Best Crime movies of 1961

Actors : Hugh Burden, Haya Harareet, Bernard Lee, Stewart Granger,
Directors : Basil Dearden,

A wealthy London-based shipping magnate is blackmailed by an evil dentist which threatens to reveal an old case of fraud, while the dentist himself is threaten by a mysterious masked man.

Actors : Klausjürgen Wussow, Harry Wüstenhagen, Eddi Arent, Karin Dor,
Directors : Jürgen Roland,

An English businessman comes home to London, only to find visitors to his home being killed by arrows from "the Green Archer."

Actors : Lil Dagover, Brigitte Grothum, Marianne Hoppe, Joachim Fuchsberger,

(1961)Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum. A girl is almost murdered, but no explainable motive can be found until a 20 year old murder is uncovered and linked to the case...

Actors : William Lucas, Billie Whitelaw, Françoise Prévost, Michael Craig,
Directors : Sidney Hayers,

A vicious gang of crooks plan to steal the wages of a local factory, but their carefully laid plans go wrong, when the factory employs an armoured van to carry the cash. The gang still go ...

Actors : Hizuru Takachiho, Yoshiko Kuga, Ineko Arima, Kôji Nanbara,
Directors : Yoshitarô Nomura,

Teiko's new husband disappears on a business trip. She discovers a pair of mysterious postcards hidden away in a book that may be clues to his fate.

Actors : Ronnie Burns, Darrell Howe, Pamela Lincoln, Judy Howard,
Directors : Boris Petroff,

The crazed brother of a condemned killer sent to the gas chamber swears vengeance on those he holds responsible for his brother's execution.

Actors : Arch Hall Jr., Rex Holman, Burr Middleton, Robert Paget,
Directors : Leigh Jason,

A gang of teenage delinquents terrorize a small community by stealing cars and stripping them for parts, then selling the parts to a crooked junkyard owner. The police and an insurance company investigator set out to break up the gang.

Actors : Marthe Mercadier, Pierre Dudan, María Riquelme, Louis de Funès,
Directors : Maurice Delbez,

Paul fishes out of the water the body of his greatest enemy. To avoid accusations that he is a killer, taking steps that will clear his good name.

Actors : Paul Meurisse, Bernard Blier, Pierre Blanchar, Elga Andersen,
Directors : Georges Lautner,

The Marquis de Villemaur reunite stranges visitors in his Castle, to meet a survivor of the 3rd Reich. There is an Italian fascist ; Heinrich, a German ; Matthias, a russian ; and Dromard, a blind French war hero, with a black monocle.

Actors : Paul Meurisse, Robert Hossein, Jean Servais, Françoise Prévost,
Directors : Robert Hossein,

Play the game of truth at your own risk.

Actors : Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Elaine Devry, Stella Stevens,
Directors : Edmond O'Brien,

Two Korean War veterans re-unite to pull off a heist at a San Francisco airport but find themselves running for their lives.

Actors : John Davis Chandler, Brooke Hayward, Kay Doubleday, Neil Burstyn,
Directors : Burt Balaban,

Story of Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, a notorious gangland killer in the 1930s.

Actors : Siegfried Lowitz, Karin Dor, Mady Rahl, Hellmut Lange,
Directors : Harald Reinl,

A ring of counterfeiters is flooding the country with phony money, and suspicion falls upon a wealthy playboy who may--or may not--have amnesia.

Actors : Christine Kaufmann, Béatrice Altariba, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Pierre Vaneck,
Directors : Jean Becker,

(1961) Jean Paul Belmondo, Christine Kaufman. In this fine thriller, JP's friend ends up in prison. JP then tracks down the man responsible.

Actors : Diana Dors, Dianne Foster, David Janssen, Jack Carson,
Directors : Joseph M. Newman,

The story of flamboyant Prohibition-era gangster, gambler and bootlegger Arnold Rothstein.

Actors : Alida Valli, Joseph Wiseman, Rita Hayworth, Rex Harrison,
Directors : George Marshall,

A suave art thief romances a wealthy duchess, only to enable him to steal a priceless painting from her collection. Complications ensue.

Actors : Teruyo Yamagami, Michiko Saga, Masahiko Tsugawa, Sumiko Hidaka,
Directors : Yoshishige Yoshida,

An opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to manipulate them so he can move up the social ladder.

Actors : James Brown, John Banner, Gene Nelson, Merry Anders,
Directors : Jack Leewood,

An investment counselor turns jewel thief when the gangster he embezzled funds from demands to be paid back.

Actors : Reha Yurdakul, Göksel Arsoy, Ulvi Uraz, Nilüfer Aydan,
Directors : Memduh Ün,

A small time criminal gunslinger who is not yet listed as a gangster receives a suspicious help from a homicide detective who used to be his good friend before.

Actors : John Hewer, Vanda Hudson, Jean Muir, Ann Lynn,
Directors : Ernest Morris,

The stripper Rita is trying to blackmail her former lover, the wealthy Carlos Branco, threatening to reveal his illegal dope trade for the police. Branco responds by hiring the hit man ...