The best William Benedict’s thriller movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best William Benedict’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about William Benedict.
The Killing
7.9/10
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.
The Glass Key
7/10
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
The Talk of the Town
7.5/10
When the Holmes Woolen Mill burns down, political activist Leopold Dilg is jailed for arson and accidental murder. Escaping, Leopold hides out in the home of his childhood sweetheart Nora Shelley... which she has just rented to unsuspecting law professor Michael Lightcap.
Dressed to Kill
6.4/10
A detective's wedding is postponed when gunshots are heard nearby.
The Whistler
6.3/10
Earl Conrad, an industrialist, blames himself for the death of his wife, as he failed to rescue her from drowning in the sea. He wants to end his life and hires a killer to kill him.
Sherlock Holmes in New York
5.8/10
An affectionate bow to the master sleuth in this lavishly produced original that has Holmes rushing to New York City after discovering that his old nemesis, Moriarty, has kidnapped the son of the detective's long-time love, actress Irene Adler.
I Live on Danger
6.1/10
A cocky radio reporter sets out to prove an ex-convict is innocent in the murder of a mob boss.
The Dead Don't Die
5.5/10
In the 1930s, a sailor trying to prove that his brother was wrongly executed for murder finds himself becoming drawn into the occult world.
Live Wires
6.1/10
Slip gets fired from his job at a construction company for decking his boss. His sister, who got him a job at the company, is angry with him. Slip manages to get a job with the District Attorney serving warrants, as does Sach. Through his job, Slip finds out that all is not quite kosher at his old construction company, and that his sister may be in danger.
Big Daddy
5.9/10
A visitor to the Everglades swamps in Florida encounters and falls in love with an uneducated girl. But he finds competition for her affections from the unlikely and mysterious A. Beauregard Lincoln. He also discovers danger from nature in the form of vicious alligators and from the mystical in the form of a voodoo witch doctor.
The Mad Doctor
6.5/10
A reporter sleuths the mystery behind an oft-married Viennese doctor whose wives met mysterious fates.
The Adventures of Nick Carter
6.8/10
Detective discovers that a colleague's death is tied into the disappearance of a wealthy playboy's wife.
