C-Man

May 27, 1949

1h 15m

★ 5.1

Homicidal smugglers in the big city !

Overview

A customs agent follows a jewel smuggler's trail of corpses from Paris to New York.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

Laurel Films

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Cast

Cliff Holden, alias William Harrah

Dean Jagger

Doc Spencer

John Carradine

Owney Shor

Harry Landers

Kathe van Bourne

Lottie Elwen

Matty Royal

Rene Paul

Customs Inspector Brandon

Walter Vaughan

Minnie Hoffman

Adelaide Klein

Lydia Brundage

Edith Atwater

Birdie Alton

Jean Ellyn

Joe

Walter Brooke

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.

7.9

The Night of the Hunter

Jul 27, 1955

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

7.3

The Lady from Shanghai

Dec 24, 1947

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

5.7

Subway in the Sky

Nov 1, 1959

Berlin provides the backdrop for this crime drama that centers on a military doctor falsely accused of dealing illegal drugs. Determined to prove his innocence, he escapes from the MPs and ends up holing up in the apartment his wife rented. He doesn't know that she has sublet the flat to a nightclub singer. When he finds out, he begs the singer to assist him. She is attracted to him and agrees. The doctor believes that his wife is behind the black-market dealings, but in the end, they find the real culprit.

7.6

Mildred Pierce

Oct 20, 1945

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.

5.8

The Case Against Brooklyn

Jun 1, 1958

A rookie cop takes on criminals who have the local government in their pocket.

5.8

The Dark Past

Dec 22, 1948

A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recurring dream that the doctor of the house may be able to analyze.

7.3

Odd Man Out

Jan 30, 1947

Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.

7.3

Panic

Jan 15, 1947

Proud, eccentric, and antisocial, Monsieur Hire has always kept to himself. But after a woman turns up dead in the Paris suburb where he lives, he feels drawn to a pretty young newcomer to town and discovers that his neighbors are only too ready to suspect the worst of him.

6.6

Railroaded!

Sep 25, 1947

A beautician and her crooked boyfriend attempt to rob the bookie operation located in the back room, but when the plan goes wrong, they frame an innocent man.

6.8

Criminal Lawyer

Aug 23, 1951

A drunken attorney tries to sober up in order to defend a friend in murder case.

4.5

New Orleans Uncensored

Mar 1, 1955

Discharged naval officer Dan Corbett moves to New Orleans and accepts a job as a longshoreman, unaware that the docks are run by an infamous racketeer. When the dock manager is murdered before he can notify the authorities of their criminal scheme, Dan coordinates with the police to go undercover and investigate.

6.7

Hell Drivers

Jul 23, 1957

An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.

6.4

Interpol

Apr 2, 1957

Spurred on by the death of his drug-addicted sister at the hands of ruthless narcotics kingpin Frank McNally, U.S. drug enforcement agent Charles Sturgis embarks on an investigation that takes him from New York to London, Lisbon, Rome, Naples and finally Athens in pursuit of McNally's shapely associate, Gina Broger.

5.9

Bunco Squad

Sep 1, 1950

Police sergeants Johnson and McManus take on Los Angeles confidence tricksters. Con man Tony Wells, lining up rich widow Jessica Royce as his latest mark, sets up a false paranormal society with other charlatans to convince the credulous Jessica that her late son is speaking to her through their sham seances. When the plan leads to murder, Johnson and McManus must bring the group down before they kill again.

5.2

The Gambler and the Lady

Dec 26, 1952

A greedy but successful professional gambler wants to join the British Establishment when he falls in love with a blue-blooded lady. But first he must mend his ways and then dump his nightclub singer girl friend. She's not so easy to get rid of, neither is his past.

3.9

The Glass Alibi

Apr 27, 1946

Eying a large inheritance, a reporter marries a rich woman with failing health. When she begins feeling healthy after the wedding, the reporter takes drastic measures to make sure his wife dies.