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| 1 |  | This Gun for Hire (1942) |  3.0875 15 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$5.95
| Hit man Philip Raven, who's kind to children and cats, kills a blackmailer and is paid off by ...more about This Gun for Hire starring Veronica Lake and Robert Preston |
| 2 |  | Kid Glove Killer (1942) |  2.6921 5 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Mystery | N/A | First feature film from director Fred Zinneman is a snappy little "B" feature that features Van ...more about Kid Glove Killer starring Van Heflin and Marsha Hunt |
| 3 |  | Bowery at Midnight (1942) | 2.5817 11 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Crime |
$4.99
| Kindly soup kitchen operator and professor of criminology Bela Lugosi uses his soup kitchen as a ...more about Bowery at Midnight starring Bela Lugosi and John Archer |
| 4 |  | Larceny, Inc. (1942) | 2.3561 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Comedy | N/A | Three bumbling crooks buy a store so that they can rob the bank next door. When they soon discover ...more about Larceny starring Edward G. Robinson and William B. Davidson |
| 5 |  | Johnny Eager (1942) | 2.2784 4 reviews | NA | Crime, Film-Noir | N/A | Ruthless hood Johnny Eager is pretending to his parole officer that he has chucked the rackets and ...more about Johnny Eager starring Robert Taylor and Lana Turner |
| 6 |  | Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) | 2.2647 3 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$14.25
| England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi ...more about Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce |
| 7 |  | Broadway (1942) |  2.2008 1 reviews | NA | Crime, Musical | N/A | ...more about Broadway starring George Raft and Janet Blair |
| 8 |  | Glass Key, The (1942) | 2.1118 10 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Film-Noir | N/A | The plot is very similar to that of Miller's Crossing. Based on the book by Dashiell Hammett, a ...more about Glass Key starring Brian Donlevy and Veronica Lake |
| 9 | | Showdown (1942) | 2.0638 1 reviews | NA | Crime, Animation, Short |
$15.52
| ...more about Showdown |
| 10 | | Quiet Please: Murder (1942) | 2.0547 3 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime | N/A | ...more about Quiet Please: Murder starring George Sanders and Gail Patrick |
| 11 |  | Tomorrow We Live (1942) | 1.9269 1 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Horror, Crime |
$6.69
| Julie Bronson, whose father operates a desert cafe, is attracting the unwanted attention of a ...more about Tomorrow We Live starring Ricardo Cortez and Jean Parker |
| 12 | | Destruction Inc. (1942) | 1.8629 1 reviews | NA | Action, Crime, Animation, Short |
$15.52
| A murder at the Metropolis Munitions plant draws Lois Lane into the thick of a sabotage plot; she ...more about Destruction Inc. |
| 13 |  | Lady Gangster (1942) | 1.8264 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime |
$3.48
| An actress gets mixed up with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 robbery. ...more about Lady Gangster starring Faye Emerson and Leah Baird |
| 14 | | Escape from Crime (1942) | 1.8173 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | Red O'Hara (Richard Travis), just released from prison after serving an unjust sentence on a frame ...more about Escape from Crime starring Richard Travis and Julie Bishop |
| 15 | | Whistling in Dixie (1942) | 1.7990 1 reviews | NA | Crime, Mystery, Comedy | N/A | Radio sleuth Wally "the Fox" Benton travels to Georgia with his fiance Carol to be married, and to ...more about Whistling in Dixie starring Red Skelton and Ann Rutherford |
| 16 | | Night in New Orleans (1942) |  No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Mystery | N/A | ...more about Night in New Orleans starring Preston Foster and Patricia Morison |
| 17 | | Man from Headquarters (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | Reporter Larry Doyle is rewarded for his role in the capture of the Pardoni gang, but then loses ...more about Man from Headquarters starring Frank Albertson and Joan Woodbury |
| 18 | | Juke Girl (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Mystery | N/A | Danny and Steve are migrant farm workers who wind up in Cat Tail, Florida. Cat Tail is run by ...more about Juke Girl starring Ann Sheridan and Ronald Reagan |
| 19 | | I Was Framed (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | A newspaperman out to get the goods on a crooked politician winds up in jail, framed for a killing ...more about I Was Framed starring Julie Bishop and Regis Toomey |
| 20 | | Falcon Takes Over, The (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Crime, Mystery | N/A | One night in New York, beefy escaped convict Moose Malloy goes hunting for his ex-girlfriend Velma, ...more about Falcon Takes Over starring George Sanders and Lynn Bari |
| 21 | | Top Sergeant (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | An Army jeep is forced off the road by fleeing bandits. Sergeant Dick Manson (Don Terry), his kid ...more about Top Sergeant starring Leo Carrillo and Alan Hale Jr. |
