The best Margaret Hayes’s crime movies

Margaret Hayes

Margaret Hayes

05/12/1916- 26/01/1977
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Blackboard Jungle

Blackboard Jungle
7.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 25/03/1955
  • Character: Lois Judby Hammond
Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadier makes various attempts to engage the students' interest in education, challenging both the school staff and the pupils. He is subjected to violence as well as duplicitous schemes.

City for Conquest

City for Conquest
7.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaMusic
  • Release: 21/09/1940
  • Character: Sally - Irene's Friend (uncredited)
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?

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.

Violent Saturday

Violent Saturday
6.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/04/1955
  • Character: Mrs. Emily Fairchild
Three men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, which turns violent and deadly.

Damn Citizen

Damn Citizen
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/03/1958
  • Character: Dorothy Grevemberg (as Maggie Hayes)
Louisiana's governor asks war hero Francis C. Grevemberg (Keith Andes) to lead the state police against corruption.

The Case Against Brooklyn

The Case Against Brooklyn
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/06/1958
  • Character: Lil Polombo nee Alexander
A rookie cop takes on criminals who have the local government in their pocket.

13 West Street

13 West Street
6.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 23/02/1962
  • Character: Mrs. Madeleine Landry
Walt Sherill is attacked and beat down by a group of juvenile delinquents on his way home from work one night. The boys who attacked him are not previously known by the police and are therefore hard to track down. As Sherill starts getting impatient he begins his own investigation. Meanwhile, Detective Sergeant Koleski does his best to track down the culprits.

The Beat Generation

The Beat Generation
5.5/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 03/07/1959
  • Character: Joyce Freenfield
A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.

House of Women

House of Women
6.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 11/04/1962
  • Character: Zoe Stoughton
An innocent, pregnant prison inmate (Shirley Knight) becomes the bad warden's (Andrew Duggan) personal favorite.

Money and the Woman

Money and the Woman
6.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 17/08/1940
  • Character: Depositor (uncredited)
An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.

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