Most Similar Movies to Cry of the City (1948)


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To the Ends of the Earth (1948), Big House, U.S.A. (1955), Shockproof (1949), The Body of My Enemy (1976), The Undercover Man (1949), Get Carter (1971), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

To the Ends of the Earth (1948)

To the Ends of the Earth (1948)

7.0/10 Crime, Drama

After witnessing an incident on a foreign ship off California coast, a U.S. Treasury agent aboard a Coast Guard vessel decides to further investigate the matter by following a crime trail leading to China, Egypt, Lebanon and Cuba.

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Big House, U.S.A. (1955)

Big House, U.S.A. (1955)

6.7/10 Crime, Drama

Gerry Barker finds a lost boy whose rich father is extorted into paying a ransom for his return but the boy accidentally dies and Jerry goes to prison.

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Shockproof (1949)

Shockproof (1949)

6.5/10 Crime, Drama

A Parole Officer falls in-love with his client, a ravishing blonde who served time for murder, and he's determined to help her go straight despite her interfering criminal boyfriend.

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The Body of My Enemy (1976)

The Body of My Enemy (1976)

4.7/10 Crime, Drama

A reporter for a gossip magazine stays at a beach house near that of a movie star to investigate reports that he had had a sex change operation.

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The Undercover Man (1949)

The Undercover Man (1949)

7.5/10 Drama, Crime

Determined Treasury Department investigator Frank Warren (Glenn Ford) goes after a ruthless mobster known as The Big Fellow. When a key informant is murdered, Warren pursues the gangster on charges of tax evasion. But, with a slick mob lawyer hampering him at every turn, and threats being lobbed toward Warren's wife (Nina Foch), the lawman's chances of achieving a conviction are slim to none. His only hope is that one syndicate bookkeeper will have the courage to turn state's evidence.

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Get Carter (1971)

Get Carter (1971)

7.4/10 Action, Crime, Thriller

When his brother dies under mysterious circumstances in a car accident, London gangster Jack Carter travels to Newcastle to investigate.

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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

7.3/10 Thriller, Drama, Crime

When two brothers organize the robbery of their parent's jewelry store the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brother's wife hurtling towards a shattering climax.

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Flaxy Martin (1949)

Flaxy Martin (1949)

6.6/10 Crime, Drama

Mob attorney Walter Colby is manipulated by showgirl Flaxy Martin into taking the rap for a murder committed by mobster Hap Richie's goons but he escapes and tries to get revenge.

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Port of New York (1949)

Port of New York (1949)

6.1/10 Crime, Drama

Two narcotics agents go after a gang of murderous drug dealers who use ships docking at the New York harbor to smuggle in their contraband.

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The Big Heat (1953)

The Big Heat (1953)

8.0/10 Crime, Thriller

Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.

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Detective Story (1951)

Detective Story (1951)

7.6/10 Crime, Drama

On one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.

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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

7.5/10 Crime, Drama

An American bar room pianist and his prostitute girlfriend go on a trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.

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This Gun for Hire (1942)

This Gun for Hire (1942)

7.4/10 Crime, Drama

When assassin Philip Raven shoots a blackmailer and his beautiful female companion dead, he is paid off in marked bills by his treasonous employer who is working with foreign spies.

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Force of Evil (1948)

Force of Evil (1948)

7.3/10 Crime, Drama

An unethical lawyer, with an older brother he wants to help, becomes a partner with a client in the numbers racket.

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Road House (1948)

Road House (1948)

7.3/10 Crime, Drama

A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.

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Street of Chance (1930)

Street of Chance (1930)

6.8/10 Crime, Drama

A big-time, but honest gambler has to prevent his younger brother from following in his footsteps, and taking up gambling.

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The Threat (1949)

The Threat (1949)

6.7/10 Crime, Drama

Vicious hood 'Red' Kluger escapes from Folsom State Prison and follows through on his threats to the detective who arrested him and the D.A. who convicted him.

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Little Odessa (1994)

Little Odessa (1994)

6.7/10 Crime, Drama

Early 1990s drama about a family of Soviet Jews living in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach ocean-side neighborhood nicknamed Little Odessa.

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