Gangster Movies of the 30s + 40s

A gangster frames two bootleggers for the shooting of a police officer in New York during the prohibition.

Un operaio sul lungomare depresso di New York scopre che la sua vita è cambiata dopo aver salvato una donna che tentava il suicidio.

Chick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he falls under suspicion. The gangster took Joan, a policeman's daughter, to the theater, sneaked out during the intermission to commit the crime, then used her to support his alibi. The detective squad employs its most sophisticated and barbaric techniques, including planting an undercover agent in the gang, to bring him to justice.

A dapper gangster sponsors an alcoholic violinist in order to win the love of a glamorous divorced socialite.

A chorus girl with marital woes is pursued by a gangster.

A big-time, but honest gambler has to prevent his younger brother from following in his footsteps, and taking up gambling.

Hoping to use the publicity to get re-elected, a judge sentences a notorious gangster to fight in the war.

Racketeer David Cresson's sudden passion for the straight-and-narrow life is thanks to his falling in love with society débutante Helen Rankin. However, his former associate and gang-members are more than slightly irritated, distressed, and downright hostile toward his reformation.

Larry Sheldon is a gambler and during an argument he accidentally shoots a man. Fleeing he changes his identity, pretending to be a minister. Things are complicated when he meets a real preacher and falls in love with his daughter Doris.

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 money and takes them under his wing. The thug, resentful of the couple, plans to organize a mutiny against the gang's boss, but when he is killed in a botched robbery, the police focus their attention on the young couple.

Mobster Dominic brings con man Swifty East, but Swifty seemingly dies. Detective Henderson impersonates Swifty to infiltrate the mob but is killed. Henderson's sister Polly then poses as Swifty's widow, until the real Swifty resurfaces.

Un piccolo criminale si trasferisce in una grande città per cercare fortuna.

Jack's lavish lifestyle gets disrupted when he finds his presumed-dead father alive. His father wants Jack and his brother Frank to take over his illegal bootlegging business, smuggling alcohol from Canada, causing a family conflict.

A rookie reporter receives bribes from gangsters to suspend negative press.

Un uomo si unisce a una banda per liberare la sua ragazza dalla prigione.

Truck driver Bugs Raymond organizes the trucking associations and takes protection money. Now rich, he decides to marry socialite Dorothy Stone. She rejects him for another, so he plots to kidnap her on her wedding day.