The best Robert Shayne’s crime movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Robert Shayne’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 Shayne.
Indestructible Man
4.4/10
A scientific experiment involving subjecting a corpse to an extreme charge of electricity accidentally revives an executed criminal and makes him impervious to harm, allowing him to seek revenge on his former partners, and deal similarly with anyone else who gets in his way.
Double Jeopardy
6.3/10
Marc Hill is the attorney for Emmet Devrey, a real estate developer with a past, who is being blackmailed by his former partner Sam Baggett. When Sam's unfaithful wife Marge cooks up a scheme with her used car salesman lover Jeff Calder to bilk both Devrey and her alcoholic husband, Sam is killed and Devrey is accused of the crime. Mark is called to prove his employers innocence.
Experiment Alcatraz
5.6/10
A doctor testing drugs on convicts gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
Backlash
6/10
In a series of flashbacks, shows that attorney John Morland has given a lift to a hitchhiker who turns out to be a murderer. As a result, Morland himself is implicated in a killing. A pair of detectives discover that Morland has been having business problems and no end of difficulties with his wife Catherine. The trail of clues leads to a surprising revelation.
Wife Wanted
5.7/10
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond (Kay Francis) buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell (Paul Cavanagh). Actually, through his secretary, Nola Reed (Veda Ann Borg), Caldwell runs a matrimonial bureau and, with the aid of his associate, Lee Kirby (John Gallaudet), they defraud and blackmail a large group of lonely people. Carole, unknowingly, is used as bait for one of their victims, Walter Desmond (Barton Yarborough), who "commits suicide." Reporter William Tyler (Robert Shayne) thinks otherwise.
Without Warning!
6.6/10
Police track a serial killer.
Missing Women
6.3/10
A woman becomes desperate to find a pair of car thieves after her husband -- while on their honeymoon -- is killed during a robbery.
Why Must I Die
5.6/10
A night club singer who is the daughter of a small-town crook is tried and convicted of murder.
I, Mobster
6.2/10
The rise and fall of gang lord Joe Sante. A crime boss (Steve Cochran) appears before a Senate subcommittee; flashbacks tell his story.
Nobody Lives Forever
7/10
A con artist falls for the rich widow he's trying to fleece.
The Threat
6.7/10
An escaped con kidnaps the people he thinks put him behind bars.
Murder Is My Beat
6/10
Mr. Dean's body is found face down in the fireplace, burned beyond recognition. Nightclub-singer Eden Lane is convicted of the crime. She is escorted to prison by one of the arresting detectives when she convinces him that she just spotted the murderer outside their train.
Criminal Lawyer
6.3/10
A drunken attorney tries to sober up in order to defend a friend in murder case.
Rumble on the Docks
5.6/10
A Brooklyn-born 17-year-old's loyalty is torn between his parents' old-fashion values and a local gangster's flashy lifestyle.
Footsteps in the Night
6/10
Two detectives investigate the strangulation murder of a man whom everyone seemed to like.
The Strange Mrs. Crane
6.4/10
Hoping to bury her criminal past, Jenny Hadley settles into a comfortable existence as Gina, the wife of the politician Clinton Crane. When her former associate Floyd Durant shows up to blackmail Gina, she has no choice but to murder him. Things take a bizarre turn when Barbara Arnold is charged with Durant's murder and Gina is selected to serve on the jury.
Cage of Evil
5.5/10
While investigating a diamond heist, disgruntled cop Harper (Ron Foster) falls for Holly (Patricia Blair), the top suspect's main squeeze. When she convinces him to kill her boyfriend and make off with her and the loot, they start down a treacherous path full of dark surprises. Directed by Edward L. Cahn, this crime drama co-stars Harp McGuire as Murray Kearns, Harper's persistent partner who stumbles upon the pair's devious plot.
State Penitentiary
6.2/10
A man wrongly accused of a crime must decide between getting involved in a prison break, or remaining in jail until his wife can prove his innocence.
