The Third Man (1949)

An insurance representative lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions.

A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town.

Fred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two Americans searching for work in Mexico, convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.

Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance.

A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.

A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.

Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

When two musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.