The best Richard Alexander’s crime movies

Richard Alexander

Richard Alexander

19/11/1902- 09/08/1989
We present our ranking of the best Richard Alexander’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 Richard Alexander.

Tell Your Children

Tell Your Children
3.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 15/06/1938
  • Character: Pete Daley (uncredited)
High-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll relates to an audience of parents that marijuana can have devastating effects on teens. In his story, a drug supplier entices several restless teens, including sister and brother Mary and Jimmy Lane and Mary's boyfriend, Bill, into frequenting a "reefer" house. Gradually, Bill and Jimmy are drawn into smoking dope, which affects their family lives and leads to a terrible crime.

The House of Fear

The House of Fear
7.2/10
The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest member. All seems serene and convivial until one by one the members begin to perish in the most grisly of manners. Foul play is suspected by the Good Comrades' insurance agent, who turns to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson for guidance.

The Public Pays

The Public Pays
6.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 10/10/1936
  • Character: Drunken Hood Who Knocks Over Milk Wagon (uncredited)
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a protection racket preying on milk distribution is broken through the persistence of law enforcement and the courage of a local businessman.

The Chance of a Lifetime

The Chance of a Lifetime
6.1/10
A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wartime defence plant.

Young Donovan's Kid

Young Donovan's Kid
6.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 06/06/1931
  • Character: Ben Murray
A crusader tries to keep a dope dealer from corrupting children.

'Neath Canadian Skies

'Neath Canadian Skies
6.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeWestern
  • Release: 15/10/1946
  • Character: Pete Davis (as Dick Alexander)
Canadian Mountie investigates a murder posing as a criminal.

Call of the South Seas

Call of the South Seas
5.2/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 07/04/1944
  • Character: Bailey
FBI Agent Kendall Gaige goes undercover on a South Seas island in order to expose the underhanded and exploitative business practices of Steve Landrau. In the course of his investigation Gaige is introduce to the Paris-educated native princess Tahia, who believes that he has arrived to save her people from poverty. A romance, of course, ensues as Gaige attempts to expose Landrau before his cover is blown.

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