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1949 Crime Movies

Public list by WPS with 46 movies or TV shows/series

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Port of New York(1949)

NR
| 1h 22min | Crime, Drama
2.4/5 (with 10 votes)

Two narcotics agents go after a gang of murderous drug dealers who use ships docking at the New York harbor to smuggle in their contraband.

Obsession(1949)

NR
| 1h 36min | Thriller, Crime
3.5/5 (with 16 votes)

A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.

Directed by Edward Dmytryk - With Robert Newton

Border Incident(1949)

NR
| 1h 34min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 13 votes)

The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggling of Mexican migrant workers across the border to California. The two agents go undercover, one as a poor migrant.

Cover Up(1949)

NR
| 1h 22min | Mystery
3.3/5 (with 9 votes)

Insurance investigator Sam Donovan is looking into the apparent suicide of a man in a small Midwestern town. All clues leads him into suspecting murder. Unfortunately, no one wants to assist him with the case, including Sheriff Larry Best.

Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc.(1949)

NR
| 2h 47min | Action, Crime

The female leader of an international crime ring steals a valuable artifact that can give her the power to control men's minds. Federal agents are dispatched to get it back and stop her evil plans.

Directed by Fred C. Brannon - With Kirk Alyn

C-Man(1949)

NR
| 1h 15min | Crime
2.7/5 (with 13 votes)

A customs agent follows a jewel smuggler's trail of corpses from Paris to New York.

Directed by Joseph Lerner - With John Carradine, Dean Jagger

A Dangerous Profession(1949)

NR
| 1h 19min | Crime
2.8/5 (with 7 votes)

A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation.

Paper Orchid(1949)

1h 26min | Crime, Mystery, Drama
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

- No description / details available yet. -

Johnny Allegro(1949)

NR
| 1h 21min | Crime
3.2/5 (with 6 votes)

Treasury Department officials recruit a florist (Raft) to lead them to a wanted criminal (Macready); but once he gets too close, he finds he's the hunted.

City Across the River(1949)

NR
| 1h 31min | Crime, Drama
2.7/5 (with 4 votes)

Brooklyn youth Frank Cusack, good son and brother by day, is a gang member by night. The Dukes, seemingly likable dead-end-kids, are dangerously involved with racketeer Gaggsy Steens. Despite the efforts of Franks's parents, he and pal Benny get involved in a serious crime. Can Stan Albert, head of the community center, prevent them from becoming full-time crooks?

Directed by Maxwell Shane - With Stephen McNally

No Way Back(1949)

1h 12min | Drama, Crime
2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

A gangster's girl loves a one-eyed boxer who is framed for robbery.

For Them That Trespass(1949)

1h 35min | Drama, Crime
2.6/5 (with 5 votes)

In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. This leads him to begin wandering about the seamiest side of town where he witnesses a murder. When an innocent man is arrested, the writer refuses to assist him as the knowledge that he has been "slumming" could destroy his career. The young man is sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti - With Richard Todd
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Das Geheimnis der roten Katze(1949)

1h 38min | Comedy
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

- No description / details available yet. -

Manhandled(1949)

NR
| 1h 37min | Crime, Drama
2.6/5 (with 8 votes)

Merle Kramer works as a stenographer for a psychiatrist. She is casually dating Karl Benson, a private eye and former cop. Merle mentions in passing that one of her boss's patients is an author with recurring dreams of murdering his wife, and she includes the fact that the wife owns valuable jewels. When the wife is found murdered in a manner identical to that of her husband's dream, the husband is naturally the prime suspect. But as the investigation of the police and insurance investigator Joe Cooper proceeds, it turns out that several people in the case, including Merle, are not what they seem.

The Case of Charles Peace(1949)

1h 28min | Drama, Crime
3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

Charles Peace leads a double life, by day he's a respected local businessman, but by night he's a professional thief who stops at nothing, not even murder, to get what he wants.

