List of the best Robert Siodmak movies: The Killers(1946), Criss Cross(1948), The Spiral Staircase(1946), The Whistle at Eaton Falls(1951), The Crimson Pirate(1952), Cry of the City(1948), Phantom Lady(1944), Escape From East Berlin(1962), Hatred(1938), Personal Column(1939), The File on Thelma Jordon(1949), The Suspect(1944) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
105 Minutes
Director
Burt Lancaster Ava Gardner Edmond O'Brien Albert Van Dekker Sam Levene Virginia Christine John Miljan Vince Barnett Charles D. Brown Donald MacBride
gas station attendant detective insurance investigator hitman femme fatale boxer dark brooding gritty powerful small town diner brentwood, n.j. city robbery crime deception love murder mystery
Hit men kill an unresisting victim, and investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
87 Minutes
Director
Burt Lancaster Yvonne De Carlo Dan Duryea Stephen McNally Richard Long Esy Morales Tom Pedi Percy Helton Alan Napier Griff Barnett Meg Randall
An armored truck driver and his ex-wife conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed on the route.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
83 Minutes
Director
Dorothy McGuire George Brent Forrest Tucker Ethel Barrymore Kent Smith Rhonda Fleming Gordon Oliver Elsa Lanchester James Bell Charles Wagenheim Ellen Corby
serial killer mute person servant nurse chilling suspenseful mansion murder disability alcoholism insanity investigation mystery pursuit 1910s
In 1916, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions"; one night during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced.
Drama
USA
1951
96 Minutes
Director
Lloyd Bridges Dorothy Gish Carleton Carpenter Murray Hamilton James Westerfield Lenore Lonergan Russell Hardie Helen Shields Doro Merande Diana Douglas Anne Francis
Brad Adams is the new manager of a manufacturing plant in a small New Hampshire town. He is brought in by owner Mrs. Doubleday to calm labor relations plus layoff employees. Brad manages to also find romance.
Adventure
USA|UK
1952
104 Minutes
Director
Burt Lancaster Nick Cravat Eva Bartok Torin Thatcher Christopher Lee James Hayter Leslie Bradley Margot Grahame Noel Purcell Frederick Leister Eliot Makeham
pirate resistance leader daughter lieutenant crew member love interest airy lighthearted spirited caribbean island ship revolution piracy romance seafaring reward schemes discovery adventure
During the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Director
Victor Mature Richard Conte Shelley Winters Fred Clark Berry Kroeger Debra Paget Betty Garde Tommy Cook
police detective murderer girlfriend lawyer thief brutal chilling dark suspenseful new york city hospital prison murder theft investigation imprisonment escape fall pursuit mystery
Police Lieut. Candella, longtime friend of the Rome family, walks a tightrope in the case of cop-killer Martin Rome.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
87 Minutes
Director
Franchot Tone Ella Raines Alan Curtis Aurora Miranda Thomas Gomez Fay Helm Elisha Cook Jr. Andrew Tombes Regis Toomey Joseph Crehan Doris Lloyd
husband friend secretary detective drummer stranger suspenseful gripping tense new york city bar office apartment nightclub murder false accusations investigation devotion mystery pursuit
A devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his selfish wife.
Mystery & Thriller
Italy|France
1962
94 Minutes
Director
Don Murray Christine Kaufmann Werner Klemperer Ingrid van Bergen Karl Schell Kai Fischer Bruno Fritz Alfred Balthoff Horst Janson
chauffeur friend pretty woman mother uncle emotional tense household east berlin tunnel communism family daunting task freedom escape quest 1960s
Three allied prisoners, a Russian, an American and an Englishman, attempt to escape with the help of a young couple from Rome.
Drama
France
1938
106 Minutes
Director
Harry Baur Albert Préjean Gabrielle Dorziat Gina Manès Marta Labarr Ludmilla Pitoëff Marcel Dalio Jacques Louvigny Robert Lynen Maurice Baquet
Justin Mollenard is a sailor and arms smuggler who does not support the hypocrisy of society. He has a wife in Dunkirk who reproaches him the fact of having neglected the family for many years.
