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This is a list of crime films released in the 1930s.
Title | Director | Cast | Country | Notes | ||
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1930 | ||||||
The Big House | George W. Hill | Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Robert Montgomery | United States | Prison film[1] | ||
Born Reckless | John Ford, Andrew Bennison | Edmund Lowe, Catherine Dale Owen, Lee Tracy | United States | [2] | ||
The Cat Creeps | Rupert Julian, John Willard | Helen Twelvetrees, Raymond Hackett, Neil Hamilton | United States | [3] | ||
The Doorway to Hell | Archie Mayo | Charles Judels, Lew Ayres, James Cagney | United States | [4] | ||
Manslaughter | George Abbott | Claudette Colbert, Fredric March, Emma Dunn | United States | Crime drama, prison film[5] | ||
Night Owls | James Parrott | Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel | United States | Crime comedy[6] | ||
Raffles | Harry D'Abbadie D'Arrast, George Fitzmaurice | Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, David Torrence | United States | [7] | ||
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu | Rowland V. Lee | Warner Oland, Neil Hamilton, Jean Arthur | United States | [8] | ||
The Unholy Three | Jack Conway | Lila Lee, Elliott Nugent, Harry Earles | United States | [9] | ||
1931 | ||||||
Blonde Crazy | Roy Del Ruth | James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Louis Calhern | United States | Gangster film[10] | ||
City Streets | Rouben Mamoulian | Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sidney, Paul Lukas | United States | [11] | ||
Daughter of the Dragon | Lloyd Corrigan | Anna May Wong, Warner Oland, Sessue Hayakawa | United States | [12] | ||
Little Caesar | Mervyn LeRoy | Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Glenda Farrell | United States | [13] | ||
Night Nurse | Igor Auzins, William Wellman | Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell | United States | [14] | ||
The Public Enemy | William Wellman | James Cagney, Edward Woods, Donald Cook | United States | [15] | ||
Smart Money | Alfred E. Green | Edward G. Robinson, Evelyn Knapp, James Cagney, Ralf Harolde | United States | [16] | ||
1932 | ||||||
Arsene Lupin | Jack Conway | John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley | United States | [17] | ||
The Beast of the City | Charles J. Brabin | Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford | United States | [18] | ||
Fantômas | Paul Fejos | Jean Galland, Thomy Bourdelle, Tania Fédor | France | [19] | ||
The Girl From Chicago | Oscar Micheaux | Eunice Brooks, Starr Calloway, Minta Cato | United States | [20] | ||
Love Is a Racket | William Wellman | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Ann Dvorak, Frances Dee | United States | Crime drama[21] | ||
The Mask of Fu Manchu | Charles J. Brabin, Charles Vidor, King Vidor | Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley | United States | [22] | ||
Me and My Gal | Raoul Walsh | Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Marion Burns, George Walsh | United States | [23] | ||
The Mouthpiece | James Flood, Elliott Nugent | Warren William, Aline MacMahon, William Janney | United States | [24] | ||
Night at the Cross Roads | Jean Renoir | Pierre Renoir, Winna Winifred, Jean Gehret | France | [25] | ||
Scarface | Howard Hawks | Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley | United States | [26] | ||
1933 | ||||||
Lady Killer | Roy Del Ruth | James Cagney, Mae Clarke, Leslie Fenton | United States | Gangster film[27] | ||
The Little Giant | Roy Del Ruth | Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Helen Vinson | United States | [28] | ||
The Mayor of Hell | Archie Mayo | James Cagney, Madge Evans, Allen Jenkins | United States | [29] | ||
The Midnight Club | George Somnes, Alexander Hall | Clive Brook, George Raft, Helen Vinson | United States | [30] | ||
Murders in the Zoo | Edward Sutherland | Charlie Ruggles, Lionell Atwill, Gail Patrick | United States | [31] | ||
Penthouse | W. S. Van Dyke | Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth | United States | [32] | ||
Pick-Up | Marion Gering | Sylvia Sidney, George Raft, William Harrigan | United States | [33] | ||
The Sin of Nora Moran | Philip Goldstone | Zita Johann, Alan Dinehart, Paul Cavanagh | United States | [34] | ||
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse | Fritz Lang | Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Gustav Diessl | Germany | [35] | ||
La tête d'un homme | Julien Duvivier | Gina Manès, Harry Baur, Valery Inkijinoff | France | [36] | ||
1934 | ||||||
Fog Over Frisco | William Dieterle, Daniel Reed | Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay | United States | [37] | ||
Limehouse Blues | Alexander Hall | George Raft, Jean Parker, Anna May Wong | United States | [38] | ||
Manhattan Melodrama | W. S. Van Dyke | Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy | United States | Crime drama[39] | ||
