Unsavory Characters

Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.

Runtime

2h 8m

Director

Paul Verhoeven

Cast

Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza

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.

Runtime

2h 8m

Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Cast

James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes

After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to...

Runtime

1h 39m

Director

Fritz Lang

Cast

Joan Bennett, Michael Redgrave, Anne Revere

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

Runtime

1h 40m

Director

John Huston

Cast

Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George

An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.

Runtime

1h 47m

Director

Billy Wilder

Cast

Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson