The best Peter Madden’s crime movies

Peter Madden

Peter Madden

09/08/1904- 24/02/1976
We present our ranking of the best Peter Madden’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 Peter Madden.

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
7/10
Director Billy Wilder adds a new and intriguing twist to the personality of intrepid detective Sherlock Holmes. One thing hasn't changed however: Holmes' crime-solving talents. Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle, the Loch Ness monster, and covert naval experiments. Can the sleuths make sense of all this and solve the mystery

Woman of Straw

Woman of Straw
6.8/10
Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.

Hell Is a City

Hell Is a City
7/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 10/04/1960
  • Character: Bert Darwin
Set in Manchester, heartland of England's industrial north, Don Starling escapes from jail becoming England's most wanted man. Ruthless villain Starling together with his cronies engineered a robbery that resulted in the violent death of a young girl. Detective Inspector Martineau has been assigned to hunt him down and bring him in. From seedy barrooms, through gambling dens the trail leads to an explosive climax high on the rooftops of the city.

Do You Know This Voice?

Do You Know This Voice?
6.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/10/1964
  • Character: Supt. Hume
When a ransom bid results in the death of a child, the police have only one lead – the old lady who witnessed the kidnapper using a public phone box. Though her recollection is vague, she volunteers to act as bait for the killer – telling the press that she had seen the kidnapper's face and she waits for him to attack.

He Who Rides a Tiger

He Who Rides a Tiger
7/10
Peter Rayston, has been in and out of prison most of his life. At 30, he is released for the eighth time, after serving a sentence for housebreaking. Immediately, he goes back to his old life, providing for his expensive tastes by executing a series of daring burglaries

A Matter of Murder

A Matter of Murder
4.6/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 01/12/1949
  • Character: Sgt. Bex
An embezzler is implicated in his girlfriend’s murder.

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