The best Robert Kent’s crime movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Robert Kent’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Robert Kent.
The Counterfeiters
5.8/10
Scotland Yard cop goes undercover to nab counterfeiter and his gang.
Car 99
6.3/10
A story of the Michigan State Police and the strong sense of loyalty and duty it instills in its men. It follows the career of a newly-inducted rookie, Ross Martin, who has joined the force at the urging of his sweetheart, Mary Adams. Martin soon distinguishes himself by his bravery in the apprehension of criminals. But when the leader of a gang of bank robbers falls into his hands and then escapes, because of carelessness on Martin's part, he is suspended from the force.
Big Town After Dark
5.5/10
A crusading newspaper reporter battles big-city gambling interests.
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
6.7/10
Although Charlie and Lee are in Monaco for an art exhibit, they become caught up in a feud between rival financiers which involves the Chan's in a web of blackmail and murder.
Shoot to Kill
5.5/10
A gritty crime story involving a newspaper man and crooked politicians.
Convict's Code
5.4/10
On parole after three years in prison, a football player (Robert Kent) encounters the man (Sidney Blackmer) who framed him.
Almost a Gentleman
6.3/10
Saving a dog from the pound gets a man mixed up in murder.
Angel's Holiday
6.4/10
Lively June (Jane Withers), teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett (Jon Qualen), who calls her "Angel," becomes involved in intrigue centering on movie star Pauline Kaye (Sally Blane) and her companion Stivers (Joan Davis). Reporter Nick Moore (Robert Kent), once sweet on Pauline, is convinced that her sudden disappearance is a publicity stunt, which is true -- until gangster Bat Regan (Harold Huber) decides to get involved.
Blonde Alibi
6.3/10
Soon after a young woman breaks off her engagement to a doctor, the doctor is found murdered. Suspicion falls on his ex-fiancé and a pilot with a checkered past.
Radar Secret Service
2.5/10
A federal agent and his partner track uranium-ore hijackers with radar.
The Crime of Dr. Forbes
6.2/10
Injured scientist Eric Godfrey asks his protege to give him a fatal dose of opiates to end his misery. When he dies the doctor is accused of murder.
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.
Step Lively, Jeeves!
5.7/10
A British butler goes to America duped by mobsters into believing he is the heir to a fortune.
Born Reckless
6/10
Racketeer Jim Barnes is trying to force the independent taxicab-drivers to join his "protection service" at the cost of five bucks a day. Champion race-car driver, Bob Kane, joins with his friends Lee and "Dad" Martin in a fight for the street rights of a big city.
Mr. Moto Takes a Chance
6.4/10
In the jungle near Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Mr. Moto poses as an ineffectual archaeologist and a venerable holy man with mystical powers to help foil two insurgencies against the government.
Who's Guilty?
6.5/10
