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Movies by Lists - On Dangerous Ground (British film noir films) (96 [98])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
Accursed, TheSurvivors of the World War 2 German Resistance Group attend an annual reunion at an English country house. The reunion is hosted by Colonel Price, who intends to find out which guest had betrayed their leader.1957Gilbert Gunn, Michael McCarthyDrama, History, Mystery, Thriller5.7 (255 votes)7820211228
Appointment with CrimeAn ex-con, released after imprisonment for a jewel theft, swears vengeance on his former accomplices and devises an intricate plan to steal their fortune.1946John HarlowCrime, Drama6.3 (288 votes)9020220806
Assassin for HirePretending to be rare stamp dealer, a man devotedly supports wife and musically talented younger brother as a professional hit-man.1951Michael McCarthyCrime, Mystery5.9 (71 votes)6720211228
Assassin, The [Venetian Bird]Travelling to Venice to locate an ex-partisan on behalf of a French insurance company, a British private detective gets mixed-up in a political assassination conspiracy.1952Ralph ThomasCrime, Mystery, Thriller6.4 (486 votes)9020211228
Bad Blonde [The Flanagan Boy]A scheming blonde seduces a fighter and convinces him to murder her husband, a fight manager.1953Reginald Le BorgDrama, Sport5.8 (305 votes)8120211228
Black Glove, The [Face the Music]Newly arrived in Britain, a jet-lagged musician impulsively goes to the apartment of a beautiful blues singer he's just met and hours later is accused of her murder.1954Terence Fisher (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir5.7 (211 votes)8420221116
Blackout [Murder by Proxy]An American in London, down on his luck, runs into a beautiful blonde in a bar who offers him a lot of money to marry her. Broke and unemployed, he takes her up on it. When he wakes up the next day, he finds himself in a strange room1954Terence Fisher (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller6.3 (455 votes)8720211228
Blond Sinner [Yield to the Night]A young woman who has been abused and taken advantage of by all the men in her life, finally finds a man she believes truly loves her, but she snaps when she finds out that he, too, is cheating on her, and she kills her boyfriend's m1956J. Lee ThompsonCrime, Drama7.1 (1K votes)9920211228
Brighton RockIn Brighton in 1935, small-time gang leader Pinkie Brown murders a journalist and later desperately tries to cover his tracks but runs into trouble with the police, a few witnesses, and a rival gang.1948John BoultingCrime, Drama7.3 (6K votes)9220211228
Cage of GoldIn post-WW2 Britain, a young woman marries an old flame but after he disappears, and is later declared dead, she re-marries, only to be blackmailed by the supposedly-dead first husband who suddenly re-appears in her life, in need of 1950Basil DeardenCrime, Drama6.3 (414 votes)8320211228
Cast a Dark ShadowA British fortune-hunter playboy is killing his rich wives in order to inherit their wealth.1955Lewis GilbertCrime, Film-Noir, Thriller7.0 (2K votes)8220211228
Chase a Crooked ShadowAt Kimberley Prescott's villa, a stranger shows up and claims he is her brother who supposedly died the previous year in a car accident.1958Michael AndersonCrime, Mystery, Thriller7.0 (1.2K votes)8720211228
Circle of DangerIn the 1950s, an American comes to Britain to investigate the murky circumstances of his brother's death that occurred during a WW2 commando raid in Nazi-occupied France.1951Jacques Tourneur (*)Drama, Mystery, Romance6.4 (632 votes)8620211228
City After Midnight [That Woman Opposite]A series of daring robberies has taken place on Rue des Anges, a quiet street in the town of La Bandelette. Standing by an open window in his study, Sir Maurice Lawes sees a gendarme beaten to death and the killer, who also sees Lawe1957Compton BennettCrime, Drama6.1 (99 votes)8520211228
