The best Philip Van Zandt’s crime movies

Philip Van Zandt

Philip Van Zandt

04/10/1904- 15/02/1958
Today we present the best Philip Van Zandt’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 Philip Van Zandt’s movies.
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Decoy

Decoy
6.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 14/09/1946
  • Character: Tommy
A fatally shot female gangleader recounts her sordid life of crime to a police officer just before she dies.

His Kind of Woman

His Kind of Woman
7/10
In a desperate attempt to get out of debt, career gambler Dan Milner agrees to rendezvous with a mysterious contact at a distant Mexican resort in exchange for $50,000. Upon arriving, Milner meets his fellow guests, including a plastic surgeon, a philandering movie star and his beautiful girlfriend. Soon Milner discovers that the man who hired him may be the ruthless gangster Nick Ferraro -- a deported crime boss looking to re-enter the USA.

The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai
7.5/10
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

Between Midnight and Dawn

Between Midnight and Dawn
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/10/1950
  • Character: Joe Quist
Rocky and Dan, war buddies, are prowl car cops on night duty. Dan is a cynic who views all lawbreakers as scum; Rocky feels more lenient. Both are attracted to the radio voice of communicator Kate Mallory; but in person, Kate proves reluctant to get involved with men who just might stop a bullet. By lucky chance, Rocky and Dan cause big trouble for murderous racketeer Ritchie Garris; but when he swears vengeance, Kate's fears may prove justified.

The Midnight Story

The Midnight Story
6.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/08/1957
  • Character: Vince de Paul
Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues. But traffic cop Joe Martini becomes obsessed with finding the killer; he suspects Sylvio Malatesta. Ordered off the case, Joe turns in his badge and investigates alone. Soon he is a close friend of the Malatesta family, all delightful people, especially lovely cousin Anna. Uncertain whether Sylvio is guilty or innocent, Joe is now torn between old and new loyalties.

The Shanghai Chest

The Shanghai Chest
6/10
Charlie attempts to solve a triple murder in which a dead man's finger prints show up at all three murder sites.

Walk a Crooked Mile

Walk a Crooked Mile
6.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 02/09/1948
  • Character: Anton Radchek
A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation. To investigate the case more efficiently, Dan O'Hara, an FBI agent, and Philip Grayson, a Scotland Yard sleuth, join forces. Will they manage to stop the spy ring from achieving their aim?

City of Missing Girls

City of Missing Girls
4.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 27/03/1941
  • Character: King Peterson
A female reporter goes undercover to investigate the series of mysterious disappearances of young women, who were all linked to a local drama school.

Avalanche

Avalanche
5.3/10
Two T-men (Bruce Cabot, Roscoe Karns) track a tax evader and his money to an Idaho ski resort, where a raven tends bar.

The Vicious Circle

The Vicious Circle
5.8/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 21/07/1948
  • Character: Calomar Balog
In Hungary, a rich baron discovers that there are extensive oil deposits underneath nearby properties owned by villagers. He manages to convince all the property owners to sell to him, except for a few properties owned by Jewish families. Infuriated at their refusal to sell to him, he attempts, with the help of some corrupt local police, to have the men charged with the murder of a local woman, who in reality actually committed suicide.

Below the Deadline

Below the Deadline
5.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 03/08/1946
  • Character: Oney Kessel
A veteran, Joe Hilton (Warren Douglas), returns from the war to find that his brother Jeffrey Hilton (George Meeker), a gangster, has been killed. His quest for revenge leads him to take over his brother's illegal operations but his sweetheart, Lynn Turner (Ramsay Ames), persuades him to change his ways and return to the straight and narrow.

Red, Hot and Blue

Red, Hot and Blue
6/10
A Broadway director (Victor Mature) rescues a starlet (Betty Hutton) from mobsters who blame her for a shooting.

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