Crime Movies
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and proceeds to wrest leadership of the…
Lord Jeff (1938)
Spoiled child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat and steal jewelry from exclusive shops. During a a caper, Geoffrey is…
One Wild Night (1938)
Frenzied comedy starring June Lang as a reporter investigating the mysterious disappearances of four men who had all withdrawn large sums of money from the local bank in Stockton, Ohio.
You and Me (1938)
Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Among his ’employed-prison-graduates’ are Helen…
The Saint in New York (1938)
A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fights lawlessness and corruption through unorthodox methods. Templar sets his sights on individual…
Crime School (1938)
In the slums, teenager Frankie Warren hangs out with a rowdy gang who one day knock him out in a fight. In court, the boys refuse to reveal who struck…
Go Chase Yourself (1938)
When a bank is robbed, a not-so-bright teller is wrongly suspected of being part of the holdup team. Comedy.
Mr. Moto’s Gamble (1938)
Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into cold-blooded murder! Assisted by detective-in-training Lee Chan, Moto sets out to track down the killer…
Tip-Off Girls (1938)
A federal agent goes after a hijacking ring that uses beautiful women to help it hijack the rigs of unsuspecting truckers.
State Police (1938)
The state police try to break up racketeering in a coal mining town.
Dangerous to Know (1938)
Racketeer Steve Recka, art patron and political power-maker, rules his town and Madame Lan Ying, his beautiful friend and hostess (read:mistress), with an iron hand. He meets Margaret Van Kase,…
A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with foreclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.
Midnight Intruder (1938)
A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is the suspect.
Blondes at Work (1938)
When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in crime news reporting, Det. Lt. Steve McBride…
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938)
Sexton Blake and Tinker foil criminal plot connected with the Tongs, and master-minded by “famous stamp collector” and millionaire.
The Black Doll (1938)
Nicholas Rood, dishonest mine owner, finds a Black Doll on his desk and knows that vengeance is about to overtake him for murdering his former partner. He is knifed as…
Double Danger (1938)
A crime novelist devises a scheme to catch the thief who has stolen the valuable “Konjer Diamonds”. Director Lew Landers’ 1938 B-film stars Preston Foster, Whitney Bourne, Cecil Kellaway, Donald…
Algiers (1938)
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers. French officials arrive…
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.
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…
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…
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.