The best Harry Carey’s crime movies

Harry Carey

Harry Carey

16/01/1878- 21/09/1947
We present our ranking of the best Harry Carey’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 Harry Carey.

The Musketeers of Pig Alley

The Musketeers of Pig Alley
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 31/10/1912
  • Character: Snapper's Sidekick
A man recognizes the thief who had previously robbed him as one of the men involved in an unrelated mob shootout.

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.

Born Reckless

Born Reckless
6/10
Racketeer Jim Barnes is trying to force the independent taxicab-drivers to join his "protection service" at the cost of five bucks a day. Champion race-car driver, Bob Kane, joins with his friends Lee and "Dad" Martin in a fight for the street rights of a big city.

You and Me

You and Me
6.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeRomance
  • Release: 01/06/1938
  • Character: Jerome Morris
Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Among his 'employed-prison-graduates' are Helen Roberts and Joe Dennis, working as sales clerks. Joe is in love with Helen and asks her to marry him, but she is forbidden to marry as she is still on parole, but she says yes and they are married. In spite of their poverty-level life, their marriage is a happy one until Joe discovers she has lied about her past, in order to marry him. Disillusioned, he leaves, goes back to his old gang and plans to rob the department store.

My Son is Guilty

My Son is Guilty
5.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 28/12/1939
  • Character: Police Officer Tim Kerry
Honest cop Tim Kerry struggles to keep his son Ritzy from becoming involved in a crime ring.

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.

Code of the Streets

Code of the Streets
5.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 13/04/1939
  • Character: Detective Lieutenant John Lewis
Frankie Thomas plays Bob Lewis, leader of a gang consisting of Sailor (Harris Berger), Murph (Hally Chester), Monk (Charles Duncan), Trouble (Billy Benedict) and Yap (David Gorcey). The son of disgraced police officer Lt. Lewis (Harry Carey), Bob vows to clear his dad's name, and also to prove that accused murderer Tommy Shay (Paul Fix) is innocent.

The Burglar’s Dilemma

The Burglar’s Dilemma
6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 16/12/1912
  • Character: Older Crook
In this latter day Cain and Abel story, a jealous brother strikes down his sibling just as a young burglar is about to enter the house. The jealous brother summons police, who then charge the intruder with murder.

Soft Shoes

Soft Shoes
6.6/10
Sheriff Pat Halahan comes into an inheritance and travels to San Francisco to collect. Faith O’Day, a cat burglar armed with pistol and flashlight breaks into his hotel room and demands that Halahan cough up his dough. Halahan sees her threat and raises her a one-dollar bet that he can return a brooch she stole earlier the same evening before its loss is discovered. Pulling off his boots to slip on his own “soft shoes,” Halahan sets off to do a little second-story work, not realizing the trouble he’s in for.

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.

A Gun Fightin' Gentleman

A Gun Fightin' Gentleman
4.4/10
Cheyenne Harry, owner of the biggest cattle ranch in his corner of the west, is having trouble with John Merritt, a land-grabbing Chicago meat-packer. By some artifice of shrewd legal aid, Merritt manages to seize Harry's ranch under a bogus writ of foreclosure. Failing to get justice by his many letters to Merritt, Cheyenne Harry goes east and calls at the millionaire's mansion. At first, Merritt refuses to see him. Then, to cause amusement for his daughter, Helen, and her guests, he invites the "uncouth" westerner into his dining hall. He is sure that he will make some grave error in table deportment and afford them all a laugh. To the amazement of Merrit and the guests Harry's table manners are faultless. Then, to trick him into an embarrassing position, Merritt eats with his knife. Harry, realizing that it is proper for the guest to follow the example of the host, does likewise. He leaves the house chagrined but more determined than ever to get justice from Merritt.

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