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- DirectorQuentin LawrenceStarsPeter CushingAndré MorellRichard VernonA charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal 97,000 pounds.
- DirectorRussell RouseStarsBeverly MichaelsRichard EganPercy HeltonDrifting floozy Billie Nash gets a bar job where she seduces the owner's husband by convincing him to defraud his drunkard wife in order to elope together to Mexico, but a sleazy neighbor with designs on Billie jeopardizes her plans.
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsVictoria ShawGlenn CorbettJames ShigetaTwo detectives seek a stripper's killer in the Japanese quarter of Los Angeles, but a love triangle threatens their friendship.
- DirectorVincent ShermanStarsAnn SheridanKent SmithBruce BennettA doctor spins an ever-growing web of lies after a taste of the excitement that he was missing in his conventional life, thanks to a chance meeting with a nightclub singer.
- DirectorNorman FosterStarsAnn SheridanDennis O'KeefeRobert KeithFrank Johnson becomes an eyewitness to a murder. He's pursued around San Francisco by his wife, the police, and the killer.
- DirectorJules DassinStarsRichard ConteValentina CorteseLee J. CobbA war veteran turned truck driver attempts to avenge the crippling and robbing of his father at the hands of an amoral produce scofflaw.
- DirectorWilliam Cameron MenziesStarsPaul LukasMady ChristiansMorris CarnovskyUS art dealer returns to his native Germany for a visit and is attracted by Nazi propaganda.
- DirectorHarold F. KressStarsBarry SullivanArlene DahlGeorge MurphyAn insurance lawyer unhappy with his rate of company advancement becomes a middleman in deals to recover stolen property from the Mob, thus earning a nice living. But his actions attract police attention and set him up for a double-cross.
- DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsLee J. CobbJane WyattJohn DallA veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his newly-minted detective brother assigned to the case alongside him.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsArthur FranzAdolphe MenjouGerald MohrA sniper kills young brunettes as the police attempt to grapple with the psychology of the unknown assailant.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsSusan PetersAlexander KnoxPhyllis ThaxterA jealous, manipulative stepmother confined to a wheelchair interferes with her stepchildren's romances so that they will not get married and leave home.
- DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsRuth RomanSteve CochranLurene TuttleAn ex-convict and a woman fall in love, after she shoots her police Lt. boyfriend dead in self defense, and falsely leads him to believe that he did the shooting.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsDan DuryeaJayne MansfieldMartha VickersDan Duryea and his cronies rob a fake spiritualist and then take it on the lam to Atlantic City.
- DirectorVincent ShermanStarsAnn SheridanLew AyresZachary ScottA Los Angeles socialite kills a man while home alone one night and claims he was an intruder she did not know. It seems like a clear case of self defense until the story hits the papers and people connected to the dead man come forward.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsGeorge SandersElla RainesGeraldine FitzgeraldBachelor Harry Quincey, head designer in a small-town cloth factory, lives with his selfish sisters, glamorous hypochondriac Lettie and querulous widow Hester. His developing relationship with new colleague Deborah Brown promises happiness at last...thwarted by passive, then increasingly active opposition from one sister. Will Harry resort to desperate measures?
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsFrank LovejoyKathleen RyanRichard CarlsonA man who is down on his luck falls in with a criminal.
- DirectorRichard QuineStarsMickey RooneyDianne FosterKevin McCarthyAn upright car mechanic falls in love with the girlfriend of a gangster. This forces him to participate in the criminal underworld.
- DirectorWilliam J. Hole Jr.StarsJohn RussellJune BlairStuart WhitmanAfter World War II, a Los Angeles crime ring uses a complex scheme, involving a freight ship, a junkie, and a corrupt health officer, to smuggle drugs into the USA.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsEli WallachRobert KeithRichard JaeckelIn San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsBarbara StanwyckJohn LundJane CowlA pregnant woman adopts the identity of a railroad-crash victim and starts a new life with the woman's wealthy in-laws, but is soon blackmailed by her devious ex.
- DirectorArnold LavenStarsBroderick CrawfordRuth RomanMartha HyerAn FBI agent investigates the murder of his partner by taking over the 3 cases he was working on, determined to find his killer.
- DirectorJack GarfeinStarsBen GazzaraPat HinglePeter Mark RichmanStudents faced with an ethical dilemma about the dehumanization associated with the tradition of hazing, at a military college in the Southern United States, take matters in their own hands.
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsDennis O'KeefeClaire TrevorMarsha HuntJoe Sullivan (Dennis O'Keefe) has taken the rap for Rick (Raymond Burr), who double-crosses him with a flawed escape plan and other means intended to get rid of him.
- DirectorMaxwell ShaneStarsFarley GrangerAnthony QuinnAnne BancroftA mobster (Quinn) springs a condemned murderer (Granger) because he got his sister (Bancroft) pregnant.
- DirectorHugo HaasStarsCleo MooreHugo HaasVince EdwardsA mechanic wants his boss's younger wife for himself, and plans on using a junkyard car to run him over, then dismantling it.