Best Crime Movies of 1927
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the Bunting family and rents a room.
The Show
Cock Robin is the swaggering ballyhoo man of a Hungarian sideshow known as the Palace of Illusions. The highlight of the show is a reenactment of Salome's dance of the seven veils, replete with the beheading of Jokanaan. The performer portraying Salome is in love with Cock Robin. Jealous, sinister The Greek is determined to eliminate that competition.
Chicago
Based on a true crime story, the movie is about a wild jazz-loving and boozing wife Roxie Hart who kills her boyfriend in cold blood after he leaves her, and how she finagles her way out being convicted. Remade once as a movie, and as a Broadway musical.
Finger Prints
A gang of inept crooks and even more inept lawmen search for a cache of hidden money.
The City Gone Wild
Hard-boiled underworld melodrama, with gang wars and gunfights, in which criminal lawyer turns prosecutor to avenge a friend's death.
The Girl from Chicago
The Girl From Chicago
For the Term of His Natural Life
A convict, wrongfully accused and sent a harsh prison colony, attempts to escape.
Also check Best crime movies of 1928.
Check out our top containing the Best Crime Movies of 1927 - PickTheMovie.com. This top was obtained with our unique algorithm ordered by our unique ranking system.
