The best Pat O’Brien’s mystery movies
We present our ranking of the best Pat O’Brien’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 Pat O’Brien.
Crack-Up
6.5/10
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?
Gambling Lady
6.5/10
A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's. Under pressure to allow cheating, Mike "walks out," leaving tough-minded daughter Lady Lee to earn a living the only way she knows. She soon becomes a success gambling among the rich, but, falling out with the syndicate, she considers the marriage proposal of blueblood Garry Madison. Can such a match work despite snobbery and old associations?
Back in Circulation
6.3/10
Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival papers, and keep her editor happy. When the Express gets a tip that a wealthy old man was poisoned and 'Timmy' spots the young widow in a nightclub only a day later, she descends on the town where the death took place to dig out the facts. When her reporting results in the arrest of the young widow, 'Timmy' continues to dig, since she isn't quite convinced that the facts she reported cover all the angles.
Ring of Fear
5/10
Mystery writer Mickey Spillane tries to help Clyde Beatty deal with a plot to sabotage his circus.
Slightly Honorable
6/10
A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
Having Wonderful Crime
6/10
Newlyweds (George Murphy, Carole Landis) drag their lawyer friend (Pat O'Brien) to a mountain resort on a search for a missing magician.
The Adventures of Nick Carter
6.8/10
Detective discovers that a colleague's death is tied into the disappearance of a wealthy playboy's wife.
The World Gone Mad
4.8/10
A district attorney and a reporter try to find the killer of a D.A. who uncovered a massive stock fraud.
