The best Frank Faylen’s crime movies on YouTube

Frank Faylen

Frank Faylen

08/12/1905- 02/08/1985
We present our ranking of the best Frank Faylen’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 Frank Faylen.
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Detective Story

Detective Story
7.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/11/1951
  • Character: Det. Gallagher
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.

The Blue Dahlia

The Blue Dahlia
7.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 16/04/1946
  • Character: Man Recommending Motel
Soon after a veteran's return from war his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.

They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night
7.2/10
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.

Invisible Stripes

Invisible Stripes
6.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 30/12/1939
  • Character: Steve - Henchman on Bank Job (uncredited)
A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.

Marked Woman

Marked Woman
7.1/10
In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.

Kid Galahad

Kid Galahad
7.2/10
Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.

City for Conquest

City for Conquest
7.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaMusic
  • Release: 21/09/1940
  • Character: Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited)
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?

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.

It's a Wonderful World

It's a Wonderful World
6.8/10
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.

Castle on the Hudson

Castle on the Hudson
6.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 17/02/1940
  • Character: Guard Who is Slugged (uncredited)
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.

Bullets or Ballots

Bullets or Ballots
7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaThriller
  • Release: 06/06/1936
  • Character: Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. "Bugs" Fenner, meanwhile, is certain that Blake is a police agent.

You Can't Get Away with Murder

You Can't Get Away with Murder
6.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 23/03/1939
  • Character: Boat Tour Guide (uncredited)
Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun stolen from Johnnie's sister Madge's fiance Fred Burke, Fred goes to Sing Sing's death house. Wilson uses all the pressure can to keep Johnnie silent, even after he and Johnnie themselves wind up in the big house.

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