True Crime Files
The cases that haunt you.
The Monolith Monsters ( 1957)
Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community. Great special effects highlight this forgotten Science Fiction classic!
Kansas City Confidential (720p HD)
For other intermediate derivations of this file look here: archive.org/details/Kansas_City_Confidential_1952
1h 7m
Gangster Story
Gangster and cop killer Jack Martin is on the run from the law, and hides out in a small town. Low on funds, he engineers a clever bank robbery that yields him a big bundle. Now he has not only the...
54m
Unforgotten Crime
AKA The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine Mike Jason (Dennis O'Keefe), idea man for the Bullard Advertising Agency, and Cleo Arden (Gloria Dickson), director of the Jimmy Valentine radio program, based on...
1h 28m
Borderline
Fred MacMurray and Claire Trevor are caught in Mexican dope-smuggling ring, fearing each other is involved, but both undercover agents. Cast includes Raymond Burr. For more info on this film see it...
1h 0m
Devil Diamond
A group of thugs tries to steal the cursed title gem from a jeweler who has been hired to cut it into small, saleable pieces.
1h 0m
Bank Alarm
An investigator tries to find a gang responsible for a series of bank robberies thus jeopardizing his sister, the girlfriend of the gang's ringleader.
1m
Red Haired Alibi
A young hotel sales-girl becomes the paid companion of a man in New York. Little does she know that he is a notorious gangster and she will become involved in all manner of mystery and intrigue. Di...
59m
Murder on the High Seas
Also known as "Love Bound". Copyright date is listed as 1949 on the film, but it's obviously a 1930s feature. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page .
29m
Movie Serial - Dick Tracy (1937) Chapter 01: The Spider Strikes
Dick Tracy movie serial (1937) - 15 chapters Information about this serial can be found on its IMDb page . This serial is already uploaded to the archives but won't play in some browsers, so I'm up...
1h 18m
He Walked by Night
Richard Basehart becomes the target of an intense manhunt. You'll find that this copy is sharper than the version that was already here at the Archive.
They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
Directed by Busby Berkeley and starring John Garfield, Claude Rains, and The Dead End Kids. It is a remake of the 1933 film The Life of Jimmy Dolan.
1h 1m
Gang Bullets
From IMDb : A ruthless but clever gangster who knows every loophole in the law has the tables turned by a dedicated District Attorney and his assistant. Stars: Anne Nagel and Robert Kent This movie...
1h 0m
Ghost Patrol
Professor Brent (Lloyd Ingraham) invents a radium tube that gives off previously undiscovered rays which can control electricity. He rather foolishly trusts Kincaid (Wheeler Oakman) who imprisons h...
1h 29m
Angel on My Shoulder
The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.
1h 28m
The Green Glove
Title: The Green Glove Summary: An ex-soldier and his new girlfriend comb France for a valuable relic...which others are willing to kill for. Directed by: Rudolph Maté Actors: Directed by Rudolph ...
1h 11m
Alimony
Small town girl Kitty Traves (Martha Vickers) comes to New York with the idea of getting rich fast. Beginning as a 'model' she then becomes a divorce co-respondent in hotel room frame-ups. When her...
1h 30m
Capture, The
Taken from IMDB : An American working for an oil company in Mexico shoots a man suspected of stealing the payroll; later, he fears that the man was innocent.
53m
Captured in Chinatown
A feud between two gangs in Chinatown breaks out into a tong war.
Maniac
Notorious film from early exploitation king Dwain Esper, who brought us such classic early titles as "Sex Madness," "Narcotic," "Reefer Madness," "How To Undress In Front Of Your Husband," and "Mar...
56m
The Violent Years
A newspaper publisher's daughter suffers from neglect by her parents. She and her friends turn to crime by dressing up like men, holding up gas stations, raping young men at gunpoint, and having ma...
11 Neath Brooklyn Bridge
' Neath Brooklyn Bridge is a 1942 film released by Monogram Pictures . The film is the eleventh installment in the East Side Kids series and one of the more dramatic films of the series,...
1h 3m
Tomorrow We Live
Julie Bronson (Jean Parker), whose father, "Pop" Bronson (Emmett Lynn) operates a desert café, is attracting the unwanted attention of a half-crazed gangster known as The Ghost (Ricardo Cortez) wh...
1h 5m
Man with Two Lives
A man is brought back from death at the same time a vicious criminal dies in the electric chair. However, the man's soul is now taken over by the electrocuted gangster, who embarks on a vengeful cr...
Outer Gate
You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page .
Prison Shadows
You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page .
53m
Youth On Parole
You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page .
1h 6m
Big News
A early talkie from Pathé, this crime drama starred relative newcomers Robert Armstrong and a very young Carole Lombard, the title credits still spelling her first name Carol. They play husband an...
1h 3m
The Boss of Big Town
From IMDb : Diligent City Market official Michael Lynn resists overtures by well-to-do gangster Kenneth Craige to fix produce and dairy prices during wartime. Lynn seems unable to stop the resultin...
1h 5m
Chained for Life
A Siamese twin kills the husband who left her. The courts have to decide if she is convicted of murder, how can they punish her sister, who had nothing to do with the crime?