The best Charles Quigley’s crime movies

Charles Quigley

Charles Quigley

12/02/1906- 05/08/1964
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Superman

Superman
6.8/10
Superman comes to Earth as a child and grows up to be his home's first superhero with his first major challenge being to oppose The Spider Lady.

Danger Street

Danger Street
5.6/10
Magazine owners (Jane Withers, Robert Lowery) sell a revealing photo, then play detective when the deal leads to murder.

The Crimson Ghost

The Crimson Ghost
6.8/10
A criminal mastermind known as The Crimson Ghost is out to steal a device called the Cyclotrode, which can short-circuit all electrical current on the planet.

Lady from Nowhere

Lady from Nowhere
5.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 23/12/1936
  • Character: Earl Daniels
A manicurist witnesses a gangland murder. Realizing there was a witness to their crime, the killer tries to track her down and silence her.

Charlie Chan's Secret

Charlie Chan's Secret
7/10
Allen Colby, heir to a huge fortune, is presumed drowned after an ocean liner sinks off the coast of Honolulu. Mysteriously, Colby reappears at his mansion only to be murdered soon after. When his body is discovered during a seance, everyone in attendance becomes a suspect, and it's up to Chan to find the murderer before he or she strikes again.

Daredevils of the Red Circle

Daredevils of the Red Circle
7.1/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 10/06/1939
  • Character: Gene Townley
Escaped Prisoner 39013 impersonates the rich and influential Horace Granville, allowing him to create a variety of disasters. Fortunately, he is thwarted repeatedly by three daring circus daredevils.

Three on a Ticket

Three on a Ticket
6.2/10
A private detective, who has been shot, stumbles into the office of Michael Shayne (Hugh Beaumont), and dies before Shayne can question him. Shayne finds a baggage ticket in his hand. He claims it and finds the checked-bag contains the loot from a robbery. Now, he has about fifty minutes left of the running time to find the crooks, bring them to justice and return the money to the rightful owners. And needs all of it.

Girls Can Play

Girls Can Play
6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 23/06/1937
  • Character: Jimmy Jones
The Hollywood Post's sports writer, Jimmy Jones (Charles Quigley), yearns to be a crime reporter, and thus looks for foul play on even the most routine assignments. In writing a piece about a girl's softball team, Jimmy discovers that their sponsor, Foy Harris (John Gallaudet), is a notorious racketeer who has supposedly gone straight. Jimmy suspects Foy is still up to no good. He begins hanging around the team to do a bit of snooping, and also to be near the cute new pitcher, Ann Casey (Jacqueline Wells).

Special Inspector

Special Inspector
4.9/10
U. S. Customs Agent Tom Evans is given the assignment of running down a smuggling ring which hijacks Canadian fur-shipper's trucks and sells the loot in the United States.

Heroes in Blue

Heroes in Blue
5.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 07/11/1939
  • Character: Joe Murphy
Family heartbreak: A dedicated New York City policeman raises two sons, one following in his dad's footsteps as a cop while the other turns to crime and is arrested for murder.

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