Greatest 21 Crime Movies Picks from 1945

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter. Check out Mildred Pierce / IMDB / YouTube

A man in mid-life crisis befriends a young woman, though her fiancé persuades her to con him out of the fortune they mistakenly assume he possesses. Read about Scarlet Street / IMDB / YouTube

Seven guests, a newly hired secretary and two staff are gathered at a manor house on an isolated island by an unknown absentee host and are killed off one-by-one. They work together to determine who the killer is before it's too late. Details on And Then There Were None / IMDB / YouTube

After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit. More about Murder, My Sweet / IMDB / YouTube

Stephen Neale has just been released from an asylum during World War II in England when he accidentally stumbles onto a deadly Nazi spy plot and tries to stop it. Find out about Ministry of Fear / IMDB / YouTube

Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot. Learn about The Woman in Green / IMDB / YouTube

A slick con man arrives in a small town looking to make some money, but soon gets more than he bargained for. Explore Fallen Angel / IMDB / YouTube

Nick, a private detective, visits his hometown with wife Nora. Locals believe he's investigating a case. When someone is murdered on his doorstep, Nick gets embroiled in solving the crime despite intending a vacation. Find out about The Thin Man Goes Home / IMDB / YouTube

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of deaths at a castle with each foretold by the delivery of orange pips to the victims. Details on The House of Fear / IMDB / YouTube

A promising classical musician finds his life poisoned by a music hall dancer -- and by the strange gaps in his memory. Get info on Hangover Square / IMDB / YouTube

Holmes is recruited to escort the heir to a European throne safely back to his homeland after his father's assassination. See more about Pursuit to Algiers / IMDB / YouTube

Through a nosy employment agency, Julia Ross secures employment with a wealthy widow, Mrs. Hughes, and goes to live at her house. Two days later, she awakens in a different house, in different clothes, and with a new identity. She's told she is the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Hughes and has suffered a nervous breakdown. Is Julia really Julia, or is it true that she's lo. Look into My Name Is Julia Ross / IMDB / YouTube

An unhappily married man begins a flirtation with a younger woman. When his wife threatens to ruin her, he decides to take action. Explore The Suspect / IMDB / YouTube

Bill Dietrich becomes a double agent for the F.B.I. in a German spy ring. Info on The House on 92nd Street / IMDB / YouTube

In New York, a woman who partially witnesses a killing from a train window seeks the aid of a crime novelist to solve the murder. Find out about Lady on a Train / IMDB / YouTube

John Dillinger begins his life of crime as a petty thief, meets his future gang in prison and eventually masterminds a series of daring robberies. Details on Dillinger / IMDB / YouTube

Professional pollster Pete Marshall gets more than he bargained for when he heads deep into the Ozarks to investigate the disappearances of several of his colleagues. Explore Murder, He Says / IMDB / YouTube

Bachelor Harry Quincey, head designer in a small-town cloth factory, lives with his selfish sisters, glamorous hypochondriac Lettie and querulous widow Hester. His developing relationship with new colleague Deborah Brown promises happiness at last...thwarted by passive, then increasingly active opposition from one sister. Will Harry resort to desperate measures? See more about The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry / IMDB / YouTube

Police detective Dick Tracy must identify and apprehend a serial killer known as Splitface. Info on Dick Tracy / IMDB / YouTube

Part of an entertainment act, a beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims. Check out The Great Flamarion / IMDB / YouTube

After a New Orleans merchant ship captain finds his father's sister ship derelict at sea, he investigates the crew's mysterious disappearance amid rumors of a smuggled gold cargo. Check out Johnny Angel / IMDB / YouTube