Crime Movies of 1959
Odds Against Tomorrow
Harry Belafonte was both producer and star of this hard-edged film noir crime drama. Dave Burke (Ed Begley, Sr.) is an ex-cop who has been kicked off the force for refusing to ... [ Crime movie - 1959 ]
The FBI Story
If Warner Bros.' pageantlike The FBI Story resembles an episode of Jack Webb's Dragnet at times, it's probably because the screenplay was by veteran Dragnet scrivener Richard L. Breen. ... [ Crime movie - 1959 ]
Too Hot to Handle
With dialogue ranging from flat to offensive and acting in the same range, this low-brow erotic crime drama by director Terence ... [ Crime movie - 1959 ]
The Rebel Set
A standard crime story with a dash of a disillusioned ... [ Crime movie - 1959 ]
Gangster Story
Actor Walter Matthau directed his first and only feature film with the black-and-white crime drama Gangster Story. In an unusual noncomedic role, Matthau plays Jack Martin, a local gangster who wants to run his own ... [ Crime movie - 1959 ]
The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery
Based on an actual bank heist (and even using the St. Louis policemen who took part ... [ Crime movie - 1959 ]
The Bloody Brood
At the start of his film career and just a year before his appearance in Murder, Inc. would get him Academy Award notice, Peter Falk played Nico, the strung-out, emotionally dead psychopath who leads a group ... [ Crime movie - 1959 ]
Naked Youth
Juvenile delinquents run afoul of big-league dope dealers in this low-budget crime thriller. Frankie ... [ Crime movie - 1959 ]
T-Bird Gang
In this crime drama, a courageous high-schooler goes undercover and joins a teen-age gang so he can get revenge upon his father. When his cover is blown, his life is endangered. Fortunately, the ... [ Crime movie - 1959 ]
