Sort by IMDb Rating - Highest Rated Crime Feature Films With John H. Auer

1. Pardon My Stripes (1942)

Passed | 64 min | Comedy, Crime, Sport

Football player Henry Platt (William Henry)mistakes a helmet for the football in his zeal to make a touchdown during a critical game, his error earns him the accolade of "Dope of the Year" ... See full summary »

Director: John H. Auer | Stars: William Henry, Sheila Ryan, Edgar Kennedy, Harold Huber

Votes: 16

2. City That Never Sleeps (1953)

Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Johnny Kelly, who plans on resigning from the police force and leaving his wife the next day, has a very eventful last night on duty.

Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Gig Young, Mala Powers, William Talman, Edward Arnold

Votes: 1,620

3. The Flame (1947)

Approved | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A woman falls for the victim of an intended blackmail plot.

Director: John H. Auer | Stars: John Carroll, Vera Ralston, Robert Paige, Broderick Crawford

Votes: 404

4. Hell's Half Acre (1954)

Approved | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

An American woman goes to Hawaii to search for her husband, MIA since the war, but he's a fugitive from the law and involved in a private feud against his former crime syndicate partners.

Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Wendell Corey, Evelyn Keyes, Elsa Lanchester, Marie Windsor

Votes: 627

5. Circus Girl (1937)

Approved | 66 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Trapeze artist Kay Rogers marries aerial-act member Charles Jerome, who immediately become jealous of fellow-trapeze artist Bob McAvoy, and sets out to kill him through a series of staged ... See full summary »

Director: John H. Auer | Stars: June Travis, Robert Livingston, Donald Cook, Betty Compson

Votes: 58

6. A Man Betrayed (1941)

Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A small-town attorney comes to the city to investigate the murder of a friend and falls in love with the daughter of the head of the crime ring he hopes to expose.

Director: John H. Auer | Stars: John Wayne, Frances Dee, Edward Ellis, Wallace Ford

Votes: 625

7. Forged Passport (1939)

Approved | 63 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Dan Frazier is a U.S. Border Patrolman on the California-Mexico border whose hot temper and ready-fists keep him in trouble, both of which indirectly lead to the death of a fellow trooper. ... See full summary »

Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Paul Kelly, June Lang, Lyle Talbot, Billy Gilbert

Votes: 30

8. S.O.S. Tidal Wave (1939)

62 min | Crime, Sci-Fi

In a city election, one of the candidates, Clifford Farrow, has a criminal background and is backed by crime boss Melvin Sutter. Sutter doesn't hesitate to escalate the violence in the face of any resistance.

Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Ralph Byrd, George Barbier, Kay Sutton, Frank Jenks

Votes: 94

9. A Man Betrayed (1936)

Passed | 58 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Honest stock salesman Frank Powell attempts to verify the authenticity of his merchandise and his employer commits suicide. Dishonest partners in the company employ gangsters to make the ... See full summary »

Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Edward J. Nugent, Kay Hughes, Lloyd Hughes, John Wray

Votes: 117

10. The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935)

Passed | 63 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A crazed scientist invents a serum that induces a catatonic state in whoever it is injected into. He uses the serum to paralyze his enemies, so that he can bury them alive.

Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Harriet Russell, Dwight Frye, Paul Guilfoyle

Votes: 399

11. The Devil Pays Off (1941)

Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama, War

Chris Waring (William Wright) is a government investigator trying to gather the necessary evidence to convict a shipping magnate, DeBrock (J.Edward Bromberg), of selling his ships to the ... See full summary »

Director: John H. Auer | Stars: J. Edward Bromberg, Osa Massen, William Wright, Margaret Tallichet

Votes: 92

12. Thou Shalt Not Kill (1939)

Approved | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A Reverend tries to help a youth who has moved to a small town ,where he is ostracized for frequenting a waitress, he is later accused of murdering her when he tries to see an apparently more wholesome girl instead.

Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Charles Bickford, Owen Davis Jr., Doris Day, Paul Guilfoyle