CloudburstA Canadian World War II veteran working for the British Foreign Office scours England for the killer who murdered his wife.1951Francis SearleFilm-Noir, Mystery6.7 (613 votes)8320211228
Clouded Yellow, TheA former British agent is employed at the Fenton country estate where he aids Fenton's niece in eluding the police after she's unjustly accused of murdering a local gamekeeper.1950Ralph ThomasCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.9 (840 votes)9520211228
Corridor of MirrorsA man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life.1948Terence YoungDrama, Mystery6.5 (533 votes)9620211228
Count Five and DieAmerican and British counter-espionage combine to convince the Germans the cross-channel invasion will be in the Netherlands instead of France.1957Victor VicasDrama, History, Thriller, War6.5 (191 votes)9220211228
Dancing With CrimeA London cab driver gets mixed up with a criminal gang and sets out to expose the group and its leader for what they are.1947John Paddy CarstairsCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.7 (277 votes)8320211228
Daughter of DarknessEmily, a pretty young Irish girl, gets a job on an English farm owned by the Tallent family. The local men take to her but the women don't, objecting to her flirtatious nature with their men and one woman, Bess Stanforth, is especial1948Lance ComfortCrime, Drama, Horror6.7 (287 votes)9120211228
DaybreakA hangman conceals his true identity when he falls in love, and sets up home with his girl on a barge in the river Thames. Tragedy strikes when the hangman's assistant tries to seduce his boss's wife - after a fight, the hangman is p1948Compton BennettDrama6.7 (263 votes)7520211228
Dead on Course [Wings of Danger]When his girlfriend's brother's cargo plane is lost at sea, nagging questions arise, and pilot Richard Van Ness gets caught in a web of blackmail and smuggling.1952Terence Fisher (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller5.4 (233 votes)7320211228
Deadly Game, The [Third Party Risk]An American on vacation in Spain gets mixed up with a smuggling ring.1954Daniel BirtCrime, Drama4.9 (117 votes)6320220315
Dear MurdererA businessman plans to kill his cheating wife's lover and make it look like suicide.1947Arthur CrabtreeCrime, Drama6.9 (883 votes)9020211228
Depraved, TheU.S. Army captain stationed in England has an affair with a local married woman. Together they hatch a plan to kill her husband.1957Paul DicksonCrime5.3 (107 votes)7120240319
Diamond Wizard, The [The Diamond]An American Treasury agent teams up with a Scotland Yard inspector to track down a group of thieves that are creating artificial diamonds out of sugar.1954Dennis O'Keefe, Montgomery TullyCrime, Drama, Sci-Fi5.5 (135 votes)8320211228
Double Confession.After his wife is murdered, the husband tries to divert suspicion from himself to someone else. Unfortunately, his scheme winds up getting him mixed up with some real murderers.1950Ken AnnakinCrime, Drama6.5 (322 votes)8020211228
Dual AlibiTwin trapezists fall out over a lottery ticket and a worthless woman, but later extract a unique revenge.1947Alfred TraversCrime, Drama6.8 (222 votes)8120211228
Fallen Idol , TheA butler working in a foreign embassy in London falls under suspicion when his wife accidentally falls to her death, the only witness being an impressionable young boy.1948Carol Reed (*)Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.7 (8.5K votes)9520211228
Finger of Guilt [The Intimate Stranger]A married movie studio executive's life starts to unravel when he is stalked by a seductively beautiful woman he claims he does not know.1956Joseph Losey, Alec C. SnowdenDrama, Film-Noir6.2 (506 votes)9520220414
Five Angles on Murder [The Woman in Question]A woman is murdered, but she is seen in different ways by different people.1950Anthony AsquithCrime, Drama, Mystery6.8 (785 votes)8820211228
ForbiddenAn ex-serviceman plans to escape his faithless wife.1949George KingDrama, Thriller6.5 (194 votes)8720211228
