The best Andy Devine’s crime movies

Andy Devine

Andy Devine

07/10/1905- 18/02/1977
We present our ranking of the best Andy Devine’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Andy Devine.

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
7.5/10
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.

Midnight Mary

Midnight Mary
7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaRomance
  • Release: 30/06/1933
  • Character: Samuel 'Sam' / 'Sammy' Travers
A young woman is on trial for murder. In flashback, we learn of her struggles to overcome poverty as a teenager -- a mistaken arrest and prison term for shoplifting and lack of employment lead to involvement with gangsters. In a brothel, she meets a young lawyer, scion of a wealthy and prestigious family, who falls for her and helps her turn around her life. But her past catches up with her, and she must face the music rather than cause him scandal.

Upperworld

Upperworld
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 19/04/1934
  • Character: Oscar
A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the millionaire.

The Criminal Code

The Criminal Code
6.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 31/12/1930
  • Character: Cluck (uncredited)
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.

Yellowstone

Yellowstone
5.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/09/1936
  • Character: Pay-Day
Murder mystery set in Yellowstone National Park.

Chinatown Squad

Chinatown Squad
6.2/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 31/05/1935
  • Character: George Mason
Police search for the killer of a man who misused $700,000 intended for the Chinese Communists.

Ghost Catchers

Ghost Catchers
5.5/10
Two zanies get mixed up with a Southern colonel, his beautiful daughters, a nightclub and a haunted mansion.

The President Vanishes

The President Vanishes
6.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 17/11/1934
  • Character: Val Orcott
The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman and produced by Walter Wanger. Starring Edward Arnold and Arthur Byron, the film is an adaptation of Rex Stout's political novel of the same name.

Top Sergeant

Top Sergeant
5.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 12/06/1942
  • Character: Andy Jarrett
An army sergeant recognises a young recruit as the man responsible for his brother's death, while attempting a robbery.

Radio Patrol

Radio Patrol
6.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 02/06/1932
  • Character: Pete Wiley
A policeman in need of money is persuaded to take a $1000 bribe to stay away the night a packing house is to be robbed.

Black Diamonds

Black Diamonds
5.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 16/07/1940
  • Character: Tolliver Higgenbotham
A reporter on a visit to his hometown hears of dangerous conditions at the local coal mine, and proceeds to investigate.

Song of the Eagle

Song of the Eagle
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 27/04/1933
  • Character: Mud
This drama centers on the fight for certain post-Prohibitionist groups to gain total control over the liquor industry. Much of the tale is focused upon a family endeavoring to keep their little brewery.

Pete Kelly's Blues

Pete Kelly's Blues
6.3/10
In 1927, a Kansas City, Missouri cornet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy until a racketeer tries to extort them in exchange for protection.

Men of the Timberland

Men of the Timberland
5.5/10
Tim MacGregor, unscrupulous lumber operator, obtains by bribery a contract to cut a vast quantity of timber from land owned by Kay Handley, rich débutante. When Dick O'Hara, forestry inspector, demands a postponement, MacGrgeor refuses and sends his henchman, Jean Collet, to obtain the services of the famous "bull-of-the-woods" Andy Jensen and his partner "Lucky." Kay arrives and gives her permission to cut the timber, defying Dick. Dick, with his two assistants, Withers and "Tex," begins a survey of the timber stand. When Dick and Tex finally reveal MacGrgeor as a crook, Collet is sent to kill "Tex" and obtain the reports. A fight ensues and "Lucky" is killed by one of Collet's flying knives. Kay then admits that Dick is right and helps him trap Collet. Dick and Andy force a confession from Collet and MacGregor is exposed.

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