Greatest 30 Crime Movies Highly Recommended Released in 1953

Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate. More about The Big Heat / IMDB / YouTube

A priest, who comes under suspicion for murder, cannot clear his name without breaking the seal of the confessional. Get info on I Confess / IMDB / YouTube

As two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions between one wife and her husband reach the level of murder. Details on Niagara / IMDB / YouTube

An associate burns down a wax museum with the owner inside, but he survives only to become vengeful and murderous. Get info on House of Wax / IMDB / YouTube

Two rival motorcycle gangs terrorize a small town after one of their leaders is thrown in jail. See more about The Wild One / IMDB / YouTube

A pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring. More about Pickup on South Street / IMDB / YouTube

On their way to Africa are a group of rogues who hope to get rich there, and a seemingly innocent British couple. They meet and things happen... See more about Beat the Devil / IMDB / YouTube

Two friends pick up a psychopathic escaped convict who tells them that he intends to murder them when the ride is over. Check out The Hitch-Hiker / IMDB / YouTube

Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne. Explore Angel Face / IMDB / YouTube

A telephone operator ends up drunk and at the mercy of a cad in his apartment. The next morning she wakes up with a hangover and the terrible fear she may have committed murder. See more about The Blue Gardenia / IMDB / YouTube

A former boxer turned cab driver has to hide from the police when his badgering wife is murdered by the jewel thief she was having an affair with. Check out 99 River Street / IMDB / YouTube

In post-WW2 Berlin, when travel to the East was still possible, the sister of a British officer from West Berlin is abducted by Communist agents and taken into the Soviet sector where her eventual rescue is arranged by a German smuggler. More about The Man Between / IMDB / YouTube

A family vacationing on the coast of Mexico have to cope with multiple threats to their safety. Find out about Jeopardy / IMDB / YouTube

A madman tells his tale of murder, and how a strange beating sound haunted him afterward. Find out about The Tell-Tale Heart / IMDB / YouTube

Three hardened criminals take hostages and hide in a Nevada mining ghost town, knowing that an atom bomb is scheduled to be tested there the next morning. Find out about Split Second / IMDB / YouTube

A truck driver kills the husband of the woman he loves, and becomes the object of blackmail. More about The Adultress / IMDB / YouTube

In Arizona, Frank Slayton's gang robs a stagecoach and kidnaps Ben Warren's fiancée, prompting Warren to pursue Slayton. Get info on Gun Fury / IMDB / YouTube

Whitney Cameron suspects his sister-in-law has poisoned his brother and niece, but without proof how does he prevent the murder of his nephew? Find out about A Blueprint for Murder / IMDB / YouTube

Johnny Kelly, who plans on resigning from the police force and leaving his wife the next day, has a very eventful last night on duty. Get info on City That Never Sleeps / IMDB / YouTube

The untimely murder of a New York glamour girl sparks an investigation with an emotionally-driven detective at the helm. More about Vicki / IMDB / YouTube

A Los Angeles bank assistant-manager devises a plan to steal money from the bank's vault and to flee to Brazil with his unsuspecting wife. Read about The Steel Trap / IMDB / YouTube

Released from prison after twelve years, a wrongfully convicted British man seeks revenge on the witnesses who lied at his trial. Info on The Long Memory / IMDB / YouTube

Mobster Vic Spalato's girlfriend Claire is in hiding in Mexico and she's willing to testify for a US Senate investigation committee, if she can make it back to the US alive. Look into Second Chance / IMDB / YouTube

A tough captain investigates a cop shooting and stumbles upon a bank robbery plot. He's not afraid to bend rules to get results, using questionable tactics on witnesses and informants while balancing routine police work with major cases. Get info on Vice Squad / IMDB / YouTube

After a terrorist plants a bomb on board a train, the police call in an army bomb disposal expert to find and dismantle it, but once it has been made safe, he has another shock in store. Look into Terror on a Train / IMDB / YouTube

Many interested parties are after the loot from a factory payroll heist but the mobster who hid it has amnesia after undergoing experimental brain surgery in the prison hospital. More about Man in the Dark / IMDB / YouTube

The struggles of a Spanish family as it emigrates from the country to Madrid circa 1950. See more about Surcos / IMDB / YouTube

Lawyer defends migrant worker falsely accused of two murders. Details on Count the Hours! / IMDB / YouTube

David Preston, a banker, has a 24-hour memory lapse. Accused of robbery and murder, he can't account for his lost time. With no alibi, police press him to explain the missing hours, jeopardizing his freedom. Find out about Murder on Monday / IMDB / YouTube

A Dutch company's owner bankrupts his own company, burns the incriminating ledgers and plans to run to Paris with the company funds but he is caught in the act by his accountant who challenges his actions, leading to a reversal of roles. Look into The Paris Express / IMDB / YouTube