Aug 16, 1940
64 min
Full-HD

Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)

Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.

Category

Mystery Thriller

Country

United States of America

Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Peter Lorre

The Stranger

John McGuire

Michael Ward

Margaret Tallichet

Jane

Charles Waldron

District Attorney

Elisha Cook Jr.

Joe Briggs

Charles Halton

Albert Meng

Ethel Griffies

Mrs. Kane

Cliff Clark

Martin

Recommended For You

Crime
1937
Movie

You Only Live Once

You Only Live Once

7.1
1937

Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.

Action
2023
Movie

The Black Book

The Black Book

6.7
2023

After his son is wrongly accused of kidnapping, a deacon who has just lost his wife takes matters into his own hands and fights a crooked police gang to clear him.

Mystery
1946
Movie

Black Angel

Black Angel

6.1
1946

A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin, team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.

Genre : Mystery

Crime
1953
Movie

The Blue Gardenia

The Blue Gardenia

6.5
1953

Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.

Mystery
1955
Movie

Mr. Arkadin

Mr. Arkadin

6.8
1955

Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy to take the job of exploring his new acquaintance's life story. Guy's research turns up stunning details about his employer's past, and as his work seems linked to untimely deaths, the mystery surrounding Mr. Arkadin deepens.

Genre : Mystery

Crime
1956
Movie

Nightfall

Nightfall

6.9
1956

An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

Mystery
1946
Movie

The Verdict

The Verdict

6.5
1946

After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.

Genre : Mystery

Drama
2021
Movie

The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

7.4
2021

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.

Crime
1951
Movie

M

M

6.4
1951

Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.

Crime
1942
Movie

The Glass Key

The Glass Key

6.6
1942

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

Thriller
1946
Movie

The Dark Mirror

The Dark Mirror

7
1946

A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.

Genre : Thriller

Crime
1961
Movie

Underworld U.S.A.

Underworld U.S.A.

7
1961

A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.

Crime
1956
Movie

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

6.9
1956

A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, talks his possible son-in-law Tom into a hoax in an attempt to expose ineptitude of the city's hard-line district attorney. The plan is to have Tom plant clues leading to his arrest for killing a female nightclub dancer. Once Tom is found guilty, he is to reveal the setup and humiliate the DA.

Crime
2019
Movie

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

6.4
2019

Nancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set out to solve the mystery, make new friends, and establish their place in the community

Crime
1948
Movie

The Naked City

The Naked City

7.2
1948

After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

Drama
2013
Movie

The Truth About Emanuel

The Truth About Emanuel

6
2013

A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

Thriller
1950
Movie

House by the River

House by the River

6.8
1950

Wealthy writer Stephen Byrne tries to seduce the family maid, but when she resists, he kills her. Long jealous of his brother John, Stephen does his best to pin the blame for the murder on his sibling. Also affected by Stephen's arrogant dementia is his long-suffering wife Marjorie.

Genre : Thriller

Action
2022
Movie

Section 8

Section 8

6.1
2022

After avenging the murder of his family, a former soldier is sprung from prison and recruited by a shadowy government agency.