The best Edward Van Sloan’s crime movies
We present our ranking of the best Edward Van Sloan’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 Edward Van Sloan.
Manhattan Melodrama
7.1/10
The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
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...
Before I Hang
6.1/10
A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.
The Underworld Story
6.9/10
A blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a big city daily.
This Side of the Law
6.4/10
A man - trapped in a cistern - reflects on the dark events that lead to his lonely entrapment.
Road Gang
6.3/10
A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed for a crime and sentenced to serve five years at a prison farm.
The Crosby Case
5.9/10
Former lovers get together to clear themselves when the police suspect them of murder.
The Billion Dollar Scandal
6.4/10
An ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron finds trouble when his brother messes around with the boss's daughter.
Behind the Mask
6/10
A Secret Service agent (Jack Holt) nabs a scalpel-happy doctor who runs drugs in caskets.
Danger on the Air
6.3/10
This murder mystery is set behind-the-scenes of a radio station. the trouble begins when a hated cad of a sponsor is found murdered during the climax of a live radio show.
