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The Wrong Man (1956), The Blue Lamp (1950), Knock on Any Door (1949), The Naked City (1948), Aakrosh (2010), The River's Edge (1957), Madigan (1968) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

The Wrong Man (1956)

The Wrong Man (1956)

7.4/10 Drama

In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.

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The Blue Lamp (1950)

The Blue Lamp (1950)

6.9/10 Crime, Drama

The daily routine of two London Policemen is interrupted by a killer.

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Knock on Any Door (1949)

Knock on Any Door (1949)

6.8/10 Crime, Drama

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.

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The Naked City (1948)

The Naked City (1948)

7.6/10 Thriller, Drama, Crime, Mystery

Two New York City detectives investigate the death of an attractive young woman. The apparent suicide turns out to be murder.

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Aakrosh (2010)

Aakrosh (2010)

7.0/10 Mystery, Crime, Drama, Thriller

The Central Bureau of Investigation deputes two officers to investigate the disappearance of three medical students, which they believe to be an incident of 'honour killing' in a small, closed community.

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The River's Edge (1957)

The River's Edge (1957)

6.7/10 Crime, Drama, Western

A troubled sheriff, a failure at everything in his life, tries to redeem himself by extraditing a popular gunfighter from Mexico to stand trial for murder.

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Madigan (1968)

Madigan (1968)

6.5/10 Crime, Drama

In New York City's Spanish Harlem, detectives Madigan and Bonaro are given 72 hours by their superior to capture a hoodlum wanted for homicide in Brooklyn.

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The Frightened Man (1952)

The Frightened Man (1952)

5.7/10 Crime, Drama, Comedy

Adapted from the prize-winning Broadway play that featured two people and a four-poster bed, in which the couple enacts their marriage, from its day in 1897, until he dies, some time after she has died from cancer. It is a "love" that endured wars, an "other" woman, and the death of their favorite son. The episodes are bridged and linked by cartoon sequences done by U...Read all

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Quai des Orfevres (1947)

Quai des Orfevres (1947)

7.8/10 Mystery, Crime, Drama, Thriller

A flirtatious wife runs off to meet an older man and the husband closes in with intend to murder him, but finds the deed already done.

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Revanche (2008)

Revanche (2008)

7.5/10 Thriller, Romance, Drama, Crime

Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.

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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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Hell Is a City (1960)

Hell Is a City (1960)

7.1/10 Crime, Drama

In Britain, a Manchester police inspector becomes obsessed with capturing a criminal who escapes from prison.

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Mystery Street (1950)

Mystery Street (1950)

7.1/10 Crime, Drama

A small-town policeman is assisted by a Harvard professor after the discovery of a human skeleton on a Massachusetts beach.

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Crime Without Passion (1934)

Crime Without Passion (1934)

7.0/10 Crime, Drama

Prominent lawyer shoots unfaithful girlfriend during quarrel, has to establish alibi.

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Private Hell 36 (1954)

Private Hell 36 (1954)

6.7/10 Crime, Drama

When 2 detectives steal $80,000 from a dead robber, one of them suffers from a guilty conscience which could lead to murder.

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Pride and Glory (2008)

Pride and Glory (2008)

6.6/10 Crime, Drama, Thriller

A family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. For Ray, the truth is revelatory, a Pandora's Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy but the entire NYPD.

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The Yards (2000)

The Yards (2000)

6.4/10 Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller

Leo is released from prison after serving time for car theft. His plan to go straight falls apart when he meets his corrupt uncle for a job and later an old friend working there. It culminates at the (railroad) yards.

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Guilt Is My Shadow (1950)

Guilt Is My Shadow (1950)

6.2/10 Crime, Drama

After a failed bank robbery the getaway driver flees to the Devon countryside and the farm of his uncle.

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