1948 crime drama films

The Naked City

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1948 IMDB Rating: 7.6

The Naked City portrays the police investigation that follows the murder of a young model. A veteran cop is placed in charge of the case and he sets about, with the help of other beat cops and detecti...

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Brighton Rock

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1948 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly ev...

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Call Northside 777

Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1948 IMDB Rating: 7.3

In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal to look into the case. For some time, O'Neal contin...

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Force of Evil

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1948 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that...

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Hollow Triumph

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1948 IMDB Rating: 6.7

Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.

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This Was a Woman

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1948 IMDB Rating: 6.7

The woman here is Sylvia Russell, who is a bit power mad and has some set goals. In order to achieve those goals she is sadistically devoted to her son and daughter, able to possess and direct them; s...

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