The best Reed Hadley’s crime movies

Reed Hadley

Reed Hadley

25/06/1911- 11/12/1974
We present our ranking of the best Reed Hadley’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 Reed Hadley.
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The House on 92nd Street

The House on 92nd Street
6.6/10
The US Government tries to track down embedded Nazi agents in the States.

Boomerang!

Boomerang!
7.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 28/02/1947
  • Character: Off-Screen Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
In a quiet Connecticut town, a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner. The citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John Waldron, a nervous out-of-towner, as the killer. Although Waldron vehemently denies the crime, no one will believe him. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence. Based on a true story.

He Walked by Night

He Walked by Night
7/10
This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeHistory
  • Release: 30/06/1967
  • Character: Hymie Weiss
Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival gang. The film traces the history of the incident, and the lives affected and in some cases ended by it.

The Dark Corner

The Dark Corner
7.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 08/05/1946
  • Character: Lt. Frank Reeves
Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers.

Insurance Investigator

Insurance Investigator
6.2/10
When a businessman who has had a double indemnity policy taken out on him dies mysteriously, his insurance company sends an undercover investigator to town to determine exactly what happened.

Young Dillinger

Young Dillinger
5.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 28/04/1965
  • Character: Federal Agent Parker
The 1930s outlaw (Nick Adams) teams up with Pretty Boy Floyd (Robert Conrad), Baby Face Nelson (John Ashley) and Homer Van Meter.

Canon City

Canon City
6.5/10
Prisoners battle each other -- and the police -- when they escape the Colorado State Penitentiary.

Highway Dragnet

Highway Dragnet
6.3/10
An ex-Marine on the lam from a murder charge. He hitches a ride from glamor-magazine photographer, who is travelling cross-country with her principal model. Tensions rise when the woman realize the man with them may be a killer.

Sergeant Madden

Sergeant Madden
6.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 24/03/1939
  • Character: Lawyer
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.

The Baron of Arizona

The Baron of Arizona
6.9/10
The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. This inspires James Reavis to forge a chain of historical evidence that makes a foundling girl the Baroness of Arizona. Reavis marries the girl and presses his claim to the entire Arizona territory.

Jungle Goddess

Jungle Goddess
2.2/10
When a plane carrying the daughter of a millionaire crashes in an African jungle, two pilots set out to collect the reward. They discover that she has become the goddess of a primitive tribe. An insurgent witch doctor and fierce wild animals make escape from the jungle difficult for the trio.

Roger Touhy, Gangster

Roger Touhy, Gangster
6.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 03/06/1944
  • Character: FBI Agent Boyden
Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by that of Al Capone (who is referred to, but never named in the story). It is his rival who frames Touhy for kidnapping and arranges for him to serve a life-long term in Stateville prison. Determined to be free again, the desperate Touhy and his cellmate Basil "the Owl" Banghart, begin plotting a violent break out.

Circumstantial Evidence

Circumstantial Evidence
5.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 20/04/1945
  • Character: Prosecutor
A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax.

The Brasher Doubloon

The Brasher Doubloon
6.5/10
Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock hires Marlowe to find an old rare coin, the Brasher Doubloon, that belonged in her deceased husband's collection. Marlowe begins investigating, but quickly finds himself entangled in a series of unexplained murders.

Sunset Murder Case

Sunset Murder Case
4.7/10
A nightclub dancer (Sally Rand) seeks vengeance for the murder of her father.

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
6.6/10
A pretty blonde with a Doberman pinscher walks into a bar on April Fool's Day and asks for a bag of bones. Thus begins a merry chase in which a newspaper reporter, a drunken policeman and a hand-painted necktie help locate the missing witness in a criminal investigation.

Big House, U.S.A.

Big House, U.S.A.
6.6/10
A tough and realistic crime drama unfolds as merciless kidnapper Jerry Barker (Ralph Meeker) demands ransom paid against a young runaway whose fate lands Barker in Casabel Island Prison.

The Caribbean Mystery

The Caribbean Mystery
5.7/10
The Caribbean Mystery is a remake of Mr. Moto on Danger Island (1939)-which in turn was a remake of Murder in Trinidad. James Dunn stars as Mr. Smith, a Columbo-like Brooklyn detective who pops up on a tropical island to track down some missing geologists.

Walk a Crooked Mile

Walk a Crooked Mile
6.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 02/09/1948
  • Character: Narrator (voice)
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?

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