Cry Danger (1951)

I love how in really old crime melodramas you can hear the sneer in every character's voice. While some call this flick "film noir," it doesn't fit any particular criteria, relying more on mood to gain that designation. Actor Dick Powell drives the story as the persistent amateur invesigator determined to prove his own innocence while getting back at the people who set him up and sent him up. Guns, dames, and hats ... all in abundance make this movie a classic example of 1950s revenge dramas.