Misper

A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo.

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Alan Parker

Cast

Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.

Runtime

1h 54m

Director

Howard Hawks

Cast

Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely

On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever ex...

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Cast

Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and fal...

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Carol Reed

Cast

Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard

The sinister Dr. Watt has an evil scheme going—he's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores. Fortunately for him, Detective Sergeant Bung is on the case, and he doesn't have a clue!

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Gerald Thomas

Cast

Kenneth Williams, Harry H. Corbett, Jim Dale