The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist the urge to strangle women to death.
Casts Eric Portman, Dulcie Gray, Derek Farr, Roland Culver, Stanley Holloway, Barbara Everest, Bonar Colleano, Jenny Laird, Kathleen Harrison, Bill Shine
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Nightmare Alley
Mystery Street
Sudden Fear
Shadows and Fog
Angst
Boomerang!
Murder by Contract
D.O.A.
Night and the City
Johnny O'Clock
Targets
Over-Exposed
Out of the Fog
Walk a Crooked Mile
The Boys Next Door
Chase a Crooked Shadow
The Big Combo
The Looming Storm
Nora Prentiss
Clay Pigeons
SIMILAR MOVIES
Nightmare Alley
IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 1947
A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.Mystery Street
IMDB 6.7 | Jun , 1950
When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor, to determine the woman's identity, how she died, and who killed her.Sudden Fear
IMDB 7.2 | Aug , 1952
Actor Lester Blaine has all but landed the lead in Myra Hudson's new play when Myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesn't look like a romantic leading man. On a train from New York to San Francisco, Blaine sets out to prove Myra wrong...by romancing her. Is he sincere, or does he have a dark ulterior motive?Shadows and Fog
IMDB 6.7 | Dec , 1991
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.Angst
IMDB 7.1 | Jan , 1983
A killer is released from prison and breaks into a remote home to kill a woman, her handicapped son and her pretty daughter.Boomerang!
IMDB 7 | Feb , 1947
When a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner in a quiet Connecticut town, the citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John Waldron, a nervous out-of-towner, as the killer. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence.Murder by Contract
IMDB 6.7 | Dec , 1958
Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer. His next target, a woman, is the most difficult.D.O.A.
IMDB 6.9 | Dec , 1949
Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to find out who his murderer is, Frank, with the help of his assistant and girlfriend, Paula, begins to trace back over his last steps. As he frantically tries to unravel the mystery behind his own impending demise, his sleuthing leads him to a group of crooked businessmen and another murder.Night and the City
IMDB 7.5 | Jun , 1950
Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.Johnny O'Clock
IMDB 6.3 | Jan , 1947
When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.Targets
IMDB 7 | Aug , 1968
An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psychotic shooting spree around Los Angeles.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.Out of the Fog
IMDB 6.3 | Jun , 1941
A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.Walk a Crooked Mile
IMDB 6 | Sep , 1948
A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation. To investigate the case more efficiently, Dan O'Hara, an FBI agent, and Philip Grayson, a Scotland Yard sleuth, join forces. Will they manage to stop the spy ring from achieving their aim?The Boys Next Door
IMDB 6.2 | Mar , 1986
Roy and Bo leave their small town the weekend after graduation for a short road trip to LA. Soon, they find themselves lashing out and leaving a trail of bodies behind them. The violence escalates throughout.Chase a Crooked Shadow
IMDB 7 | Jan , 1958
A woman who lives in Spain has trouble convincing anybody that a complete stranger has taken her dead brother's identity.The Big Combo
IMDB 7 | Feb , 1955
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.The Looming Storm
IMDB 6.3 | Nov , 2017
Yu, a self-assured factory guard, fancies himself a detective and begins poking his nose into a murder investigation.Nora Prentiss
IMDB 6.2 | Feb , 1947
Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Despite her misgivings they become heavily involved and Talbot finds he is faced with the choice of leaving Nora or divorcing his wife. When a patient expires in his office, a third option seems to present itself.Clay Pigeons
IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 1998
Clay is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend, Earl, kill himself because of the ongoing affair that Clay was having with the man's wife, Amanda. Feeling guilty, Clay now resists the widow when she presses him to continue with the affair. Clay unknowingly befriends a serial killer named Lester Long who murders the widow in an attempt to "help" his "fishing buddy."