The Tougher They Are—The Harder They Fall
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
Paul Madvig
Janet Henry
Ed Beaumont
Opal 'Snip' Madvig
Taylor Henry
Nick Varna
Jeff
Nurse
Farr
Eloise Matthews
Ralph Henry
Rusty
Clyde Matthews
Claude Tuttle
Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)
Henry Sloss (uncredited)
Basement Club Waiter (uncredited)
Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Policeman (uncredited)
Politician (uncredited)
16 Nov 1956
An artist suffering from mental problems from his experiences during the war goes to Acapulco on his honeymoon. Soon young women are turning up dead in the area, and the ex-GI comes to believe he might be responsible, as he has long stretches where he can't remember anything.
10 Nov 1950
Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, Eleanor, suspects he is actually running away from their unsuccessful marriage. Aided by a newspaperman, Danny Leggett, Eleanor sets out to locate her husband. The killer is also looking for him, and keeps close tabs on Eleanor.
30 Mar 1944
A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife's death and secretly pays an assassin to kill him. But then he finds out that his wife isn't dead at all. And now the assassin is on his trail, with no way to call off the hit.
22 Feb 1961
A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.
11 Apr 1946
A private detective is hired to find a young heiress but finds himself accused of murder.
30 Mar 1951
A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.
12 Jan 1949
A prim psychology professor fights to hide a murder she committed in self-defense.
11 Mar 1952
While playing a prank, a young boy accidentally discovers the identity of a criminal lurking in the neighborhood.
07 Dec 1946
In the midst of Nazi air raids, a postman dies on the operating table at a rural hospital. But was the death accidental?
23 Jun 1955
Marc Hill is the attorney for Emmet Devrey, a real estate developer with a past, who is being blackmailed by his former partner Sam Baggett. When Sam's unfaithful wife Marge cooks up a scheme with her used car salesman lover Jeff Calder to bilk both Devrey and her alcoholic husband, Sam is killed and Devrey is accused of the crime. Mark is called to prove his employers innocence.
18 Dec 1944
In 1903, Doctor Huntington Bailey meets a friendly older lady during a train trip. She tells him that she is going to visit her brother Nick and his lovely young wife Allida. Once in New York, Bailey hears that his train companion suddenly died. Shortly afterward, he meets the strange couple and gets suspicious of Nick's treatment of his wife.
26 Sep 1947
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.
16 Mar 1946
A female research scientist conducting experiments on a new anesthetic has a very bad week. Her scheming assistant intentionally scars her face, her almost-fiancee appears to have deserted her and she finds herself being blackmailed by a women she accidentally knocked down with her car.
22 Sep 1948
A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.
15 Aug 1958
Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and girlfriend plot a robbery that ends in tragedy.
17 Oct 1949
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.
03 Aug 1950
An undercover U.S. Immigration agent falls in love with an immigrant attempting to enter the United States through Havana, Cuba in an illegal smuggling ring.
11 Aug 1947
Story of an investment agent who embezzles a large sum from an estate, hoping to cover his crime by marrying the estate's heiress. The girl is already engaged, so he arranges to have the fiance killed. A mix up involving the society section of the newspaper places him in the sights of his own hired gun.
04 Mar 1949
After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister.
27 Sep 1945
Head over heels in love with a stern and cold older businessman's young wife, a reporter is seduced into conspiring to murder him so she can inherit his estate, while pinning the murder on another businessman.