The best George O'Hanlon’s crime movies

George O'Hanlon

George O'Hanlon

23/11/1912- 11/02/1989
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City for Conquest

City for Conquest
7.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaMusic
  • Release: 21/09/1940
  • Character: Newsboy (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?

Dust Be My Destiny

Dust Be My Destiny
6.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 16/09/1939
  • Character: Man at Bank After Robbery (uncredited)
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him.

Blondes at Work

Blondes at Work
6.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 05/02/1938
  • Character: Third Newsboy (uncredited)
When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in crime news reporting, Det. Lt. Steve McBride determines to thwart her efforts to get inside information - and she determines to go on getting it, by whatever means necessary.

The Counterfeiters

The Counterfeiters
5.8/10
Scotland Yard cop goes undercover to nab counterfeiter and his gang.

Criminal Investigator

Criminal Investigator
5.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 23/10/1942
  • Character: Powers
A reporter investigates the murder of a showgirl, who was the widow of a millionaire. While digging in to the mysterious murder of a showgirl (Vivian Wilcox), intrepid reporter Bob Martin (Robert Lowery) uncovers a connection between that case and another one he's been working on. An inmate (Lawrence Creighton) holds the key to the crime, but there's one problem: He's deaf and mute. Meanwhile, the murderers (Jan Wiley and Charlie Hall) appear to be working for a very powerful person.

So You Want to Be a Detective

So You Want to Be a Detective
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 26/06/1948
  • Character: Joe McDoakes (a.k.a. Phillip Snarlow)
Joe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case. Throughout the film, he spars verbally with narrator Art Gilmore.

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