The best Peter Leeds’s crime movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Peter Leeds’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Peter Leeds.
Dragnet
6/10
LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday -- the equally straight-laced nephew of the famous police sergeant of the same name -- is paired up with a young, freewheeling detective named Pep Streebeck. After investigating some strange robberies at the local zoo and the theft of a stockpile of pornographic magazines, they uncover cult activity in the heart of the city and are hot on the case to figure out who's behind it all.
Tight Spot
6.6/10
A former model, serving time in prison, becomes a key witness in a trial against a notorious gangster. She is put under protective watch by the District Attorney in a posh hotel, but the crime kingpin makes attempts to get to her.
99 River Street
7.4/10
A former boxer --now taxi driver-- gets mixed up with jewel thieves.
Behind the High Wall
6.5/10
A group prison breakout goes from bad to worse when the desperate warden tries to steal the gang's dough.
Bobby Ware Is Missing
7.2/10
This suspense film revolves around the crime of child abduction. The parents of the missing child undertake a feverish search for their son. The police are contacted, and a ransom letter is received.
