The best William Wright’s crime movies

William Wright

William Wright

06/01/1911- 20/01/1949
We present our ranking of the best William Wright’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 William Wright.

Escape in the Fog

Escape in the Fog
5.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 05/04/1945
  • Character: Barry Malcolm
A military nurse recovering at an inn from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees two men trying to murder a third. When she meets a man who is a federal agent at the inn, she is astounded to discover that he is the man in her dream who is the intended murder victim.

Philo Vance Returns

Philo Vance Returns
5.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 14/04/1947
  • Character: Philo Vance
Playboy Larry Blendon introduces his grandmother Stella Blendon to his fiancée, radio singer Virginia Berneaux. Despite Larry's record of broken romances and divorces, Virginia decides she will marry him. Virginia is slain that night and Blandon telephones his friend Philo Vance to help find the killer.

One Mysterious Night

One Mysterious Night
6.1/10
After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit former thief Boston Blackie to find the stone. Along with his assistant, "The Runt", Blackie focuses his investigation on the hotel manager, George Daley, and his sister, Eileen. Through disguises and ruses, Blackie and the Runt try to trick their way to discovering the thieves.

Night in New Orleans

Night in New Orleans
5.9/10
A policeman's family helps to exonerate him of murder charges in the death of a man he had under interrogation.

Devil Pays Off

Devil Pays Off
5.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaWar
  • Release: 10/11/1941
  • Character: Christopher Waring
A former Navy man attempts to redeem his honor by exposing a shipping tycoon's dealings with the enemy.

Lucky Legs

Lucky Legs
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 01/10/1942
  • Character: 'Pinkie' Connors
Chorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle. Producer Ned McLane persuades her to advance him the money on a production called "Lucky Legs" that will star her. Unfortunately, the money has "made the rounds" prior to reaching Gloria and several less-than-scrupulous characters set out to separate Gloria from her inheritance.

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