The best Jack Holt’s crime movies

Jack Holt

Jack Holt

31/05/1888- 18/01/1951
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Jack Holt’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 Jack Holt.

The Chase

The Chase
6.4/10
Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with Eddie's fearful wife becomes a nightmare.

Whirlpool

Whirlpool
6.6/10
An ex-convict tries to connect with the daughter who doesn't even know he exists.

The Defense Rests

The Defense Rests
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 15/07/1934
  • Character: Matthew Mitchell
A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.

North of Nome

North of Nome
7.7/10
John Raglan is a seal hunter being hounded by hijackers, so he strands himself on an isolated island in the Bering Sea that is owned by a corporation. During a fierce sea-storm, Raglan rescues the passengers of a floundering ship, which includes the owner of the island, his daughter and her fiancée. The owner threatens to charge Ragland with poaching on private property, and then a gang of seal-skin thieves make an entrance.

Behind the Mask

Behind the Mask
6/10
A Secret Service agent (Jack Holt) nabs a scalpel-happy doctor who runs drugs in caskets.

Crime Takes a Holiday

Crime Takes a Holiday
6.6/10
A district attorney uses psychology to expose a criminal gang by publicizing the prosecution of an innocent man.

The Mask

The Mask
  • Genre: CrimeDramaMystery
  • Release: 17/06/1921
  • Character: Kenneth Traynor / Handsome Jack
The Mask 1921 film

The Great Plane Robbery

The Great Plane Robbery
4.3/10
Assigned to keep watch over a recently released gangster, an insurance investigator must keep the client alive after he is taken hostage by former henchmen.

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