Top 30 Crime Movies Fan Favorites from 1929

After killing a man in self-defense, a young woman is blackmailed by a witness to the killing. Read about Blackmail / IMDB / YouTube

With the police hot on their trail, Stan and Ollie attempt to change clothes in their getaway car, only to find themselves struggling to balance atop the girders of an unfinished skyscraper. Will they return to ground level in one piece? Check out Liberty / IMDB / YouTube

A young Chinese woman working in the kitchen at a London dance club is given the chance to become the club's main act, which leads to a plot of betrayal, forbidden love, and murder. More about Piccadilly / IMDB / YouTube

A bored WWI veteran helps out a young woman whose uncle is being held hostage by embezzlers. Get info on Bulldog Drummond / IMDB / YouTube

Nightclub singer 'the Canary' blackmails acquaintances, ends up murdered. Only witness also killed. Detective Philo Vance investigates to uncover her killer among numerous suspects she had exploited. Explore The Canary Murder Case / IMDB / YouTube

Chick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he falls under suspicion. The gangster took Joan, a policeman's daughter, to the theater, sneaked out during the intermission to commit the crime, then used her to support his alibi. The detective squad employs its most sophisti. Learn about Alibi / IMDB / YouTube

A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolt's girl. Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the execution long enough to kill young Moran for romancing his girl. Look into Thunderbolt / IMDB / YouTube

Two teenagers, one an atheist and the other a Christian, fall in love at a brutal reform school. Learn about The Godless Girl / IMDB / YouTube

Eve Mannering realizes too late that her abusive husband is a philanderer and murderer and seeks protection with her true love, explorer John Beetham. More about Behind That Curtain / IMDB / YouTube

Rich, disdainful Greene family gathers yearly at creepy ancestral castle to discuss will. One by one, they meet untimely demises during current year's gathering under mysterious circumstances. Learn about The Greene Murder Case / IMDB / YouTube

A young man of society wants to make an expedition to Africa, but his fiancée asks him for help with one of her father's guests shortly before his planned departure. Her suspicions about that guest are serious: this man tries to steal one of her father's rubies, and she and her fiance' are kidnapped and taken to a house where strange things happen. The whole thing bec. Learn about Seven Footprints to Satan / IMDB / YouTube

A black musician marries a woman facing abuse from her stepfather to rescue her. After the marriage, he refuses to introduce her to his mother, fearing his mother's disapproval of her lower socioeconomic status. Explore The Scar of Shame / IMDB / YouTube

A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder. Check out Broadway / IMDB / YouTube

A dapper gangster sponsors an alcoholic violinist in order to win the love of a glamorous divorced socialite. See more about The Racketeer / IMDB / YouTube

During the Boxer Rebellion in China during the early 20th century, in which a Chinese secret society attacked all westerners and anyone who associated with them, Dr. Fu Manchu's wife and child are killed by foreigners. Enraged, he vows to take his revenge on the British army officers he holds responsible for the killings. Info on The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu / IMDB / YouTube

After the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville, Sherlock Holmes is called in to solve the mystery. Learn about The Hound of the Baskervilles / IMDB / YouTube

A reporter's marriage is jeopardized by his drinking and he finds himself accused of a murder he didn't commit. Explore Big News / IMDB / YouTube

A chorus girl with marital woes is pursued by a gangster. Look into New York Nights / IMDB / YouTube

Philandering actor Richard Hardell is murdered at a movie studio. His jealous wife Blanche, his director Rupert Borka, and a girl he mistreated, Helen MacDonald, all have substantial reasons for having wanted him dead. More about The Studio Murder Mystery / IMDB / YouTube

Her Private Affair is a 1929 drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Ann Harding. It was produced and distributed by the Pathé Exchange company. It is a sound film using the RCA Photophone sound-on-film sound system. More about Her Private Affair / IMDB / YouTube

A man is blamed for a murder that was actually committed by his wife. Info on The Phantom in the House / IMDB / YouTube

A convict, wrongfully accused and sent a harsh prison colony, attempts to escape. Check out For the Term of His Natural Life / IMDB / YouTube

An escaped convict and the detective tasked with hunting him down end up working in parallel to clear the convict's name and nab the gangsters that framed him. Find out about The Voice of the City / IMDB / YouTube

A vaudeville performer is murdered backstage and another performer is tried for the crime. Learn about Painted Faces / IMDB / YouTube