List of crime films before 1930

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "List of crime films before 1930" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

Crime films

Lists
Before 1930
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s
2020s

* v
* t
* e

This film-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2024)

|

This is a list of crime films released before 1930.

Title | Director | Cast | Country | Genre/Notes

|
|
|
|

1895
The Arrest of a Pickpocket | Birt Acres |  | United Kingdom | Short film
1900
Sherlock Holmes Baffled | Arthur Marvin |  | United States | Short film
1902
Bluebeard | Georges Méliès | Georges Méliès, Jeanne d'Alcy | France | Short film
1912
The Musketeers of Pig Alley | D.W. Griffith | Alfred Paget, Walter Miller, Jack Pickford | United States | Short film
1913
Fantômas | Louis Feuillade | René Navarre, Edmond Breon, Georges Melchior, Renee Carl | France | Film serial
Traffic in Souls | George Loane Tucker | Jane Gail, Ethel Grandin, William H. Turner | United States | Crime drama[1]
1915
Les Vampires | Louis Feuillade | Jean Aymé, Marcel Lévesque, Musidora, Stacia Napierkowska | France | Film serial
Regeneration | Raoul Walsh | Rockliffe Fellowes, Anna Q. Nilsson, James A. Marcus, Carl Harbaugh | United States | Crime drama
1920
The Penalty | Wallace Worsley | Ethel Grey Terry, Milton Ross, Lon Chaney | United States | Crime drama
1922
Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler | Fritz Lang | Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Aud Egede Nissen, Gertrude Welcker, Alfred Abel | Germany | Master criminal film
1923
Bulldog Drummond | Oscar Apfel | Carlyle Blackwell, Evelyn Greeley | United Kingdom |
The Street | Karl Grune | Aud Egede-Nissen | Germany | Crime drama
White Tiger | Priscilla Dean |  | United States |
1925
Bulldog Drummond's Third Round |  |  | United Kingdom |
The Pleasure Garden | Alfred Hitchcock | Virginia Valli, Carmelita Geraghty | United Kingdom |
1927
Chicago | Frank Urson | Phyllis Haver, Victor Varconi, Eugene Pallette, Virginia Bradford | United States |
The Return of Boston Blackie | Harry Hoyt |  | United States |
Underworld | Josef von Sternberg | George Bancroft, Clive Brook, Evelyn Brent | United States | Crime drama, Gangster film
1928
The Big City | Tod Browning | Lon Chaney, Marceline Day, Betty Compson | United States |
The Dragnet | Josef von Sternberg, Helen Lewis | George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, William Powell | United States | Crime drama
Ladies of the Mob | William Wellman | Clara Bow, Richard Arlen, Helen Lynch, Carl Gerard | United States | Crime drama
Lights of New York | Bryan Foy | Helene Costello, Cullen Landis, Gladys Brockwell | United States |
Me, Gangster | Raoul Walsh | Don Terry, June Collyer, Anders Randolf | United States |
The Racket | Lewis Milestone | Thomas Meighan, Marie Prevost, Louis Wolheim | United States | Crime drama, Gangster film
1929
Alibi | Roland West | Chester Morris, Harry Stubbs, Mae Busch | United States |
The Last Warning | Paul Leni | Laura La Plante, Montagu Love, Mack Swain, Roy D'Arcy | United States |
Thunderbolt | Josef von Sternberg, William Wyler | George Bancroft, Fay Wray, Richard Arlen | United States | Crime drama, Prison film

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Traffic in Souls (1913) - George Loane Tucker | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" - via www.allmovie.com.

* v
* t
* e

Lists of films by genre and themes

* Action
* Martial arts
* Mixed martial arts
* Ninja
* Adventure
* Pirate
* Swashbuckler
* Animation
* Avant-garde
* Biographical
* Blaxploitation
* Children's
* Animation
* Christian
* Comedy
* Parody
* Crime
* Disaster
* Documentary
* Drama
* Historical
* Slavery
* Erotic
* Fantasy
* Sword and sorcery
* Horror
* Comedy horror
* Disaster
* Eco
* Ghosts
* Mummy
* Natural
* Vampire
* Zombie
* LGBTQ
* Melodrama
* Mockumentary
* Monster
* Giant-monster
* Musical
* Live musical
* Mystery
* Noir
* Neo-noir
* Prison
* Religious
* Romance
* Romantic comedy
* Satire
* Science fiction
* Apocalyptic
* Body swap
* Dystopia
* Extraterrestrials
* Sci-fi action
* Sci-fi comedy
* Sci-fi horror
* Superhero
* Time travel
* Spy
* Sports
* Teen
* Thriller
* Erotic
* War
* Anti-war
* Western
* Euro
* Spaghetti

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template