The best Billy West’s crime movies

Billy West

Billy West

22/09/1892- 21/07/1975
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Billy West’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Billy West.

Jimmy the Gent

Jimmy the Gent
6.6/10
An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor.

The Defense Rests

The Defense Rests
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 15/07/1934
  • Character: Reporter
A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.

Picture Snatcher

Picture Snatcher
7/10
  • Genre: ActionCrimeDrama
  • Release: 06/05/1933
  • Character: Reporter Stacy (uncredited)
An ex-con uses his street smarts to become a successful photojournalist.

The Personality Kid

The Personality Kid
5.8/10
An arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success.

A Very Honorable Guy

A Very Honorable Guy
6/10
Well respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides the only way to settle the bill is by selling his body to an ambitious doctor who agrees to allow him one last month to live life to the fullest, then kill himself.

The Rogue

The Rogue
4.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 14/02/1918
  • Character: Billy
'The Rogue' casts West as the slavey in a boarding-house (not a very Chaplinesque role) overseen by a landlady who seems to be a cross between Alice Davenport and Marie Dressler, with a dash of Hattie Jacques. He crosses paths with a counterfeit count (White) and a stolen violin worth $20,000.

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