Alain Silver Movies

Private investigator and former police detective Jack Ramsey is enjoying an affair with the local district attorney's wife, but no longer, after she...

A documentary about film noir films made in Los Angeles.

A crime soap opera about a Russian mobster retiring from "the business" on New Year's Eve, only to discover he has been targeted for death by a rival...

Eli is a burglar who is caught in the act by Twinkle, an heiress who coerces him into a sexual relationship. Their violent break-up makes him a...

Danny DeVito stars in and directs this critically acclaimed short film which was part of the ground breaking HBO/Cinemax anthology series, "Likely...

Short documentary with background on plots that are taken from current news stories.

Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound genre of classic Hollywood cinema. Eckhart Schmidt...

An examination of "Little Caesar" (1931) by film historians and critics.

For Natia, firing bullets at her sister's head and narrowly missing is all in a days work. After taking over the family business, her sharp shooting...

The only witness to a young woman's murder has a nervous breakdown, is institutionalized, and escapes, tracking down the murderer.

An examination of "The Public Enemy" (1931) by film historians and critics.

Documentary about Raoul Walsh

After an unforeseen and violent affliction turns her world upside down, Rowena Hambleton struggles to survive night-to-night as she prowls the...

William Pierce (Nelson Franklin) is a practical, rational man who suddenly finds himself face to face with the paranormal when he starts receiving...

Mary (Kate Lyn Sheil) lives alone. She is waiting for something to happen in her life. Riding the elevator to work, a strange man, Hayward, grabs her...

Documentary about the film Where Danger Lives (1950)

This documentary is featured on Warner Brothers' DVD for The Roaring Twenties (1939), released in 2005.

Two children who have psychic powers use them to avenge the death of their father, who was murdered by a biker gang.

Documentary short on the making of "They Live by Night" (1948).

Richard Schickel and Oliver Stone are among the experts who talk about the film noir Crime Wave.