The best Roy Roberts’s thriller movies

Roy Roberts

Roy Roberts

19/03/1906- 28/05/1975
We present our ranking of the best Roy Roberts’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 Roy Roberts.

Chinatown

Chinatown
8.1/10
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

The Enforcer

The Enforcer
7.3/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 24/02/1951
  • Character: Captain Frank Nelson
After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify.

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.

Second Chance

Second Chance
5.9/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 18/07/1953
  • Character: Charley Malloy
The story tells of Russ Lambert (Robert Mitchum), a prize-fighter with a lethal right-handed punch, who through no fault of his own, killed a fighter in the ring. Since the fight his life has gone downhill.

The Reckless Moment

The Reckless Moment
7.1/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 29/12/1949
  • Character: Nagel
A mother attempts to protect her murderous daughter.

The Killer That Stalked New York

The Killer That Stalked New York
6.4/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 06/10/1950
  • Character: Mayor of New York
In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the police are hot on the couple's trail. Meanwhile, government officials begin a desperate search for an unknown individual who is infecting the city with smallpox.

The Man with a Cloak

The Man with a Cloak
6.6/10
Set in 19th-century New York, this mystery begins when a Frenchwoman shows up at the home of one of Napoleon's former marshals. The alcoholic man is badly crippled and slowly dying, but this doesn't stop the forthright lady from pushing him to change his will to include his estranged grandson so that he can help out the struggling French Republic. Unfortunately, the dying man's conniving housekeeper and butler, already planning murder to get the money themselves, overhear her and begin plotting her demise.

Borderline

Borderline
6/10
Two undercover agents infiltrate a drug-smuggling ring in Mexico, thee find them selves falling in love with each other. Neither is aware of the other's identity As they decide to make a run for the border.

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 Boss

The Boss
6.4/10
A crusading politician falls prey to the temptations of power.

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