Best 24 Crime Movies Releases from 1961

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy. Check out West Side Story / IMDB / YouTube

A small-time crook, hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder of a police officer, attempts to persuade a hip American journalism student to run away with him to Italy. More about Breathless / IMDB / YouTube

Having recently been uprooted to Milan, Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and his brother Simone. Check out Rocco and His Brothers / IMDB / YouTube

A closeted lawyer risks his career to bring a blackmailer to justice. Check out Victim / IMDB / YouTube

A disgruntled veteran recruits a group of disgraced colleagues to perform a bank robbery with military precision. Get info on The League of Gentlemen / IMDB / YouTube

A teenager who witnesses the murder of his father vows to exact revenge on the four mobsters involved in the killing. Info on Underworld U.S.A. / IMDB / YouTube

When an injured wife murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the owner's three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ. Details on Whistle Down the Wind / IMDB / YouTube

A district attorney investigates three white teenagers accused of murdering a blind Puerto Rican kid. Info on The Young Savages / IMDB / YouTube

With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police station. They manage to totally wreck the operations of the police force and let plenty of criminals get away. Read about Carry on Constable / IMDB / YouTube

A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class men. Learn about Cruel Story of Youth / IMDB / YouTube

An Eskimo who has had little contact with white men goes to a trading post where he accidentally kills a missionary and finds himself being pursued by the police. Find out about The Savage Innocents / IMDB / YouTube

Four American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl, and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Garrett. Find out about Town Without Pity / IMDB / YouTube

Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime. See more about The Naked Edge / IMDB / YouTube

In 1910, Hong Kong members of a secret Tong crime syndicate protect their identities by murdering the daughter of a British sea captain who vows revenge. Get info on The Terror of the Tongs / IMDB / YouTube

A murderous thug and his cohorts take a bank executive's wife hostage after their robbery plans go awry. Get info on Five Minutes to Live / IMDB / YouTube

An English businessman comes home to London, only to find visitors to his home being killed by arrows from the Green Archer. Details on Der grüne Bogenschütze / IMDB / YouTube

A girl is almost murdered, but no explainable motive can be found until a 20 year old murder is uncovered and linked to the case. Get info on The Strange Countess / IMDB / YouTube

A wealthy London-based shipping magnate is blackmailed by an evil dentist which threatens to reveal an old case of fraud, while the dentist himself is threatened by a mysterious masked man. Read about The Secret Partner / IMDB / YouTube

In the 1960s Oregon, two sheriff deputies arrest three teenagers for robbery but are overpowered and taken hostage while forest fires rage all around them. Learn about Ring of Fire / IMDB / YouTube

The crazed brother of a condemned killer sent to the gas chamber swears vengeance on those he holds responsible for his brother's execution. More about Anatomy of a Psycho / IMDB / YouTube

A suave art thief romances a wealthy duchess, only to enable him to steal a priceless painting from her collection. Complications ensue. Info on The Happy Thieves / IMDB / YouTube

A famous movie star's fan-club secretary has been brutally murdered. She has in her office old newspaper clippings regarding a missing heiress. Did the secretary know something about the mystery of the heiress? Tom Alder investigates. Find out about Twenty Plus Two / IMDB / YouTube

(1961) Jean Paul Belmondo, Christine Kaufman. In this fine thriller, JP's friend ends up in prison. JP then tracks down the man responsible. Look into Man Called Rocca / IMDB / YouTube

A West German trucker who illegally sells black gravel reunites with a former lover, now married to an American. See more about Black Gravel / IMDB / YouTube