The best Sheila Ryan’s drama movies

Sheila Ryan

Sheila Ryan

08/06/1921- 04/11/1975
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Sheila Ryan’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 Sheila Ryan.

Hideout

Hideout
6/10
Philip Ford's crime thriller stars Lloyd Bridges as a city attorney who comes to the dawning realization that a jewelry heist may be behind the discovery of a dead body in the park -- and that the culprit may be one of the town's leading citizens (Ray Collins). Unfortunately, his investigation is hampered by his girlfriend and ex-secretary (Lorna Gray), who could very well be in cahoots with the bad guys.

Railroaded!

Railroaded!
6.6/10
A beautician and her crooked boyfriend attempt to rob the bookie operation located in the back room, but when the plan goes wrong, they frame an innocent man.

Heartaches

Heartaches
5.6/10
Up-and-coming Hollywood actor/crooner, Vic Morton, has a secret. He starts receiving death threats in the mail and an attempt on his life is made. Soon after, two of his associates are murdered. Who is behind it all?

Ringside

Ringside
5.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 14/07/1949
  • Character: Janet 'J.L.' Brannigan
Joe O'Hara finds out he has a damaged optic nerve just before a boxing match for the title. He needs the money badly, so he doesn't delay the fight. The opponent discovers Joe's weakness and pounds on his eyes, causing him to go blind.

Queen of the Mob

Queen of the Mob
6.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 28/06/1940
  • Character: Party Girl
Ma Webster (Blanche Yurka) and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy guns.

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill
6.4/10
A detective's wedding is postponed when gunshots are heard nearby.

Western Pacific Agent

Western Pacific Agent
5.9/10
An agent searches for a psychopath guilty of robbery and murder, and falls in love with a murder victim's sister.

The Way of All Flesh

The Way of All Flesh
6.7/10
Paul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, and the happy husband of Anna and the father of four children. He is sent to New York to deliver some securities for the bank. There, he is tagged as easy-pickings by a con-game gang and Mary Brown, gang accomplice, proves he is. Waking up in the morning he discovers he has been robbed of the securities and, when he confronts the gang, he is hit on the head and taken out to be left on a railroad track. He comes to, struggles with the henchman and the man is killed when a train comes roaring by. Paul escapes but his watch is found and he is reported as the dead man. But he can't go home again.

Fingerprints Don't Lie

Fingerprints Don't Lie
4.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 23/02/1951
  • Character: Carolyn Palmer
A fingerprint expert (Richard Travis) figures out who killed the mayor.

The Caribbean Mystery

The Caribbean Mystery
5.7/10
The Caribbean Mystery is a remake of Mr. Moto on Danger Island (1939)-which in turn was a remake of Murder in Trinidad. James Dunn stars as Mr. Smith, a Columbo-like Brooklyn detective who pops up on a tropical island to track down some missing geologists.

What a Life

What a Life
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 05/10/1939
  • Character: Jessie
Jackie Cooper stars in this first film in the wholesome "Henry Aldrich" series of teen comedies.

The Big Fix

The Big Fix
5.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 19/04/1947
  • Character: Lillian
Ken Williams (James Brown), a star basketball player on a college team learns that a police lieutenant (Regis Toomey) is the head of a gambling ring attempting to fix basketball games by bribing the players.

Mask of the Dragon

Mask of the Dragon
3.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 10/03/1951
  • Character: Ginny O'Donnell
A private eye (Richard Travis) and his girlfriend (Sheila Ryan) avenge his buddy, stabbed over a jade dragon.

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