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Fletcher Gilchrist offers £100 to anyone who will break into a house. Journalist Mike Harvey accepts the bet but he and another man are caught when the latter murders the owner of the house. Harvey escapes custody, determined to seek revenge on Gilchrist.
BRUTE!'s Malcolm Bennett wrote and acted as special consultant on this 1987 trailer for Mallet!, a ultra-violent cartoon noir directed by Blink animation director Bob Lawrie. Although it was never picked up by a major network, Mallet's influence can be seen in many films and animations that followed, namely the film adaptation of Frank Miller's Sin City. Starring Bob Pugh as Mallet and featuring Stephen Haley as Skillet.
A seasoned jewel thief partners with a reclusive ex-criminal strategist to assemble a crew of skilled operatives for an intricate diamond heist
Aiming to expose the extreme mental and emotional demands of being a police officer, After The Sirens is an intimate documentary that unmasks how mental health is perceived and addressed in the police force from first hand accounts. The film invites viewers to consider the mental resilience required to be an officer, with conversations surrounding trauma exposure, emotional labour, multiculturalism and personal experiences of coping. Through displaying the force’s involvement in a recent traumatic case, as well as the trauma encountered throughout their individual careers, the documentary offers the opportunity to go inside the policing mind.
Chilling paranormal portmanteau following a researcher who stumbles across a collection of disturbing video evidence she has obtained from a mysterious source including a location recce made by two young filmmakers, Cain and Dion, who venture to the Australian outback in search of an interesting location for their next movie only to discover an ancient swamp spirit called Raluul, and a video diary of a man called Karl Hendry who starts hearing unusual noises once he finds a mysterious doll-house in the attic of his new house in the North of England.
Some people just disappear.
A documentary about the killing spree of Brenda Spencer, the 16-year-old schoolgirl who opened fire on a school playground in January 1979, killing two men and injuring eight children. Her only explanation of her actions was "I don't like Mondays". This incident was the first ever school shooting of its kind, and inspired the Boomtown Rats' number one hit song I Don't Like Mondays
Following Shiro's Story (Pt.1), Kyle has gone ghost with Kira and Kyla and has not been seen or heard from in the past year, leaving Shiro no choice but to give up hope in reuniting his family. But with a price on Kyle's head, Shiro repays The Plug before getting back to work on his own weight after leaving his day job. One day Shiro's ex-girlfriend rings Shiro and says she misses him and begs to be taken back. Shiro subsequently agrees but with one demand, she sets Kyle up to die. She then agrees, and the plan is hatched for Shiro's young G's to take the hit on Kyle allowing Shiro to take Kira and Kyla away and rebuild the family that was once torn apart. But with the planned hit on Kyle unsuccessful, and Shiro still hung up and angry with Kira setting him up and taking everything he had away in the first instance, the move away isn't so straight forward.
A troubled young woman runs away from home, unaware from the outside world that she's been missing and presumed dead for 20 years.
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
A Police Officer pursues a gang of blackmailers.
A Japanese merchant attempts to drive one of his rivals mad by impersonating a man he had once murdered.
Seasoned mobster Ritchie misses his holiday to help initiate Taylor clean up his mess.
A profile of Ronnie and Reggie Kray, two of the most notorious East End gangsters of the early 60s, as told by their family, friends and enemies. The brothers' reign of terror, which included extortion rackets, fraud and murder, was brought to an end when they were imprisoned for life, and later inspired the film 'The Krays'.
Two detectives search for a missing person, hidden under layers of dark secrets.
The story of Charles Peace, one of Britain's most notorious criminals. Peace was an expert in cat burglary. The film reconstructs Peace's real-life leap from a train on his way to trial for the murder of Arthur Dyson.
A Rajah dies saving a captain's wife when the plan to poison her husband goes wrong.
In this gripping sequel to ‘Dolly Gets Fried’ (2020), Dolly intercepts the TV signal to reveal some mysterious and frightening information.
A crook kidnaps the son of his own son's benefactor.
A man trailing burglars is saved by a dog in this British short film.
A detective must pursue some thieves trying to smuggle their bullion out of London on a barge down the Thames.
In a near, dystopian future, a detective uncovers a rabbit hole that changes everything.
Delve into a Guy Ritchie-esque world of crime in 'GRIT,' where a low-level gangster's theft of drug money sparks a relentless pursuit by a high-ranking crime boss. Produced by English studio Any Road Productions, the film was shot entirely in Cumbria, featuring a local cast and crew. Contains strong language throughout
A pair of rogues are hired to heist an important formula, and may have to contend with security, their rival and perhapse even their own bosses.
Where is Erika Spawn and does she have blood on her hands? The Devil's Music documents the strange story of the notorious shock-rocker whose rise to fame was marred by a series of violent incidents and terrifying rumours.
The untold story of the prison years of Britain’s two most infamous female criminals; Myra Hindley and Rose West.
The story of how surgeon Ian Paterson duped his patients into believing they had cancer and performed unnecessary surgeries on them before he was caught and jailed for 20 years.
A modern trial by jury at the Old Bailey of one of the most famous events in English history. Conducted on the afternoon and evening of 21st February, 1984, it was held almost 500 years after the death of the last of the Plantagenet Kings, King Richard III, on Bosworth Field, the last of the English monarchs to die in battle. The charges are that King Richard III did, in or about the month of August, 1483, in the Tower of London, murder Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, and Prince Richard, Duke of York. Presiding over the case is Lord Elwyn-Jones, the former Lord Chancellor, and he is ably supported by two of Britain’s leading criminal Queen’s Counsels. A fascinating trial which presents evidence which offers the viewer the opportunity to join the jury in weighing the evidence and reaching his or her own verdict before discovering that of the television jury.
