Movie: A Desperate Crime

Top 2 Billed Cast

Manuel
Manuel

Chief Bandit

Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès

  • HomePage

  • Overview

    A man is murdered and the killer brought to justice by guillotine. This film is partly lost.

  • Release Date

    1906-06-01

  • Average

    6.5

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
  • Tagline

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    No Language
  • Keywords

Recommendations Movies

The Conjurer
63%

The Conjurer(fr)

1899-01-01

A film from Méliès has him playing a magician who does a few tricks including making a woman disappear.

The Wild Soccer Bunch 3
53%

The Wild Soccer Bunch 3(de)

2006-03-01

After Leon left his team in the historic 25-1 defeat against the national team, Die wilden Kerle broke up. Only the little Nerv still believes in his old heroes and tries to bring the grown-up guys back together with the help of his dreaded side puller. Leon's former best friend Fabi has meanwhile founded his own team, the girls' team, "The Beastly Beasts", and challenges "The Wild Soccer Bunch" to a duel in the Nattern Cave.

Bertil, Gekås tur & retur
75%

Bertil, Gekås tur & retur(en)

2009-11-17

Documentary about the milk farmer Bertil Nilsson

Dodek na froncie
73%

Dodek na froncie(pl)

1936-01-23

Extinct Attractions Club Presents: The Pirates of the Caribbean Story
98%

Extinct Attractions Club Presents: The Pirates of the Caribbean Story(en)

2006-01-01

See the behind the scenes story as told by the people who worked side by side with Walt Disney on the most famous theme park attraction of all time! From the walk through concept to the final design in Disneyland and Disney Theme parks world wide.

KSI vs. Swarmz
53%

KSI vs. Swarmz(en)

2022-08-27

As part of the new MF DAZN X Series, which will see the biggest names in entertainment, sport, and lifestyle facing each other in the ring, KSI goes up against Swarmz and Luis Alcaraz Pineda on the same bill. The rest of the evening will feature additional thrilling matchups between other social media superstars, including Deji v Fousey and FaZe Temperrr v Blueface.

Blondie on a Budget
60%

Blondie on a Budget(en)

1940-02-29

Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag's old girlfriend Joan shows up, but nothing else matters when a drawing at the movie theatre provides money for the coat.

Taming of the Shrew
50%

Taming of the Shrew(en)

2013-09-02

Shakespeare’s most outrageous comedy, The Taming of the Shrew introduces one of theatre’s great screwball double-acts, a couple hell-bent on confusing and outwitting each other right up to the play’s equivocal and controversial conclusion.

Laguna Ave.
50%

Laguna Ave.(en)

2021-08-27

A disaffected former musician with a prosthetic hand is drawn into the mysterious and sinister world of his downstairs neighbor.

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Lost Without You
73%

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Lost Without You(en)

2016-09-25

Oliver's Divine Delivery Theory is put to the test when he and the POstables seem to be unable to deliver a damaged letter from a military veteran that's a matter of life and death.

Madame Ida
62%

Madame Ida(da)

2024-11-29

The Laird of McGillicuddy
50%

The Laird of McGillicuddy(en)

1913-01-23

Comedy in which Charles retaliates when Louise breaks off their engagement. Louise breaks off her engagement to Charles. Out of revenge, Charles and his friends turn Kees the milkman into a Scottish lord, who is meant to make a big impression at the ball. He dances very rudely with Louise, and out of nervousness admits that he is only a milkman. Charles responds angrily, and pretends that this was a joke that his friends had arranged; he then tries to hit Kees and his friends. Louise stops him, and they kiss, once again in love.

Family Games
30%

Family Games(es)

2016-06-09

In this Spanish comedy-drama, a man befriends his wife's lover in an attempt to understand what has happened to their marriage and win her back.

А снег идет...
60%

А снег идет...(ru)

1991-01-01

Gaalipata
74%

Gaalipata(kn)

2008-01-30

Three friends, Ganesh (Ganesh), Diganth (Diganth) and Kitty (Rajesh Krishnan) come to Mugilupete. Ganesh falls in love with Sowmya (Daisy Bopanna), a widow, staying with her in-laws Kodandaram (Anant Nag) and Padma (Padmaja Rao) while Diganth and Kitty fall for Kodandaram's daughters Radha (Neethoo) and Pavani (Bhavana Rao) respectively. While Diganth-Radha and Kitty-Pavani get the green signal for marriage, Sowmya is hesitant to accept Ganesh as her life partner. The director shows how Ganesh wins her heart in a unique way.

No Nest
100%

No Nest(uk)

2021-11-17

Slavik is 17 years old, a gifted programmer who, despite the pressure from everyone around him, is doing his best to become independent by finding an acting course that is unlike anything he has done before.

L'empire des nombres
100%

L'empire des nombres(fr)

2001-09-22

How did men learn to count? How do they count? The empire of numbers is a very rhythmic graphic film that tells the great history of numbers, from the caves to modern times. And marvels at the immensity of their territory, from zero to infinity.

Similar Movies

The Passion of Joan of Arc
80%

The Passion of Joan of Arc(fr)

1928-04-21

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.

