Crime Movies
Crashing Hollywood (1938)
A true-to-life gangster movie stirs up an all out mob assault on Hollywood.
Here’s Flash Casey (1938)
After graduating college an aspiring photographer lands his first job–with a big city newspaper.
Thank You Mr. Moto (1937)
Mr. Moto Heads to China on a quest for seven ancient scrolls that reveal the location of Genghis Khan’s tomb—a crypt filled with fabulous treasure! But Moto isn’t the only…
True Confession (1937)
A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn’t bringing in the dough as an attorney. When her new employer is murdered, she can’t seem to…
Missing Witnesses (1937)
A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in ’30s New York City.
The Green Cockatoo (1937)
A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks…
The Last Gangster (1937)
A crime boss goes searching for his ex-wife and son after a ten-year prison stint. His old gang has other plans though, and use the child to try and make…
The Squeaker (1937)
London’s jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief who crosses him. Desperate, Scotland Yard re-hires ex-Inspector Barrabal who, as a known drunkard,…
Return of a Stranger (1937)
James Martin and Carol Wall have plans to elope, but a fight with her father’s solicitor ends in murder committed by an unknown third-party, and Martin is hunted for the…
Love Is on the Air (1937)
A newscaster gets demoted for exposing the town’s criminal activities over the airwaves.
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
Drummond’s girlfriend is kidnapped by his enemies and he along with his friend Nielsen, an inspector from Scotland Yard, follow the trail and try to rescue her from the kidnappers.
Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)
Returning from European exile where she avoided testifying against her criminal associates, a former singer with a tell-all diary is murdered to insure her silence.
Underworld (1937)
A young Southern college student falls for the charms of a female nightclub owner while on summer break in Chicago – and soon enough meets her club co-owner boyfriend and…
Dead End (1937)
Mobster “Baby Face” Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up, dropping in on his mother, who rejects him because of his gangster lifestyle, and…
The High Command (1937)
A general must come to terms with a crime he commited years earlier.
Confession (1937)
Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is revealed that some years earlier Michael ruined Vera’s life.
Silver Blaze (1937)
Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation ends when he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a double-murder mystery. Now he’s got…
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937)
A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of manslaughter 22 years before. The case would involve the wealthy…
Border Phantom (1937)
Cowboy Larry O’Day and his sidekick Lucky Smith happen upon a distraught Barbara Hartwell, who is about to be arrested for the murder of her uncle. With Barbara behind bars,…
Kid Galahad (1937)
Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the ‘kid’ falls for his sister.
Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
Get ready for a Gold Medal murder mystery! This “tense, thrilling mystery” (‘California Congress of Parents and Teachers’) pits Charlie Chan against international spies who are using the Berlin Olympic…
They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
Night Key (1937)
The inventor of a new top-of-the-line burglar alarm system is kidnapped by a gang in order to get him to help them commit robberies.
Internes Can’t Take Money (1937)
Dr. Kildare treats and falls for impoverished ex-con Janet Haley, widow of a bank robber, who can’t find her baby. Later she helps Kildare sew up gangster Hanlon in a…
Marked Woman (1937)
In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city’s most powerful gangsters.
China Passage (1937)
Americans Tommy Baldwin and Joe Dugan are hired to transport a fabulous diamond from Shanghai to San Francisco. They will be paid handsomely on success or killed on failure. The…
Penrod and Sam (1937)
A boy and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.
Dick Tracy (1937)
Dick Tracy’s foe for this serial is the crime boss and Masked Mystery Villain The Spider/The Lame One and his Spider Ring. In the process of various crimes, including using…
Black Legion (1937)
When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.
Blake of Scotland Yard (1937)
A 15 episode serial in which Blake battles the “Scorpion” over possession of a ‘death ray’ machine.
You Only Live Once (1937)
Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder,…
Sabotage (1937)
Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has…
Smart Blonde (1937)
Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.
After the Thin Man (1936)
Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora’s cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady owners of a popular nightclub, a singer…
Career Woman (1936)
A young woman graduates from a New York City law school, returns to her small hometown, and finds her first case is defending a childhood friend accused of murder. Director…
Sensation (1936)
Pat Heaton may be the best crime reporter in town but his fiancée Claire, despairing of the more tawdry aspects of his profession, makes him promise to give the job…
The Lower Depths (1936)
Inhabitants of a flophouse struggle to survive under the harsh treatment imposed by the landlord, Kostyleva. One resident, young thief Wasska Pepel, ends his affair with the landlord’s wife, Vassilissa,…
Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)
A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago.
Dusty Ermine (1936)
A forger returns to his family when he leaves jail vowing to go straight. Although approached by an international counterfeiting gang he keeps his word only to find his nephew…