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Film · 10 connectionsA violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.
Directed byNicholas Ray
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1949 · 100 min · Crime · Drama
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
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1944 · 88 min · Drama · Mystery
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
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1949 · 79 min · Crime · Romance · Thriller
Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful eye of her parole officer, Griff Marat, who helps her secure a job caring for his ailing mother.
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1947 · 99 min · Drama · Mystery · Romance · Thriller
After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.
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1947 · 106 min · Mystery · Thriller
A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.
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1944 · 99 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
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1944 · 87 min · Crime · Mystery · Thriller
A devoted secretary embarks on a dangerous mission to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his wife.
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1951 · 93 min · Drama · Thriller
Los Angeles, California. A cop who, unhappy with his job, blames others for his work problems, is assigned to investigate the case of a prowler who stalks the home of a married woman.
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1955 · 105 min · Comedy · Romance
When his family goes away for summer vacation, a hitherto faithful publishing executive with an overactive imagination is tempted by an attractive new neighbor.
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1946 · 85 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
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