The best Cameron Mitchell’s crime movies

Cameron Mitchell

Cameron Mitchell

04/11/1918- 06/07/1994
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The Rookies

The Rookies
7.5/10
Three new officers in a large metropolitan police department adjust to their new jobs and way of life. This is another TV-pilot that was first aired as an ABC Movie of the Week before becoming a TV-series.

The Klansman

The Klansman
5.2/10
A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young woman has been violently raped. The white town fathers immediately declare that the attacker had to be black, and place the blame on Garth, a young black man. Assuming that the men in white sheets aren't intent on holding a fair and impartial trial, Garth takes to the woods as the Klansmen lynching party hunts him down.

House of Bamboo

House of Bamboo
6.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/07/1955
  • Character: Griff
Eddie Kenner (Robert Stack) is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson (Robert Ryan), a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.

Slaughter

Slaughter
5.9/10
Slaughter, a former Green Beret, avenges the killing of loved ones by the Mob, and after being blackmailed by the feds, is forced to head to South America to finish the mobsters off.

Rebel Rousers

Rebel Rousers
4.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/04/1970
  • Character: Paul Collier
In a small, US costal town with many Spanish speakers, a motorcycle gang arrives on holiday. Also in town to try to reconnect with his pregnant girlfriend, Karen, is businessman Paul Collier. Paul and a leader of the cyclists, J.J., knew each other years before, so when the gang comes upon the couple and, led by the menacing Bunny, beats up Paul and begins a sexual assault of Karen, J.J. tries to intervene: he suggests they hold cycle-riding contests, with the winner claiming Karen (he promises, sotto voce, to set her free if he wins). After the contests commence, Paul crawls away to look for help. He meets with a shrug from a cowardly sheriff's deputy; where can he turn?

Inside the Mafia

Inside the Mafia
5.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/09/1959
  • Character: Tony Ledo
A mob assassin (Cameron Mitchell) holds innocent hostages at an airport in upstate New York.

The Unstoppable Man

The Unstoppable Man
6.5/10
Mitchell is a rich American businessman whose son is kidnapped in England. Naturally, there's a huge ransom demand, but Scotland Yard tells Mitchell to butt out.

Thief

Thief
6.4/10
A professional thief tries to break with his past but has to pull off one last job to pay off a gambling debt.

Texas Detour

Texas Detour
5.1/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 06/06/1978
  • Character: John Hunter
Stunt driving was no problem. It was real life that was out to get him

The Sellout

The Sellout
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 30/05/1952
  • Character: Randloph 'Randy' Stauton
A small-town newspaper editor risks everything to expose a corrupt sheriff.

Smuggler's Gold

Smuggler's Gold
5.8/10
A deep-sea diver becomes romantically involved with the daughter of a gold smuggler.

Mission Kill

Mission Kill
4.4/10
An ex-Green Beret visits one of his army buddies, and finds himself involved in his friend's scheme to smuggle arms into a turbulent South American country.

The Last Installment

The Last Installment
6.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 05/05/1945
  • Character: Clyde Peeler
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a criminal idolizes the life of a famous gangster - unaware that his hero met a tragic end.

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