the Past“A private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses and duplicitous dames.” -
Man of the World“A young American girl visits Paris accompanied by her fiancee and her wealthy uncle. There she meets and is romanced by a worldly novelist; what she doesn’t know is that he is a blackmailer who is using her to get to her uncle.” -
The Maltese Falcon“A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.” -
To Catch a Thief“When a reformed jewel thief is suspected of returning to his former occupation, he must ferret out the real thief in order to prove his innocence.” -
Gilda“A small-time gambler hired to work in a Buenos Aires casino learns that his ex-lover is married to his employer.” -
Double Indemnity“An insurance representative lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator’s suspicions.” -
Niagara“As two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions between one wife and her husband reach the level of murder.” -
Johnny Apollo“The son of a jailed Wall Street broker turns to crime to pay for his father’s release.” -
Ball of Fire“A group of ivory-tower lexicographers realize they need to hear how real people talk, and end up helping a beautiful singer avoid police and escape from the Mob.” -
Pitfall“John Forbes is a family man who’s tired of the 9 to 5 humdrum of his job an insurance company executive. Life gets a little more exciting for him when he calls upon femme fatale Mona Stevens.” -
Casablanca“Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.” -
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang“A murder mystery brings together a private eye, a struggling actress, and a thief masquerading as an actor.” -
How to Steal a Million“Romantic comedy ensues as a woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father’s art forgeries.” -
The Blue Gardenia“A telephone operator ends up drunk and at the mercy of a cad in his apartment. The next morning she wakes up with a hangover and the terrible fear she may be a murderess.” -
Chinatown“A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.” -
Night and the City“A small-time grifter and nightclub tout takes advantage of some fortuitous circumstances and tries to become a big-time player as a wrestling promoter.” -
Dial M for Murder“An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to murder his wife. When things go wrong, he improvises a brilliant plan B.” -
The Killers“Hit men kill an unresisting victim, and investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.” -
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The Third Man“Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime.” -
Mildred Pierce“After her cheating husband leaves her, Mildred Pierce proves she can become independent and successful, but can’t win the approval of her spoiled daughter.” -
The Asphalt Jungle“A major heist goes off as planned, until bad luck and double crosses cause everything to unravel.” -
Arsenic and Old Lace“A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.” -
The Postman Always Rings Twice“A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband. Once the deed is done, they must live with the consequences of their actions.” -
The Letter“The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense; a letter in her own hand may prove her undoing.” -
In a Lonely Place“A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. But she begins to have doubts.” -
Laura“A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he’s investigating.” -
Rififi“Called the first real heist film, the movie was banned in several countries following its release after the technical accuracy of the film’s safecracking scene led to several real robberies across the globe.” -
Sleuth“A man who loves games and theater invites his wife’s lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.”
