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Assignment to Kill (1968)

A private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships for the insurance money. He finds himself involved in a web of deception, double-crossing and murder.

Directed bySheldon Reynolds

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    Illegal

    Strong story similarity

    1955 · 88 min · Crime · Drama

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    A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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    Scarlet Web

    Strong story similarity

    1954 · 63 min · Crime · Drama

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    An insurance investigator is framed for murder after a pretty woman hires him to recover a letter from a man who wants to blackmail her.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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    Compulsion

    Strong story similarity

    1959 · 103 min · Crime · Drama · History · Thriller

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    Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared genre DNA
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    The Inquisitor

    Strong story similarity

    1981 · 84 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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    Martinaud, an illustrious notary suspected of being the perpetrator of two horrendous crimes, voluntarily agrees to be questioned by Inspector Gallien on New Year's Eve. What initially is a routine procedure, soon becomes a harsh interrogation that seems to confirm the initial suspicions.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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    Fellowship of the Frog

    Strong story similarity

    1959 · 89 min · Crime · Mystery · Thriller

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    Both Scotland Yard and an amateur American sleuth are tracking a master criminal known as The Frog. This moniker refers to the bulging-eyed mask worn by the evildoer, and is reflected by the frog icons painfully tatooed onto the forearms of his henchmen. The trail leads to the country manor of an enigmatic, steely-eyed nabob, whose repressed son has eyes for the artistes at the Lolita cabaret, and whose lovely daughter captures the fancy of both the American playboy and the villain himself. Murder, kidnapping and seduction ensue.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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    Nightfall

    Strong story similarity

    1956 · 79 min · Crime · Thriller

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    An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
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    Das Boot

    Strong story similarity

    1981 · 150 min · Drama · History · War

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    A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
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