| 22 | | Murder in the Big House (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, Crime | N/A | ...more about Murder in the Big House starring Van Johnson and Faye Emerson |
| 23 | | Secrets of the Underground (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | War, Crime | N/A | ...more about Secrets of the Underground starring John Hubbard and Virginia Grey |
| 24 | | Night Before the Divorce, The (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Comedy | N/A | ...more about Night Before the Divorce |
| 25 | | Lucky Jordan (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Comedy | N/A | Lucky Jordan, cynical gambler and racketeer, finds one thing his luck and connections can't fix: ...more about Lucky Jordan starring Alan Ladd and Helen Walker |
| 26 |  | Eyes in the Night (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Crime, Mystery |
$4.99
| Blind detective Duncan Maclain is visited by old friend Norma Lawry, looking for help in getting ...more about Eyes in the Night starring Edward Arnold and Ann Harding |
| 27 | | Bullet Scars (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | Dr. Steven Bishop (Regis Toomey) is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon (Howard da Silva) and his ...more about Bullet Scars starring Regis Toomey and Adele Longmire |
| 28 | | Missing Million, The (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Crime | N/A | ...more about Missing Million starring Linden Travers and John Warwick |
| 29 | | Tough As They Come (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | This entry in Universal's "Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys" series is minus "The Little Tough ...more about Tough As They Come starring Billy Halop and Paul Kelly |
| 30 | | Boss of Big Town (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | ...more about Boss of Big Town starring John Litel and Florence Rice |
| 31 | | Baby Face Morgan (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Comedy |
$4.99
| A young man's father, who lives in the big city, dies and his business associates bring his son to ...more about Baby Face Morgan starring Mary Carlisle and Richard Cromwell |
| 32 |  | Smart Alecks (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Comedy |
$5.16
| Danny gets a $200 reward for helping to capture a notorious gangster, and plans to use the money to ...more about Smart Alecks starring Leo Gorcey and Bobby Jordan |
| 33 | | Dr. Broadway (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | ...more about Dr. Broadway starring Macdonald Carey and Jean Phillips |
| 34 | | Highways by Night (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Adventure, Crime, Comedy | N/A | Rich, nerdish Tommy Van Steel seldom leaves his home gadget workshop, but somehow has become ...more about Highways by Night starring Richard Carlson and Jane Randolph |
| 35 | | Police Bullets (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | ...more about Police Bullets starring John Archer and Joan Marsh |
| 36 | | Blue, White and Perfect (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Mystery | N/A | Detective Michael Shayne aids the war effort by fighting industrial diamond smugglers. They operate ...more about Blue starring Mary Beth Hughes and Helene Reynolds |
| 37 | | Today I Hang (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Mystery | N/A | Henry Courtney, a wealthy importer is found murdered and the famous DeNormand necklace has been ...more about Today I Hang starring Walter Woolf King and Mona Barrie |
| 38 | | Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Mystery | N/A | Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) and his pal, The Runt (George E. Stone), are ready to board a train ...more about Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood starring George E. Stone and William Wright |
| 39 | | Alibi (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Crime, Mystery | N/A | ...more about Alibi starring Margaret Lockwood and Raymond Lovell |
| 40 | | Gang Busters (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Crime | N/A | Detective Lt.Bill Bannister (Kent Taylor) has the assignment to run down an unknown gang of ...more about Gang Busters starring Kent Taylor and Irene Hervey |
| 41 |  | Big Shot, The (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | Three time loser Duke Berne risks life in prison with one more armored car robbery. His attorney's ...more about Big Shot starring Humphrey Bogart and Irene Manning |
| 42 | | Rubber Racketeers (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | Gilin (Ricardo Cortez), is just released from prison and now that the government has clamped down ...more about Rubber Racketeers starring Ricardo Cortez and Rochelle Hudson |
| 43 | | For the Common Defense! (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Short |
$7.99
| This Crime Does Not Pay short shows how cooperation among all the nations of the Americas helps the ...more about For the Common Defense! starring John Litel and Douglas Fowley |
| 44 | | Secrets of a Co-Ed (1942) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | ...more about Secrets of a Co-Ed starring Otto Kruger and Tina Thayer |
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