The best James Brown’s crime movies

James Brown

James Brown

22/03/1920- 11/04/1992
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Targets

Targets
7.3/10
Peter Bogdanovich’s startling debut feature is both a brilliantly constructed thriller and a disturbingly prescient look at the rise of mass shootings in America. In his last serious dramatic role, Boris Karloff plays a version of himself: a washed-up horror actor whose fate intersects with a psychotic sniper (Tim O’Kelly) on a killing spree.

Between Midnight and Dawn

Between Midnight and Dawn
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/10/1950
  • Character: Officer Haynes (uncredited)
Rocky and Dan, war buddies, are prowl car cops on night duty. Dan is a cynic who views all lawbreakers as scum; Rocky feels more lenient. Both are attracted to the radio voice of communicator Kate Mallory; but in person, Kate proves reluctant to get involved with men who just might stop a bullet. By lucky chance, Rocky and Dan cause big trouble for murderous racketeer Ritchie Garris; but when he swears vengeance, Kate's fears may prove justified.

The Ceremony

The Ceremony
5.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 18/12/1963
  • Character: Gendarme
A man has an affair with his condemned brother's girlfriend while plotting his escape in Tangier.

Whiffs

Whiffs
4.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 15/10/1975
  • Character: State Trooper
Elliott Gould steals Army nerve gas to help him rob banks when he’s kicked out of the military after 15 years of service as a human guinea pig in its chemical warfare experiments.

Missing Women

Missing Women
6.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 23/02/1951
  • Character: Sgt. Mike Pernell
A woman becomes desperate to find a pair of car thieves after her husband -- while on their honeymoon -- is killed during a robbery.

The Sea Hornet

The Sea Hornet
6/10
"The Sea Hornet" was a merchant ship sunk, supposedly by a torpedo, less than a mile off the California Coast during World War Two. Six years later when his buddy is killed, attempting to blow up the sunken ship, on the orders of Suntan Radford and Tony Sullivan, deep-sea diver "Gunner" McNeil has his suspicions aroused... especially since Suntan is the daughter of the ship's captain that died when the ship sunk, and Sullivan was a crew member. Plus the fact the ship had over a million dollars in cash on board. During the course of his investigation, he becomes romantically involved with Ginger Sullivan

Inside the Mafia

Inside the Mafia
5.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/09/1959
  • Character: Capt. Doug Blair
A mob assassin (Cameron Mitchell) holds innocent hostages at an airport in upstate New York.

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