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Man on the Run (1949) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Man on the Run
other title: Mann im Netz
An Army deserter, still a fugitive in Post-War Britain, wanders into a pawn-shop robbery and finds himself wanted for murder. He meets a war widow who helps him elude the police while he looks for the real criminals.
Inspector Hornleigh (1939) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Inspector Hornleigh
director: Eugene Forde actor: Gordon Harker / Alastair Sim
When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Inspector Hornleigh's assistant, Sergeant Bingham, soon finds an attaché case that had been stolen from the murdered man. When Hornleigh examines the case, inside it he finds a bag that was used to carry important government documents. The documents have been taken, and to make things even more confusing, a duplicate of the stolen bag soon turns up.
The Two-Headed Spy (1958) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Two-Headed Spy
director: André de Toth actor: Jack Hawkins / Gia Scala
other title: I due volti del Generale Ombra / Chef de réseau
Wartime thriller with film noir elements based on a true story as written in A.P. Scotland's autobiography "The London Cage". The plot has greatly exaggerated the actual events of A.P. Scotland's experiences, including the addition of a fictional love interest.
The Woman in the Hall (1947) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Woman in the Hall
director: Jack Lee actor: Ursula Jeans / Jean Simmons
Lorna Blake, (Ursula Jeans) is a widow with two daughters. She augments her slender income by using her children to extort money - visiting the houses of the rich to tell a pathetic story and beg for help. And Lorna makes a rich capture when Sir Halmar Bernard, (Cecil Parker), proposes to her. She tells him that she has only one daughter, Molly (Jill Freud, credited as Jill Raymond). When her other daughter, Jay (Jean Simmons), is arrested for forging a cheque, she refuses to help her.
Recoil (1953) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Recoil
A jeweller is killed in a gang robbery leaving the daughter as the only witness. When the police can't build a case against him she decides to go undercover to infiltrate the home of the killer's brother. Slowly she is drawn into the world of the rival gangs.