1940s crime dramas

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 Notable Crime Drama Movies of the 1940s

  • The Bank Dick (1940) – A crime comedy starring W.C. Fields

  • High Sierra (1941) – Humphrey Bogart as a doomed gangster

  • Double Indemnity (1944) – Billy Wilder’s masterpiece of murder and betrayal

  • The House on 92nd Street (1945) – FBI espionage crime drama

  • The Chase (1946) – Noir thriller with mistaken identity

  • Out of the Past (1947) – Robert Mitchum in a quintessential noir

  • Roses Are Red (1947) – Crime noir about corruption

  • The Scar (1948) – Noir about identity and deception

  • Jigsaw (1949) – Conspiracy-driven crime drama

  • Bicycle Thieves (1948) – Italian neorealist crime drama about poverty and theft

📺 Crime Dramas & Detective Serials (TV beginnings & film serials)

  • Gang Busters (1942) – Film serial based on the popular radio crime show

  • Boston Blackie film series – Popular detective films throughout the 1940s

  • Charlie Chan films – Mystery and crime-solving adventures continued into the decade

  • Sherlock Holmes films with Basil Rathbone – Classic detective stories adapted for wartime audiences

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