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The Hunted (1948)

A police detective investigating a jewel robbery discovers evidence that points to his girlfriend as the culprit, although she claims she was framed. He arrests her anyway, and she is convicted and serves several years in prison. Finally out on parole, she is soon mixed up in a murder. The detective is torn between his love for his girlfriend and his belief that she may have committed the murder. Director: Jack Bernhard Writer: Steve Fisher (original screenplay) Stars: Preston Foster, Belita, Pierre Watkin

The Last House on The Left (1972)

Two teenage girls head to a rock concert for one's birthday. While trying to score marijuana in the city, they are kidnapped and brutalized by a gang of psychotic convicts. Director: Wes Craven Writer: Wes Craven Stars: Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham, David Hess

The Other Guys (2010)

Two mismatched New York City detectives seize an opportunity to step up like the city's top cops whom they idolize -- only things don't quite go as planned. Director: Adam McKay Writers: Adam McKay, Chris Henchy Stars: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Derek Jeter

Switchblade Sisters (1975)

The leader of an inner city girl gang is challenged when a new girl moves into the neighbourhood. Director: Jack Hill Writers: Jack Hill (story), F.X. Maier (screenplay) Stars: Robbie Lee, Joanne Nail, Monica Gayle

Pay or Die (1960)

Movie deals with organized crime "protection" rackets. Small shopkeepers are forced to pay for protection or else be brutalized or killed. Director: Richard Wilson Writers: Richard Collins, Bertram Millhauser Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Zohra Lampert, Alan Austin

The Astounding She-Monster (1957)

A scientist and a gang that has kidnapped a rich heiress come up against a beautiful but lethal alien who has crash-landed her spaceship on Earth. Director: Ronald V. Ashcroft (as Ronnie Ashcroft) Writer: Frank Hall (story and screenplay) Stars: Robert Clarke, Kenne Duncan, Marilyn Harvey

The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)

Reporter Peter Barter gets murdered while driving to his tv station. Commisioner Kras gets a phone call from clairvoyant Cornelius who saw Barters death in a vision. But a dark force prevents Cornelius from seeing the man behind the crime. Meanwhile the policemen concentrate their activities on the hotel Luxor. There exist too many links between the hotel and the unsolved crimes. Trevors, a rich American, rents a room in the hotel at the same time. He can prevent the suicide of the young woman Marion Menil at the last minute. But what is the reason for Miss Menils doing? Why is she initimidated? Could it be that Dr. Mabuse, a genius in crime believed to be dead, is back? Director: Fritz Lang Writers: Fritz Lang (screenplay), Heinz Oskar Wuttig (screenplay) Stars: Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Gert Fröbe

Her Vengeance (1988)

Wong plays an unassuming nightclub employee in Macao who alienates a gang of drunken men (led by Shing Fui-on). They tail her after her shift, and mount a gang assault. She attempts to enlist the aid of her former brother-in-law (Lam) - an ex-triad now confined to a wheelchair. A lounge owner in HK, he hires her as a waiter and finds her a place to live, but refuses to help in her quest for vengeance. She, however, has other ideas. When a chance encounter provides access to the first assailant (Shing), she improvises the first of a series of horrifically graphic acts of vengeance. The remaining gang members try to neutralize their unknown adversary. Director: Ngai Choi Lam Writer: Suet Lai Woo Stars: Siu-Fung Wong, Ching-Ying Lam, Elaine Jin

Secret Agent Fireball (1965)

Director: Luciano Martino (as Martin Donan) Writers: Ernesto Gastaldi (story) (as Julian Berry), Ernesto Gastaldi (screenplay) (as Julian Berry) Stars: Richard Harrison, Dominique Boschero, Wandisa Guida

RoboCop 3 (1993)

Robocop saves the day once more. This time the half man/half robot takes on ruthless developers who want to evict some people on "their" land. Director: Fred Dekker Writers: Edward Neumeier (characters), Michael Miner (characters) Stars: Nancy Allen, Robert John Burke, Mario Machado

RoboCop 2 (1990)

Cyborg law enforcer RoboCop protects the citizens of Detroit by taking on a powerful drug syndicate, while a renegade OCP executive tries to create a new, superior RoboCop using a crime lord as its subject. Director: Irvin Kershner Writers: Edward Neumeier (characters), Michael Miner (characters) Stars: Peter Weller, Belinda Bauer, John Glover

RoboCop (1987)

In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories. Director: Paul Verhoeven Writers: Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner Stars: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy

Pete, Pearl and the Pole (1974)

Director: Luigi Vanzi Writers: Tony Anthony, Norman Thaddeus Vane Stars: Tony Anthony, Adolfo Celi, Richard Conte |

Roadblock (1951)

Honest LA insurance detective Joe Peters becomes corrupt after falling in love with sensual gold-digger model Diane. Director: Harold Daniels Writers: Steve Fisher (screenplay), George Bricker (screenplay) Stars: Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell Gilmore

Reform School Girls (1986)

Jenny is sent to a women's reform school. It is run by evil warden Sutter and her henchwoman Edna. Jenny will stop at nothing to escape but she also has to deal with Charlie the bully. Director: Tom DeSimone Writers: Jack Cummins (additional dialogue), Tom DeSimone Stars: Linda Carol, Wendy O. Williams, Pat Ast