Cornered

Nov 23, 1945

1h 42m

★ 6.0

Overview

A World War II veteran hunts down the Nazi collaborators who killed his wife.

Genres

Thriller

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Cornered Trailers

Cast

Laurence Gerard

Dick Powell

Melchior Incza

Walter Slezak

Mme. Madeleine Jarnac(Laurent)

Micheline Cheirel

Señora Camargo

Nina Vale

Manuel Satana

Morris Carnovsky

DuBois, Insurance Man

Edgar Barrier

Señor Tomas Camargo

Steven Geray

Diego, Hotel Valet

Jack La Rue

Perchon, German Banker

Gregory Gaye

Marcel Jarnac

Luther Adler

Swiss Maid (uncredited)

Ellen Corby

Room Service Waiter (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.

6.0

Lady in the Lake

Dec 19, 1946

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.

6.2

Crime of Passion

Dec 28, 1956

Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a dangerous path.

8.1

Double Indemnity

Jul 6, 1944

A seductive housewife draws an insurance salesman into a plot of adultery and crime to collect on her husband's life insurance.

7.9

The Third Man

Aug 31, 1949

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.

7.6

Elevator to the Gallows

Jan 29, 1958

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

6.2

Hannibal Rising

Feb 6, 2007

The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a medical student he hones his appetite for the kill.

7.6

The Big Sleep

Aug 23, 1946

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.

7.7

The Maltese Falcon

Oct 18, 1941

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

5.4

Real

Jun 28, 2017

Jang Tae-Young is a popular trouble shooter in the criminal world. He is cold and ambitious. He dreams of building a casino hotel one day. A reporter then goes to Jang Tae-Young.

7.8

Touch of Evil

Mar 30, 1958

When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.

4.6

The Hot Month of August

Feb 9, 1966

A young man, Jason, is on his way home and meets two beautiful women, Hope and Alexis. He falls for Hope, but has sex with Alexis. He doesn't know that Alexis' husband has hired a private detective to trail her, and the man reports back to Alexis' husband about her affair with Jason. The husband kills Alexis but the police suspect Jason. He and Hope have to clear his name and find enough evidence to prove the husband is the killer.

6.0

The Secrets We Keep

Sep 16, 2020

In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.

4.7

May Morning

Aug 2, 1970

A dramatic and penetrating examination of the intellectual and moral standards existing at Oxford University, England, in the early 1970s.

7.7

Strangers on a Train

Jun 27, 1951

Having met on a train, a smooth-talking psychotic socialite shares his theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder to an amateur tennis player — a theory he plans to test out.

Cast

Laurence Gerard

Dick Powell

Melchior Incza

Walter Slezak

Mme. Madeleine Jarnac(Laurent)

Micheline Cheirel

Señora Camargo

Nina Vale

Manuel Satana

Morris Carnovsky

DuBois, Insurance Man

Edgar Barrier

Señor Tomas Camargo

Steven Geray

Diego, Hotel Valet

Jack La Rue

Perchon, German Banker

Gregory Gaye

Marcel Jarnac

Luther Adler

Swiss Maid (uncredited)

Ellen Corby

Room Service Waiter (uncredited)

Cornered

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

Cornered Trailers

Cast

Dick Powell

Walter Slezak

Micheline Cheirel

Nina Vale

Morris Carnovsky

Edgar Barrier

Steven Geray

Jack La Rue

Gregory Gaye

Luther Adler

Ellen Corby

Gino Corrado

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Cornered Trailers

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The Lady from Shanghai

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The Night of the Hunter

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Europa

Secret Beyond the Door

Lady in the Lake

Crime of Passion

Double Indemnity

The Third Man

Elevator to the Gallows

Hannibal Rising

The Big Sleep

The Maltese Falcon

Real

Touch of Evil

The Hot Month of August

The Secrets We Keep

May Morning

Strangers on a Train

Cast

Dick Powell

Walter Slezak

Micheline Cheirel

Nina Vale

Morris Carnovsky

Edgar Barrier

Steven Geray

Jack La Rue

Gregory Gaye

Luther Adler

Ellen Corby

Gino Corrado