Silence (1931)
Crime
A gray-haired convict, within the shadows of the gallows, tells his story to the prison chaplain beginning twenty years earlier when he was sent to prison for a crime he did not commit.
Crime movies
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The Calling of Dan Matthews (1935)
Crime
The Great Plane Robbery (1940)
Crime
Special agent Mike Henderson (Jack Holt) has been assigned by an insurance company to protect gangster Joe Colson (Noel Madison). Joe has recently been released from prison, just three months before his life insurance policy, worth half a million dollars, is due to expire. After Mike arrives at Leavenworth, Kansas, on the day of Colson's release, he discovers that two gangsters, Eddie (Paul Fix) and Nick (Harry Cording), are there as well, waiting to see Joe.
Soldiers and Women (1930)
Crime, mystery film
As described in a film review, Captain Clive Branch of the United States Marine Corps is stationed with the garrison in Haiti, where he is conducting affairs with the wives of two fellow officers. When one of the husbands, after threatening to expose Branch, is mysteriously murdered in the dark, he comes under suspicion of the killing. However, the audience is led to believe that one of the wives is the murderer and the wrong man will pay the penalty.
Police Dog Story (1961)
Crime
After exhaustive training, a police dog joins an arson investigation.
Spy Train (1943)
Crime
Bruce Grant is the author of Darkest Germany, an exposé about Nazi Germany. He and his friend Stew Stewart board a train in the United States to go meet Max Thornwald, owner of a chain of newspapers. Nazi agents in America have fabricated a photograph showing Thornwald's daughter, Jane, having lunch with Hermann Göring and Adolf Hitler, and have successfully blackmailed Thornwald into suppressing Bruce's articles exposing Nazi atrocities.
Men in Exile (1937)
Crime, Drama
After becoming the target of a manhunt for a murder he did not commit, cab driver Jimmy Carmody flees to a tropical island that serves as a haven for criminals on the run. Soon after he arrives, he becomes involved with gun smugglers trying to overthrow the local dictator, as well as falling for the lovely daughter of the owner of the hotel he is staying at.
The Burial Society (2002)
neo-noir
The Burial Society tells the story of Sheldon Kasner, whose existence has recently turned to one of quiet anxiety. His workload is mounting as his reimbursement for it continues to diminish, and Sheldon justifiably falls into a deep depression. Despite being a highly unlikely candidate for organized crime, he is drawn into a complicit money-laundering scam that doesn't run as planned.
Outside the Three-Mile Limit (1940)
Crime, Drama
Star Reporter (1939)
Crime, Drama, romance film
Star Reporter, John Randolph (Warren Hull), with his fiancée, Barbara Burnette, (Marsha Hunt), has faith in her father, D.A. William Burnette (Wallis Clark), and throws the full weight of his newspaper behind him, in hopes of tracking down his own father's killer. John is convinced that his father was murdered to stop him from revealing the organized crime bosses, in the city.
Headline Hunters (1955)
Crime, thriller film
Riding on Air (1937)
Comedy
Hapless newspaper writer, editor, amateur pilot, HAM radio operator, and gadget crazy Elmer Lane lives in 1930's rural America. In love with the beautiful Betty, he does everything he can to buy the paper outright; so, he can win her. But, somehow something always comes out of the blue: gangsters, smugglers, murdered mobsters, rival newspaper reporters, con artists, police, new inventions, and small dogs, all get in the way.
Crime of the Century (1946)
Crime, Drama
Hank Rogers is released from prison after serving time for a minor crime. He arranges to meet his brother Jim, a newspaper reporter, in a bar, where Hank is distracted by attractive Audrey Brandon. His brother doesn't show up, and at Jim's apartment, Audrey drugs his drink, rendering Hank unconscious.
The Flaming Crisis (1924)
Crime, silent film, Western
A young black newspaperman is convicted of murder on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to prison. He escapes and makes his way to the southwestern cattle country, where he falls in love with Tex Miller, a beautiful cowgirl. Having rid the territory of an outlaw band, he gives himself up to the law, thinking that he will be sent back to prison.
The Devil Diamond (1937)
Action, Crime, mystery film
A group of thugs tries to steal the cursed title gem from a jeweler who has been hired to cut it into small, saleable pieces.
The Master Mind (1920)
Crime, Drama, silent film
As described in a film magazine, in revenge for the successful prosecution of his younger brother Richard, accused of murder but innocent, by district attorney Wainwright, Henry Allen, whose two passions are the study of psychology and his love for his brother, schemes to return the hurt to the lawyer and take away that which he holds dear. Finding that Wainwright loves a portrait of a young woman with a criminal record, Henry develops a scheme that takes Maggie from prison and educates her abroad. Upon completion of her education he surrounds her with a pretending family, presumably to cover up her past, and brings her and the lawyer…
Dead Lucky (1960)
Crime
A crime reporter teams up with a fashion journalist to investigate illegal goings-on at a Mayfair gambling club.
Diamond Cut Diamond (1932)
Crime, Drama, silent film
One of the guests tries to foil a gang of jewel-robbers during a country house weekend party.
Scandal Incorporated (1956)
Crime
The Bank Raiders (1958)
Crime
Small-time hoodlum Terry is the driver in a successful bank robbery. He gets his share of the loot and is told to lie low. Instead, he goes on the town with Della, a gorgeous, but greedy, party girl.
Claude Duval (1924)
Adventure, silent film
In the seventeenth century a young Frenchman arrives in Britain and becomes mixed up in intrigue and ends up as a highwaymen.
Como Nascem os Anjos (1996)
Crime, Drama
Maguila, a developmentally delayed man, accidentally kills the drug lord of Favela Santa Marta, Rio de Janeiro. Pursued by other drug dealers, Maguila flees from the favela along with a 13-year-old tomboy nicknamed Branquinha who proclaims herself Maguila's wife. Amid the confusion, Branquinha takes her friend Japa into a car whose driver is forced to help Maguila.
Shantytown (1943)
Crime
Liz Gorty, the daughter of the owners of a boarding house, takes a liking to a new married mechanic in town, Bill Allen. He gets mixed up with a gang of thieves who force him to drive a getaway car in a robbery. Knowing he has been framed, Bill goes into hiding and Liz uses her job at a radio station to get messages to him.
The Fatal Mistake (1924)
Crime, silent film
A sacked newspaper reporter and a policewoman join forces to battle a gang of criminals.