Fugitive, The [On the Night of the Fire]A barber commits a petty theft, which leads to his becoming involved in blackmail and murder.1939Brian Desmond HurstDrama, Film-Noir, Thriller6.5 (261 votes)7620211228
Gambler and the Lady, TheA social-climbing American with a business in illegal gambling falls in love with a blue blood, but gangsters and a jealous ex-girlfriend stand in the way of happiness.1952Patrick Jenkins, Sam Newfield, Terence FisherCrime, Drama, Thriller5.9 (291 votes)7220211228
Glass Tomb, The [The Glass Cage]Crowds flock to a carnival sideshow to see "The Starving Man", a heavyset man who claims he can go 70 days without eating. However, a couple of murders occur at the carnival, resulting in the police becoming involved.1955Montgomery TullyMystery5.6 (187 votes)5920211228
Golden SalamanderA man is torn between tackling a sinister crime syndicate or turning a blind eye to the suffering it creates.1950Ronald NeameAdventure, Crime, Drama, Romance6.3 (607 votes)9620211228
Good Die Young, TheIn London, three otherwise law-abiding good men and their unscrupulous leader are about to commit a serious crime, but for different reasons.1954Lewis GilbertCrime, Drama, Thriller6.7 (1.2K votes)10020211228
Good-Time GirlA young girl from the ghetto gets involved with some criminals. Driving while drunk, she knocks down and kills a Policeman. She runs away with two G.I.s who are also on the run and they start a crime wave.1948David MacDonaldCrime, Drama6.6 (410 votes)8120220414
Guilt Is My ShadowAfter a failed bank robbery the getaway driver flees to the Devon countryside and the farm of his uncle.1950Roy KellinoCrime, Drama6.3 (140 votes)8620211228
Hatter's CastleJames Brodie (Robert Newton) is the only hatter in a small area in Scotland. Ruthless in business as well as at home, he is a tyrant to his family and intimidating to everyone he knows. But, when his mistress convinces him to give he1942Lance ComfortDrama6.8 (333 votes)10220211228
He Walked By NightThis film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.1948Alfred L. Werker, Anthony MannCrime, Film-Noir, Thriller7.1 (5.8K votes)7920211228
Heat Wave [The House Across the Lake]An American writer living in England gets entangled in a scheme by a beautiful blonde to murder her rich husband.1954Ken HughesCrime, Drama6.1 (511 votes)6820211228
Hell DriversA rookie trucker tries to expose his boss' rackets.1957Cy EndfieldCrime, Drama, Thriller7.2 (3.4K votes)9120220414
High TreasonA wave of sabotage has been sweeping England, taking lives and creating instability. Cmdr. Robert Brennan and Supt. Folland of the Special Branch and Major Elliott of MI5 are charged with putting an end to this internal terrorism.1951Roy BoultingCrime, Drama, Thriller6.8 (321 votes)9020211228
I Became a Criminal [They Made Me a Fugitive]After WW2, former RAF airman Clem Morgan joins a gang of black-market smugglers-thieves but when a robbery goes wrong, Clem is caught , framed for a policeman's murder, and is sent to prison where he plots his escape and revenge.1947Alberto CavalcantiCrime, Drama, Film-Noir7.2 (1.5K votes)7820211228
I Met a MurdererFarmer Mark Warrow lives an unhappy existence with his shrewish wife Martha. His only happiness comes from his dog. When his wife loses her temper and kills his beloved pet, Warrow snaps and murders Martha. He goes on the run and com1939Roy KellinoCrime, Drama, Romance, Thriller6.2 (169 votes)6320211228
It Always Rains on SundayAn escaped convict tries to hide out at his former lover's house, but she has since married and is reluctant to help him.1947Robert Hamer (*)Crime, Drama7.1 (1.8K votes)9220211228
Lady PossessedIn a London nursing home, Jean Wilson, a happily-married American woman, while in a state of self-consciousness, hears Jimmy Del Palma, angrily berate the hospital management for the out-dated treatment used on his wife, who dies a b1952Roy Kellino, William SpierMystery, Romance, Thriller6.0 (40 votes)8720211228
