Movies Like Johnny Stool Pigeon
If you liked Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949), a crime and drama movie directed by William Castle, 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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Point Blank (1967)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and thrillerAfter being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.
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Where the Day Takes You (1992)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and thrillerKing is a young man, but he's already a veteran of life on the streets of Los Angeles. The de facto leader of a group of teenage runaways, King acts as a mentor to troubled kids such as gay hustler Little J and junkie…
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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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Little Caesar (1931)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crimeA small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
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T-Men (1947)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and thrillerTwo T-men, U.S. Treasury agents, go undercover in Detroit, and then Los Angeles, in an attempt to break a U.S. currency counterfeiting ring.
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3:10 to Yuma (1957)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and thrillerDan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's gang is racing to free him.
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Border Incident (1949)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and dramaThe story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggling of Mexican migrant workers across the border to California. The two agents go undercover, one as a poor migrant.
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Man from Reno (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and crimeA mystery outside of San Francisco brings together small-town sheriff Paul Del Moral, Japanese author Aki Akahori, and a traveler from Reno who soon disappears, leaving behind his suitcase and a trail of questions.
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Time Without Pity (1957)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and thrillerAlec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a…
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The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and dramaAfter two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.
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Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller and crimeIn sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle…
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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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The Defiant Ones (1958)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and dramaTwo convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
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Oscar Shaw (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and thrillerAfter retiring from the police force, a relentless detective haunted by the tragic loss of his closest friend sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance, seeking redemption and fighting to restore justice to the…
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The Roaring Twenties (1939)
★ 7.5/10Also crime and dramaAfter World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through…
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The Mechanic (1972)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and thrillerArthur Bishop is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets' deaths seem like accidents, thinks himself an artist. It's made him very rich, but as he hits middle age, he's so depressed and…
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Crime Wave (1953)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and thrillerReformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then attempt to force him into doing a bank job.
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The Lineup (1958)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and thrillerIn San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.
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They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and thrillerAfter being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
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The Brotherhood of Justice (1986)
★ 6/10Also thriller and dramaHigh-school students start a vigilante group in their neighbourhood but, as their power increases, they become more abusive and dangerous.