Top 23 Crime Movies Editor's Choice from 1958

A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise. Get info on Witness for the Prosecution / IMDB / YouTube

A Mexican official and his American wife are targeted in a Texas border town by the crime family he's trying to put behind bars for drug trafficking, as his concern grows over the tactics of the local detective whose cooperation he needs. Get info on Touch of Evil / IMDB / YouTube

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events. Get info on Elevator to the Gallows / IMDB / YouTube

Two chained-together escaped convicts, one white and one black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture. More about The Defiant Ones / IMDB / YouTube

A motley quintet of inept small-time thieves attempt the burglary of a local pawnshop in this Italian farce. Learn about Big Deal on Madonna Street / IMDB / YouTube

A prostitute sentenced to death for murder pleads her innocence. Info on I Want to Live! / IMDB / YouTube

A peaceful New England town hides secrets and scandals. More about Peyton Place / IMDB / YouTube

A troubled youth's singing sets New Orleans rockin'. With a sweet girl to love him and nightclubbers cheering, it seems he will shake off his past and head for the top. But will a mobster and his man-trap moll snare him in a life of crime? More about King Creole / IMDB / YouTube

A newspaper salesman at the train station in Cairo develops an unhealthy obsession with a woman who sells refreshments. Find out about Cairo Station / IMDB / YouTube

In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried to the U. S. by unsuspecting overseas travelers. Details on The Lineup / IMDB / YouTube

Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer - until he finds his next target is a woman. Read about Murder by Contract / IMDB / YouTube

A veteran comes home from the Korean War to the mountains and takes over the family moonshining business. He has to battle big-city gangsters who are trying to take over the business and the police who are trying to put him in prison. Get info on Thunder Road / IMDB / YouTube

Lawyer Tommy Farrell is a defender of crooks. Vicki Gaye encourages him to go straight, but mob king Rico Angelo insists otherwise. Find out about Party Girl / IMDB / YouTube

In the Marais district in central Paris, somebody is going round murdering young women. Maigret is called to investigate. Read about Inspector Maigret / IMDB / YouTube

A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long-dead strangler. Get info on The Haunted Strangler / IMDB / YouTube

The criminal exploits of Public Enemy number 1, George 'Machine-Gun' Kelly, during the 1930s. Look into Machine-Gun Kelly / IMDB / YouTube

Although the police have termed her mother's death a suicide, a teenage girl believes her step-father murdered her. Details on The Snorkel / IMDB / YouTube

Released from the Yuma Prison in 1898, ex-killer John McBain wants to go straight while ex-robber Peter Van Hoek seeks revenge, and their destinies eventually converge in the mining town of Prescott. Check out The Badlanders / IMDB / YouTube

Duped by former Army pal Paul Hoplin into building a time bomb, New York shop owner Jim Molner and his family become hostages of Hoplin who uses bomb threats to extort money from airlines. Find out about Cry Terror! / IMDB / YouTube

A typical day for Scotland Yard Chief Inspector George Gideon consists of working on several cases at the same time. Find out about Gideon of Scotland Yard / IMDB / YouTube

Married French lawyer Andre defends succesfully the case of Yvette, who committed a robbery. He falls in love with her, but she isn't true to him. Explore Love Is My Profession / IMDB / YouTube

At Kimberley Prescott's villa, a stranger shows up and claims he is her brother who supposedly died the previous year in a car accident. Read about Chase a Crooked Shadow / IMDB / YouTube

A doctor's daughter is kidnapped and buried alive, and he is given just five hours to find and rescue her. See more about Macabre / IMDB / YouTube