Back home

The Big Frame

8 votes

Producing House

An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night before but he later finds out that a man he got into a fight with earlier in the night was murdered.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1952-09-01

Runtime: 67 mins

Director: David MacDonald

Spoken language: English

Genres: Mystery, Drama

Original title: The Big Frame

Production Companies: Tempean Productions, Eros Films

Production Countries: United Kingdom

Recommendations

Rebecca
3.9

Rebecca

1940-03-23

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the

The 39 Steps
3.7

The 39 Steps

1935-06-06

Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in

Casablanca
4.1

Casablanca

1943-01-15

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with un

Notorious
3.9

Notorious

1946-08-21

In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman,

Vertigo
4.1

Vertigo

1958-05-09

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of a

Secret Beyond the Door
3.3

Secret Beyond the Door

1947-12-24

After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly

Sunset Boulevard
4.1

Sunset Boulevard

1950-08-10

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood o

Scarface
3.7

Scarface

1932-04-09

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots

The Big Sleep
3.8

The Big Sleep

1946-08-22

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involvi

The Maltese Falcon
3.9

The Maltese Falcon

1941-10-18

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful li

Sweet Smell of Success
3.8

Sweet Smell of Success

1957-07-04

New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his B

The Brasher Doubloon
3

The Brasher Doubloon

1947-02-06

Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock hires Marlowe to find an old rare coin, the Brasher Doubloon, that bel

Lady in the Lake
3

Lady in the Lake

1946-12-19

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But whe

Crime of Passion
3

Crime of Passion

1956-12-28

Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack

Angel Face
3.5

Angel Face

1953-01-02

Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayn

Laura
3.8

Laura

1944-10-11

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

The Third Man
4

The Third Man

1949-08-31

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest o

Elevator to the Gallows
3.8

Elevator to the Gallows

1958-01-29

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally prov

Murder, My Sweet
3.6

Murder, My Sweet

1944-12-14

After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply compl

Touch of Evil
3.9

Touch of Evil

1958-03-30

When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement ag