Movies and TvShows featuring "british-film-noir" theme.
Odd Man Out follows a wounded IRA member, Johnny McQueen, as he tries to escape from the police and find safety. With the clock ticking, he navigates through a city filled with danger and betrayal, relying on the help of others while haunted by his past.
Gaslight is a gripping mystery-thriller from 1940. A husband systematically manipulates his wife's perception of reality in order to drive her insane and gain control of her inheritance. With themes of deception, obsession, and psychological torture, Gaslight is a classic example of British film noir.
A pianist becomes entangled in a web of deception and murder when he discovers his neighbor's evil plans. As he tries to uncover the truth, his own life is put at risk.
In 'Crimes at the Dark House,' a pregnant woman is brutally murdered, setting off a chain of events that uncover hidden secrets and a case of stolen identity. As the story unfolds, the audience is taken through a suspenseful journey filled with twists and turns, as the characters navigate the dark underbelly of society. With elements of crime, drama, and horror, this movie explores themes of inheritance, insanity, and deception. Set in a hauntingly beautiful backdrop, the film keeps viewers on the edge of their seats until the nail-biting conclusion.
When a British bookstore owner is framed for the murder of his wife, he must investigate the crime to prove his innocence. With the help of a police inspector and his shopgirl, he uncovers a blackmail scheme and a love triangle that could reveal the real killer.
During World War II, a group of people find themselves in a cottage, where they discover a Nazi spy and must work together to stop an espionage plot.
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.
The Interrupted Journey follows a writer and a police inspector who find themselves on the same train. As the journey unfolds, they become entangled in a web of mystery and deceit. The train ride takes a surreal turn when a collision occurs in a tunnel, leading to a derailment. As they try to escape the chaos, they uncover a murder plot and must work together to solve the crime. With themes of adultery, deception, and investigation, The Interrupted Journey keeps viewers on the edge of their seats.
A circus barker stages a sensational new act, the world's longest fast undertaken by “Sapolio”, on view in a glass cage. But this act also results in several murders, a kidnapping, and a poisoning!
Roy Walsh is a brash and enterprising thug who bullies his friends into subservience. He and his gang assault and rob people on the street, but things get increasingly dangerous when their behavior escalates to larger crimes.
In Across the Bridge, Carl Zimmerman, a London financier, embezzles funds and flees to Mexico. He assumes a new identity and crosses the US-Mexico border, but his plan to escape is jeopardized when Scotland Yard gets involved.
When an eminent scientist disappears with a deadly secret, a manhunt ensues to locate him before he can carry out a devastating act of terrorism. As the clock ticks down, tensions rise and the fate of a city hangs in the balance.
In the film 'Blackout', set in London, a man finds himself in a twisted web of lies and coincidences after being framed for murder. With a femme fatale at the center of the mystery, he must uncover the truth to clear his name.
A man pays a hitman to kill him. Circumstances change and he tries to call off the hit but he has trouble getting the deal killed.
An idol of auto-racing fans attempts a comeback after serving in the Air Force. When his former rival lies dying in the hospital he must decide whether to continue in the Grand Prix, or make peace with his adversary. Featuring race car greats Stirling Moss, Reg Parnell, John Cooper, Alan Brown, Geoffrey Taylor and Leslie Marr.
Someone knocked out a man and left him for dead during a fishing trip in Portugal. That someone is either his fetching wife, or two business partners, all sporting guilty faces after his unexpected return. Two more murders and a frame-up befall the quartet before an inspector closes the case.
When a nightclub singer is arrested for murder, his pregnant girlfriend moves into a boarding house for women, but the mother-to-be soon discovers that her new lodgings harbors a horrific secret.
A saloon owner falls in love with the abused wife of a heavy gambler. He is snared into a web of intrigue when an ex-girlfriend is found murdered in his apartment.
Bulldog Drummond forms a gang to rescue his wife and thwart his nemesis, Carl Peterson.
When his wife stops writing to him and his letters are returned unanswered, Dan becomes extremely concerned about her welfare. He returns home but is only able to meet with her briefly before she is found murdered. Dan is the obvious suspect but has only 36 hours to find out who murdered her. In so doing he uncovers a shocking catalogue of his wife's past affairs and an identity that he knew nothing about.