The best Don Dillaway’s crime movies

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Don Dillaway

17/03/1903- 18/11/1982
Today we present the best Don Dillaway’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 Don Dillaway’s movies.

Bunco Squad

Bunco Squad
6.1/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 01/09/1950
  • Character: Bible Salesman (uncredited)
Police sergeants Johnson and McManus take on Los Angeles confidence tricksters. Con man Tony Wells, lining up rich widow Jessica Royce as his latest mark, sets up a false paranormal society with other charlatans to convince the credulous Jessica that her late son is speaking to her through their sham seances. When the plan leads to murder, Johnson and McManus must bring the group down before they kill again.

The Racket

The Racket
6.7/10
Mobster Nick Scanlon has managed to buy several of the local government and law-enforcement officials. However, he can't seem to touch the incorruptible police captain Tom McQuigg, who refuses all attempts at bribery. Prosecuting attorney, Welch, and a police detective, Turck, are crooked and make McQuigg's job as an honest officer nearly impossible.

The Little Giant

The Little Giant
7/10
Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who sells him some phony stock certificates. When he learns about this he sends to Chicago for mob help.

The Whip Hand

The Whip Hand
6/10
A small-town reporter investigates a mysterious group holed up in a country lodge.

Blue, White, and Perfect

Blue, White, and Perfect
6.5/10
In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get a job as riveter in an aircraft plant. He quickly finds himself investigating the theft of industrial diamonds from the plant's safe and, utilizing a variety of false identities, traces them first to a dress factory and later to a Hawaii-bound ocean liner. Escaping several attempts on his life, he is able to uncover a Nazi smuggling ring, but the location of the missing diamonds continues to elude him.

Hunt the Man Down

Hunt the Man Down
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 26/12/1950
  • Character: Assistant Deputy (uncredited)
A lawyer uncovers secrets behind a 12-year-old murder case.

A Dangerous Profession

A Dangerous Profession
6/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 10/12/1949
A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation.

Margin for Error

Margin for Error
5.8/10
Margin for Error is a 1943 American drama film directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Lillie Hayward and Samuel Fuller is based on the 1939 play of the same title by Clare Boothe Luce.

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