the big heat (1953)

"It was bad judgment to bother a cop's widow about the love life of her husband."
Principled cop Dave Bannion (Glenn Ford) takes against the local gang boss Lagana (Alexander Scourby). A campaign that turns into a way of life when his wife is killed instead of him. Just how far will Bannion go to get his man?
Classic noir, due to solid turns all round, including Gloria Grahame and Lee Marvin.

the indian tomb (1959)

aka The Tomb Of Love. Das indische Grabmal.
"his love will make a fool."
The continuing story of love in India. A Maharajah (Walter Reyer) loves Seetha (Debra Paget), a temple dancer, but she runs off with Harald Berger (Paul Hubschmid), a German architect. The Maharajah feeling slighted sends his cavalry to get her back. His army corners the lovers, he falls to his 'death', and she is brough back to the palace. Thinking her lover is dead Seetha is forced into a loveless marriage, but you know that Berger will be back...
A beautifully realised vision, that much like Black Narsisus weaves a story of love and death, and lets you see past some of the cheesier special effects.

the tiger of eschnapur (1959)

aka Tiger of Bengal. Der Tiger von Eschnapur.
"The Gods are Indian..."
Architect Harald Berger (Paul Hubschmid) arrives in Eschnapur, a rural part of India, to build a hospital for the Maharajah (Walter Reyer). One of his traveling companions is Seetha (Debra Paget), a temple dancer, who he saves from a man eating tiger, and ultimately falls for her many charms. But she is promised to another...
If you can overlook the dodgy special effects, the tiger fight and the plastic cobra being two of the treats in store, then you have a romantic epic to wallow in.

the secret beyond the door (1947)

"...he resents domination...."
An heiress Celia Lamphere (Joan Bennett) marries Mark (Michael Redgrave), a man she hardly knows after a whirlwind romance, and finds to late of his strange obsession.
Thriller that introduces an interesting premise, then loosens its grip through its slow pacing.

scarlet street (1945)

"How can a man be so dumb..."
A henpecked older man Chris Cross (Edward G. Robinson) goes to the defence of a beautiful young woman (Joan Bennett) one night, when she is attacked in the street. This chance encounter turns his head and sets him up as a patsy for her boyfriend (Dan Duryea) who believing Chris to be rich sets out to fleece him.
Neglected noir, that features a wonderful performance by Robinson as the repressed gent.

M (1931)

"I can't help what I do! I can't help it, I can't..."
In a German city, Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) is murdering young girls. The police are under pressure to find the killer, but are having no luck. In their efforts they are disturbing the work of organized crime and so the crime bosses decide the only way to get things back to normal is to catch the killer themselves.
A classic from a master filmmaker, featuring a masterful performance by Lorre, who manages to make us have compassion and sympathy for a child killer and rapist.