Best Crime movies of 1961

Actors : Brad Logan, Claire Brennen, John Dennis, Billy Holms,

During Prohibition, a meek bookkeeper hides out from gangsters at a health farm. The gangsters find out where he is. Complications ensue.

Actors : Francis Matthews, Sheldon Lawrence, Susan Denny, Cyril Shaps,
Directors : Godfrey Grayson,

A group of former concentration camp prisoners has formed an underground network to hunt Nazi leaders, who are still on the loose. At a secret meeting in Paris they discuss what to do with ...

Actors : Monique Mélinand, Alexandra Stewart, Jean Desailly, Yvette Etiévant,
Directors : Édouard Molinaro,

Stéphane Blanchon, who teaches at the International College, lives a quiet comfortable life in Geneva. He is married to Christine, a cold, dry-hearted woman, and his sentimental life is ...

Actors : Reha Yurdakul, Göksel Arsoy, Ulvi Uraz, Nilüfer Aydan,
Directors : Memduh Ün,

A small time criminal gunslinger who is not yet listed as a gangster receives a suspicious help from a homicide detective who used to be his good friend before.

Actors : Shin'ichi Chiba, Shigemi Kitahara, Takashi Kanda, Jun Usami,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

The great Sonny Chiba stars as Goro Saionji, a drifting thrill-seeker. Out to investigate a suspicious plane crash in the Red Valley, he uncovers a plot involving yakuza and a shady land ...

Actors : Jeanne Jerrems, Athan Karras, Rosemary Torri, David Hooks,

A young Greek immigrant confronts New York City while searching for the man who raped his sister.

Actors : Kenneth Griffith, Hermione Baddeley, Christina Gregg, Jess Conrad,
Directors : Lance Comfort,

Carol flees to London from her alcoholic stepfather, but runs into a rough crowd in her new home.

Actors : Maude Adelson, Tor Isedal, Gunnar Hellström, Nils Hallberg,
Directors : Hasse Ekman,

Two criminals escape from prison. Together with two old accomplices they plan a big heist against a racetrack.

Actors : John Hewer, Vanda Hudson, Jean Muir, Ann Lynn,
Directors : Ernest Morris,

The stripper Rita is trying to blackmail her former lover, the wealthy Carlos Branco, threatening to reveal his illegal dope trade for the police. Branco responds by hiring the hit man ...

Actors : J. Pat O'Malley, Romo Vincent, Robert Gist, Robert J. Wilke,
Directors : Jerry Hopper,

A gang plots the robbery of an armored-car company headquarters. Although the robbery itself goes off as planned, it's not long before the gang members are fighting among themselves over ...

Actors : Grant Richards, Craig Hill, Willis Bouchey, Elaine Edwards,
Directors : Edward L. Cahn,

Dr. Frank Harlow is in the process of trying to save a man badly beaten by two gangsters whom he identifies to the police. When the victim dies the charge becomes murder and Harlow ...

Actors : Krishna Kumari, Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, Relangi Venkatramaiah, Gummadi,
Directors : Kolli Pratyagatma,

Anand, the spoiled son of a public prosecutor finds his exorbitant and Casanova-like lifestyle curbed by his disapproving father and maternal uncle. He is more or less compelled to get ...

Actors : Shashikala, Kishore Kumar, Kumkum, K.N. Singh,
Directors : Mohan Segal,

A movie stunt-man is recruited to impersonate a look-alike mentally unstable heir to a vast estate.

Actors : Jeannie Carson, Delphi Lawrence, Alan Dobie, John Carson,
Directors : Pat Jackson,

An ex-con goes looking for his late cellmate's hidden loot.

Actors : Valentin Rusetzki, Yakim Mihov, Anani Yavashev, Adriana Andreeva,
Directors : Lyudmil Kirkov,

Young Nikolay is a national boxing champion. On a picnic, he meets Vanya and falls in love with her. They have a lunch in the restaurant and when a brawl erupts there, Vanya leaves. Nikolay...

Actors : Diana Chesney, Nora Nicholson, Jan Miller, Richard McNeff,
Directors : Charles Saunders,

This story is about a collection of older ladies living in a boarding house run by their acquaintance, Miss Letty Frost.She has an air or respectability. It quickly becomes apparent that ...

Actors : Saburô Ôtsuji, Kimi Hoshi, Shigeru Amachi, Jun Tatara,
Directors : Michiyoshi Doi,

Five rough and ready prisoners , lead by the one nicknamed Capone, are idling in one prison cell in The Horizon Glitters when a sixth is added to the mix. Nicknamed Mite, which is short for...

Actors : James Brown, Merry Anders, Barry Kelley, Milton Frome,
Directors : Edward L. Cahn,

A rookie policeman is sent to the Police Dog Training School with a a half-wild German Sehpherd. They become a successful team and later capture an arson gang together,

Actors : James Brown, John Banner, Gene Nelson, Merry Anders,
Directors : Jack Leewood,

An investment counselor turns jewel thief when the gangster he embezzled funds from demands to be paid back.

Actors : Jaroslav Mares, Jaroslav Rozsíval, Radovan Lukavský, Jirí Vrstála,
Directors : Jindrich Polák,

(1964) Brad Newman, Eric Douglas. A secret agent seeks a fellow spy in hiding. At stake are secret materials that are coveted by evil forces who will stop at nothing in order to obtain them. Lots of action and excitement. From 16mm.