The best Fred Kohler’s crime movies

Fred Kohler

Fred Kohler

20/04/1887- 28/10/1938
We present our ranking of the best Fred Kohler’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 Fred Kohler.

Hell's Heroes

Hell's Heroes
7.2/10
Three bank robbers on the run happen across a woman about to give birth in an abandoned covered wagon. Before she dies, she names the three bandits as her newborn son's godfathers.

Underworld

Underworld
7.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 20/08/1927
  • Character: 'Buck' Mulligan
Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.

The Accusing Finger

The Accusing Finger
6.6/10
A district attorney sends a young man to the electric chair, then lands in the death house himself.

Gangs of New York

Gangs of New York
6.2/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 23/05/1938
  • Character: Kruger
An undercover cop infiltrates a powerful New York based crime syndicate.

The Dragnet

The Dragnet
6.7/10
A 1928 silent film crime drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures, directed by Josef von Sternberg from an original screen story and starring George Bancroft and Evelyn Brent.

Daughter of Shanghai

Daughter of Shanghai
6.6/10
A Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal alien smuggling ring.

Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 20/06/1929
  • Character: 'Bad Al' Friedberg
A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolt's girl, without knowing of their relationship. Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the execution long enough to kill young Moran for romancing his girl.

A Daughter of the Law

A Daughter of the Law
5.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/11/1921
  • Character: George Stacey
When Eddie, the son of a police officer, gets involved with a criminal gang, his sister tries to steer him away from crime.

X Marks the Spot

X Marks the Spot
5.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 13/12/1931
  • Character: Edward P. Riggs
The story begins in 1923 where after an accident, a newspaper reporter needs to raise $5,000 to pay for an operation, otherwise his young sister will be crippled for life. The desperate reporter is finally able to get the cash from a shady acquaintance, Riggs. Eight years later in New York, circumstances conspire to place the reporter as the number one suspect in the murder of a showgirl. With no witness or alibi, the reporter devises a plan to smoke out the real culprit. A meeting is arranged under the cover of night and to the surprise of both men, the murderer is Riggs. Out of gratitude for past generosity to his sister, the reporter agrees not to expose Riggs, however unwittingly leads the police to him! Riggs is found guilty, and a dramatic scene in the courthouse ensues.

Ship of Wanted Men

Ship of Wanted Men
3.4/10
A shipful of fugitives from justice pulls up on a Pacific Island where there are no extradition laws. The island is a magnet for the scum of the earth, as well as a few honest guys who were framed. Into this den of iniquity swims socialite Dorothy Sebastian, who jumped off a yacht after apparently murdering her lecherous host. To remain on the Island, Sebastian is told that she must pay $5,000 to head honcho Fred Kohler -- and if she hasn't got the money, it is implied, there are other methods of collection.

The Spieler

The Spieler
6.7/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 20/12/1928
  • Character: Red Moon
After being released from jail, two con artists take their grift to a carnival.

The Tiger's Trail

The Tiger's Trail
3.3/10

Times Square Lady

Times Square Lady
6/10
A young Iowa woman inherits her late estranged father's New York business, but the dead man's crooked associates think they can outwit the naive heir and seize control.

The City Gone Wild

The City Gone Wild
5.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 12/11/1927
  • Character: Gunner Gallagher
Hard-boiled underworld melodrama, with gang wars and gunfights, in which criminal lawyer turns prosecutor to avenge a friend's death.

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