Crime

Franz Biberkopf has served four years in prison. His return to normal life is not successful.

Movie star Shelah Fane is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but won’t marry him without consulting famed ...

A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.

During a raid, a cop lets a pretty speakeasy employee escape and later begins dating her. Although she loves him, his salary and dull life leave ...

A trio of former sideshow performers double as the “Unholy Three” in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.

Ma Delano runs a penny arcade in Coney Island, living upstairs with her sons and daughter. Story involves rum-running, accidental murder and a ...

A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life–he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed “The Amateur ...

Loretta Young plays dual roles in this 1930 crime drama about a young thief planning to steal jewels from a wealthy socialite.

When a woman is convicted of murder, one of the jurors selected to serve on the murder-trial jury believes the accused, an aspiring actress, is ...

A thug robs a young engaged couple of their last few dollars. When the thug’s gang boss hears of the robbery, he gives them back their ...

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues decides to give the business to his second in command ...

On the rugged coast of County Clare, Val Ahern’s husband is found dead at the foot of a cliff the morning after a family party. The ...

Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are ...

Infamous burglar “The Bat” commits a daring jewelry theft despite heavy police presence. Soon after, a bank theft occurs, which may ...

An escaped convict and the detective tasked with hunting him down end up working in parallel to clear the convict’s name and nab the ...

A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed ...

A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club’s main act.

A Chinese doctor vows revenge against the allied troops who killed his wife and child during the Boxer Rebellion.

Show girl Jill Deverne is married to song writer Fred Deverne, and everyone is involved in the Broadway night life and endless parties. Jill is ...

One of the last of the silent Sherlock films.

The Flying Scotsman is a 1929 black and white film set on the Flying Scotsman train from London to Edinburgh. Engine driver Bob is due to retire ...

A beautiful showgirl, name “the Canary” is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and with that she ends up dead. But ...

A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder.

Sir George hires Hillary Gatt to find out more about Eric who wants to marry Lois. Gatt is murdered and the couple, married, run off to India. ...

London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. ...

A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.