Movies Like The Port of 40 Thieves
If you liked The Port of 40 Thieves (1944), a crime and drama movie directed by John English, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Framed (1947)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and dramaTruck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame…
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Plunder Road (1957)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and dramaA spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
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The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
★ 7.5/10Also crime and dramaRecently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.
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5 Against the House (1955)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and dramaFormer war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
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Each Dawn I Die (1939)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and dramaA corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
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The File on Thelma Jordon (1949)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and crimeCleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.
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The Reckless Moment (1949)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and crimeAfter discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
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Cry of the City (1948)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and dramaPetty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check…
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Double Indemnity (1944)
★ 8.1/10Also crimeAn insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.
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The Locket (1946)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and crimeA dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also crimeNancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set…
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Woman of Straw (1964)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and dramaAnthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.
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The Blue Gardenia (1953)
★ 6.5/10Also crimeUpon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while…
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They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and crimeAfter being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
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Quicksand (1950)
★ 6.1/10Also crimeYoung auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the money back before it is missed, but the garage's bookkeeper shows up…
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Pushover (1954)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and dramaA police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.
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The Glass Key (1942)
★ 6.7/10Also crimeA crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
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Pitfall (1948)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and crimeAn insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.
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Witness to Murder (1954)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and dramaA woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.
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The Blue Dahlia (1946)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and dramaSoon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.