Mystery & Thriller
France
1939
111 Minutes
Director
Maurice Chevalier Marie Déa Pierre Renoir Erich von Stroheim Jean Temerson André Brunot Jacques Varennes Henri Bry
After one of her fellow taxi dancers is murdered by an unknown man who she met through a personal column advert, Adrienne Charpentier is recruited by the police to answer a series of similar adverts to try to track down the killer.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
100 Minutes
Director
Barbara Stanwyck Wendell Corey Paul Kelly Joan Tetzel Stanley Ridges Richard Rober Minor Watson Barry Kelley Kasey Rogers Basil Ruysdael Jane Novak
femme fatale thief assistant district attorney wife lawyer butler dark tense household courtroom office beach house hospital robbery murder deception cover-up infidelity investigation forbidden love
Assistant district attorney Cleve Marshall falls for the mysterious Thelma Jordon when she seeks help solving robberies of her aunt's estate.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
85 Minutes
Director
Charles Laughton Ella Raines Dean Harens Stanley Ridges Henry Daniell Rosalind Ivan Molly Lamont Raymond Severn Eve Amber Maude Eburne Clifford Brooke
shopkeeper husband wife murderer detective blackmailer melodramatic suspenseful uneasy london shop murder blackmail paranoia forbidden love fall underdog mystery pursuit 1900s
Bachelor Harry Quincey, head designer in a small-town cloth factory, lives with his selfish sisters, glamorous hypochondriac Lettie and querulous widow Hester. His developing relationship ... See full summary »
Drama
Germany|Austria
1933
87 Minutes
Director
Willi Forst Hilde Wagener Alfred Abel Ernst Dumcke Hans Joachim Schaufuss Lotte Stein Hans Richter Rina Marsa
A boy and his mother stay in a hotel near a lake where they meet a fascinating man.
Drama
USA
1949
110 Minutes
Director
Gregory Peck Ava Gardner Melvyn Douglas Walter Huston Ethel Barrymore Frank Morgan Agnes Moorehead Ludwig Stossel Ludwig Donath Erno Verebes Curt Bois
writer gambler grandmother thief general manager dark hedonistic melodramatic sultry train germany casino hotel pawn shop gambling influence writing addiction forgiveness
A young writer goes to Wiesbaden to write about gambling and gamblers, only to ultimately become a compulsive gambler himself. Losing all his wealth, as well as his moral fibre, he commits ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
92 Minutes
Director
Deanna Durbin Gene Kelly Richard Whorf Dean Harens Gladys George Gale Sondergaard David Bruce
A young femme fatale-type woman realizes that the man she married is an incorrigible wastrel.
Drama
USA
1947
88 Minutes
Director
The son of a wealthy Maine shipping magnate causes a crisis in the family when he announces that he wants a career in music rather than in the family business.
Horror
USA
1943
78 Minutes
Director
Lon Chaney Robert Paige Louise Allbritton Evelyn Ankers Frank Craven J. Edward Bromberg Samuel S. Hinds Adeline de Walt Reynolds Pat Moriarity Etta McDaniel George Irving
When Katherine, a beautiful Southern girl obsessed with thoughts of eternal life, invites Count Alucard to come to her mansion in the U.S., she unleashes a Pandora's box of horror on unsuspecting relatives and neighbors.
Adventure
USA
1944
70 Minutes
Director
Maria Montez Jon Hall Sabu Edgar Barrier Mary Nash Lois Collier Samuel S. Hinds Moroni Olsen Lon Chaney Robert Barron
A beautiful woman is abducted from her peaceful South Seas home and taken to Cobra Island, where her grandmother Queen wants her to displace her evil twin sister and vengeance against her priest and corrupt advisor.
Biography
UK|France|Spain|USA
1968
140 Minutes
Director
Robert Shaw Mary Ure Jeffrey Hunter Ty Hardin Charles Stalnaker Rob't Hall Lawrence Tierney Kieron Moore Marc Lawrence Robert Ryan
general wife indian soldiers horse raw melodramatic intense passionate patriotic suspenseful washington, d.c. wild west war zone death american indian wars violence intervention trains government
George Armstrong Custer's love of the heroic traditions of the Calvary and his distaste with the coming of industrialization leads him to his destiny at the Little Big Horn.
Mystery & Thriller
1945
80 Minutes
Director
George Sanders Geraldine Fitzgerald Ella Raines Sara Allgood Moyna Magill Samuel S. Hinds Harry von Zell Judy Clark
Mad Harry (George Sanders) poisons his bad sister's (Geraldine Fitzgerald) cocoa; his good sister drinks it.
Romance
1959
96 Minutes
Director
Nadja Tiller Tony Britton William Bendix Donald Wolfit Adrienne Corri Joyce Carey Natasha Parry Norman Wooland John Welsh
archaeologist german woman fiancé fiancée emotional melodramatic gutsy tense london pub england united kingdom love love triangle affair scandal love forbidden love growing up
A London archaeologist (Tony Britton) drops his fiancee for a foreign temptress (Nadja Tiller) who has a strange hold over her boss (William Bendix).