True detective

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poster Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

62mn - Action, Crime, Mystery

A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.

poster A Touch of Murder

A Touch of Murder

A salvage worker with the psychic ability to see past events associated with items he touches sets the background story for this anthology. These items create a bridge between three seemingly unconnected …

poster Black Magic

Black Magic

67mn - Comedy, Crime, Drama

Chinese detective Charlie Chan solves a murder linked to the occult.

poster Polterheist

Polterheist

86mn - Comedy, Crime, Horror

Two gangsters kidnap a psychic to find out where the man they murdered buried the loot.

poster A Deadly Vision

A Deadly Vision

96mn - Short, Thriller, Mystery

A waitress who has psychic visions of murders before they happen is asked by a police detective to help find a serial killer.

poster Hit and Run

Hit and Run

Still grieving his young wife's death in a hit-and-run accident, Manhattan cab-driver David Marks accepts a regular evening assignment to drive a beautiful but enigmatic woman to a mansion outside New Yor…

poster Criminal Act

Criminal Act

93mn - Thriller, Horror, Crime

Two investigative reporters track down reports of giant rats in a city sewer system.

poster The Killing Secret

The Killing Secret

86mn - Mystery, Thriller, Short

A pregnant teen is murdered and a popular high-school senior is suspected. But will his girlfriend stick by him to prove his innocence despite the fact she has bonded with the victim's mother?

poster A Tattered Web

A Tattered Web

76mn - Crime, Drama, Thriller

A detective discovers his son-in-law is cheating on his wife. He confronts the other woman and accidentally kills her, then tries to pin the crime on a local derelict.

poster The Finder

The Finder

92mn - Crime, Thriller, Short

Ex-cop Les Kearney is hired to find the kidnapped daughter of a wealthy businessman.

poster The American Side

The American Side

103mn - Mystery, Drama, Thriller

Following a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by enigmatic scientist, Nikola Tesla.

poster I Love Trouble

I Love Trouble

93mn - Crime, Drama

A wealthy man hires a detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.

poster Hot Stuff

Hot Stuff

When a police department's burglary task force is facing the possibility of being shut down because of their low conviction rate decides to try a new approach to apprehending their targets. They take over…

poster Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

61mn - Mystery, Action, Crime

Detective Tracy (Morgan Conway) rescues Tess Trueheart (Anne Jeffreys) and Junior from a killer called Splitface (Mike Mazurki).

poster Wiretapper

Wiretapper

A cash-strapped electrical engineer with a criminal past vows to go straight when he marries his longtime girlfriend, but he has second thoughts when the mob offers big money for his wiretapping services.

poster Sherlock: Case of Evil

Sherlock: Case of Evil

100mn - Action, Adventure, Crime

A young Sherlock Holmes believes he's killed his arch-nemesis Moriarty, only to discover the criminal mastermind is still alive. With his new ally Dr. Watson, Holmes must race to stop Moriarty from corner…

poster Rogues' Gallery

Rogues' Gallery

60mn - Mystery, Thriller

Reporter Patsy Reynolds and photographer Eddie Porter are assigned to interview John Foster, head of the Emmerson Foundation regarding a listening device the organization is working on. Foster evades them…

poster The Cops Are Robbers

The Cops Are Robbers

93mn - Drama, Crime, Short

Made-for-TV drama about one of the largest crimes in history—the 1980 robbery of the Boston Depositors Trust by a group of policemen. Capt. Gerry Clemente is the leader of a gang of rotten cops who take t…

poster False Arrest

False Arrest

192mn - Crime, Drama, Thriller

A luxury home, a handsome husband and terrific children. But it all comes crashing down when she is accused of being a mastermind behind a brutal triple-homicide and is arrested and handcuffed in front of…

poster Discipline

Discipline

103mn - Thriller

A series of murders are confounding the local police with its residue of mutilated corpses. It begins when a sadistic cult murders willing victims for entertainment. Professor Lafitte, a rich sophisticate…

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