The best Nestor Paiva’s crime movies

Nestor Paiva

Nestor Paiva

30/06/1905- 09/09/1966
We present our ranking of the best Nestor Paiva’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 Nestor Paiva.

Another Thin Man

Another Thin Man
7.3/10
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.

Follow Me Quietly

Follow Me Quietly
6.5/10
1949 thriller about the hunt for a serial killer known as "the Judge" who kills his victims on rainy nights.

New York Confidential

New York Confidential
7.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 15/02/1955
  • Character: Martinelli
Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.

Angels' Alley

Angels' Alley
5.9/10
Slip invites his cousin Jimmy to stay with his family after he is released from prison. However, Jimmy soon gets mixed up with an auto-theft ring.

Fear

Fear
5.7/10
B-movie film noir take on Crime and Punishment. A college student gets deeper and deeper in trouble when he takes a loan from a shady college professor.

Shoot to Kill

Shoot to Kill
5.5/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 15/03/1947
  • Character: Gus Miller
A gritty crime story involving a newspaper man and crooked politicians.

Prison Train

Prison Train
5.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 17/10/1938
  • Character: Morose
Gangsters plan an assassination of a rival while he rides the train carrying him to prison.

I, the Jury

I, the Jury
6.1/10
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer in his first film adventure. Originally screened in 3D.

The Last Crooked Mile

The Last Crooked Mile
6.1/10
A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.

Broadway

Broadway
6.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 08/05/1942
  • Character: Rinelti
Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s.

Phantom Raiders

Phantom Raiders
6.1/10
In this second Carter mystery, a mysterious rash of cargo ships sinking in Panama leads insurers Llewellyns of London to hire vacationer Nick Carter and his eccentric associate Bartholomew to investigate. Nick recognizes influential nightclub owner Al Taurez as a shady operator, but getting the goods on him depends on slick diversions involving the heavyweight champ of the Pacific Tuna Fleet, a Panamanian bombshell armed with American slang, a young couple in love and a whole raft of crooks and cutthroats.

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
3.4/10
Dr. Frankenstein's Granddaughter Maria, and her brother assistant Rudolph, moved to the old west because the lightning storms there are more frequent and intense, which allows them to work on the experiments of their grandfather. But the experiments are failing and Rudolph's been secretly killing the corpses afterwards. Meanwhile, the Lopez family leaves the town because of the evil going on there

Hell on Frisco Bay

Hell on Frisco Bay
6.4/10
A cop framed for a murder he did not commit hunts the San Francisco waterfront for the Mob racketeers who are responsible.

The Purple Gang

The Purple Gang
6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 18/12/1959
  • Character: Orlofsky
The story of the infamous Purple Gang - a ring of bootleggers, hijackers and killers in 1920's Detroit.

The Wild Party

The Wild Party
5.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 21/12/1956
  • Character: Branson
An ex-football brute (Anthony Quinn) and his beatnik gang take a rich girl (Carol Ohmart) and her boyfriend hostage (Arthur Franz) at a jazz joint.

The Case Against Brooklyn

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

Scandal Incorporated

Scandal Incorporated
3.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 12/10/1956
  • Character: Leland Miller, tabloid publisher
Are the shocking "Scandal Magazine" stories true?

The Falcon in Mexico

The Falcon in Mexico
6.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 04/08/1944
  • Character: Manuel Romero
The Falcon travels to Mexico where he gets involved with murder and a mysterious painting.

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