Forbidden

Dec 2, 1953

1h 25m

★ 6.0

Only her kind of woman could give him his kind of love

Overview

Eddie Darrow, seeking a mobster's widow in Macao, gets involved in a casino owner's affairs.

Genres

Crime

Romance

Thriller

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

Forbidden Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Eddie Darrow

Tony Curtis

Christine Lawrence Manard

Joanne Dru

Justin Keit

Lyle Bettger

Cliff Chalmer

Marvin Miller

Allan Chung

Victor Sen Yung

Sam (as Peter J. Mamakos)

Peter Mamakos

Soo Lee (as Mae Tai Sing)

Mai Tai Sing

Hon-Fai

Howard Chuman

Tang

Weaver Levy

Bernard 'Benny' Pendleton

Alan Dexter

Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.

6.2

Robin and the 7 Hoods

Jun 24, 1964

Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisborne a cut of their profits after Guy shoots mob boss Big Jim and takes over. When Big Jim's daughter, Marian, gives Robbo a large sum, believing he has avenged her father's death, the gangster donates to an orphanage, cementing his reputation as a softhearted hood.

7.3

The Letter

Nov 21, 1940

After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.

7.0

It's Always Fair Weather

Aug 30, 1955

Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they've grown. But the reunion sparks memories of youthful dreams that haven't been fulfilled -- and slowly, the three men reevaluate their lives and try to find a way to renew their friendship.

7.4

Leave Her to Heaven

Dec 25, 1945

A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.

6.8

Smart Money

Jun 11, 1931

Two brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events.

7.2

Kiss Me Deadly

Apr 28, 1955

One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.

6.9

Rough Cut

Sep 11, 2008

Gang-pae is #2 gangster in his organization who longs to become an actor. Su-ta is a superstar actor who takes on the role of a gangster in an action movie called Rough Cut. When another actor leaves the set due to Su-tas violent ways, the production is on the verge of shutting down. Su-ta asks Gang-pae, whom he met by chance, to play alongside him in the movie in order to save the production.

6.9

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Aug 19, 1950

Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime business, faces corrupt local cops who run the city’s underworld and meets a powerful tycoon’s whimsical daughter.

6.5

Side Street

Mar 23, 1950

A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals an envelope of money from the office of a corrupt attorney. Instead of a few hundred dollars, it contains $30,000. When he decides to return the money, things go wrong - and that is only the beginning of his troubles.

5.9

Absolution

Oct 31, 2024

An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and reconnect with his estranged children. He is determined to leave a positive legacy for his grandson, but the criminal underworld isn’t done with him and won’t loosen their grip willingly.

7.2

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

Jul 20, 1938

A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and proceeds to wrest leadership of the gang away from its extremely resentful leader.

6.4

Suddenly

Sep 17, 1954

The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can't abide guns and those who use them. But violence descends on Ellen's household willy-nilly when the U.S. President passes through town... and slightly psycho hired assassin John Baron finds the Benson home ideal for an ambush.

7.5

Gun Crazy

Jan 20, 1950

Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, on Starr's behest, they embark on a crime spree for cash.

7.0

The Desperate Hours

Oct 5, 1955

Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.

7.2

Election

Oct 20, 2005

After losing an election to become chairman of the Wo Lin Shing triad, a gang leader lashes out and tries to seize the dragon-head baton, the official symbol of a chairman's authority.

7.2

Ride the Pink Horse

Oct 8, 1947

A con man tries to blackmail a Mexican gangster.

5.8

Capone

Apr 16, 1975

Young Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago. Torrio invites Capone to move to Illinois to help run his Prohibition-era alcohol sales operation. Capone rises through the ranks of Torrio's gang and eventually takes over. On top, he works to consolidate his power by eliminating his enemies, fixing elections to his advantage and getting rich. In his spare time, Capone courts the principled Iris Crawford.