The best Hal Price’s crime movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Hal Price’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Hal Price.
Afraid to Talk
7/10
Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taking payoffs.
The Defense Rests
6.5/10
A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
Wild Horse Phantom
5.4/10
A lawman stages a prison break so a gang of imprisoned robbers will lead him to their hidden loot.
Convict's Code
5.4/10
On parole after three years in prison, a football player (Robert Kent) encounters the man (Sidney Blackmer) who framed him.
The Girl in 419
6.1/10
A hospital surgeon (James Dunn) protects a mystery woman (Gloria Stuart) who knows too much about a card-game murder.
Vanity Street
6.7/10
A New York policeman helps a hungry and penniless young woman start life anew by arranging to get her a job in "The Follies".
The Secrets of Wu Sin
5.2/10
A murder mystery about the smuggling of illegal Chinese aliens into America through Chinatown.
Mysterious Doctor Satan
7.3/10
A mad scientist named Dr. Satan plots to steal key pieces of technology to enable him to build an army of robots based on his prototype to conquer America. The only one standing in his way is Bob Wayne, who fights Satan as the enigmatic Copperhead. Mysterious Doctor Satan is a 1940 film serial named after its chief villain. Doctor Satan's main opponent is the masked mystery man, "The Copperhead", whose secret identity is Bob Wayne, a man searching for justice and revenge on Satan for the death of his step-father. The serial charts the conflict between the two as Bob Wayne pursues Doctor Satan, while the latter completes his plans for world domination.
Fog Over Frisco
6.5/10
Val takes the assistance of a society reporter and a journalist to investigate the disappearance of her half-sister Arlene, a wealthy socialite who is involved in criminal activities.
Sin's Pay Day
5.3/10
A woman married to a defense lawyer leaves him when he refuses to stop defending criminals she believes are guilty.
Home on the Prairie
5.7/10
When shifty cattlemen Belknap (Walter Miller) and H.R. Shelby (Gordon Hart) are caught shipping infected animals to Mexico, they frame inspector Gene Autry. Now Autry and his sidekick, Frog Millhouse (Smiley Burnette), must catch the bad guys in the act and set things straight. June Storey co-stars as rancher Martha Wheeler. Autry sings "I'm Gonna Round Up My Blues," "Moonlight on the Ranch House" and "Big Bull Frog."
Tarnished
6.2/10
Bud Dolliver, a former WWII hero, and an ex-convict, returns to his home town in an effort to make a new life for himself but, even with the help of Lou Jellison, a cannery worker, he finds it hard to live down his reputation.
Under-Cover Man
6.8/10
When his father is murdered, erstwhile conman Nick Darrow asks the cops if he can go undercover to find the killers, and maybe even stop a crime ring that has been plaguing the police. The sister of another innocent victim joins him as they infiltrate the syndicate. Any wrong move could lead to instant death.
Convicted Woman
6/10
A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.
The Great Jewel Robber
6.5/10
Director Peter Godfrey's 1950 drama, inspired by true events, dramatizes the crime spree of the notorious jewel thief known as "The Hollywood Raffles", whose famous robbery victims included such real-life celebrities as Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith and Dennis Morgan. David Brian stars in the title role, and he's supported by John Archer, Marjorie Reynolds, Jacqueline de Wit, Alix Talton, Ned Glass, Perdita Chandler and columnist Sheilah Graham, playing herself.
