The best Sig Ruman’s crime movies

Sig Ruman

Sig Ruman

11/10/1884- 14/02/1967
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Robin and the 7 Hoods

Robin and the 7 Hoods
6.4/10
In prohibition-era Chicago, the corrupt sheriff and Guy Gisborne, a south-side racketeer, knock off the boss Big Jim. Everyone falls in line behind Guy except Robbo, who controls the north side. Although he's out-gunned, Robbo wants to keep his own territory. A pool-playing dude from Indiana and the director of a boys' orphanage join forces with Robbo; and, when he gives some money to the orphanage, he becomes the toast of the town as a hood like Robin Hood. Meanwhile, Guy schemes to get rid of Robbo, and Big Jim's heretofore unknown daughter Marian appears and goes from man to man trying to find an ally in her quest to run the whole show. Can Robbo hold things together?

Crossroads

Crossroads
6.7/10
A French diplomat who's recovered from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can't remember.

Midnight Taxi

Midnight Taxi
6.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 04/04/1937
  • Character: John B. Rudd
A federal agent goes to work for a taxi company believing it to be a front for a gang of counterfeiters.

Border Incident

Border Incident
7/10
The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggling of Mexican migrant workers across the border to California. The two agents go undercover, one as a poor migrant.

Girls on Probation

Girls on Probation
5.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 22/10/1938
  • Character: Roger Heath
A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.

I Was an Adventuress

I Was an Adventuress
6.7/10
Posing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her two accomplices are really a team of skilled con artists! They mingle with Europe's high society, always looking for the next wealthy victim to fleece with their fake jewellery scam... Then Tanya meets the dashing young Paul Vernay. At first she wants to rob him. Then she decides she wants to marry him and to leave her criminal past behind her. Her accomplices agree but only if she'll join them in one last, big swindle...

Love Under Fire

Love Under Fire
5.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaWar
  • Release: 20/08/1937
  • Character: General Montero
A supense-thriller-comedy set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War.

Thank You, Mr. Moto

Thank You, Mr. Moto
6.9/10
Mr. Moto Heads to China on a quest for seven ancient scrolls that reveal the location of Genghis Khan's tomb—a crypt filled with fabulous treasure! But Moto isn't the only one stalking the scrolls—so is a shadowy band of thieves. But when his ruthless rivals go too far, the mild-mannered detective's quest for antiquities becomes a passion for vengeance—because if he can't bring these villains to justice... he'll bring them to their knees.

Think Fast, Mr. Moto

Think Fast, Mr. Moto
6.7/10
When his import/export business infiltrated by international diamond smugglers, Mr. Moto must follow a trail of clues littered with beautiful women, glittering gems and deadly assassins. Making his way from the mysterious streets of San Francisco's Chinatown to the dark and dangerous alleys of Shanghai, Mr. Moto will stop at nothing to bring the culprits to justice...even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice!

The Saint in New York

The Saint in New York
6.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 25/05/1938
  • Character: Hutch Rellin
A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fights lawlessness and corruption through unorthodox methods. Templar sets his sights on individual crimes bosses, and after bringing down two vicious leaders through disguise and deception, discovers that there is a mastermind behind all the city's crime.

This Is My Affair

This Is My Affair
6.6/10
President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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