Author Description

From gun-toting gangsters and daring private dicks to head-scratching whodunits and corrupt guys and heartless dames in murderous melodramas, here's the first comprehensive video guide to movies on crime and punishment. With this critical look at the long dark history of murder on tape, you can now select your viewing fare from such movie masterpieces as The Big Sleep and The Maltese Falcon, cult classics like Blood Simple and Cutter's Way, noir thrillers such as Double Indemnity and Touch of Evil, prison dramas like The Shawshank Redemption and The Longest Yard, and gangster shoot-'em'-ups such as Scarface and Goodfellas.