Best 22 Crime Movies Editor's Choice from 1948

Two men try to convince themselves they've committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party after strangling a former classmate to death. Learn about Rope / IMDB / YouTube

A drifter visits the family hotel of a war buddy who was killed in action only to find that a Chicago mobster and his gang have taken over the place. As a hurricane approaches, a confrontation ensues. Details on Key Largo / IMDB / YouTube

Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot. Explore The Lady from Shanghai / IMDB / YouTube

A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York. See more about The Naked City / IMDB / YouTube

A happily married London barrister falls in love with the accused poisoner he is defending. Details on The Paradine Case / IMDB / YouTube

Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal re-opens a decade-old murder case. Get info on Call Northside 777 / IMDB / YouTube

A magazine tycoon commits a murder and pins it on an innocent man, who then tries to solve the murder himself. Find out about The Big Clock / IMDB / YouTube

A jealous husband intends to kill the man his wife is meeting for business, but arrives to find the deed already done. Read about Jenny Lamour / IMDB / YouTube

A pistol-packing tomboy and her grandfather discover a band of bank robbing bandits taking refuge in the neighboring ghost town. More about Yellow Sky / IMDB / YouTube

Joe Sullivan (Dennis O'Keefe) has taken the rap for Rick (Raymond Burr), who double-crosses him with a flawed escape plan and other means intended to get rid of him. Info on Raw Deal / IMDB / YouTube

Married insurance adjuster John Forbes falls for femme fatale Mona Stevens while her boyfriend is in jail and all suffer serious consequences as a result. Look into Pitfall / IMDB / YouTube

A celebrated actor struggles to distinguish his own life from that of his most recent stage role, Othello. Read about A Double Life / IMDB / YouTube

Two U.S. Treasury agents hunt a successful counterfeiting ring. Find out about T-Men / IMDB / YouTube

Police Lieut. Candella, longtime friend of the Rome family, walks a tightrope in the case of cop-killer Martin Rome. More about Cry of the City / IMDB / YouTube

A multinational group of train passengers become involved in a post-World War II Nazi assassination plot. Learn about Berlin Express / IMDB / YouTube

Frankie Madison leaves prison expecting a share from his ex-partner. But Prohibition bootlegging didn't prepare Frankie for Big Business. Check out I Walk Alone / IMDB / YouTube

A covert FBI agent infiltrates a ruthless gangster mob, but his life is at risk from a mysterious informant who funnels inside information to the hoodlums. More about The Street with No Name / IMDB / YouTube

Danny is despised by his schoolmates because his father was accused of killing another man and sentenced to death. Info on Moonrise / IMDB / YouTube

Fugitive Bill Saunders and lonely nurse Jane Wharton are crossed by fate when he hides out in her apartment. Info on Kiss the Blood Off My Hands / IMDB / YouTube

After WW2, former RAF airman Clem Morgan joins a gang of black-market smugglers-thieves but when a robbery goes wrong, Clem is caught , framed for a policeman's murder, and is sent to prison where he plots his escape and revenge. Check out I Became a Criminal / IMDB / YouTube

After phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live in anonymity. Read about Night Has a Thousand Eyes / IMDB / YouTube

A Broadway star unintentionally kills her impresario but keeps mum about it after the police investigator targets a rival actress. Explore The Velvet Touch / IMDB / YouTube