Last Appointment, The [Final Appointment]A reporter and his girlfriend--also a reporter--investigate threats against a retired army officer and discover that they're linked to a series of murders and a court-martial that occurred during the war.1954Terence Fisher (*)Drama6.0 (197 votes)6520240319
Limping Man, TheAn American WWII veteran goes back to England after the war only to discover that his wartime sweetheart has got mixed up with a dangerous spy ring.1953Cy EndfieldCrime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller5.7 (635 votes)7620220414
Long Arm, The [The Third Key]Police drama. The sleuths of Scotland Yard try to solve a series of burglaries.1956Charles FrendCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.0 (874 votes)9620220414
Long Memory, TheReleased from prison after twelve years, a wrongfully convicted British man seeks revenge on the witnesses who lied at his trial.1953Robert Hamer (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller7.0 (1.1K votes)9620211228
Madness of the HeartLydia Garth meets Paul de Vandiere, a French nobleman, but their romance is plagued by Lydia's complaint of recurring spells of blurred vision. Paul leaves for France, promising to return and marry Lydia, but she loses her sight whil1949Charles BennettDrama, Romance6.1 (228 votes)9120211228
Man BaitThe married owner of a bookstore is attracted to his sexy blonde clerk. He finally gives in to temptation and makes a pass at her, but that only results in him getting enmeshed in blackmail and murder.1952Terence Fisher (*)Crime, Drama6.3 (615 votes)7820211228
Man Between, TheIn post-WW2 Berlin, when travel to the East was still possible, the sister of a British officer from West Berlin is abducted by Communist agents and taken into the Soviet sector where her eventual rescue is arranged by a German smugg1953Carol Reed (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller7.0 (2K votes)10020211228
Man on the RunIn post-war Britain, an army deserter unwittingly gets involved in murder and armed-robbery and enlists the aid of a war widow to help clear his name.1949Lawrence HuntingtonCrime, Drama, Thriller6.7 (294 votes)8220211228
Mark of Cain, TheAn attractive young French girl instigates rivalry between two brothers when she becomes the bride of the younger one.1947Brian Desmond HurstCrime, Drama6.4 (106 votes)8820211228
Mr. Denning Drives NorthA British aircraft engineer accidentally kills his daughter's nasty foreign boyfriend, then tries to cover up his deed.1951Anthony KimminsCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.8 (483 votes)9320211228
Murder on Monday [Home at Seven]David Preston, a bank official, goes missing for twenty-four hours and has no memory of the lost time. When he learns that the steward of his local club has implicated him in a robbery, and has been found murdered, Preston finds he h1952Ralph RichardsonCrime, Drama, Mystery6.8 (507 votes)8520211228
Night and the CityA small-time grifter and nightclub tout takes advantage of some fortuitous circumstances and tries to become a big-time player as a wrestling promoter.1950Jules DassinCrime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Sport, Thriller7.9 (13.3K votes)9620211228
Night Has Eyes, TheTwo teachers, man-hungry Doris and restrained Marian, visit the Yorkshire moors a year after friend Evelyn disappeared there. On a stormy night, they take refuge in the isolated cottage of Stephen, one-time pianist shellshocked in th1942Leslie ArlissHorror, Mystery, Thriller6.3 (671 votes)7920211228
No Orchids for Miss BlandishJohn Blandish is worth $100 million. His heiress daughter is soon to be wed to Foster Harvey, who believes she's a cold, unfeeling woman, despite loving her. Her cold emotional state is in large part due to leading a restricted life.1948St. John Legh ClowesCrime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller6.0 (626 votes)9220211228
Obsession [The Hidden Room]Clive Riordan plans a devilish revenge against his wife's lover.1949Edward Dmytryk (*)Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller7.4 (1.9K votes)9620211228
