The best Clegg Hoyt’s crime movies

Clegg Hoyt

Clegg Hoyt

10/12/1910- 06/10/1967
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In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night
7.9/10
An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town.

Gangster Story

Gangster Story
4.7/10
  • Genre: ActionCrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/12/1959
  • Character: Caretaker at Country Club (as Clegg Hoit)
Actor Walter Matthau directed his first and only feature film with the black-and-white crime drama Gangster Story. In an unusual noncomedic role, Matthau plays Jack Martin, a local gangster who wants to run his own crime syndicate in the neighborhood run by Earl Dawson (Bruce McFarlan). They eventually team up and plan a heist. Carol Grace plays the reform-minded girlfriend.

13 West Street

13 West Street
6.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 23/02/1962
  • Character: Bartender
Walt Sherill is attacked and beat down by a group of juvenile delinquents on his way home from work one night. The boys who attacked him are not previously known by the police and are therefore hard to track down. As Sherill starts getting impatient he begins his own investigation. Meanwhile, Detective Sergeant Koleski does his best to track down the culprits.

Incident in an Alley

Incident in an Alley
5.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 16/05/1962
  • Character: Jerry's Pool Hall Proprietor (uncredited)
A policeman is accused of manslaughtering a 14-year-old boy but is acquitted of all charges. Still, he feels a lot of guilt and begins to doubt if he really is innocent after all.

Rock All Night

Rock All Night
5.7/10
Cloud Nine, the local teen hangout, has been taken over by a pair of escaped killers, who hold the local teens hostage. The bartender realizes it's up to him to save the kids.

Fighting Trouble

Fighting Trouble
5.1/10
An overambitious shutterbug almost gets his lights put out permanently when he decides to snap a picture of a mob boss.

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