Crime
Police sergeants Johnson and McManus take on Los Angeles confidence tricksters. Con man Tony Wells, lining up rich widow Jessica Royce as his latest mark, sets up a false paranormal society with other charlatans to convince the credulous Jessica that her late son is speaking to her through their sham seances. When the plan leads to murder, Johnson and McManus must bring the group down before they kill again.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Death Goes to School
The Sniper
Over-Exposed
Bitch Slap
The Blue Parrot
Loophole
The Woman in Question
The Louisiana Hussy
Blind Date
Guilty Bystander
The Long Wait
Bluebeard
Switchblade Sisters
Railroaded!
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
Incident
The Lady Confesses
Lady in the Death House
Man in the Vault
The Man Who Died Twice
SIMILAR MOVIES
Death Goes to School
IMDB 5.4 | May , 1953
Detective Inspector Campbell (Gordon Jackson) looks into the murder of a teacher at a girls school where there are a number of suspects, including her colleagues and the married man she had been seeing.The Sniper
IMDB 6.7 | May , 1952
Eddie Miller struggles with his hatred of women, he's especially bothered by seeing women with their lovers. He starts a killing spree as a sniper by shooting women from far distances. In an attempt to get caught, he writes an anonymous letter to the police begging them to stop him.Over-Exposed
IMDB 5.1 | Apr , 1956
This titillating bit of pulp sensationalism was the last in a string of "B" films that Cleo Moore starred in at Columbia. Moore plays Lila Crane, an ambitious clip-joint floozie turned photographer with flexible morals and a penchant for fast money.Bitch Slap
IMDB 4.8 | May , 2009
Three bad girls - a down-and-out stripper, a drug-running killer, and a corporate powerbroker - arrive at a remote desert hideaway to extort and steal $200 million in diamonds from a ruthless underworld kingpin.The Blue Parrot
IMDB 6 | Oct , 1953
'Rocks' Owen, the well-off owner of a car-hire business, is found murdered; the last place he was seen alive was the Blue Parrot nightclub. Scotland Yard go in to investigate, with the help of a visiting American detective and a nightclub hostess who may not be all she appears to be.Loophole
IMDB 6.6 | Mar , 1954
Bank teller Mike Donovan (Barry Sullivan) takes the first step on the road to Perdition when he fails to report a $49,000 shortage. Accused of theft, Donovan is fired from his job. He is then prevented from finding other employment by Javert-like insurance investigator Gus Slavin (Charles McGraw). Despite many setbacks, Donovan attempts to clear his muddied name.The Woman in Question
IMDB 6.3 | Oct , 1950
Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks from their point of view.The Louisiana Hussy
IMDB 4 | Apr , 1959
Cajun newlyweds must deal with the jealousy of his brother, who also loved her, and the arrival of a mysterious seductress in their bayou backwater.Blind Date
IMDB 5.8 | Aug , 1959
Dutch painter Jan-Van Rooyer hurries to keep a rendezvous with Jacqueline Cousteau, an elegant, sophisticated Frenchwoman, slightly his elder, whose relationship with him had turned from art student into one of love trysts. He arrives and is confronted by Detective Police Inspector Morgan who accuses him of having murdered Jacqueline. Morgan listens sceptically to the dazed denials of Van Rooyer as he tells the story of his relationship with the murdered woman. Morgan, after hearing the story, realizes that the mystery has deepened, and it becomes more complicated when the Assistant Commissioner, Sir Brian Lewis, explains that Jacqueline was not married but was being kept by Sir Howard Fenton, a high-ranking diplomat whose names must be kept out of the case.Guilty Bystander
IMDB 5.5 | Apr , 1950
A drunken ex-cop gets a shot at redemption when his young son is kidnapped after a smuggling deal goes belly up.The Long Wait
IMDB 5.8 | May , 1954
Soon after thumbing a ride from a truck driver, Johnny McBride is badly burned and suffers from complete amnesia when the vehicle he’s riding in blows a tire and goes over an embankment in a fiery blaze. McBride later receives a tip from an acquaintance that a photo of him was placed prominently in the window of a photography studio in a town called Lyncastle, so Johnny immediately leaves for the burg in the hopes that something there will jog his memory.Bluebeard
IMDB 5.4 | Oct , 1944
Young female models are being strangled. Will law enforcement be able to stop the crime wave before more women become victims?Switchblade Sisters
IMDB 6.3 | Jan , 1975
The leader of an inner city girl gang is challenged when a new girl moves into the neighborhood.Railroaded!
IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 1947
A beautician and her crooked boyfriend attempt to rob the bookie operation located in the back room, but when the plan goes wrong, they frame an innocent man.The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
IMDB 6.2 | Aug , 1945
George Sanders stars in this engrossing melodrama about a very domineering sister who holds a tight grip on her brother -- especially when he shows signs of falling in love.Incident
IMDB 5.1 | Oct , 1948
An innocent man -- due to a case of mistaken identity -- is beaten. Once recovered, the stockbroker tries to find the actual intended target -- a gangster-- and warn him.The Lady Confesses
IMDB 4.2 | May , 1945
An estranged wife shows up after a nearly 7 years of disappearance -- thought to be dead, to prevent her husband from marrying his new love until someone kills her.Lady in the Death House
IMDB 5.4 | Mar , 1944
As a woman walks the "last mile" to her execution she remembers back to the incidents that got her framed for murder.Man in the Vault
IMDB 5.5 | Dec , 1956
A locksmith is pressured into crime when the mob makes him perform an elaborate bank robbery.The Man Who Died Twice
IMDB 5.6 | Jun , 1958
An innocent nightclub singer becomes mixed up in illegal drug dealings shortly after witnessing her husband's death and the murder of a couple of narcotics agents.