Elevator to the Gallows (1958), Band of Outsiders (1964), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976), American Buffalo (1996), Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006), There Was a Crooked Man (1970), Desperate (1947), Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Botched Crime movies.
Storyline: Florence Carala and her lover, Julien Tavernier, want to murder her husband - Julien's boss - by faking his suicide. But after Julien's killed him, and had left, he remembers he's forgotten the rope outside the window which could implicate him, and he returns to the building to remove it
Plot Keywords: industrialist, wife, lover, thug, police officer, suspenseful, sultry ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A triangle: Franz, Arthur, and Odile. Franz, a young man with Alain Delon good looks, has met Odile in an English class. She lives in Joinville with wealthy benefactors and has mentioned to Franz that Mr. Stolz keeps a pile of 10,000 franc notes unlocked in his room. Franz tells his friend Arthur, a swarthy guy whose shady uncle is pressing him for money. Arthur and Franz, who mimic American movie tough guys, case Odile's house, pressure her to assist them with a burglary, and make passes at her as well. She's alternately compliant and distressed. Will they pull off the heist?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: beautiful woman, slacker, film fan, uncle, aunt, benefactor, playful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Cosmo Vitelli owns the Crazy Horse West, a strip joint in Los Angeles. He's laconic, vet, and a gambler. When we meet him, he's making his last payment on a gambling debt, after which, he promptly loses $23,000 playing poker. The guys he owes this time aren't so friendly, pressuring him for immediate payment. When he's not able to do so, they suggest he kill a Chinese bookie to wipe away his debt. Vitelli and the film move back and forth between the double-crossing, murderous insincerity of the gamblers and the friendships, sweetness, and even love among Vitelli, the dancers, a dancer's mother, and the club's singer, Mr. Sophistication.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: club owner, mobster, stripper, singer, bookie, thug, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Three losers (Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, Sean Nelson) wait for a partner and plot to rob someone who bought a valuable coin from one's junk shop.
Plot Keywords: shop owner, teen boy, friend, employee, loser, gritty, bleak ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Set in a separate storyline not related to the "Trailer Park Boys" Television show, but with the same lovable characters. The boys get arrested for robbing an ATM machine and spend 18 months in jail. When the get out, they decide to pull off "The Big Dirty" which is to steal a large amount of coins because they are untraceable and quit their life of crime forever.
Plot Keywords: petty criminal, friend, girlfriend, slacker, nerd, stoner, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Charm, intelligence and success in criminal career doesn't prevent Paris Pitman Jr. to start doing ten years in prison, in the middle of the Arizona desert. However, those years should pass quickly because of a $500,000 loot previously stashed away. New idealistic warden would only make Pitman think of getting his fortune even sooner. He starts to manipulate everyone to achieve his goal.—Dragan Antulov <dragan.antulov@altbbs.fido.hr>
Plot Keywords: outlaw, sheriff, warden, guard, businessman, cheeky, suspenseful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When mobster Walt Radak tries to trick independent trucker Steve Randall into transporting stolen furs, Steve alerts the police, and Walt's young brother Al is caught and held for a cop-killing. When ruthless Radak tries to extort Steve's help in clearing Al, Steve and his young wife flee for their lives, only to find that the police are also in pursuit. With every man's hand against them, Steve and Anne must repeatedly abandon their temporary refuges. Finally, one midnight, the showdown...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: truck driver, wife, gangster, brother, private investigator, detective, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Jimmy the Saint's business is videotaping the terminally-ill, so that they will be around to give 'Afterlife Advice' to their survivors. He hasn't been doing too well lately and has had to turn to loan-sharks to accomodate his failing business, as well as his expensive personal tastes. When an evil gangster-overlord buys up his note and demands a favor of Jimmy, in exchange for the interest that he can't afford, Jimmy capitulates. Jimmy is to scare someone for the gangster-overlord--really rough them up. Without giving too much away (spoiler), the scene goes down badly and Jimmy and his crew all end up with contracts on their heads for their trouble.
Plot Keywords: gangster, ex-convict, girlfriend, prostitute, crime boss, hit man, brutal ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A drug deal goes wrong causing a foursome, led by a lunatic killer, to go on the run. A couple in a recreational vehicle are initially kidnapped, but soon the male hostage is emulating his kidnappers and wants to stay involved in the chase.—John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
Plot Keywords: ex-convict, mob boss, hit man, psychopath, undercover cop, yuppie, intense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Three petty thieves who the police believe to be major criminals are chased into a basement bar where they take five hostages including all the bar employees. The rest of the movie deals with the cops lurking outside the bar while the trio try to get hold of the situation inside.—Danny Paikov <deepee@netvision.net.il>
Plot Keywords: bank robber, bartender, hostage, police officer, negotiator, arms dealer, brutal ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Professional hit-man Charlie Wolfe finds himself in three tales of murder, blackmail and revenge after a botched contract assignment.
Plot Keywords: hit man, murderer, blackmailer, airy, amusing, thrilling, witty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Tough mobster Mahlon Keane practically runs crime in New York City. He meets broke ex-society girl Rhoda Philbrooke at a society fundraiser and helps her cheat her way to some winnings in poker. Rhoda needs the money to help nurse broken alcoholic concert violinist Tony Vaughan back to health. In between his criminal dealings, Keane takes up Rhoda's cause and helps promote Vaughan's return to public performance. Rhoda agrees to marry Keane but still harbors unrequited love for Tony Vaughan. On the eve of her marriage, Vaughan confesses his love to Rhoda. Now how will she handle her mobster fiancée?—Gary Jackson <garyjack5@cogeco.ca>
Plot Keywords: gangster, socialite, violinist, friend, police officer, robber, melodramatic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Across the Southwest United States, dozens of towns in the Mexican borders are being plagued by arms dealers who make a fortune by smuggling guns and ammunition to arm the cartels. Rumoured to be dead, Sheriff Wallace returns as the prodigal son to his hometown in Los Reyes County, Arizona, to replace Leland, the unapologetic, small-town man of the law after a routine check that went terribly wrong and forced him to retire. Soon enough, Wallace will get caught in the middle of a bloody inquiry trying to find out those who struck the profitable deal, while at the same time, a stash of blood-money and a kill list made by the relentless Atticus, the cartel's resilient hit man, threatens the town's peace. From now on, there will be no arresting anymore.—Nick Riganas
Plot Keywords: lawman, sheriff, gang leader, hitman, thrilling, suspenseful, spirited ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Claudia, a girl who gets around, finally lands her dream man in Mickey. However, Mickey's friend Dobbs spoils their nuptial plans when the thugs of a Vietnamese gangster that he has robbed come looking for him. In order to save Dobbs, Mickey and Claudia hide him in the boot of their car as they take off to LA. Things don't go as smoothly as planned, and Mickey finds out more about his fiancée than he ever needs to know.—Samantha Santa Maria <TE7441667@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg>
Plot Keywords: ex-convict, fiancée, friend, gang member, criminal, mobster, gritty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A disgraced doctor and his family are held hostage at their home by criminals on the run, when a robbery-gone-awry requires them to seek immediate medical attention.
Plot Keywords: doctor, gunman, hostage, dark, frightful, intense, home ...
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