Joe Downing Movies

Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry...

Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.

Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with forclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.

A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the...

Duke Berne, former big shot but now a three-time loser, fears returning to crime because a fourth conviction will mean a life sentence. Finally,...

Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling...

A crusading newsman starts up a tabloid with a gangster as his 50-50 partner.

A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.

A detective investigates the disappearance of a girl's body from the city morgue.

Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can do, the shop prospers...

A con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found with a surgical knife in his heart by Mason.

Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun stolen from Johnnie's sister Madge's fiance Fred Burke,...

After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam Starr Belle Shirley vows to take revenge....

A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.

Adults who grew up as slum kids meet later in life, but murder disrupts their reunion.

A beautiful woman is forced to help gangsters in a robbery, and is arrested as an accessory.

A mysterious family moves into their new home, but their secrets are far more sinister than anyone could imagine.

A small town soda jerk discovers a gang of criminals staying at a local hotel. Comedy.

A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.