The best William Hartnell’s crime movies

William Hartnell

William Hartnell

08/01/1908- 23/04/1975
Today we present the best William Hartnell’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 Hartnell’s movies.

Brighton Rock

Brighton Rock
7.3/10
Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.

Hell Drivers

Hell Drivers
7.2/10
An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.

Odd Man Out

Odd Man Out
7.6/10
Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.

The Ringer

The Ringer
6.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 24/11/1952
  • Character: Sam Hackett
An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him.

Temptation Harbour

Temptation Harbour
7.1/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 27/02/1947
  • Character: Jim Brown
Robert Newton is the harbor signalman who retrieves a suitcase full of money after witnessing a murder, fails to report it to the police, and finds himself the object of murderous and mercenary interest.

They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night
7/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 01/12/1938
  • Character: Bus Conductor
“Shorty” Matthews (Emlyn Williams) having recently been released from prison visits his girlfriend in London only to discover her murdered. Fearing he will be wrongly accused of being the culprit he disappears amongst the long-distance lorry driving community. Meanwhile, the real killer, unassuming ex-schoolteacher Walter Hoover (Ernest Thesiger), continues to prey on London women. As Shorty had feared he has become the main suspect. He returns to London with old flame Molly to prove his innocence

Jackpot

Jackpot
5.9/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 01/01/1960
  • Character: Supt. Frawley
Back in London after serving time, an ex-convict learns that his wife is not willing to return to him. He plans to crack a safe at a club.

Double Confession

Double Confession
6.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 01/04/1950
  • Character: Charlie Durham
The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various unsuccessful attempts on his life while the police clear up the mystery.

Appointment with Crime

Appointment with Crime
6.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 04/11/1946
  • Character: Leo Martin
Small-time jewel thief Leo Martin (William Hartnell) is deserted by his partners-in-crime, club owner Gus Loman (Raymond Lovell) and driver Hatchett (H. Victor Weske), when the robbery they are committing goes wrong. After serving his prison sentence, Leo emerges with an intricate plan for revenge. Leo implicates Loman, as well as his amoral boss, Gregory Lang (Herbert Lom), for murder -- but Inspector Rogers (Robert Beatty) suspects Leo.

Piccadilly Third Stop

Piccadilly Third Stop
6.2/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 05/09/1960
  • Character: Colonel
A playboy tries to recruit a gang, who include an American who needs cash to satisfy his wife's expensive tastes, and an old time expert cracksman, to rob a foreign embassy's safe, but trouble starts when the plan begins to go wrong.

Headline

Headline
6.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 16/11/1943
  • Character: Dell
A crime reporter begins to investigate the disappearance of his bosses wife who had witnessed a murder.

Suspected Person

Suspected Person
5.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/06/1942
  • Character: Saunders
After a $50,000 heist in New York, two of the suspected robbers walk free from the courtroom and they waste no time in heading to London in search of the missing loot. This means bad news for their former accomplice Jim Raynor, who has the money hidden away not least because they're not the only ones on his tail; Scotland Yard is also on the case...

Midnight at Madame Tussaud's

Midnight at Madame Tussaud's
5.2/10
Explorer Sir Clive bets that he can spend the night alone in Madame Tussauds Chamber of Horrors. Meanwhile, crooks hope to exploit his ward, Carol, for her fortune.

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