Kriminalfilme der 1900er Jahre

Der Film beginnt mit einem Einbruch, der mit einem Raubmord endet. Die Polizei kann schließlich den Täter festnehmen. Dieser wartet im Gefängnis auf seine Hinrichtung und blickt noch einmal auf die wichtigsten Stationen seines Lebens zurück. Dann kommt schließlich der Moment, in dem er mittels Guillotine hingerichtet wird.

Regie: Ferdinand Zecca - Schauspieler: Ferdinand Zecca, Jean Liézer

Die Geschichte der Kelly-Bande(1906)

32 Min. | Krimi, Drama, Action, Historie / Geschichte

2,7/5 (bei 14 Stimmen)

Die Geschichte der Kelly-Bande ist ein australischer Western aus dem Jahr 1906, der von der Figur des legendären australischen Gesetzlosen Ned Kelly handelt. Er gilt mit seiner ursprünglichen Spielzeit von ca. 70 Minuten als der weltweit erste Langfilm. Heute existieren nur noch Fragmente des Films.

Regie: Charles Tait, Millard Johnson, William Gibson - Schauspieler: John Tait

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom(1905)

12 Min. | Drama, Krimi

The millionaire's child is kidnapped. Sherlock Holmes after many thrilling adventures and narrow escapes rescues the child.

Regie: J. Stuart Blackton - Schauspieler: Kyrle Bellew, J. Barney Sherry

The Train Wreckers(1905)

11 Min. | Romantik / Liebe, Drama

2,5/5 (bei 2 Stimmen)

A romance between a railroad engineer and the switchman's daughter is nearly ruined by train wreckers who knock out the girl and leave her on the tracks to be run over. The engineer perches on the engine's cow catcher and rescues the girl.

Regie: Edwin Stanton Porter - Schauspieler: Broncho Billy Anderson

The Fatal Hour(1908)

14 Min. | Krimi, Thriller, Abenteuer

This one-reeler has been regarded as a classic example of a Griffith thriller. It engages with the Chinese White slave traffic from the perspective of a female detective, played by Marion Leonard, whose assignment is to expose and break the traffic ring. A fragment is widely available.

Regie: D. W. Griffith - Schauspieler: George M. Gebhardt, Harry Solter, Linda Arvidson, Florence Auer, D. W. Griffith, Marion Leonard, ...

The Child Stealers(1904)

5 Min. | Krimi, Thriller, Drama

2,0/5 (bei 1 Stimme)

As a mother enters a store, she leaves her child outside in a carriage. Another woman standing nearby quickly snatches the child out of the carriage. Soon afterwards, another mother is playing with two children in the park, and when she leaves one of them unattended, her child is also seized by the same woman. These are only two of a number of children that an unscrupulous couple has captured for their own purposes.

Regie: Will Barker - Schauspieler: Kenneth Barker, Alfred Collins

A New Trick(1909)

2 Min.

To help a woman whose purse has been snatched, two college boys stage a murder scene and trap the purse snatcher.

Regie: D. W. Griffith - Schauspieler: Marion Leonard, Mack Sennett, Arthur V. Johnson

Money Mad(1908)

9 Min. | Krimi, Drama

2,1/5 (bei 2 Stimmen)

The central figure is an old miser, a Harpagon of sorts, who, like Frosine, stashes his ill-gotten money in a secret cellar. While the miser is at the bank, exchanging stolen notes for gold coin, a couple of thugs witness the transaction and see their opportunity-- It seems avarice grips the hearts of all those who'd possess the bag.

Regie: D. W. Griffith - Schauspieler: Charles Inslee, George M. Gebhardt, Arthur V. Johnson, Florence Lawrence, Harry Solter, Jeanie MacPherson, ...

A Desperate Poaching Affray(1903)

3 Min. | Krimi, Action, Drama

2,7/5 (bei 7 Stimmen)

Three hunters surprise two poachers in the act. The hunters take umbrage and give chase over fences and through fields. The hunters fire away, but the poachers have guns as well, and a fight ensues with casualties for the hunters. Two cops appear and so do dogs as the chase continues. Will the poachers escape, or will they, like the game they were after, be trapped?

