Crime, Thriller
Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their hands on the loot from Manning’s robbery to finance their escape from the country.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Out of the Past
Face/Off
Strangers on a Train
Rebecca
The Killing
Double Indemnity
The Third Man
Elevator to the Gallows
Out of Sight
Touch of Evil
Down by Law
His Kind of Woman
Whistle Down the Wind
Dishonored Lady
The Mask of Dimitrios
It Always Rains on Sunday
Storm Warning
The Brothers Rico
Two of a Kind
Three Strangers
SIMILAR MOVIES
Out of the Past
IMDB 7.6 | Nov , 1947
The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.Face/Off
IMDB 7 | Jun , 1997
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.Strangers on a Train
IMDB 7.7 | Jun , 1951
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.Rebecca
IMDB 7.9 | Mar , 1940
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.The Killing
IMDB 7.6 | Jun , 1956
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.Double Indemnity
IMDB 8.1 | Jul , 1944
A seductive housewife draws an insurance salesman into a plot of adultery and crime to collect on her husband's life insurance.The Third Man
IMDB 7.9 | Aug , 1949
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.Elevator to the Gallows
IMDB 7.6 | Jan , 1958
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.Out of Sight
IMDB 6.7 | Jun , 1998
Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law.Touch of Evil
IMDB 7.8 | Mar , 1958
When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.Down by Law
IMDB 7.3 | Sep , 1986
A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.His Kind of Woman
IMDB 6.6 | Aug , 1951
Career gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find himself entangled with fellow guests at a luxurious resort and suspecting that the man who hired him may be the deported crime boss Nick Ferraro aiming to re-enter to the USA.Whistle Down the Wind
IMDB 7.2 | Jul , 1961
When an injured wife-murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the farmer’s three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.Dishonored Lady
IMDB 5.7 | May , 1947
Art editor Madeleine Damian carries on numerous loveless affairs. After a failed relationship with advertiser Felix Courtland, the increasingly depressed Madeleine attempts suicide. When Jack Garet, her secretary and former lover, tries to blackmail her, Madeleine resigns and seeks a reclusive life. Neighbor David Cousins befriends Madeleine, but soon Courtland and Garet discover her whereabouts and disrupt her new life.The Mask of Dimitrios
IMDB 6.9 | Jun , 1944
A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order to learn more about the man. Along the way he is joined by the mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his own motivation.It Always Rains on Sunday
IMDB 6.6 | Nov , 1947
During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.Storm Warning
IMDB 6.6 | Feb , 1951
A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Klan while traveling to a small town to visit her sister.The Brothers Rico
IMDB 6.1 | Aug , 1957
Eddie Rico, the erstwhile bookkeeper for a big Mafia boss, is now making a living as an honest merchant in Florida with his family. Things go sour when the police start a search for his syndicate-linked brothers who are on the lam after a big hit, forcing Eddie to get involved with the Mafia again.Two of a Kind
IMDB 6.7 | Jul , 1951
A con woman and a lawyer get a carnival grifter to pose as an elderly rich couple's long-lost son.Three Strangers
IMDB 6.4 | Jan , 1946
On the eve of the Chinese New Year, three strangers, Crystal Shackleford, married to a wealthy philanderer; Jerome Artbutny, an outwardly respectable judge; and Johnny West, a seedy sneak thief, make a pact before a small statue of the Chinese goddess of Destiny. The threesome agree to purchase a sweepstakes ticket and share whatever winnings might accrue.