Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he scribbles a note, stuffs it in his pocket and goes for one last night on the town. He is pulled into a poker game by conman Bill O'Brien and singer Nina Barone, but when they discover the dropped note, they resolve to turn the tables, get Engle his $3,000 and save his life.

The Set-Up
1949
7.4/10

Glengarry Glen Ross
1992
7.3/10

Plunder Road
1957
7.0/10

Each Dawn I Die
1939
6.8/10

Sudden Fear
1952
7.2/10

Johnny O'Clock
1947
6.3/10

Scarlet Street
1945
7.6/10

Pitfall
1948
6.9/10

The Locket
1946
6.3/10

5 Against the House
1955
5.9/10

Nightmare Alley
1947
7.2/10

While the City Sleeps
1956
6.9/10

The Glass Key
1942
6.7/10

The Dark Corner
1946
6.6/10

Whirlpool
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6.4/10

Witness to Murder
1954
6.3/10

Nightfall
1956
6.9/10

Illegal
1955
6.5/10

The Blue Gardenia
1953
6.5/10

The Big Knife
1955
6.0/10
Shield for Murder
1954
6.7/10