Picking a pocket leads to blackmail and murder for a petty criminal in London.

A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the…

The spirit of an executed murderer enters the body of a physician, and forces him to do its bidding–namely, murder.

Sent to a home for “problem” girls, incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd,…

Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.

A psychopath on the run takes a job as a handyman at the house of a lonely widow.

Mercedes works as a cabaret performer to pay for her sister’s studies. Problems begin when Mercedes and Paco, her exploiter, win a dance contest, but he refuses to share the…

Slip gets fired from his job at a construction company for decking his boss. His sister, who got him a job at the company, is angry with him. Slip manages…

In London, a secret society led by lawyer Thaddeus Merrydew collects the assets of any of its deceased members and divides them among the remaining members. Society members start dropping…

An insurance agent’s greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.

In 1820s rural England, a young girl is tricked by tales of marriage from a villainous Squire. When she becomes pregnant and disappears, a gipsy lad is blamed.

Adaptation of John Gay’s 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.