Films with: Burnett, W. R.

Asphalt jungle

An aging criminal is released from prison and decides to assemble the old gang to go on one last perfect heist.

DVD 7529

Dark command

Set in pre-Civil War Lawrence, Kansas where tensions about slavery ran high, this film tells a fictionalized version of the story of the raider William Clarke Quantrill. Bob Seton runs for Federal Marshall of Kansas and defeats William Cantrell. Cantrell responds by stealing Seton's girl and manipulating her into marrying him. Seton later exposes Cantrell and his band of guerillas who have been raiding both Union and Confederate lines.

DVD 798

Great escape

A high-security German prisoner-of-war camp in 1942 holds only known troublemakers and risk-takers, all of whom are determined to pull off the war's most daring escape.

DVD 403

High Sierra

A gangster's hard-boiled persona finds itself at war with his compassionate side, a side that will ultimately be his downfall.

DVD 8524

Little Caesar

A small-time hood rises to criminal fame and power. Adapted from W.R. Burnett's novel.

DVD 6399

Racket

A straight-arrow cop and an old-school gangster find a common foe: big shots who run crime like a corporation.

DVD 5885

This gun for hire

A hired-gun seeks revenge from a client that betrayed him.

DVD 8177

Yellow sky

A band of robbers are running from the law, and they find an almost abandoned town. An old prosecutor and his granddaughter have been living there. Realizing that they have gold, the robbers have a plan of taking it, but one robber turns against them.

DVD 5458