1930 - 1940's Warner Gangster/Crime Dramas

by Starwyvern-589274 | created - 2 weeks ago | updated - 1 week ago | Public

This list consists of all of the 1930's - 1940's gangster and crime dramas from Warner Bros. I have seen. Also, this list is in no specific order.

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Out of the Fog

1. Out of the Fog (1941)

Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.8
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A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.

Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Ida Lupino, John Garfield, Thomas Mitchell, Eddie Albert

Votes: 2,262

Special Agent

2. Special Agent (1935)

Passed | 76 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

6.4
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Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Alexander Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters ... See full summary »

Director: William Keighley | Stars: Bette Davis, George Brent, Ricardo Cortez, Jack La Rue

Votes: 1,206

Little Caesar

3. Little Caesar (1931)

Not Rated | 79 min | Action, Crime, Drama

7.2
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A small-time criminal moves to a big city to seek bigger fortune.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell, William Collier Jr.

Votes: 14,531

Black Legion

4. Black Legion (1937)

Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

6.9
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A hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he's seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.

Directors: Archie Mayo, Michael Curtiz | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Dick Foran, Erin O'Brien-Moore

Votes: 3,918

Smart Money

5. Smart Money (1931)

Passed | 81 min | Crime, Drama

6.8
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A Greek barber has uncommon skills in playing poker and soon rises in the seedy world of illegal gambling, but pretty blondes remain his Achilles' heel.

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, Evalyn Knapp, Ralf Harolde

Votes: 2,236

The Little Giant

6. The Little Giant (1933)

Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

7
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When Prohibition ends, a beer baron sees the writing on the wall, quits the rackets, and tries to break into California society.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Helen Vinson, Russell Hopton

Votes: 1,441

Taxi

7. Taxi (1931)

Passed | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

6.6
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Independent cabbie Matt Nolan is primed to let his fists and handgun deliver payback after a big taxi firm uses intimidation and violence to squeeze out small-timers.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: James Cagney, Loretta Young, George E. Stone, Guy Kibbee

Votes: 1,553

The Public Enemy

8. The Public Enemy (1931)

Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama

7.6
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80 Metascore

An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell

Votes: 23,022 | Gross: $1.01M

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

9. The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)

Approved | 87 min | Crime, Drama

7
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A brilliant Park Avenue doctor becomes a criminal in order to do research into the criminal mind.

Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Claire Trevor, Allen Jenkins

Votes: 2,982



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