The best Robert Emmett O'Connor’s crime movies

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Robert Emmett O'Connor

18/03/1885- 04/09/1962
Today we present the best Robert Emmett O'Connor’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 Robert Emmett O'Connor’s movies.
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American Madness

American Madness
7.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 15/08/1932
  • Character: Police Inspector
Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair... all in the same day.

The Public Enemy

The Public Enemy
7.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 23/04/1931
  • Character: Paddy Ryan
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.

Desire

Desire
7.1/10
Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses US engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain, to get the pearls out of France. But getting the pearls back from him proves to be difficult without falling in love.

Picture Snatcher

Picture Snatcher
7/10
An ex-con uses his street smarts to become a successful photojournalist.

Taxi!

Taxi!
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 23/01/1932
  • Character: Cop with Jewish Man (uncredited)
Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling against a consolidated juggernaut rally around hot-tempered Matt Nolan. Nolan is determined to keep competition alive on the streets, even if it means losing the woman he loves.

The Beast of the City

The Beast of the City
6.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaRomance
  • Release: 13/02/1932
  • Character: Booking Policeman (uncredited)
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his corrupt brother Ed to watch over Daisy who was associated with Belmonte.

The Big Shakedown

The Big Shakedown
6.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 06/01/1934
  • Character: Regan
Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical products.

Sergeant Madden

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

The Big House

The Big House
7.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 14/06/1930
  • Character: Donlin
Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.

Double Alibi

Double Alibi
6.2/10
A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.

Midnight Mary

Midnight Mary
7/10
A young woman is on trial for murder. In flashback, we learn of her struggles to overcome poverty as a teenager -- a mistaken arrest and prison term for shoplifting and lack of employment lead to involvement with gangsters. In a brothel, she meets a young lawyer, scion of a wealthy and prestigious family, who falls for her and helps her turn around her life. But her past catches up with her, and she must face the music rather than cause him scandal.

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 17/03/1928
  • Character: Detective Gilroy
A mob boss' gang gets suspicious about their boss' new girlfriend, a beautiful young girl who doesn't seem to be the type who'd hang out with gangsters. They're not quite certain if she's actually a police agent or just a "groupie".

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.

A Fugitive from Justice

A Fugitive from Justice
5/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 15/06/1940
  • Character: Murphy
Leslie is being chased by the gangsters, the police and the insurance investigators. He is on the run. Falsely accused of a murder, he embarks upon a life-and-death journey to save his family.

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
6.1/10
In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which includes a prison inmate who Dr. Gillespie believes belongs instead in an insane asylum.

Man to Man

Man to Man
6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 05/12/1930
  • Character: Sheriff
Mike (Phillips Holmes) is a popular college track star, but with a terrible secret. His father John (Grant Mitchell) is in prison for murdering the person who murdered his brother. The story leaks out, Mike loses a class election and he withdraws from school and heads home in shame. The town's old timers admire Mike and his father, while younger ones think Mike is probably no good. Before long, John is pardoned and heads back home. Can they all live in peace?

Up the River

Up the River
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrimeDrama
  • Release: 12/10/1930
  • Character: Prison Warden (uncredited)
Daily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious business. Two prisoners escape in order to help paroled Steve from being blackmailed by his girlfriend's ex-partner-in-crime.

Waterfront Lady

Waterfront Lady
6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 04/10/1935
  • Character: Police Lieutenant
When a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business, he becomes involved in a police manhunt after he covers up a murder committed by his new partner.

Penthouse

Penthouse
6.8/10
Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping lawyer Jackson Durant in a snoop job aimed at pinning a murder on the thug. Her life will be in peril when that secret gets out.

We Who Are About to Die

We Who Are About to Die
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 08/01/1937
  • Character: Detective Mitchell
John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.

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