The best Donald Crisp’s crime movies

Donald Crisp

Donald Crisp

27/07/1882- 25/05/1974
Today we present the best Donald Crisp’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 Donald Crisp’s movies.
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The Musketeers of Pig Alley

The Musketeers of Pig Alley
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 31/10/1912
  • Character: Rival Gang Member (uncredited)
A man recognizes the thief who had previously robbed him as one of the men involved in an unrelated mob shootout.

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 20/07/1938
  • Character: Police Inspector Lewis Lane
A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and proceeds to wrest leadership of the gang away from it's extremely resentful leader.

Brother Orchid

Brother Orchid
7/10
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.

Confession

Confession
7.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 19/08/1937
  • Character: Presiding Judge
Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is revealed that some years earlier Michael ruined Vera's life.

City for Conquest

City for Conquest
7.2/10
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?

Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard
5.4/10
A soldier is wounded in action. His face is restored by a plastic surgeon to resemble someone else.

Kick In

Kick In
7.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 22/05/1931
  • Character: Garvey
Chick Hewes is released from prison and finds work as an accountant. Two years later, Chick's crooked friend, Benny LaMarr, to whom he is indebted for past kindnesses, steals a diamond necklace from the home safe of the district attorney. When the district attorney threatens to accuse the police of inefficiency in crime fighting, Garvey, who is campaigning for the office of police commissioner, promises to catch the thief in twenty-four hours.

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