British Noir Movies

In 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...

American scientist Dr. Frank Smith is brought to Britain to help the C.I.A. There is a defecting East block scientist they want him to debrief. The...

An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband's art-forgery/arson scam.

A British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc.

Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" –...

When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has...

A falling-out between thieves over the proceeds of a stickup results in several deaths and a priest being marked for murder because of a confession...

A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.

John Cummings, an unsuccessful London cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by a hood in the employ of Lionel Meadows, sadistic organiser...

“Shorty” Matthews having recently been released from prison visits his girlfriend in London only to discover her murdered. Fearing he...

When a ransom bid results in the death of a child, the police have only one lead – the old lady who witnessed the kidnapper using a public...

Edward "Teddy" Bare is a ruthless schemer who thinks he's hit the big time when he kills his older wife, believing he will inherit a fortune. When...

A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.

A professional thief is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to know where he's hid his loot.

After the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman.

A plastic surgeon changes the face of a female convict to match that of the beautiful woman who broke his heart and left him. He marries the convict...

DI Campbell looks into the murder of a teacher at a girls' school where there are a number of suspects, including her colleagues and the married man...

Painter Jan Van Rooyer has been art teacher to Jacqueline Cousteau, an older Frenchwoman who becomes his lover. But when she turns up dead, Van...

An innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied about him in court.

Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in business as a patent medicine man selling...