Comedy of the theft of a poodle by a villain and the chase after him.
Our crime documentary delves into the case of the Suffolk Strangler, who terrorized Ipswich, Suffolk by targeting sex workers and brutally murdering five women between October and December 2006. We take an extensive look into how police finally captured the killer by exploring the details of the case from start to finish. We believe this documentary will provide new insight into this notorious criminal case.
An actress thwarts a blackmailer by taking the blame for her sister's compromise. Based on the play The Pillory by Brandon Fleming.
Stuck in a room with two hit-men, three students must keep their wits about them in order to survive the night.
17-year-old New Zealander Emily Longley was found dead in the bedroom of her boyfriend, Elliot. With a spotless crime scene, and no clear cause of death, the police investigate Elliot and uncover a chilling history of abuse.
In a garret overlooking the main square, a professional hitman awaits a very important target. He coldly, efficiently, snaps together the pieces of his sniper rifle.But there’s a screw missing. Time for the universe to have some fun.
A gentleman is baffled when the childish drawings of little dancing men terrify his American wife. Sherlock Holmes soon discovers why.
A framed captain breaks jail and saves his ex-fiancée from blackmail.
A truck driver must carry a load of dynamite. Meanwhile, his girlfriend gets mixed up with a gang that sells stolen furs. Eventually, the truck driver must rescue his girlfriend from the bad guys and blows them and their loot to Kingdom Come.
Twin brothers John (Harry W Knight) and George Danes (James N Knight) are hired to clean a mansion. As they are about to head to the mansion, a stranger (Mr. E - Kevin Dixon) appears at their door and introduces himself as "the killer" and says he knows where they are going. On arrival at the mansion, it isn't long before a guest is found dead in mysterious circumstances.
Bad Times Ahead follows a convicted criminal recalling the rise and fall of Billy and Joey. A final score turns to murder and betrayal. Framed as a prison interview, it shows how crime is inherited and loyalty becomes fate.
A blackmailed ex-thief is executed for a murder he didn't commit.
A bank teller who believes he has been unjustly fired gets together with two professional thieves to rob the bank.
A murder at a country house centres around the whereabouts of a horde of stolen diamonds and the unmasking of people who are not as they at first seem.
Rivals and other contemporaries discuss Ronnie and Reggie Kray, the notoriously violent gangsters who ran London's East End in the 1950s and '60s.
Things go terribly wrong for four youths, ejected from a London nightclub for rowdiness, after they decide to break into a Magic shop, where they tie up and terrorize the owner. They find to their cost that he deals in more than illusions...
After getting fired from his job, an ambitious loser attempts to rally his two friends together to get revenge on the man who fired him.
The Silver Lining is a 1927 British silent drama film. Widow Hurst has two sons who fall out over a girl. One son attempts to frame the other for the theft of some pearls but when his brother is imprisoned he eventually confesses his crime to his mother and guilt ridden arranges for a band of gypsies to shoot him.
Two clumsy detectives investigating the murder of a singer scare themselves when they accidentally reveal the killer to be a respectable psychiatrist, secretly a notorious jewel-thief. A rare film venture by this top radio comedy team.
Slippery Rodney Haines runs a high-class gambling joint in Hampstead, while elsewhere in London Lamberti's Fair for the less-well-off is on its last legs. The only link between them seems to be Tommy Blyth, whose betting has put him in serious debt with Haines and who fancies Mary, the Lamberti's adopted daughter. In fact, there is a further unexpected link between the two worlds.
The United States is the world’s largest consumer of illegal drugs. That insatiable appetite needs a supplier, and Mexico is more than happy to comply. This Latin American country has been the biggest supplier for over a century: alcohol during the prohibition, cheap workers for many generations, and now drugs of all types. This documentary takes an exclusive look inside to explore how drug cartels have been able to rise to so much power and to find out how this billion-dollar industry works.
A haunted investigator teams up with a psychic on a mysterious job that promises a fortune: a search to bring a missing stranger home by Christmas.
Investigative reporters examine the 1MDB scandal, tracing money from the Wolf of Wall Street all the way to the Malaysian Prime Minister.
2011 saw the largest wave of disorder in the UK since the 1980s. This revelatory film hears from the people who experienced the riots up close and personal. A decade on, we look back at the summer of 2011 through the eyes of those whose lives have never been the same since. In a series of candid interviews, we hear the story from all angles. Convicted rioters, frontline police, a judge, a government advisor and a grieving father look back at that week in August, and the years that followed, to piece together what really happened and why.
Two detectives - a rookie, Brady, and a veteran, Johnston - hunt the Nightman, a mysterious serial killer motivated by Bible verses. Between 2007 and 2010, Brady's search for the Nightman turns into an obsession, leading him down a rabbit hole into darkness.
This investigative documentary sheds light on the baffling 2012 cold-blooded slaying of a British family and local cyclist in the French Alps.
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
When Fri killed her boyfriend Kyle in 2014, she was convicted of his murder. Now she is appealing her conviction, but Kyle’s family want her to stay behind bars.