The best Al Hill’s crime movies

Al Hill

Al Hill

14/07/1892- 14/07/1954
Today we present the best Al Hill’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Al Hill’s movies.
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The Killers

The Killers
7.7/10
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.

The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties
7.9/10
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.

'G' Men

'G' Men
7.1/10
James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.

They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night
7.2/10
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.

Little Caesar

Little Caesar
7.2/10
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

Nocturne

Nocturne
6.5/10
In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it was a suicide but police detective Joe Warne isn't so sure.

Invisible Stripes

Invisible Stripes
6.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 30/12/1939
  • Character: Getaway Driver at Bank Job (uncredited)
A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.

You Only Live Once

You Only Live Once
7.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 23/01/1937
  • Character: Attendant in Second Gas Station (uncredited)
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, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.

Smashing the Rackets

Smashing the Rackets
6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 08/08/1938
  • Character: Strong Arm Man
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office. Meanwhile, he meets wild debutante Letty Lane, girlfriend of mob mouthpiece Steve Lawrence; and Letty's much nicer sister Susan. Now the slot machine gang brutally beats Jim's friends Franz and Otto. And Jim finds a way to use his nominal position to go into the racket- busting business. But his success puts Letty in deadly peril...

Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk
6.6/10
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.

Sergeant Madden

Sergeant Madden
6.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 24/03/1939
  • Character: Prisoner on Train
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.

Johnny O'Clock

Johnny O'Clock
6.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 23/01/1947
  • Character: Fisherman
When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.

The Accusing Finger

The Accusing Finger
6.6/10
A district attorney sends a young man to the electric chair, then lands in the death house himself.

Dr. Socrates

Dr. Socrates
6.5/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 19/10/1935
  • Character: Gangster in Car
Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling doctor in a small town that has a gangster's hideout.

The Criminal Code

The Criminal Code
6.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 31/12/1930
  • Character: Jerry
After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10 years. Six years later, Brady becomes the prison warden and offers the beleaguered Robert a job as his chauffeur. Robert cleans up his act, but, on the eve of his pardon, his cellmate drags him back into the world of violence, and he faces a difficult choice that could return him to prison.

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 17/03/1928
  • Character: Gangster (uncredited)
A mob boss' gang gets suspicious about their boss' new girlfriend, a beautiful young girl who doesn't seem to be the type who'd hang out with gangsters. They're not quite certain if she's actually a police agent or just a "groupie".

Lucky Jordan

Lucky Jordan
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrimeDrama
  • Release: 16/11/1942
  • Character: First Killer (as Al M. Hill)
Lucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries to escape duty by using an old con woman named Annie to convince the draft board he's needed at home. When that fails, Jordan is sent to boot camp, but he doesn't stay there long. He takes a beautiful USO worker hostage and flees back to New York. There, he learns that a rival gangster is plotting against America.

Each Dawn I Die

Each Dawn I Die
7.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaThriller
  • Release: 22/07/1939
  • Character: Johnny - a Gangster (uncredited)
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.

Night in New Orleans

Night in New Orleans
5.9/10
A policeman's family helps to exonerate him of murder charges in the death of a man he had under interrogation.

Sworn Enemy

Sworn Enemy
6.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaRomance
  • Release: 11/09/1936
  • Character: Morris, a Gangster (uncredited)
A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.

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