October Man, TheWhen the murder of a young woman happens, her next-door neighbor is under suspicion due to his previous stay in a mental hospital.1947Roy Ward BakerCrime, Mystery7.1 (1.3K votes)9520211228
Odd Man OutA wounded Irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery in Belfast.1947Carol Reed (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller7.7 (9.9K votes)11620211228
Paid to Kill [Five Days]A failed business deal forces James Nevill to blackmail his weak-willed friend into murdering him so that his wife can collect his insurance, but circumstances suddenly change.1954Montgomery TullyCrime, Drama6.1 (296 votes)7120211228
Pool of LondonWhen their ship docks the crew disembark as usual to pick up their lives in postwar London. For one of them his petty smuggling turns more serious when he finds himself caught up with a robbery in the City.1951Basil DeardenCrime, Drama7.1 (797 votes)8520211228
Postmark for Danger [Portrait of Alison]A woman's painted portrait and a post card with a sketch of a woman's hand holding a Chianti bottle are the main clues used by the Scotland Yard to solve a string of murders connected to a diamond-smuggling ring.1955Guy GreenCrime, Drama, Mystery6.4 (494 votes)8420211228
Scarlet ThreadTwo villains team up to steal some jewelry. The robbery goes wrong and an innocent man is shot.1951Lewis GilbertDrama5.5 (143 votes)8520211228
Seventh Veil, TheA concert pianist with amnesia fights to regain her memory.1945Compton BennettDrama, Music6.7 (1.9K votes)9420220414
Shadow on the WallA woman impulsively murders her sister after discovering she has been having an affair with her fiancé, and later plans on killing the little girl who may have witnessed the crime.1950Pat JacksonCrime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller6.7 (1.2K votes)8420211228
She Plays With Fire [Fortune is a Woman]An insurance investigator runs into an ex-girlfriend, who is still as beautiful as he remembered her, but is now married. He soon finds himself involved in arson, blackmail, and murder.1957Sidney GilliatCrime, Drama, Mystery6.9 (562 votes)9520211228
Silent DustA wealthy blind man is determined to build a cricket pavilion as a memorial to his dead son, who was killed in battle in World War II. Not long before the dedication ceremony is to be held, the son shows up; it turns out that he wasn1949Lance ComfortDrama6.9 (233 votes)8220211228
Silk Noose, The [Noose]In post- WW2 Britain, an American fashion journalist, her ex-army fiancé, and a gang of honest toughs from a local gym attempt to bring black market organized crime to justice.1948Edmond T. GrévilleCrime, Drama6.2 (334 votes)7220211228
Sleeping Tiger, TheAfter a convict breaks in a psychotherapist's home, he agrees to rehabilitation rather than arrest but the therapist's wife becomes infatuated with him.1954Joseph Losey (*)Drama, Thriller6.5 (924 votes)8920211228
Small Back Room, TheAs the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on Britain in 1943, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol.1949Michael Powell, Emeric PressburgerDrama, Romance, Thriller, War7.2 (2.6K votes)10620211228
Snorkel, TheAlthough the police have termed her mother's death a suicide, a teenage girl believes her step-father murdered her.1958Guy GreenCrime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller6.8 (1.4K votes)7420211228
SnowboundA group of people search for Nazi treasure hidden in the Alps. From "The Lonely Skier" by Hammond Innes.1948David MacDonaldCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.0 (268 votes)8520220414
So Evil My LoveOlivia Harwood, missionary's widow, meets charming Mark Bellis, artist and rogue, on the ship taking them both back to 1890s London. After Olivia opens a lodging house, Mark becomes her lodger then her lover. Olivia falls so complete1948Lewis AllenCrime, Drama6.9 (691 votes)11220211228
