The best Ralph Peters’s drama movies

Ralph Peters

Ralph Peters

03/08/1902- 12/04/1959
Today we present the best Ralph Peters’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 Ralph Peters’s movies.
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While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps
6.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaThriller
  • Release: 19/04/1956
  • Character: Gerald Meade (Sentinel crime reporter)
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer"

The Racket

The Racket
6.7/10
Mobster Nick Scanlon has managed to buy several of the local government and law-enforcement officials. However, he can't seem to touch the incorruptible police captain Tom McQuigg, who refuses all attempts at bribery. Prosecuting attorney, Welch, and a police detective, Turck, are crooked and make McQuigg's job as an honest officer nearly impossible.

The Big Street

The Big Street
6.4/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 13/08/1942
  • Character: Florist (Uncredited)
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish showgirl who despises and uses him.

Texas

Texas
6.7/10
Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up. They decide to rob the robbers and make off with the loot. To escape a posse, they split up and don't see each other again for a long time. When they do meet up again, they find themselves on different sides of the law. This leads to the increasing estrangement of the two men, who once thought of themselves as brothers.

Act of Violence

Act of Violence
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 21/12/1948
  • Character: Tim the Bartender (uncredited)
A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay for his past deeds.

Cafe Hostess

Cafe Hostess
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 11/01/1940
  • Character: Cab Driver
A dancehall girl meets a sailor and they fall in love, but the club’s owner doesn’t want the girl to leave.

Adventure

Adventure
6.1/10
A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.

Take One False Step

Take One False Step
6.4/10
Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested.

The Amazing Mr. Williams

The Amazing Mr. Williams
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaMystery
  • Release: 22/11/1939
  • Character: Joe - Tobacco Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secretary. Or isn't he rather married with his job? For each time he has a date with his longtime fiancée, he is prevented from keeping it by his devotion to duty. Maxine, in desperation, decides to take action and bring Kenny to the altar. Who will win, Maxine's curves or the glorious fight against crime?

Lucky Jordan

Lucky Jordan
6.4/10
Lucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries to escape duty by using an old con woman named Annie to convince the draft board he's needed at home. When that fails, Jordan is sent to boot camp, but he doesn't stay there long. He takes a beautiful USO worker hostage and flees back to New York. There, he learns that a rival gangster is plotting against America.

One Touch of Venus

One Touch of Venus
6.6/10
Fantasy comedy about a young window dresser who kisses a statue of Venus, which then comes to life in the form of Ava Gardner. The problems begin, however, when Venus falls in love with him.

Nobody Lives Forever

Nobody Lives Forever
7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/11/1946
  • Character: Windy Mather
A con artist falls for the rich widow he's trying to fleece.

Find the Blackmailer

Find the Blackmailer
6/10
A private eye is hired by a mayoral candidate to prevent any sort of adverse publicity. It seems that, somewhere in town, there's a talking blackbird who insists upon saying that the candidate will commit a murder. When the killing occurs, the candidate is implicated, and the detective is off on a hectic pursuit of the incriminating crow and the actual murderer.

The Lone Wolf Strikes

The Lone Wolf Strikes
6.4/10
Delia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.

The Navy Way

The Navy Way
5.2/10
The experiences of a disparate group of young men as they make their way through Navy boot camp.

Everything I Have Is Yours

Everything I Have Is Yours
5.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 31/10/1952
  • Character: Frank (Uncredited)
A husband and wife act are hoping to find success on Broadway.

A Man's World

A Man's World
5.6/10
Somewhere beyond the shores of the United States on a small island, where men ask no questions, women reveal no past and spies neither receive nor expect any mercy, a giant Chromite plant is working full blast to supply the United Nations with the precious war-metal. This is the story of that mine and the people working it in a land the law forget, but the evil and devious Nazis remembered.

Convicted Woman

Convicted Woman
6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 31/01/1940
  • Character: Truck Driver (uncredited)
A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.

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