The best Colin Tapley’s crime movies

Colin Tapley

Colin Tapley

07/05/1907- 01/12/1995
We present our ranking of the best Colin Tapley’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Colin Tapley.

The Safecracker

The Safecracker
6.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/10/1958
  • Character: Colonel Charles Mercer
Safe cracker, Colley Dawson, is recruited to steal a list of Nazi agents from a safe in a Nazi occupied chateau in Belgium.

The Black Room

The Black Room
6.9/10
In a 16th-century European town, the ruling family has been given a prophecy that, should there ever be twin boys born, the younger will murder the older; so is dismayed when twins are born to the popular baron. The older grows to be a selfish, slovenly man, who inherits the castle at his father's death and becomes ruler over the formerly happy villagers. He enjoys his power until he learns his younger brother is returning from abroad and, afraid of the prophecy, he determines to murder his sibling, hide his body in the "black room" - an old torture chamber sealed away behind the fireplace - and then impersonate him, right down to his withered arm. In this way he hopes to not only avoid the prophecy, but also escape consequences of his other criminal deeds and obtain marriage to a local girl of the nobility...

Strongroom

Strongroom
7.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 04/05/1962
  • Character: Haynes
During a bank robbery, the manager and a cashier are locked in the strongroom, while the crooks escape. Later, when the gang realise that their plan to release the pair has gone wrong, they return to the bank to try and release them before the police turn up.

Wide Boy

Wide Boy
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/12/1952
  • Character: Mannering
Picking a pocket leads to blackmail and murder for a petty criminal (Sidney Tafler) in London.

Three Steps to the Gallows

Three Steps to the Gallows
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/12/1953
  • Character: Arnold Winslow
A U.S. sailor (Scott Brady) docks in London and in three days tries to save his brother from the gallows.

Wings of Danger

Wings of Danger
5.3/10
A former pilot suffering from blackouts discovers that a fellow flyer is suspected of being mixed up with a web of smugglers. While searching for his missing buddy, he unwittingly becomes entangled in a morass of suspicion.

King of Gamblers

King of Gamblers
6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 22/04/1937
  • Character: Joe
A fast moving and low budget crime drama seasoned with mystery & comedy.

Noose for a Lady

Noose for a Lady
6.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/04/1953
  • Character: Major Fergusson
An amateur detective races against time to clear the name of his cousin, who is accused of murdering her husband. It is based on the novel Whispering Woman by Gerald Verner.

The Return of Sophie Lang

The Return of Sophie Lang
6.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 18/06/1936
  • Character: Larry
In order to give up her life of crime and go straight, renowned jewel thief Sophie Lang fakes her own death and retires to London. She soon finds a job as a companion to a wealthy old lady who is also a jewel collector. One day her employer decides to take an ocean trip to the US, taking Sophie with her. She also takes along a $200,000 diamond, which she locks up in the ship's safe. Of course, the diamond is soon stolen from the safe. A reporter also happens to be aboard the ship, and he has had his suspicions about who Sophie really is. Sophie has to find the real thief and recover the jewel before the ship docks in New York, because an investigation could reveal her true identity.

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