The best Morgan Wallace’s crime movies

Morgan Wallace

Morgan Wallace

26/07/1881- 12/12/1953
Today we present the best Morgan Wallace’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 Morgan Wallace’s movies.
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Gaslight

Gaslight
7.8/10
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

Fury

Fury
7.8/10
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.

Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy
5.9/10
Detective Tracy (Morgan Conway) rescues Tess Trueheart (Anne Jeffreys) and Junior from a killer called Splitface (Mike Mazurki).

The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon
6.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaMystery
  • Release: 28/05/1931
  • Character: District Attorney (uncredited)
A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon.

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.

The Mystery of Mr. Wong

The Mystery of Mr. Wong
6.1/10
Detective James Lee Wong must find the "Eye of the Daughter of the Moon," a priceless but cursed sapphire stolen in China and smuggled to America. His search takes him into the heart of Chinatown and to the dreaded "House of Hate" to find the deadly gem before it can kill again.

Human Cargo

Human Cargo
6.2/10
Bonnie Brewster (Claire Trevor) and "Packy" Campbell (Brian Donlevy), rival reporters on competing newspapers, team up to put an end to a smuggling gang that brings illegal aliens to the United States, and then makes further victims of them by extortion payments. They go to Vancouver, Canada and board a ship carrying aliens. But the gang recognizes them as reporters and gang-henchmen Tony Scula (Ralf Harolde) and Ira Conklin (Harry Woods, posing as government officials take them off the ship. But Campbell recognizes Scula as the gunman who killed Carmen Zoro (Rita Hayworth).

The Lady in the Morgue

The Lady in the Morgue
5.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 22/04/1938
  • Character: Inspector Layman
A detective investigates the disappearance of a girl's body from the city morgue.

Up the River

Up the River
5.9/10
Daily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious business. Two prisoners escape in order to help paroled Steve from being blackmailed by his girlfriend's ex-partner-in-crime.

The Falcon's Alibi

The Falcon's Alibi
6.3/10
A society sleuth sets out on the trail of a society matron's lost jewels.

The Headline Woman

The Headline Woman
5.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 14/05/1935
  • Character: Clarkey
When the daughter of a newspaper publisher is falsely charged with murder, a reporter on her father's paper goes into hiding with her. At first hoping to get an exclusive story, the reporter eventually finds himself falling in love and trying to find the real killer.

Star Reporter

Star Reporter
5.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 22/02/1939
  • Character: Joe Draper
An idealistic young newspaper reporter crusades against organized crime.

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
6.5/10
All work and no play makes Mr. Moto a busy detective! Mr. Moto heads to Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. But the action heats up and the suspense soars when the precious treasure begins its perilous journey to America and Mr. Moto must race against time to unmask a cunning thief who will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what he wants!

Ellery Queen, Master Detective

Ellery Queen, Master Detective
6.1/10
The mysteriously ill John Braun makes a new will, leaving out his daughter Barbara, over the protests of his wife. The trouble began when the daughter wanted to marry Mr. Braun's doctor, James Rogers. Mrs. Braun asks Inspector Queen to help find the long-missing Barbara. The inspector's son, Ellery, works on the case. He goes to a home frequently visited by Dr. Rogers where the bell is answered by Nikki Porter who Ellery mistakes for Barbara and insists she return to the Braun home. Nikki does, to protect Barbara, and a short time later finds herself alone in a room outside Braun's bedroom. She finds him dead - his throat cut. No weapons are found and the door to the room where Nikki had been is locked, and she is suspected. Ellery hides Nikki in his apartment. Braun's body, sent for an autopsy, disappears and in its place is a life-sized statue of the dead man.

They're Always Caught

They're Always Caught
6.5/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 03/07/1938
  • Character: Crime Boss Big Matty (uncredited)
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short shows the role the crime laboratory plays in the solving of cases, and how even the smallest detail can become a major clue.

The Final Edition

The Final Edition
6.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 12/02/1932
  • Character: Attorney Neil Selby
A reporter gets the best story of her life when she goes under cover to take down the head of a crime syndicate.

Sleepers East

Sleepers East
  • Genre: ComedyCrimeMystery
  • Release: 01/01/1934
  • Character: Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
No good deed goes unpunished for Lena Karelson (Wynne Gibson), hooker with a heart of gold trying to go straight in the big city. Covering a bachelor party for a friend in need, Lena winds up at a gambling house where she is the sole witness when Mayor Wentworth's drunken lout of a son shoots the owner. Wentworth's political machine wants Lena to falsely incriminate mob boss Callahan to bolster their re-election campaign. Callahan's mouthpiece nabs Lena first, conveying her stealthily by train from Toledo to New York to prevent her from testifying against the big boss. A midnight special smash-up, a tense courtroom finale and true love triumphant round out this typical Fox pre-Code programmer, released just before the Legion of Decency dropped the hammer in 1934.

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