Top 27 Crime Movies Picks from 1957

The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict. More about 12 Angry Men / IMDB / YouTube

In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emanuel Manny Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber. Check out The Wrong Man / IMDB / YouTube

A middle-aged playboy becomes fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with the wife of a client. More about Love in the Afternoon / IMDB / YouTube

A rookie trucker tries to expose his boss' rackets. Read about Hell Drivers / IMDB / YouTube

Edward Teddy Bare is a delusional psychotic with a lust for wealth, older women and murder. Having committed what he thinks is the perfect murder of his elderly wife; Teddy sets his sights on new targets when her fortune goes elsewhere. Details on Cast a Dark Shadow / IMDB / YouTube

Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a dangerous path. Details on Crime of Passion / IMDB / YouTube

Dan Duryea and his cronies rob a fake spiritualist and then take it on the lam to Atlantic City. Details on The Burglar / IMDB / YouTube

The day before a young man is to be executed for killing his girlfriend, his alcoholic father shows up to try to prove his innocence. Details on Time Without Pity / IMDB / YouTube

Biopic loosely based on the last 18 years of Jesse James' life and focused on the relationship between brothers Jesse and Frank James. Get info on The True Story of Jesse James / IMDB / YouTube

A serial killer strikes again during World War II in Germany. The wrong man is arrested and a detective hunts down the real killer, but justice in Nazi Germany is not so easily administered. Explore The Devil Strikes at Night / IMDB / YouTube

A retired mob accountant is drawn back in when his brothers, who have recently made a hit for the organization, decide to go to the authorities. Get info on The Brothers Rico / IMDB / YouTube

Five men rob a train in Utah of 10 million dollars in gold and head to Los Angeles in 3 trucks hoping to meet up with their beautiful accomplice and leave the country. More about Plunder Road / IMDB / YouTube

A murderous thief on the run with stolen loot forces a poor rancher to guide him across the desert into Mexico. Accompanying them is the rancher's wife, who happens to be the killer's former girlfriend. Check out The River's Edge / IMDB / YouTube

Two vagrant sisters work for crooked characters at a rock'n'roll prison-farm. Find out about Untamed Youth / IMDB / YouTube

A love triangle develops between a benevolent student, his innocent girlfriend, and a cruel petty criminal, all as a point of diagnosis of a social disease that had Japan slowly succumbing to lawlessness during the post-War era. Get info on Black River / IMDB / YouTube

The struggle of a lady's garment workers' organization to unionize a New York clothing sweat shop; the owner of which is determined to keep the union out of his business at any cost. Info on The Garment Jungle / IMDB / YouTube

A party girl is murdered, and everyone at a Utah motel is a suspect. Check out The Girl in Black Stockings / IMDB / YouTube

A gang of crooks has kidnapped a rich heiress come up against a beautiful, but lethal alien who has crash-landed her spaceship on Earth. Learn about The Astounding She-Monster / IMDB / YouTube

A wealthy businessman in New York absconds to Mexico by train in order to avoid capture for embezzlement. On the way, he steals the identity of another man for a visa, but that only complicates matters. Info on Across the Bridge / IMDB / YouTube

A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer. See more about I Am Waiting / IMDB / YouTube

After leaving his U.S. Army job in Germany, a trucker takes a long-haul driver job in Britain where he runs into an organized-crime syndicate that controls the trucking industry. More about The Long Haul / IMDB / YouTube

After a San Francisco priest is murdered, a policeman, who's a close friend, starts an investigation. Get info on The Midnight Story / IMDB / YouTube

A confidence couple pose as husband and wife while attempting a bank heist. See more about The Big Caper / IMDB / YouTube

At a local tennis club in a posh London suburb, an attractive but flirty young woman is murdered, prompting a Scotland Yard investigation. See more about Town on Trial / IMDB / YouTube

After top lawyer James Blane gets an acquittal for Michael Reston who killed another man for sexually roughing up his trophy wife, the murderous town sheriff frames him for bribing a juror in the case. Check out The Tattered Dress / IMDB / YouTube

International narcotics smuggler Frank McNally is trailed through various European countries by U.S. drug enforcement agent Charles Sturgis. Look into Pickup Alley / IMDB / YouTube

George Babyface Nelson became one of the most important gangsters of 1930's Chicago by making brutal robberies. In order to compete with Al Capone, he allied himself with John Dillinger. Explore Baby Face Nelson / IMDB / YouTube