Directed by Norman Lee

Marlène(1949)

1h 40min | Drama

Returning from South America, a singer is hired by an old pal who runs a detective agency to use a perch as a night club performer to be an investigator.The amateur sleuth then falls for a girl whose brother is a jewel thief.

Die Nacht der Zwölf(1949)

1h 32min | Crime

- No description / details available yet. -

Directed by Hans Schweikart

The Judge(1949)

1h 9min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 4 votes)

A study of an amoral and sleazy defense lawyer who suddenly tries to "go straight" when he finds out that his tart wife is cheating on him; as well as the similarities he has in life with one of his clients.

Directed by Elmer Clifton

Search for Danger(1949)

NR
| 1h 2min | Mystery

The murders of a suspected thief and a rival private eye draw the attention of The Falcon.

Directed by Jack Bernhard - With John Calvert

Alias the Champ(1949)

NR
| 1h | Action, Comedy, Crime
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Slammin’ Sammy Menacker is killed in the ring, and Gorgeous George (in his only film appearance) is arrested for murder. Out to clear his name is his manager Lorraine and cop Ron Peterson, who was already on the scene to investigate the Mob’s influence on pro wrestling.

Directed by George Blair - With Robert Rockwell

Johnny Holiday(1949)

1h 32min | Crime, Drama
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A guard (William Bendix) befriends a wayward youth (Allen Martin Jr.) sent to the Indiana Boys School.

I Cheated the Law(1949)

NR
| 1h 9min | Crime, Drama

An attorney (Tom Conway) learns he was duped into being his gangster murder client's (Steve Brodie) alibi.

Tough Assignment(1949)

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A meddlesome reporter sporting a young bride takes on a gang of modern day cattle rustlers. Donald "Red" Barry plays Dan Reilly, a newspaper reporter just returned to LA with his wife, photographer Margie (Marjorie Steele). Margie insists on taking pictures of everywhere they go, and so as she's walking into a butcher shop she poses for Dan - while at the same time three thugs make their way quickly out after beating up the proprietors. Soon Margie and Dan are involved in investigating an illegal meat operation that rustles cattle and forces butchers to buy it - or else. Dan gets beaten up a couple of times, but is undaunted in pursuing the great story - and hey, he's only got 64 minutes to do so, he'd best get cracking!

Farlig vår(1949)

1h 36min | Crime
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A young prostitute, Gullan Svan, is murdered one night. The police suspects that the murderer is a student, since she had a lot of students as customers. The murderer stole a picture of Gullan after he killed her, a picture which later is found in a rented tuxedo when the tuxedo is returned. Four students decide to solve the case, but it seems that the truth is even closer than they first suspected... Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

The Lone Wolf and His Lady(1949)

NR
| 1h | Mystery, Crime
2.3/5 (with 1 vote)

A newspaper man, and former jewel thief, is accused of gem theft.

Directed by John Hoffman - With Ron Randell

Five Red Tulips(1949)

During the Tour de France, five riders are found murdered with a red tulip near their bodies. A journalist and a police inspector lead the investigation to unmask the murderer.

Number 17(1949)

1h 18min | Crime, Drama

The sailor Calle Svensson gets a tip on a cheap hotel from a stranger. But Calle walks to the wrong house. And finds a dead man in the bed, stolen passports and signs of trafficking in a cupboard.

Dark Secret(1949)

1h 25min | Crime

A young couple move into a charming rural cottage. They become fixated upon the mysterious death of the earlier female occupant.

Directed by Maclean Rogers - With Dinah Sheridan

Ángeles de arrabal(1949)

1h 43min | Crime, Drama
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Small-time crooks and bargirls, and also their mothers, get involved in a situation over some stolen jewels.

Streets of San Francisco(1949)

1h | Crime, Drama

A police detective (Robert Armstrong) and his wife (Mae Clarke) adopt the wayward son (Gary Gray) of a slain gangster.

Directed by George Blair - With Robert Armstrong
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