Best Crime movies of 1961

Actors : Gert Fröbe, Daliah Lavi, Lex Barker, Fausto Tozzi,
Directors : Harald Reinl,

Evil mastermind Dr. Mabuse is using brainwashed prison inmates to commit crimes but the German police aided by an FBI agent is on his trail.

Actors : Lil Dagover, Brigitte Grothum, Marianne Hoppe, Joachim Fuchsberger,

(1961)Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum. A girl is almost murdered, but no explainable motive can be found until a 20 year old murder is uncovered and linked to the case...

Actors : Sean Connery, John Gregson, Herbert Lom, Alfred Marks,
Directors : John Lemont,

A small time thief is recruited by a mobster to help with the racketeering. He doesn't like the job, but with the mob on his back, a femme fatale in his bed and a sick friend to care for, he will have to keep all his wits about him.

Actors : Sabine Sesselmann, Penelope Horner, William Lucas, Joachim Fuchsberger,
Directors : Ákos Ráthonyi,

A Chinese detective breaks up a drug smuggling ring and tries to find the "Daffodil Killer." The drug smugglers had devised the ingenious method of smuggling heroin from Hong Kong in the stems of daffodils.

Actors : David Janssen, Frank Gorshin, Joel Marston, Joyce Taylor,
Directors : Andrew L. Stone,

In the 1960s Oregon, two sheriff deputies arrest three teenagers for robbery but are overpowered and taken hostage while forest fires rage all around them.

Actors : Marthe Mercadier, Pierre Dudan, María Riquelme, Louis de Funès,
Directors : Maurice Delbez,

Paul fishes out of the water the body of his greatest enemy. To avoid accusations that he is a killer, taking steps that will clear his good name.

Actors : Arch Hall Jr., Rex Holman, Burr Middleton, Robert Paget,
Directors : Leigh Jason,

A gang of teenage delinquents terrorize a small community by stealing cars and stripping them for parts, then selling the parts to a crooked junkyard owner. The police and an insurance company investigator set out to break up the gang.

Actors : Christine Kaufmann, Béatrice Altariba, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Pierre Vaneck,
Directors : Jean Becker,

(1961) Jean Paul Belmondo, Christine Kaufman. In this fine thriller, JP's friend ends up in prison. JP then tracks down the man responsible.

Actors : Paul Meurisse, Bernard Blier, Pierre Blanchar, Elga Andersen,
Directors : Georges Lautner,

The Marquis de Villemaur reunite stranges visitors in his Castle, to meet a survivor of the 3rd Reich. There is an Italian fascist ; Heinrich, a German ; Matthias, a russian ; and Dromard, a blind French war hero, with a black monocle.

Actors : Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Elaine Devry, Stella Stevens,
Directors : Edmond O'Brien,

Two Korean War veterans re-unite to pull off a heist at a San Francisco airport but find themselves running for their lives.

Actors : Paul Meurisse, Robert Hossein, Jean Servais, Françoise Prévost,
Directors : Robert Hossein,

Play the game of truth at your own risk.

Actors : Ronnie Burns, Darrell Howe, Pamela Lincoln, Judy Howard,
Directors : Boris Petroff,

The crazed brother of a condemned killer sent to the gas chamber swears vengeance on those he holds responsible for his brother's execution.

Actors : Siegfried Lowitz, Karin Dor, Mady Rahl, Hellmut Lange,
Directors : Harald Reinl,

A ring of counterfeiters is flooding the country with phony money, and suspicion falls upon a wealthy playboy who may--or may not--have amnesia.

Actors : Teruyo Yamagami, Michiko Saga, Masahiko Tsugawa, Sumiko Hidaka,
Directors : Yoshishige Yoshida,

An opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to manipulate them so he can move up the social ladder.

Actors : John Davis Chandler, Brooke Hayward, Kay Doubleday, Neil Burstyn,
Directors : Burt Balaban,

Story of Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, a notorious gangland killer in the 1930s.

Actors : Diana Dors, Dianne Foster, David Janssen, Jack Carson,
Directors : Joseph M. Newman,

The story of flamboyant Prohibition-era gangster, gambler and bootlegger Arnold Rothstein.

Actors : Alida Valli, Joseph Wiseman, Rita Hayworth, Rex Harrison,
Directors : George Marshall,

A suave art thief romances a wealthy duchess, only to enable him to steal a priceless painting from her collection. Complications ensue.

Actors : Pradeep Kumar, Nasir Hussain, Madhubala, K.N. Singh,
Directors : Pramod Chakravorty,

Bombay City Police suspect that some diamonds are being smuggled through Santa Cruz Airport, they immediately alert Customs Officials, and Airport police who thoroughly check through all ...

Actors : Tatsuya Mihashi, Makoto Satô, Kumi Mizuno, Yûzô Kayama,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

While testing the advance prototype of a revolutionary gas engine, the vehicle is involved in a mysterious accident killing its driver. The police report states that it was an accident, ...

Actors : Kay Callard, Felicity Young, Bruce Seton, Paul Maxwell,
Directors : Francis Searle,

Craig Owen is an incarcerated criminal whose cellmate holds the secret to the valuable contents within a safe deposit box.