It's an old story--government or corporate corruption or incompetence fosters low level crime. People get so desperate, it seems like ...

If you're ever falsely imprisoned for a crime, you'd do well to have Jimmy Stewart be your advocate. In 1948's Call Northside ...

One dead body after another delays the honeymoon of poor Wally and Alice in 1941's Roar of the Press . Laughably mischaracterised as a...

After years of people recommending it to me, I finally started watching Ozark a few days ago. Two episodes in I'd have to give it a r...

Some would say the hardest part about catching lawbreakers are all those damned laws. Take the makers of 1938's Gang Bullets which op...

You do the crime, you do the time, and then you're supposed to carve out a normal life. It's not always so simple, though, as we s...

When a wealthy candy mogal is kidnapped it's up to FBI agent Betty Mason to track him down and catch the kidnappers in 1938's Held...

I love the wide selection of obscure B-movies and exploitation films on Amazon Prime. Usually they're no masterpieces but I love all k...

Why worry about prison when you've got connexions on the parole board? By the 1940s, quick turn-arounds for prison inmates were notori...

A handsome, fashionable young man is suddenly arrested and it's only after being brought to the station and carrying on with several a...

Don't let your kids grow up to be Skip Tracers. 1940's Hold That Woman! sure doesn't make it seem easy. Essentially repo men,...

No-one among the ensemble in 1972's Bonnie's Kids is really innocent but sometimes some of them get worse than they deserve. A fa...