The best Hillary Brooke’s crime movies

Hillary Brooke

Hillary Brooke

08/09/1914- 25/05/1999
Today we present the best Hillary Brooke’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Hillary Brooke’s movies.

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Man Who Knew Too Much
7.4/10
A widescreen, Technicolor remake by Hitchcock of his 1934 film of the same title. A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.

Big Town After Dark

Big Town After Dark
5.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 12/12/1947
  • Character: Lorelei Kilbourne
A crusading newspaper reporter battles big-city gambling interests.

The Woman in Green

The Woman in Green
6.6/10
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
6.4/10
England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before they take place. Baffled, the Defence Committee call in Holmes ...

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
6.9/10
During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime from a long list of suspects including the owners of the home, the staff and the patients recovering there.

Ministry of Fear

Ministry of Fear
7.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 19/05/1944
  • Character: Mrs. Bellane #2, spiritualist
Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn't seem so sane outside either. On his way back to London to rejoin civilization, he stumbles across a murderous spy ring and doesn't quite know to whom to turn.

The Fuller Brush Man

The Fuller Brush Man
6.8/10
Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make good when he becomes a Fuller Brush man. His awkward attempts at sales are further complicated when one of his customers is murdered and he becomes the prime suspect.

Vendetta

Vendetta
6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 25/12/1950
  • Character: Lydia Nevil
The daughter of a slain man pushes her brother toward vengeance in 19th-century Corsica.

Alimony

Alimony
5.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 11/06/1949
  • Character: Linda Waring
A promising young composer is tempted away from his devoted wife by a fortune-seeking woman who cares more for his prospects than for him.

Big Town

Big Town
5.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 23/08/1946
  • Character: Lorelei Kilbourne
A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away.

Confidence Girl

Confidence Girl
6/10
After successfully swindling thousands of dollars from hapless victims, conflicted con artist Mary (Hillary Brooke) decides to go straight, but her greedy boyfriend and partner, Roger (Tom Conway), convinces her to pull off one final scam before they get married. Written and directed by Andrew L. Stone, this classic crime film finds the police struggling to keep up with the deceptive duo's exceedingly complicated schemes.

Insurance Investigator

Insurance Investigator
6.2/10
When a businessman who has had a double indemnity policy taken out on him dies mysteriously, his insurance company sends an undercover investigator to town to determine exactly what happened.

Big Town Scandal

Big Town Scandal
5.3/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 27/05/1948
  • Character: Lorelei Kilbourne
A crusading editor and his star reporter aid underprivileged youths and crack down on racketeers out to fix basketball.

Unmasked

Unmasked
6.2/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 30/01/1950
  • Character: Doris King (Jackson)
The editor of a sleazy tabloid newspaper has been borrowing money from his lover, the wife of a rich theatrical producer, and promises to marry her when she gets a divorce. However, the husband refuses to grant her a divorce, and takes back all the money and jewelry he has given her. The editor sees her husband leaving her apartment and, seeing his opportunity, kills her, takes all his IOUs (and the jewelry) and frames the husband for the murder.

Bengazi

Bengazi
5/10
An American with a shady past joins with a morally-bankrupt Irishman to find treasure buried by Arabs in a deserted mosque in the Sahara. The situation becomes complicated when they are surrounded by Bedouin bandits.

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