Spin a Dark Web [Soho Incident]A Canadian living in London is trying to succeed as a prizefighter, without much luck. He meets the sister of a local mob leader, and she soon draws him into the gang's activities. When he finds himself being drawn into a murder plot1956Vernon SewellCrime, Drama, Film-Noir6.1 (198 votes)7620211228
Stolen FaceA doctor repairs a female inmate's disfigured face to match the lovely woman who left him, and marries her, only to find out how abusive she is.1952Terence Fisher (*)Crime, Drama6.1 (655 votes)7220211228
Strange Case of Dr. Manning, The [Morning Call]Dr. Manning, husband of a wealthy socialite, is kidnapped while making a late night housecall. Insurance investigator Logan is called and the hunt is on for kidnapped and kidnapper.1957Arthur CrabtreeCrime, Thriller5.3 (68 votes)7520240715
Take My LifePhilippa Shelley races against time to clear her husband Nicholas Talbot of a murder he did not commit. While she works on getting proof, the prosecution is doing all it can to force a conviction.1947Ronald NeameCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.9 (356 votes)7920211228
Terror Street [36 Hours]An American pilot AWOL from the states is framed for his wife's murder and has just 36 hours to prove his innocence.1953Montgomery TullyCrime, Drama5.9 (274 votes)8020211228
They Drive by NightA convict, just out of prison, is implicated in a murder and goes on the run, hitching a ride with a truck driver.1938Arthur B. WoodsCrime, Thriller7.0 (289 votes)8420211228
They Met in the DarkDuring WW2, a Royal Navy Commander stumbles upon a murdered woman and discovers a network of Nazi spies and Fifth-Columnists.1943Karel LamacMystery, Romance, Thriller, War6.1 (537 votes)9520240323
Third Man, ThePulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.1949Carol Reed (*)Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller8.1 (167.7K votes)9320211228
Tiger in the SmokeIn wartime a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother. Before he dies he talks about a treasure that was hidden there. Several years later the members of that 1956Roy Ward BakerCrime, Drama, Thriller6.3 (260 votes)9420211228
Town on TrialAt a local tennis club in a posh London suburb, an attractive but flirty young woman is murdered, prompting a Scotland Yard investigation.1957John GuillerminCrime, Mystery, Thriller6.4 (659 votes)9620211228
Tread Softly StrangerAn irresistible temptress causes trouble between two brothers when the more handsome charismatic ones turns up, leading to robbery and death.1958Gordon ParryCrime, Drama6.7 (407 votes)9020211228
Twist of Fate [Beautiful Stranger]Johnny Victor, an actress living with Louis Galt on the Riveria, becomes involved with Pierre Clemont and learns he is a dangerous criminal.1954David MillerCrime, Drama, Mystery6.0 (398 votes)8920211228
Upturned Glass, TheA British brain surgeon punishes the murderess of his lover.1947Lawrence HuntingtonCrime, Drama7.0 (897 votes)9020211228
Vicious Circle, TheWhen Dr. Howard Latimer finds the German actress that he had just met at London Airport murdered in his flat. It leads him into the world of murder, blackmail, and a fake passport scam.1957Gerald Thomas (*)Crime, Mystery, Thriller6.6 (638 votes)8420211228
Voice in the Night, A [Wanted for Murder]A woman becomes the target of a man who is gradually becoming insane, unable to resist his urge to strangle women to death, but who appears to be purposely leaving pieces of evidence behind.1946Lawrence HuntingtonCrime, Drama6.8 (522 votes)10320211228
Waterloo RoadA drama set during World War II. A tale of adultery and desertion.1945Sidney GilliatDrama, Romance, War6.4 (664 votes)7620231101
Your Witness [Eye Witness]In 1949, when his former British war buddy is charged with murder, American lawyer Adam Hayward goes to England to see if he can help.1950Robert MontgomeryComedy, Crime, Drama, Romance6.3 (164 votes)9420211228
Black Orchid1953Charles SaundersCrime, Drama, Mystery6.0 (Unkn) Excluded
Three Sundays to Live1957Ernest MorrisThriller5.0 (Unkn) Excluded