Regie: William Haggar

Betrayed by a Handprint(1908)

8 Min. | Krimi

1,6/5 (bei 2 Stimmen)

Mrs. Wharton, a dashing widow, gives a party at her beautiful villa in honor of the presentation to her of a handsome diamond necklace by her fiancé. During the evening bridge participated in by a number of the guests, among whom is Myrtle Vane. Miss Vane is playing in wretched luck, and is advised several times by Mrs. Wharton to desist, but she still plays on in the vain hopes of the tide of fortune turning, until at last, in the extreme of desperation, she stakes her all and loses. Shame and disgrace stare her in the face. What can she do to recoup her depleted fortune? As one of the guests there is Professor Francois Paracelsus, the eminent palmister, who of course, was called upon to read the palms of those present. Sheets of paper were prepared and each imprinted their hand on a sheet to be read by the erudite soothsayer at his leisure, and so were left on the drawing room table.

Regie: D. W. Griffith - Schauspieler: Florence Lawrence, Harry Solter, Linda Arvidson, Kate Bruce, Gene Gauntier, George M. Gebhardt, ...

A Rude Hostess(1909)

5 Min.

Mrs. Leffingwell runs after the last of her departing party guests to return a forgotten muff. While she's out a burglar enters the apartment and opens the safe. He can't make his getaway before she returns, and tries to bluff his way out by saying he entered the wrong apartment. She sees the open safe and secretly tells the butler to get the police.

Regie: D. W. Griffith - Schauspieler: Marion Leonard, Anita Hendrie, Arthur V. Johnson, Jeanie MacPherson, Owen Moore, Frank Powell, ...

Burglary at Night(1904)

3 Min. | Komödie, Krimi

2,9/5 (bei 4 Stimmen)

A man hides his valuables under his mattress before going to sleep, blissfully unaware of the two burglars on his roof.

Regie: Gaston Velle

The Moonshiner(1904)

13 Min.

2,5/5 (bei 1 Stimme)

A mountaineer loads a shipment of moonshine whiskey onto his horse-cart, then goes to make a delivery. After he leaves, a revenue agent comes to the mountaineer's house to stake it out, and he soon observes some whiskey being traded for corn. The agent at once goes to alert other revenue officers, who arm themselves with rifles and then begin an immediate search for the moonshiner's still.

Regie: Wallace McCutcheon, Sr.

The Little Train Robbery(1905)

10 Min. | Action, Krimi

2,5/5 (bei 4 Stimmen)

In this parody of 1903's "Great Train Robbery", also made by Edwin S. Porter, young bandits rob the passengers of a kiddie train and are chased by police officers.

Regie: Edwin Stanton Porter

For Love of Gold(1908)

9 Min. | Krimi

It is often said there is honor among thieves, but not so, as we shall see in this story. Two denizens of the underworld are seen in their squalid furnished room planning a robbery. Their intended victim is known to hold at all times in his safe at home a large sum of money and a wealth of jewels. Gathering together the tools of their nefarious calling, they start off, arriving at the house shortly after the master had retired for the night.

Regie: D. W. Griffith - Schauspieler: Harry Solter, George M. Gebhardt, Charles Gorman, Charles Inslee

Tracked by Bloodhounds; or, A Lynching at Cripple Creek(1904)

4 Min.

A tramp kills a generous woman. In revenge, her husband tracks down and lynches the tramp.

Regie: Harry H. Buckwalter

The Bold Bank Robbery(1904)

6 Min. | Krimi

2,8/5 (bei 2 Stimmen)

A gang of criminals plans and executes the robbery of a bank in Philadelphia. However, the police are alerted and a chase through the city's streets ensues.

Regie: Jack Frawley

A Daring Daylight Burglary(1903)

4 Min. | Krimi

2,7/5 (bei 6 Stimmen)

A thief jumps a fence and removes the shutter from a house. He enters, but a lad who's witnessed the crime runs off to hail the coppers. The first officer on the scene climbs the fence, enters the house, and is soon fighting with the thief on the roof. Falling from the roof, the officer is injured and requires an ambulance. Meanwhile, the thief flees, pursued by more men in blue.

Regie: Frank Mottershaw

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