The best John Eldredge’s crime movies

John Eldredge

John Eldredge

30/08/1904- 23/09/1961
We present our ranking of the best John Eldredge’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 John Eldredge.
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High Sierra

High Sierra
7.5/10
Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.

The Sniper

The Sniper
7.1/10
Eddie Miller struggles with his hatred of women, he's especially bothered by seeing women with their lovers. He starts a killing spree as a sniper by shooting women from far distances. In an attempt to get caught, he writes an anonymous letter to the police begging them to stop him.

Dr. Socrates

Dr. Socrates
6.5/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 19/10/1935
  • Character: Dr. Burton
Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling doctor in a small town that has a gangster's hideout.

Backlash

Backlash
6/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 01/03/1947
  • Character: John Morland
In a series of flashbacks, shows that attorney John Morland has given a lift to a hitchhiker who turns out to be a murderer. As a result, Morland himself is implicated in a killing. A pair of detectives discover that Morland has been having business problems and no end of difficulties with his wife Catherine. The trail of clues leads to a surprising revelation.

Circumstantial Evidence

Circumstantial Evidence
5.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 20/04/1945
  • Character: Judge White
A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax.

Blind Alley

Blind Alley
6.3/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 11/05/1939
  • Character: Dick Holbrook (as John Eldridge)
A gangster takes a doctor and his family hostage.

Dark Alibi

Dark Alibi
6.5/10
After three men are convicted of bank robberies, Charlie becomes suspicious. After some investigation Charlie finds the men are innocent and that the fingerprint evidence used to convict them had been forged. Charlie then proceeds to find the true bank robbers.

Flight from Destiny

Flight from Destiny
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 08/02/1941
  • Character: Peterson
After his doctor informs him he will die in six months, Professor Henry Todhunter decides to spend his last days killing someone who contributes nothing but harm to society. When Henry learns that his friend Betty's husband, Michael, has been painting forgeries of ancient paintings for gallery owner Ketti Moret, he investigates the fraudulent dealer's life. Judging that Ketti is truly evil, Henry prepares to murder her.

Lonely Heart Bandits

Lonely Heart Bandits
6.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 29/08/1950
  • Character: Tony Morell / Wade Antrim
Two con artists join forces and pose as brother and sister. He then meets rich widows through the "personals" sections of newspapers, marries them, and both kill the widows for their money.

Sky Dragon

Sky Dragon
6.4/10
All the passengers on an airplane headed for San Francisco are drugged, and when they wake up, it is discovered that a quarter-million dollars is missing. Charlie Chan--and, of course, his #1 son--must discover the identity of the person who doped the passengers and stole the money.

King of the Underworld

King of the Underworld
6.4/10
After the killing of her husband by friendly fire during a police raid, Dr. Carole Nelson tries to find gangster Joe Gurney to clear her name with the medical board.

Second Chance

Second Chance
5.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 18/07/1947
  • Character: Conrad Martyn
Jewel thieves battle investigators.

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.

Unmasked

Unmasked
6.2/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 30/01/1950
  • Character: Johnny Rocco
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.

Loophole

Loophole
6.7/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 28/03/1954
  • Character: Frank Temple
Bank teller Mike Donovan (Barry Sullivan) takes the first step on the road to Perdition when he fails to report a $49,000 shortage. Accused of theft, Donovan is fired from his job. He is then prevented from finding other employment by Javert-like insurance investigator Gus Slavin (Charles McGraw). Despite many setbacks, Donovan attempts to clear his muddied name.

The Man with Two Faces

The Man with Two Faces
6.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 04/08/1934
  • Character: Barry
Actress Jessica Wells, sister of actor Damon Wells, is on top of her form except when her husband Vance is around. When Vance takes her to the apartment of a theatrical producer she comes home incoherent and Vance is found dead in the vanished producer's hotel suite

Girls in the Night

Girls in the Night
6.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 15/01/1953
  • Character: Judge
Juvenile delinquents (Joyce Holden, Glenda Farrell, Harvey Lembeck) trap a neighborhood hoodlum in New York.

The Master Key

The Master Key
6.5/10
Before the outbreak of WWII, Nazi sympathizers plot to undermine America.

Passkey to Danger

Passkey to Danger
5.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 11/05/1946
  • Character: Alexander Cardovsky
An advertising man's new campaign for a fashion designer attracts the attention of mysterious characters.

Street Bandits

Street Bandits
6.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 09/11/1951
  • Character: L.T. Mitchell
A lawyer (Robert Clarke) defends a slot-machine king, and his bride (Penny Edwards) and partner (Ross Ford) don't like it.

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