The best Frankie Darro’s crime movies

Frankie Darro

Frankie Darro

22/12/1917- 25/12/1976
We present our ranking of the best Frankie Darro’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 Frankie Darro.

The Public Enemy

The Public Enemy
7.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 23/04/1931
  • Character: Matt as a Boy (uncredited)
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.

Three on a Match

Three on a Match
7.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 29/10/1932
  • Character: Bobby (uncredited)
Mary, Vivian and Ruth are former schoolmates who do some catching up after a chance meeting. Of the three women, Vivian, who married successful lawyer Robert, seems to have the most glamorous life. Vivian really isn't satisfied though, and soon deserts Robert and her son for Mike, a mobster. Before long, Vivian is hooked on drugs, and Mike needs cash.

The Mayor of Hell

The Mayor of Hell
6.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 24/06/1933
  • Character: James 'Jimmie' Smith
Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.

Angels' Alley

Angels' Alley
5.9/10
Slip invites his cousin Jimmy to stay with his family after he is released from prison. However, Jimmy soon gets mixed up with an auto-theft ring.

Charlie Chan at the Race Track

Charlie Chan at the Race Track
7/10
When a friend of Charlie's is found kicked to death by his own race horse on board a Honolulu-bound liner, the detective discovers foul play and uncovers an international gambling ring.

The Payoff

The Payoff
5.6/10
An honest sports columnist's greedy wife persuades him to go easy on a cheat, famous for crooked sports deals.

Red Hot Tires

Red Hot Tires
5.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 02/02/1935
  • Character: Johnny
An escaped convict redeems himself by becoming an auto racing champion.

Juvenile Court

Juvenile Court
5.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 10/09/1938
  • Character: Stubby
Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death sentence by blaming the slums environment as the cause of Dutch's crimes, enlists the aid of Dutch's sister, Marcia Adams, to get the slum dwellers at appeal for public monies to provide recreational places for the slum kids.

Trouble Makers

Trouble Makers
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 02/01/1949
  • Character: Ben Feathers
Slip and Sach are in the sidewalk star-gazing business when they see a murder committed in a room at the El Royale Hotel.

Tough to Handle

Tough to Handle
5.8/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 24/05/1937
  • Character: Mike Sanford
A young reporter's grandfather wins a sweepstakes, but it turns out that his ticket is phony. The reporter finds out that the police are looking for the criminal ring responsible for the phony-sweepstakes racket, so he and his young brother set out to track down the gang responsible and expose them.

The Vanishing Legion

The Vanishing Legion
6.8/10
A mysterious master criminal known as The Voice plots with his gang to sabotage the Milesburg Oil Company, but the rightful heir has a secret army of her own to protect her rights.

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