Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
I Am a Criminal
I Am a Criminal

I Am a Criminal

Bullet-blazing drama of the man in the headlines...and the story behind them!

Genres

Crime

OverView

In this crime drama, a gangster uses an innocent newsboy to manipulate the jury just prior to his manslaughter trial. The 10-year-old newsboy idolizes the gangster. Eventually the lad's admiration comes to deeply affect the gangster who begins to soften up. Meanwhile his moll plans to rob him. The newsboy intervenes and stops her.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

72 mins

Rating

4.5/10

Release Date

07 December 1938

Country

United States of America

Cast

John Carroll

John Carroll

Brad McArthur

Kay Linaker

Kay Linaker

Linda La Rue

Craig Reynolds

Craig Reynolds

Clint Reynolds

Martin Spellman

Martin Spellman

Bobby

Lester Matthews

Lester Matthews

District Attorney George Lane

Mary Kornman

Mary Kornman

Alice Martin

May Beatty

May Beatty

Maggie

Robert Fiske

Robert Fiske

Attorney Phil Collins

Allan Cavan

Allan Cavan

De Motte

Edward Earle

Edward Earle

Clark

Byron Foulger

Byron Foulger

Ed Harper

Jack Kennedy

Jack Kennedy

Sheriff

Robert Winkler

Robert Winkler

Young Boy

Similar Movies

0.0

Nowhere Fast

Invalid date •English

A small-town criminal inadvertently kills the nephew of his boss.

6.5

Woman Against the World

September 1937 •English

A young woman marries against her father's will, but the happy life she expected turns into a series of tragedies.

4.9

Exposed

January 2016 •English

After witnessing a miracle, a young Latina woman experiences strange things as a police detective searches for the truth behind his partner's death.

6.6

The Big House

June 1930 •English

Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.

0.0

Beating Justice: The Martin Lee Anderson Story

January 2011 •English

Uncovers the system of abuse and denial that killed a 14-year-old boy in a Florida Boot Camp.

7.0

Shot Caller

July 2017 •English

A newly-released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.

6.8

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

June 1937 •English

A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of manslaughter 22 years before. The case would involve the wealthy Mr. Brownley and the fact that his alleged granddaughter may be an imposter. With that, the Bishop leaves and is clubbed in his hotel room. Soon after, he leaves on a boat and Perry meets the woman - Ida Gilbert. Perry goes to see Mr. Brownley, but gets nowhere. Later that night, Brownley is to meet Ida, but he is shot by a woman who drops Ida's gun. Ida is arrested for the murder of Mr. Brownley and Perry gets involved.

6.6

Out of the Furnace

November 2013 •English

Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the Northeast.

4.2

Masked Mutilator

May 2019 •English

After accidentally killing an opponent in the ring, a professional wrestler takes a job at a group home for youth offenders. But when a psychopath wearing a wrestling mask begins butchering the teenage residents, their rehabilitation will become a no-holds-barred battle for survival. Originally filmed in 1994 but completed in 2019.

5.9

The Corridor

July 2013 •Persian

Behzad, who has been in prison for manslaughter for a long time, has a son who does not know about him. When he is introduced, the son goes through a conflict. Then, as a family, they go to the victim's family seeking consent so Reza would be released.

5.9

Whirlpool

April 1934 •English

An ex-convict tries to connect with the daughter who doesn't even know he exists.

2.0

The House of Cats

September 1966 •English

It is a story of the innermost secrets and the sordid happenings of a house of prostitution, ruled over by a tyrannical Madam and a ruthless professional Procurer.

6.0

A Stone's Throw

October 2018 •English

With their comatose daughter suspected of manslaughter, and police on their way to the hospital, two troubled parents must decide whether to lie to protect her.

3.0

Promised a Miracle

May 1988 •English

True story of a couple charged with manslaughter when their rejection of modern medicine in favor of religion to treat their diabetic child resulted in his death.

7.5

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy

March 1994 •French

A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, with hammer and sickle, just as it happens in the film to be shown.

0.0

Manslaughter

June 1984 •Spanish

A police drama that chronicles the efforts of a police officer to uncover an unexplained murder case that blends the lives of two women and a theater actor, the victim of an "artistic" shot, part of a play.

5.4

El poder negro (Black power)

November 1975 •Spanish

In Caracas, a massively built dock-worker has beef with munitions-smuggling gang, and meanwhile he's recruited to perform as a lucha-libre wrestler.

7.1

The Harder They Fall

May 1956 •English

Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for success are hampered by a powder-puff punch and a glass jaw. Exploiting Willis' reputation for integrity and standing in the boxing community, Benko arranges a series of fixed fights that propel the unsophisticated Moreno to #1 contender for the championship. The reigning champ, the sadistic Buddy Brannen, harbors resentment at the publicity Toro has been receiving and vows to viciously punish him in the ring. Eddie must now decide whether or not to tell the naive Toro the truth.

2.8

Roosters

January 1993 •English

Gallo Morales is the proud patriach returning home after a seven-year stint for manslaughter. Seeking to re-establish his legendary status as a champion breeder, he comes back for the rooster bred by his father. But it is Hector, his son who inherits the prize-winning bird and neither are about to give in. The fall-out from their conflict has consequences for the whole family, especially for Angela, the sensitive 14-year-old daughter unable to cope with the brutal world that surrounds her and her own emerging womanhood, despite the best efforts of Juana, her strong but long-suffering mother.

6.5

Bombshell

October 1933 •English

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.