Chester Morris Movies

Infamous burglar "The Bat" commits a daring jewelry theft despite heavy police presence. Soon after, a bank theft occurs, which may be the work of...

G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the...

A man goes to a loan shark to finance his family's vacation.

Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force...

A cab driver takes in a young woman who claims to be a reluctant bride, and becomes involved in the search for a stolen necklace.

A parade highlights the Screen Actors Guild's Film Stars Frolic, hosted by Walter Winchell as Master of Ceremonies.

This pre-Code comedy-thriller centers on Robert Holden, a broke and discouraged veteran, who meets fellow American Elinor Green at a cafe in Paris....

A gangster takes a doctor and his family hostage.

A murder is committed during the auction of a valuable statue. The prime suspect is Boston Blackie, whose reputation for living on the edge of the...

An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.

Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered...

Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.

An ordinary girl's life is radically changed by the mistaken receipt of a $60,000 strand of pearls.

Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are...

Blackie receives a call from a friend who asks him to retrieve some money from his apartment and deliver it to him in California. Performing this...

Two starstruck visitors to Hollywood sneak into the famous nightclub and end up in a Conga contest and get more than they expected.

A wise-cracking private detective's honeymoon is interrupted by a kidnapping case.

Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.

Blackie is the natural suspect when an expensive pearl necklace is stolen while he is supposed to be guarding it.

This fact-based prison drama tells the tale of a band of prisoners living in the innovative 2,600-acre prison at Chino, California. The place takes a...