The best Celia Lovsky’s crime movies

Celia Lovsky

Celia Lovsky

21/02/1897- 12/10/1979
Today we present the best Celia Lovsky’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 Celia Lovsky’s movies.
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Soylent Green

Soylent Green
7/10
In an overpopulated futuristic Earth, a New York police detective finds himself marked for murder by government agents when he gets too close to a bizarre state secret involving the origins of a revolutionary and needed new foodstuff.

The Big Heat

The Big Heat
7.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaThriller
  • Release: 14/10/1953
  • Character: Lagana's Mother in Portrait (uncredited)
Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeHistory
  • Release: 30/06/1967
  • Character: Josephine Schwimmer
Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival gang. The film traces the history of the incident, and the lives affected and in some cases ended by it.

While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps
6.9/10
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer"

The Blue Gardenia

The Blue Gardenia
6.9/10
Deeply distraught that her GI ex-boyfriend plans to marry another woman, Norah Larkin agrees to go out on a date with lothario Harry Prebble. Norah's drunken night out with Prebble ends in a hazily remembered confrontation and the next day a startling discovery: Harry has been murdered, and the police have found Norah's personal effects at the scene. Tipped off to the breaking news, reporter Casey Mayo invites Norah to tell her side of the story.

Chicago Deadline

Chicago Deadline
6.3/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 17/10/1949
  • Character: Mrs. Schleffler (Uncredited)
On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Ames finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads to a host of names of men frightened by her death but claiming never to have known her. Ames comes to know quite a lot, dangerously so.

New York Confidential

New York Confidential
7.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 15/02/1955
  • Character: Mama Lupo
Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.

The Garment Jungle

The Garment Jungle
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 25/04/1957
  • Character: Tulio's mother
Alan Mitchell returns to New York to work for his father Walter, the owner of a fashion house that designs and manufactures dresses. To stay non-union, Walter has hired Artie Ravidge, a hood who uses strong-arm tactics to keep the employees in line.

I, Mobster

I, Mobster
6.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/01/1959
  • Character: Mrs. Sante
The rise and fall of gang lord Joe Sante. A crime boss (Steve Cochran) appears before a Senate subcommittee; flashbacks tell his story.

Death of a Scoundrel

Death of a Scoundrel
6.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 31/10/1956
  • Character: Mrs. Sabourin (Clementi's mother)
A Czech refugee uses women to advance his business interest.

Flaming Fury

Flaming Fury
6.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 28/07/1949
  • Character: Bertha Polacheck
A Los Angeles fire captain (Roy Roberts) sends an arson-squad rookie (George Cooper) undercover.

Rumble on the Docks

Rumble on the Docks
5.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/12/1956
  • Character: Anna Smigelski
A Brooklyn-born 17-year-old's loyalty is torn between his parents' old-fashion values and a local gangster's flashy lifestyle.

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