The best William Haade’s crime movies

William Haade

William Haade

02/03/1903- 15/11/1966
Today we present the best William Haade’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best William Haade’s movies.
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Key Largo

Key Largo
7.7/10
A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. There, sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco holes up - and holds at gunpoint hotel owner James Temple, his widowed daughter-in-law Nora, and ex-GI Frank McCloud.

They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night
7.2/10
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.

Big Town After Dark

Big Town After Dark
5.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 12/12/1947
  • Character: Marcus
A crusading newspaper reporter battles big-city gambling interests.

Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk
6.6/10
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.

Fallen Angel

Fallen Angel
7/10
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

Bulldog Drummond's Peril
5.8/10
Drummond's wedding with Phyllis is interrupted when the inspector guarding their gifts is killed. He tries to trace the killers and uncovers the mystery of diamond counterfeiters.

Invisible Stripes

Invisible Stripes
6.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 30/12/1939
  • Character: Shrank
A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.

Kid Galahad

Kid Galahad
7.2/10
Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.

The Bribe

The Bribe
6.6/10
United States Federal agent Rigby travels to the Central American island Carlotta to investigate a stolen aircraft engines smuggling racket.

Exposed

Exposed
5.7/10
A private eye (Adele Mara) and her sidekick solve the case of a dead client.

The Penalty

The Penalty
6.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 13/03/1941
  • Character: Van
In this crime drama, a ruthless gangster's son is soon following in his father's footsteps. When his daddy kills an FBI agent and a cabby, the boy sees it all. Fortunately the courts intervene and send the lad off to live with a family of farmers.

He Couldn't Say No

He Couldn't Say No
5.7/10
A lowly office clerk angers his fiancee and future mother-in-law by spending money intended for marriage furniture on a statue of a pretty girl, which he refuses to part with at any cost.

Hunt the Man Down

Hunt the Man Down
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 26/12/1950
  • Character: Bart (uncredited)
A lawyer uncovers secrets behind a 12-year-old murder case.

Johnny Apollo

Johnny Apollo
6.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaRomance
  • Release: 19/04/1940
  • Character: Guard During Break (uncredited)
Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As assistant to mobster Mickey Dwyer, then falls for Dwyer's girl Lucky. He winds up in the same prison as his father.

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 11/01/1940
  • Character: First American
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family. The law is not content with his explanation, however.

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
6.1/10
In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which includes a prison inmate who Dr. Gillespie believes belongs instead in an insane asylum.

Island of Lost Men

Island of Lost Men
5.9/10
A Chinese general's daughter (Anna May Wong) tracks her father to a slave-labor tyrant's (J. Carrol Naish) jungle empire.

Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime
6.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 28/07/1949
  • Character: Lafe Douque
A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activities.

The Sea Hornet

The Sea Hornet
6/10
"The Sea Hornet" was a merchant ship sunk, supposedly by a torpedo, less than a mile off the California Coast during World War Two. Six years later when his buddy is killed, attempting to blow up the sunken ship, on the orders of Suntan Radford and Tony Sullivan, deep-sea diver "Gunner" McNeil has his suspicions aroused... especially since Suntan is the daughter of the ship's captain that died when the ship sunk, and Sullivan was a crew member. Plus the fact the ship had over a million dollars in cash on board. During the course of his investigation, he becomes romantically involved with Ginger Sullivan

Rise and Shine

Rise and Shine
5.8/10
The college president, the head cheerleader and a gambling gangster try to keep a flunking football star in the game

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