Dark City

Oct 17, 1950

1h 38m

★ 6.5

A tense, tough drama of underworld violence and revenge !

Overview

Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Crime

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Hal Wallis Productions

Dark City Trailers

Cast

Danny Haley

Charlton Heston

Fran Garland

Lizabeth Scott

Victoria Winant

Viveca Lindfors

Captain Garvey

Dean Jagger

Arthur Winant

Don DeFore

Augie

Jack Webb

Barney

Ed Begley

Soldier

Harry Morgan

Swede

Walter Sande

Billy Winant

Mark Keuning

Sidney Winant

Mike Mazurki

Motel Manager (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Hoping to bury her criminal past, Jenny Hadley settles into a comfortable existence as Gina, the wife of the politician Clinton Crane. When her former associate Floyd Durant shows up to blackmail Gina, she has no choice but to murder him. Things take a bizarre turn when Barbara Arnold is charged with Durant's murder and Gina is selected to serve on the jury.

8.0

The Tattooed Dragon

Dec 21, 1973

Written and directed by Lo Wei for Golden Harvest, this feature stars Wang Yu as a guy known only as The Dragon – he’s got super sharp hearing! He’s also kind of a mysterious tough guy who wanders into a small town where the fine upstanding populace has a recurring problem with some gangsters who have decided to setup a casino in the area. Once the townsfolk start losing all of their money, and then all of their other belongings, and then even their homes it becomes obvious that there’s a scam going on here.

5.5

Shadow of the Wolf

Mar 24, 2025

When Nico returns from overseas to say farewell to his ailing mother, he discovers something monstrous is happening in the small town he once called home. As the list of grizzly murder victims begins to grow and the authorities fear the killer is a beast unlike anything they have ever seen, Nico senses a savage transformation within himself and uncovers the terrifying secret his family could never reveal.

6.3

The Dark Man

Jan 22, 1951

A killer called 'The Dark Man' commits double murder. This is witnessed by the young aspiring actress Molly Lester. The Dark Man tries everything to put Molly out of the way. Detective Inspector Viner of Scotland Yard investigates the murders.

5.9

The Brasher Doubloon

Feb 6, 1947

Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock hires Marlowe to find an old rare coin, the Brasher Doubloon, that belonged in her deceased husband's collection. Marlowe begins investigating, but quickly finds himself entangled in a series of unexplained murders.

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.

6.1

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.

7.1

Angel Face

Jan 2, 1953

Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.

7.6

Laura

Nov 26, 1944

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

5.6

Lucky You

May 1, 2007

A professional poker player whose astounding luck at the table fails to translate into his lonesome love life attempts to win the World Series of Poker while simultaneously earning the affections of a beautiful Las Vegas singer.

7.1

Our Mother's House

Sep 14, 1967

Seven children bury their mother and hide her death - until their long-lost father returns.

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0.0

Der Mann im Keller

Jun 2, 2008

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