Fighting Mad
10%

Fighting Mad(xx)

1917-11-18

Doctor Lambert takes his wife west to a mining town, where he can both minister and doctor. His wife is not happy and upon discovering she is pregnant, runs away with a gambler. He soon dumps her, and she comes back and dies giving birth to a baby girl. Lambert, out of his mind with rage, leaves the baby on a doorstep and vows to never have faith again. He returns to the mining town fifteen years later a drunkard. He meets young, kind Lily Sawyer and is greatly impressed by her compassionate nature. Meanwhile, the gambler has returned and decides to abduct Lily, but his partner recognizes Lambert and tells him Lily is his daughter. He kills the gambler before he can harm Lily and soon his faith returns.

A Weaver of Dreams
0%

A Weaver of Dreams(xx)

1918-03-02

Unrequited love rules the day as both wealthy Judith Sylvester and her invalid aunt pine for men who got away, but happiness lays ahead for one while hopeful dreams sustain the other.

The Call
40%

The Call(en)

2006-03-01

Pirelli Film's first promotional short, starring John Malcovich and Naomi Campbell.

The Triplets of Belleville
74%

The Triplets of Belleville(fr)

2003-06-11

When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters—an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire—to rescue him.

Anna Karenina
0%

Anna Karenina(ru)

1914-10-06

An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina is having an extramarital affair that causes her grave consequences.

The Kid
82%

The Kid(en)

1921-01-21

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.

CU: Farewell
0%

CU: Farewell(xx)

2021-08-01

The protagonist recalls her past while her daughter is going to leave her forever. Years ago, the protagonist came from a province to a big city to get rid of poverty. Marriage to a gangster didn’t make her happy. She fell in love with her husband’s accomplice and soon got pregnant. Murder seems the only solution to the lovers…

Quincy Adams Sawyer
0%

Quincy Adams Sawyer(en)

1922-12-04

Quincy Adams Sawyer is a young attorney who one day meets a girl in the park and is immediately smitten with her.

Eyes of the Underworld
0%

Eyes of the Underworld(en)

1929-04-28

John Hueston, a wealthy newspaper publisher, plans to publish an exposé of a criminal gang but is silenced by a bullet. Pat Doran, rich sportsman, is consoling Hueston's daughter at her home when members of the gang break into the house in an effort to put their hands on the incriminating evidence accumulated by Florence's father. Pat chases the crooks off and follows them to their hideout; they capture him, and he is imprisoned on a deserted island. Pat escapes, rounds up the gang, and wins Florence's love.

Limite
71%

Limite(pt)

1931-05-17

Adrift in the vast expanse of the ocean, a solitary boat carries three castaways—a man and two women. Stranded and devoid of any glimmer of rescue, they find solace in recounting the tales of their lives to one another. As they delve into their personal narratives, reminiscing about the circumstances that led them to this desolate predicament, they navigate through the depths of three distinct destinies. Bound by the confines of their shared space, every aspect of their existence becomes a boundary, underscoring their plight.

The Masked Bride
0%

The Masked Bride(en)

1925-12-13

An American millionaire wants to reform a Parisian cabaret singer who moonlights as a jewel thief.

The Captive
60%

The Captive(en)

1915-04-22

Set during the Balkan Wars, The Captive tells the story of Sonia, a young woman living in Montenegro and left to care for her younger brother Milos and the family farm when older brother Marko goes off to battle. Unable to handle the day-to-day tasks following her brother’s tragic death, help comes in the form of Mahmud Hassan, a captured Turk nobleman, now a prisoner of war. Tasked with helping Sonia, their initial frosty relationship soon melts into love. As the war rages on Sonia, Mahmud and Milos will face near-insurmountable obstacles in their quest for a better life amidst the hell of war.

The Joyless Street
69%

The Joyless Street(de)

1925-03-01

In 1921, we follow two women - Marie and Grete - from the same poor Viennese neighborhood, as they try to better the lives of themselves and their families during the period of Austrian postwar hyperinflation.

A Million Bid
0%

A Million Bid(en)

1927-05-27

To satisfy her controlling mother and secure both of their futures, a daughter hesitantly enters a loveless marriage to a wealthy businessman. Years later, after she has uncovered and overcome her mother's deceptions and manipulations, her newfound happiness is threatened with the appearance of a mysterious "man from the sea."

His English Wife
0%

His English Wife(sv)

1927-01-17

London socialite Cathleen Paget's adventures in love and misfortune a year after the death of her husband. Ivor Willington and Lionel Jesop play cards for who will be given the shot at flirting with Paget, as to claim her wealth. But when her brother Bruce has lost the family fortune in bad business, Cathleen is suggested to court Nordic giant Birger Holm. The two marry and the families financial problems seem to be at bay, although the life in the northern Sweden is wearing Cathleen down as she misses parties, friends and dancing at the Savoy Hotel.

Submarine
53%

Submarine(en)

1928-08-28

Two sailors who are always competing against each other set their sights on the same girl. When she chooses one over the other, their friendship ends acrimoniously. However, things change when one the men is in a submarine trapped beneath the ocean and the other, a diver, is sent down on a rescue mission.

The Great Train Robbery
70%

The Great Train Robbery(en)

1903-12-07

After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits.

L'Âge d'or
68%

L'Âge d'or(fr)

1930-11-28

The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are passionately in love. Their attempts to consummate their passion are constantly thwarted, by their families, by the Church and bourgeois society in general.