Steve Fisher
Crime novelist and screenwriter Stephen Gould Fisher adapted his novel into the screenplay for I Wake Up Screaming (1941). He also wrote or co-wrote screenplays for Johnny Angel (1945), Dead Reckoning (1947), Lady in the Lake (1947), Song of the Thin Man (1947), The... Read full bio →
Johnny Reno
The townsfolk are set on lynching an accused killer held in the town lockup. But US Marshal Johnny Reno stands in their way.
The Restless Breed
Texas-border gunrunners kill a federal agent, whose son (Scott Brady) comes looking for revenge.
Top Gun
A gunslinger returns to his hometown to warn of an impending outlaw gang attack, but he's met with hatred and fear for his previous killings.
The Shanghai Story
Shanghai, China. The last expatriate Westerners still living in the city are imprisoned in a hotel by the communist authorities in order to find the spy hiding among them.
Hell's Half Acre
A woman travels to Hawaii to find out if a man in prison there is actually her missing husband.
Woman They Almost Lynched
Civil War period film about refined young woman Leslie who comes to Western town and learns to tote gun; title tells the rest.
The Man from the Alamo
During the war for Texas independence, one man leaves the Alamo before the end (chosen by lot to help others' families) but is too late to accomplish his mission, and is branded a coward. Since he cannot now expose a gang of turncoats, he infiltrates them instead. Can he save a wagon train of refugees from Wade's Guerillas?
City That Never Sleeps
Chicago cop Johnny Kelly, dissatisfied with his job and marriage, would like to run away with his stripper girlfriend Angel Face, but keeps getting cold feet. During one crowded night, Angel Face decides she's had enough vacillation, and crooked lawyer Biddel has an illegal mission for Johnny that could put him in a financial position to act.
36 Hours
When his wife stops writing to him and his letters are returned unanswered, Dan becomes extremely concerned about her welfare. He returns home but is only able to meet with her briefly before she is found murdered. Dan is the obvious suspect but has only 36 hours to find out who murdered her.
The Lost Hours
An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night before but he later finds out that a man he got into a fight with earlier in the night was murdered.
Flat Top
A rock hard commander trains Navy Carrier Pilots during the Second World War
Roadblock
An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.
Tokyo Joe
An American returns to Tokyo try to pick up threads of his pre-WW2 life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.
The Hunted
A cop investigating a jewel robbery finds that all trails lead to his girlfriend - but she claims she's being framed.
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
Around Christmas time, a woman tries to prove the innocence of her dancer husband jailed for a crime she just knows he didn't commit.
Song of the Thin Man
Nick and Nora investigate a murder on a gambling cruise.
Lady in the Lake
Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.
Dead Reckoning
War heroes Rip Murdock and Johnny Drake are sent to Washington, D.C, to receive top honors for their service. Johnny, seemingly terrified by the publicity that awaits him, jumps off the train and later turns up dead. Suspecting foul play, Rip begins digging into his pal's past.
Johnny Angel
George Raft plays a sailor who sets out to solve his father's mysterious death.
Destination Tokyo
During World War II, Captain Cassidy and his crew of submariners are ordered into Tokyo Bay on a secret mission. They are to gather information in advance of the planned bombing of Tokyo. Along the way, the crew learn about each other as they face the enemy and some of them lose their lives.
To the Shores of Tripoli
Life at the Marine Training Base in San Diego on the eve of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Navy Secrets
Two undercover agents fall in love while trying to crack a spy ring in Brooklyn.