A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.

Johnny O'Clock
1947
6.3/10

The Set-Up
1949
7.3/10

The Big Combo
1955
7.0/10

5 Against the House
1955
5.9/10

Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
7.5/10

His Kind of Woman
1951
6.8/10

Johnny Eager
1941
6.2/10

Hollow Triumph
1948
6.6/10

Nightfall
1956
6.9/10

Nightmare Alley
1947
7.2/10

Force of Evil
1950
6.6/10

The Damned Don't Cry
1950
7.0/10

The Sting
1973
8.0/10

Framed
1947
6.5/10

They Live by Night
1949
6.9/10

Plunder Road
1957
7.0/10

Ocean's Eleven
1960
6.4/10

Cry of the City
1948
6.7/10

The Face Behind the Mask
1941
6.5/10

Quicksand
1950
6.1/10
Fallen Angel
1945
6.572/10