Search for Beauty | Erle C. Kenton | Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Ida Lupino, Toby Wing | United States | [40] | ||
1935 | ||||||
Bulldog Jack | Walter Forde | Jack Hulbert, Fay Wray, Ralph Richardson | United Kingdom | [41] | ||
Crime and Punishment | Pierre Chenal | Harry Baur, Pierre Blanchar, Madeleine Ozeray | France | Crime drama[42] | ||
Crime and Punishment | Josef von Sternberg | Edward Arnold, Peter Lorre, Marian Marsh | United States | Crime drama[43] | ||
G Men | William Keighley | James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Lloyd Nolan | United States | [44] | ||
Toni | Jean Renoir | Charles Blavette, Celia Montalván, Jenny Hélia | France | Crime drama[45] | ||
The Whole Town's Talking | John Ford | Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, Wallace Ford | United States | Crime comedy[46] | ||
1936 | ||||||
15 Maiden Lane | Allan Dwan | Claire Trevor, Cesar Romero, Douglas Fowley | United States | [47] | ||
Big Brown Eyes | Raoul Walsh | Joan Bennett, Cary Grant, Walter Pidgeon | United States | [48] | ||
The Crime of Monsieur Lange | Jean Renoir | Jules Berry, René Lefèvre, Sylvia Bataille | France | Crime drama[49] | ||
Fury | Fritz Lang | Spencer Tracy, Sylvia Sidney, Walter Abel | United States | Crime drama[50] | ||
The Petrified Forest | Archie Mayo | Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart | United States | Crime drama[51] | ||
Reefer Madness | Louis J. Gasnier | Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Lillian Miles | United States | Crime drama[52] | ||
1937 | ||||||
L'alibi | Pierre Chenal | Louis Jouvet, Erich von Stroheim, Albert Préjean | France | [53] | ||
Black Legion | Archie Mayo, Michael Curtiz | Humphrey Bogart, Dick Foran, Erin O'Brien-Moore | United States | [54] | ||
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo | Eugene J. Forde | Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Virginia Field | United States | [55] | ||
Dead End | William Wyler | Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart | United States | [56] | ||
Jump for Glory | Raoul Walsh | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Valerie Hobson Alan Hale Sr. |
United Kingdom United States |
[57] | ||
Marked Woman | Lloyd Bacon, Michael Curtiz | Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Isabel Jewell | United States | [58] | ||
Pépé le Moko | Julien Duvivier | Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Line Noro | France | Gangster film[59] | ||
You Only Live Once | Fritz Lang | Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane | United States | Crime drama[60] | ||
1938 | ||||||
Algiers | John Cromwell | Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr, Sigrid Gurie | United States | Gangster film[61] | ||
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Anatole Litvak | Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor, Humphrey Bogart | United States | Crime comedy[62] | ||
Angels with Dirty Faces | Michael Curtiz | James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart | United States | Crime drama[63] | ||
La Bête Humaine | Jean Renoir | Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Julien Carette | France | Crime drama[64] | ||
Crime School | Lewis Seiler | Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall | United States | Juvenile delinquency film[65] | ||
Dangerous to Know | Robert Florey | Stanley Blystone, Barlowe Borland | United States | [66] | ||
I Am the Law | Alexander Hall | Edward G. Robinson, Barbara O'Neil, Wendy Barrie | United States | [67] | ||
Port of Shadows | Marcel Carné | Michèle Morgan, Jean Gabin, Michel Simon | France | Crime drama[68] | ||
A Slight Case of Murder | Lloyd Bacon | Edward G. Robinson, Jane Bryan, Allen Jenkins | United States | Crime comedy[69] | ||
They Drive by Night | Arthur B. Woods | Emlyn Williams, Ernest Thesiger, Anna Konstam | United Kingdom | [70] | ||
You and Me | Fritz Lang | Sylvia Sidney, George Raft, Robert Cummings | United States | Crime comedy[71] | ||
Young Fugitives | John Rawlins | Robert Wilcox, Dorothea Kent, Harry Davenport | United States | Crime | ||
1939 | ||||||
Blackmail | H. C. Potter | Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Hussey, Gene Lockhart | United States | [72] | ||
Daybreak | Marcel Carné | Jean Gabin, Jules Berry, Arletty | France | Crime drama[73] | ||
Each Dawn I Die | William Keighley | James Cagney, George Raft, Jane Bryan | United States | [74] | ||
I Stole a Million | Frank Tuttle | George Raft, Claire Trevor | United States | [75] | ||
King of the Underworld | Lewis Seiler | Humphrey Bogart, James Stephenson, John Eldredge | United States | [76] | ||
Let Us Live | John Brahm | Maureen O'Sullivan, Henry Fonda, Ralph Bellamy | United States | [77] | ||
The Roaring Twenties | Raoul Walsh | James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane | United States | [78] | ||
You Can't Get Away with Murder | Lewis Seiler | Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Billy Halop | United States | [79] |