Society Smugglers (1939)
Crime
Crime movies
Explore crime, criminals and those pursuing them.
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Jennifer Hale (1937)
Crime
A London showgirl is wrongly accused of murdering her manager and goes on the run to try to prove her innocence. After establishing a new life as a taxi dancer in Birmingham, and falling in love with one of her clients, her past life comes back to haunt her.
The Man Who Dared (1939)
Crime
In the late 1930s, whistleblower Stuart McCrary, and his wife Mary are killed by Nick Bartel and other henchmen of the town's corrupt mayor to prevent McCrary's upcoming grand jury testimony. The neighboring Carter family witnesses the murders. After the mayor uses intimidation, assault and the kidnapping of the Carters' young son Bill to prevent them from testifying against Bartel, only the boy's grandfather Ulysses Porterfield has the courage to testify.
Brothers (1930)
Crime
She's Dangerous (1937)
Crime
Parole! (1936)
Crime
Deadline for Murder (1946)
Crime
Teenage Devil Dolls (1955)
teen film
Pert and pretty high school teen Cassandra Leigh opts for the easy life of a pot-smoking biker in order to avoid the demands of her neurotic career mom. When Cassandra's grades slip and her college plans fall by the wayside, she marries a love-smitten high school swain. The devotion of her husband bores the young bride: she looks up her old thrill-seeking buddies and splits from home.
Why Girls Leave Home (1945)
Crime, Drama
Death on the Nile (2004)
Detective
Jacqueline De Bellefort introduces her fiancé, Simon Doyle , to her wealthy friend Linnet Ridgeway in the hope that Linnet will give him a job. Instead, Linnet marries Simon herself and they head off for a honeymoon in Egypt . A bitter Jacqueline follows them to Egypt, appearing wherever they go.
The Briggs Family (1940)
Crime
During the Second World War, a special constable and former solicitor is called upon to defend his son who is accused of the theft of a car.
The Threat (1960)
Crime
Hotheaded cynical loner cop Steve Keenan (Robert Knapp) starts getting anonymous threats from someone who is upset with the fact that he killed a gangster kingpin in self-defense. Steve is casually seeing a beautiful torch singer named Gerri (Linda Lawson), who is in love with him and wishes he would commit to her. Steve is hesitant to do that, because he is still feeling burned about his ex Laura (Mary Castle) leaving him and taking up with the now-deceased gangster.
Stryker of the Yard (1953)
Crime
Quam's Money (2020)
Action, Comedy, Crime
Quam Omole is a security guard turned millionaire whose life descends into a chaotic nightmare after he loses ₦500 million to a gang of fraudsters. The money is eventually handed over to the police.
The Million Dollar Collar (1929)
Crime, silent film
When young Bill Holmes rescues a battered dog named Rinty from the wreckage of a getaway car driven by gangster Ed Mack, he unwittingly steps into a perilous game of mistaken identity. Donning Ed's clothes for warmth, Bill heads for nearby Pine Lodge, unaware that hidden inside Rinty's collar is a stolen diamond necklace worth $50,000. At Pine Lodge, Joe French, a ruthless gang leader, mistakes Bill for Ed Mack and begins sniffing around for the missing loot.
Black Market Babies (1945)
Crime, Drama
A small-time hood teams up with an alcoholic obstetrician to set up a private maternity ward, where the expectant mothers' expenses are paid by the "donations" of "adoptive" parents. The racket goes wrong when one of the previously sold children is stillborn, which means the hood has to come up with a replacement baby.
Vacation in Reno (1946)
Comedy
Jack Carroll (portrayed by Jack Haley) and his wife (Anne Jeffreys) have an argument about their friends, but when he makes a crack that his mother-in-law is a "fat porpoise," they fight and she leaves him. Jack runs into two strange men right before they burglarize a bank, leaving Jack to be the only one to identify. Because of this, he takes a vacation to Reno and checks into the Bar Nothing Ranch.
High Speed (1932)
Crime
Close Call (2004)
Coming-of-age, Crime, Drama, teen film
Condemned to Death (1932)
Crime
Secrets of the Underground (1942)
Crime, Drama
With the help of a WAAC group, Mr. District Attorney smashes a Nazi spy-ring that is selling counterfeit War Stamps and Bonds.
City Girl (1938)
Crime
Bored with her life and with Don, her lawyer boyfriend, waitress Ellen Ward craves excitement. She accepts an invitation from Ritchie and Mike, a couple of petty crooks, and ends up giving them an alibi for a crime. Ritchie rewards her with $100.
Checkmate (1935)
Crime
Phillip Allen is Scotland Yard detective, hunting down a gang of jewel thieves in London. After they are captured, he marries the gang leader's daughter.
Fast Food (1999)
Crime, Drama
Benny returns to the town of his youth to find the girl he's loved since childhood and runs into his four old criminal friends who have plans to rob a local gangster.