hard-boiled dame

5 movies and shows

This World, Then the Fireworks

Fri, 11 Jul 1997

In 1950s, two incestuous lovers, a depraved suave journalist and his equally depraved prostitute sister, plan to get rich through seduction and murder.

My Gun Is Quick

Thu, 01 Aug 1957

Detective Mike Hammer's investigation of a murder puts him in the middle between warring jewel thieves.

The Narrow Margin

Sat, 03 May 1952

A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles.

In New York City, a bank robbery of $300,000 goes unsolved for a year, until some of the marked bills are found in a Los Angeles drugstore theft. Police detectives Cal Bruner and Jack Farnham investigate and are led from the drugstore to a nightclub, where singer Lilli is another recipient of a stolen bill. With Lilli's help, the partners track down the remaining money, but both Lilli and Jack are dismayed when Cal decides he wants to keep part of it.

The Human Jungle

Sun, 03 Oct 1954

Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a recent unsolved murder of a strip-tease dancer. Recognizing the laxity of the department he implements many changes and soon finds himself under fire by the newspapers, the attorney of a racket leader and the denizens of this human jungle.