Vacationing in Latin America, Dr. Eugene Ferguson (Cary Grant) is pressed into service. He must perform a delicate operation on dictator Raoul Farrago (José Ferrer). But sinister forces are at work and for Ferguson the stakes are raised considerably. "Crisis" (1950) #filmnoir

Vacationing in Latin America, Dr. Eugene Ferguson (Cary Grant) is pressed into service. He must perform a delicate operation on dictator Raoul Farrago (José Ferrer). But sinister forces are at work and for Ferguson the stakes are raised considerably. "Crisis" (1950) #filmnoir

Prison warden Mark Brady (Walter Huston) gives convict Robert Graham (Phillips Holmes) a break and makes him his valet, a better assignment than Graham's job in the prison jute mill. But an inmate escape plan endangers Graham's plum position. "The Criminal Code" (1931) #pre_noir

Los Angeles Det. Lt. Sims (Sterling Hayden) can't smoke cigs, so he chews toothpicks, "Tons of 'em," in "Crime Wave" (1954). He follows the rules as he sees fit, and is hell-bent on nabbing some murderous stickup men. James Elroy modeled LAPD Det. Bud White after him. #filmnoir

Violent convict Van Duff (William Bendix) leads a mass prison break. Six survive and Duff is wounded. He offers the others a split of loot he stashed if they help him get away. To do so they must survive a treacherous journey and stay ahead of the law. "Crashout" (1955) #filmnoir

When farmer Fred Morgan and his housekeeper turn up dead, hired hand George Braden (John Craven) looks good for the murder rap. Atty. Doug Madison (Macdonald Carey) feels he's defending a guilty man, but then new evidence comes to light. "Count the Hours!" (1953) #filmnoir

After World War II, RCAF flyer Laurence Gerard (Dick Powell) searches in France for the killer of his bride who was a French Resistance member. Vichy collaborator Marcel Jarnac (Luther Adler) is the culprit. But no one knows what he looks like. "Cornered" (1945) #filmnoir

Tom Neal, 'Detour' (1945). He was just trying to meet up with his girlfriend, but what happened next sent his life into a tailspin. (Click link to read) #filmnoir crimeonfilm.com/his-chilling…

Police Det. Steve Carelli (Robert Loggia) leads the search for a cop killer. But the investigation is hampered by reporter Hank Miller (Gene Miller). And Alice (Shirley Ballard), the sexpot wife of Carelli's partner, isn't making things any easier. "Cop Hater" (1958) #filmnoir

Warden George Knowland (Broderick Crawford) helps convict Joe Hufford (Glenn Ford) adjust to prison life. But when Hufford witnesses an inmate murder he sticks to the criminal code of silence, even though it means he'll be a suspect. "Convicted" (1950) #filmnoir

Electronic surveillance expert Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) spys for big corporations and ignores his employers' evil intentions. But it gets harder to stay aloof once he takes a closer look behind the scenes. Watergate-era paranoia abounds. "The Conversation" (1974) #thriller

Maj. Michael Curragh (Robert Taylor) sweeps Melinda Greyton (Elizabeth Taylor) off her feet and they are wed. Marital bliss proves elusive when she learns he's harboring a secret. Worse news: he must quiet her before nasty rumors circulate. "Conspirator" (1949) #filmnoir

Descius Heiss (Oskar Homolka) runs an antiques shop and makes a comfortable living for himself and his daughter Margaret (Muriel Pavlow). But his assistant Archie Fellowes (Kenneth Griffith) discovers a dark secret that threatens Heiss. "Code of Scotland Yard" (1947) #crimefilm

World War Il veteran John Graham (Robert Preston) seeks vengeance on the driver and passenger of a hit-and-run car that struck and killed his wife. But Inspector Davis (Colin Tapley) adds a wrinkle to the case. "Cloudburst" (1951) #filmnoir #BritNoir

Chicago cop Johnny Kelly (Gig Young) plans to leave his job and his wife. But his younger brother is getting in deep with an unsavory character who does dirty work for a corrupt lawyer. And the lawyer wants Johnny in his pocket, too. "City That Never Sleeps" (1953) #filmnoir

Escaped con Vince Ryker (Vince Edwards) thinks he's toting a canister of heroin to Los Angeles, but it's filled with a radioactive substance that could wipe out the city's population. A police dragnet must stop him before it's too late. "City of Fear" (1959) #filmnoir

Private investigator Dermot Kinross (Dan O'Herlihy) searches for the killer of an antiques dealer who witnessed the murder of an officer of the law. But the police officer's killer isn't the only one who had a motive to murder the victim. "City After Midnight" (1957) #filmnoir

New Orleans bar hostess Abigail Martin (Deanna Durbin) recounts in flashback her marriage to unbalanced Robert Manette (Gene Kelly). Manette kills a bookie and he and his controlling mother opt to blame the murder on Abigail. "Christmas Holiday" (1944) #filmnoir

In "Chinatown at Midnight" (1949), interior designer Clifford Ward (Hurd Hatfield) steals a valuable jade vase from a Chinatown shop and guns down two people. The police have only one lead in the case: the sound of the killer's voice. #filmnoir