The best John Maxwell’s crime movies

John Maxwell

John Maxwell

11/03/1918- 18/07/1982
Today we present the best John Maxwell’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 John Maxwell’s movies.
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The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle
7.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 12/05/1950
  • Character: Dr. Swanson
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.

Batman

Batman
6.1/10
Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.

Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk
6.6/10
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.

Mystery Street

Mystery Street
7.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 23/06/1950
  • Character: Detective Kilrain (uncredited)
When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor, to determine the woman's identity, how she died, and who killed her.

Side Street

Side Street
7.1/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 23/03/1950
  • Character: Policeman
A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals an envelope of money from the office of a corrupt attorney. Instead of a few hundred dollars it contains $30,000 and when he decides to return the money things go wrong and that is only the beginning of his troubles.

The Unknown Man

The Unknown Man
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 09/11/1951
  • Character: Dr. Palmer
A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he"s gotten off was really guilty.

Arson, Inc.

Arson, Inc.
5.2/10
An arson investigator goes undercover to break up a ring that sets fires in order to collect the insurance.

Lady in the Death House

Lady in the Death House
5.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 15/03/1944
  • Character: Richard Snell
As a woman walks the "last mile" to her execution she remembers back to the incidents that got her framed for murder.

Without Warning!

Without Warning!
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 08/05/1952
  • Character: Fred Saunders
Police track a serial killer.

Borrowed Hero

Borrowed Hero
5.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 05/12/1941
  • Character: City Editor
A struggling lawyer is named as special prosecutor in a racketeering case.

Grand Central Murder

Grand Central Murder
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 01/05/1942
  • Character: Detective Strom (uncredited)
Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a slew of suspects for questioning. Mida's shady ex-flame, Turk, seems the most likely culprit, but when smart-mouthed private eye Rocky Custer -- also a suspect himself -- begins to piece together the crime, a few clues that Gunther has overlooked come to light.

A Strange Adventure

A Strange Adventure
5.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaThriller
  • Release: 24/08/1956
  • Character: Insurance Company Representative
A trio of thieves make their getaway by kidnapping a young hot-rodder, and take over a mountain cabin for a hideout after overpowering its occupants.

Time Table

Time Table
6.6/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 08/02/1956
  • Character: Train Conductor
An insurance detective encounters numerous surprises when he is assigned to investigate a meticulously-planned train robbery in Arizona.

Devil's Canyon

Devil's Canyon
5.4/10
An outlaw woman helps one Arizona convict stop another with a Gatling gun.

Murder in the Big House

Murder in the Big House
6.3/10
When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy...

The Man Who Died Twice

The Man Who Died Twice
5.9/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 06/06/1958
  • Character: Chief Sloane
An innocent nightclub singer becomes mixed up in illegal drug dealings shortly after witnessing her husband's death and the murder of a couple of narcotics agents.

Flood Tide

Flood Tide
6.7/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 01/02/1958
  • Character: John Brighton
When the testimony of a crippled child sends a murder suspect to prison, a friend of the accused sets out to investigate the crime on his own.

Terror at Midnight

Terror at Midnight
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 27/04/1956
  • Character: Capt. Allyson
A newly promoted police sergeant discovers his girlfriend my be involved with a gang of car thieves.

Cage of Evil

Cage of Evil
5.5/10
While investigating a diamond heist, disgruntled cop Harper (Ron Foster) falls for Holly (Patricia Blair), the top suspect's main squeeze. When she convinces him to kill her boyfriend and make off with her and the loot, they start down a treacherous path full of dark surprises. Directed by Edward L. Cahn, this crime drama co-stars Harp McGuire as Murray Kearns, Harper's persistent partner who stumbles upon the pair's devious plot.

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