This book is an overview of the thousands of films that have been made that have an aspect of crime as their central theme. The posters span from 1910 to 1996. Some of the posters featured include: The Mysterious Dr Fu Manchu (1929); Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937); Lady Killer (1933); Song of the Thin Man (1947); Dial M for Murder (1954); Charade (1963); The Godfather (1972); A Fish Called Wanda (1988); Silence of the Lambs (1991).