The best Joseph Calleia’s crime movies

Joseph Calleia

Joseph Calleia

04/08/1897- 31/10/1975
Today we present the best Joseph Calleia’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 Joseph Calleia’s movies.

Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil
8/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 30/03/1958
  • Character: Police Sergeant Pete Menzies
When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.

The Glass Key

The Glass Key
7/10
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

After the Thin Man

After the Thin Man
7.6/10
Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady owners of a popular nightclub, a singer and her dark brother, the cousin's forsaken true love, and Nora's bombastic and controlling aunt.

Vendetta

Vendetta
6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 25/12/1950
  • Character: Mayor Guido Barracini
The daughter of a slain man pushes her brother toward vengeance in 19th-century Corsica.

Public Hero Number 1

Public Hero Number 1
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 31/05/1935
  • Character: Sonny 'Dinkie' Black
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.

Riffraff

Riffraff
6.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 03/01/1936
  • Character: Nick
Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. After he is kicked out of his union and fired from his job he leaves Hattie who steals money for him and goes to jail. He gets a new job, foils a plot to dynamite the ship, and promises to wait for Hattie.

When in Rome

When in Rome
6.6/10
An American fugitive flees to Rome and tries to elude capture by masquerading as a priest.

Noose

Noose
6.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 28/09/1948
  • Character: Sugiani
Set in post Second World War Britain, Noose is the story of black market racketeers who face attempts to bring them to justice by an American fashion journalist, her ex-army fiancée and a gang of honest toughs from a local gym. When a corpse turns up at black market front The Blue Moon Club, Yank reporter Carole Landis starts snooping, much to gang boss Joseph Calleia’s annoyance. And soon there’s a hit man on the way...

Exclusive Story

Exclusive Story
6.1/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 17/01/1936
  • Character: Ace Acello
A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious gangster behind bars.

The Monster and the Girl

The Monster and the Girl
6/10
After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized crime syndicate, retribution in the form of an ape visits the mobsters.

The Light Touch

The Light Touch
5.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 06/12/1951
  • Character: Lt. Massiro
An art thief tries to double cross his gangster boss.

Tough Guy

Tough Guy
5.9/10
An unhappy child, accompanied by his dog, runs away from home and is befriended by a gangster on the lam.

Sworn Enemy

Sworn Enemy
6.1/10
A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.

Full Confession

Full Confession
6.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 08/09/1939
  • Character: Father Loma
A Catholic priest must convince a man to step forward to save the wrong person from being sent to the electric chair.

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