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List of crime films before 1930

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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

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