The best Jeff Donnell’s crime movies

Jeff Donnell

Jeff Donnell

10/07/1921- 11/04/1988
We present our ranking of the best Jeff Donnell’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 Jeff Donnell.

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man
5.2/10
When an extortionist threatens to force a multi-suicide unless a huge ransom is paid, only Peter Parker can stop him with his new powers as Spider-Man.

The Blue Gardenia

The Blue Gardenia
6.9/10
Deeply distraught that her GI ex-boyfriend plans to marry another woman, Norah Larkin agrees to go out on a date with lothario Harry Prebble. Norah's drunken night out with Prebble ends in a hazily remembered confrontation and the next day a startling discovery: Harry has been murdered, and the police have found Norah's personal effects at the scene. Tipped off to the breaking news, reporter Casey Mayo invites Norah to tell her side of the story.

Night Editor

Night Editor
6.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 29/03/1946
  • Character: Martha Cochrane
"Night Editor" was based on the already existing radio program in which a newspaper editor would recount the 'inside story' of some bit newspaper story, and later became a television series.

Walk Softly, Stranger

Walk Softly, Stranger
6.5/10
A petty crook (Joseph Cotten) moves to an Ohio town and courts a factory owner's disabled daughter (Valli).

Murder by Natural Causes

Murder by Natural Causes
7.6/10
Allison, the unfaithful wife of a famous mentalist with a heart problem, together with her lover tries to kill him by scaring him to death, but the whole thing goes downhill when it turns out that he knew about it all along.

The Power of the Whistler

The Power of the Whistler
6.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 19/04/1945
  • Character: Frances 'Francie' Lane
A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then tries to help him remember who he is based on items in his pockets.

The Phantom Thief

The Phantom Thief
6.4/10
Boston Blackie, in the 11th film of the Columbia series, indulges in some wit-trading with a squirmy spiritualist who deals in blackmail, murder and the occult. "Blackie" out to help his pal, "Runt," recover some jewels, finds himself involved in the homicides, and also finds himself as the prime suspect, and now has to find the real culprit in order to clear himself. So "Blackie,", a man of many talents and already a proved magician from cases past, shows he knows a little bit about dancing skeletons, walking phantoms and spiritualism himself, and holds a séance to unmask the murderer.

Mr. District Attorney

Mr. District Attorney
6.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 20/02/1947
  • Character: Miss Miller
An assistant district attorney gets mixed-up with a woman who is working for the group that he is investigating.

Post Office Investigator

Post Office Investigator
5.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/09/1949
  • Character: April Shaughnessy
A mailman (Warren Douglas) leads PO-men to a pistol-packing stamp thief (Audrey Long) and her gang.

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