This is a list of crime films released before 1930.
Title Director Cast Country Genre/Notes 1895The Arrest of a PickpocketBirt AcresShort film 1900Sherlock Holmes BaffledArthur MarvinShort film 1902BluebeardGeorges MélièsGeorges Méliès, Jeanne d'AlcyFranceShort film 1912The Musketeers of Pig AlleyD.W. GriffithAlfred Paget, Walter Miller, Jack PickfordUnited StatesShort film 1913FantômasLouis FeuilladeRené Navarre, Edmond Breon, Georges Melchior, Renee CarlFranceFilm serialTraffic in SoulsGeorge Loane TuckerJane Gail, Ethel Grandin, William H. TurnerUnited StatesCrime drama 1915Les VampiresLouis FeuilladeJean Aymé, Marcel Lévesque, Musidora, Stacia NapierkowskaFranceFilm serialRegenerationRaoul WalshRockliffe Fellowes, Anna Q. Nilsson, James A. Marcus, Carl HarbaughUnited StatesCrime drama 1920The PenaltyWallace WorsleyEthel Grey Terry, Milton Ross, Lon ChaneyUnited StatesCrime drama 1922Dr. Mabuse: The GamblerFritz LangRudolf Klein-Rogge, Aud Egede Nissen, Gertrude Welcker, Alfred AbelGermanyMaster criminal film 1923Bulldog DrummondOscar ApfelCarlyle Blackwell, Evelyn GreeleyUnited KingdomThe StreetKarl GruneAud Egede-NissenGermanyCrime dramaWhite TigerPriscilla Dean United States 1925Bulldog Drummond's Third Round United KingdomThe Pleasure GardenAlfred HitchcockVirginia Valli, Carmelita GeraghtyUnited Kingdom 1927ChicagoFrank UrsonPhyllis Haver, Victor Varconi, Eugene Pallette, Virginia BradfordUnited StatesThe Return of Boston BlackieHarry Hoyt United StatesUnderworldJosef von SternbergGeorge Bancroft, Clive Brook, Evelyn Brent United StatesCrime drama, Gangster film 1928The Big CityTod BrowningLon Chaney, Marceline Day, Betty CompsonUnited StatesThe DragnetJosef von Sternberg, Helen LewisGeorge Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, William PowellUnited StatesCrime dramaLadies of the MobWilliam WellmanClara Bow, Richard Arlen, Helen Lynch, Carl GerardUnited StatesCrime dramaLights of New YorkBryan FoyHelene Costello, Cullen Landis, Gladys BrockwellUnited StatesMe, GangsterRaoul WalshDon Terry, June Collyer, Anders RandolfUnited StatesThe RacketLewis MilestoneThomas Meighan, Marie Prevost, Louis WolheimUnited StatesCrime drama, Gangster film 1929AlibiRoland WestChester Morris, Harry Stubbs, Mae BuschUnited StatesThe Last WarningPaul LeniLaura La Plante, Montagu Love, Mack Swain, Roy D'ArcyUnited StatesThunderboltJosef von Sternberg, William WylerGeorge Bancroft, Fay Wray, Richard Arlen United StatesCrime drama, Prison film
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