The best Ava Gardner’s crime movies

Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner

24/12/1922- 25/01/1990
We present our ranking of the best Ava Gardner’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 Ava Gardner.

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.

Singapore

Singapore
6.4/10
After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée, alluring Linda, and her disappearance during the Japanese attack. But now Linda resurfaces...with amnesia and married to rich planter Van Leyden. Meanwhile, sinister fence Mauribus schemes to get Matt's pearls.

Shadow of the Thin Man

Shadow of the Thin Man
7.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrimeMystery
  • Release: 21/11/1941
  • Character: Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.

Whistle Stop

Whistle Stop
5.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 25/01/1946
  • Character: Mary
When beautiful Mary returns to her "whistle stop" home town, long-standing feelings of animosity between two of her old boyfriends leads to robbery and murder.

The Bribe

The Bribe
6.6/10
United States Federal agent Rigby travels to the Central American island Carlotta to investigate a stolen aircraft engines smuggling racket.

Calling Dr. Gillespie

Calling Dr. Gillespie
6.2/10
Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from mental problems disappears on a killing spree.

Kid Glove Killer

Kid Glove Killer
6.8/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 17/04/1942
  • Character: Car Hop (uncredited)
Van Heflin stars as the head of a city crime lab who tries to solve the murder of the town mayor by scientifically analyzing evidence.

Joe Smith, American

Joe Smith, American
6.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 01/02/1942
  • Character: Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is kidnapped by enemy agents who are determined to get military secrets out of him by any means possible. Will Joe keep quiet or betray his country...

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