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Films with the genre "Crime", sorted by production date
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Directed by James Stuart Blackton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films, Buddy films
Actors Maurice Costello, Gilbert M. Anderson, Kyrle Bellew, J. Barney Sherry
The Kleptomaniac (1905)
, 10minutesDirected by Edwin S. Porter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Dans un grand magasin, une femme riche vole un article. A une devanture, une femme pauvre vole un pain pour nourrir ses enfants. Devant le tribunal, comparaissent les deux femmes. La riche est acquittée, alors que la pauvre est condamnée. Le film se termine par une allégorie de la justice, avec sa balance penchant du côté du plateau ayant un sac d'or.
, 2minutesDirected by Edwin S. Porter, Wallace McCutcheon
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime
Un policier à cheval ramasse un petit enfant qui se tient debout au milieu de la route, juste avant le passage d'une automobile. Avec deux autres policiers (à moto), ils pourchassent l'automobile. Après une longue poursuite, ils la dépassent finalement et procèdent à l'arraisonnement du conducteur et des occupants du véhicule.
The Nihilists (1905)
, 11minutesDirected by Wallace McCutcheon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Crime
Actors Edward Dillon
After her husband has been arrested by the Tsarist police, a woman begs the governor for mercy, without success. He is condemned to be deported to Siberia and dies on the way. She decides to join a nihilist group and is ordered to bomb the governor's palace. She dies while completing her mission.
, 4minutesOrigin USA
Genres Crime, Western
A kind and generous woman is killed by a tramp who is then tracked down and lynched by the woman's husband.
The Bold Bank Robbery (1904)
, 7minutesOrigin USA
Genres Crime
After learning they are short of money, a group of four robbers decide to execute a bank heist. The four create a plan and hire an unwitting chauffeur to drive them to their location. As soon as they reach an isolated road, the robbers force the chauffeur out of the car, gag him, and throw him into a ditch. The robbers then drive the car to the bank. After entering, they kill a security guard and use explosives to force the bank vault open. The thieves steal as much money as possible and make a quick retreat to their car. Back in the park, a young couple on a walk discover the unconscious body of the chauffeur, and the man calls the police.
The Great Train Robbery (1903)
, 11minutesDirected by Edwin S. Porter, Wallace McCutcheon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Historical, Crime, Western
Themes Films about terrorism, Transport films, Rail transport films, Films based on plays, Heist films, Films about hijackings
Actors Alfred C. Abadie, Gilbert M. Anderson, J. Barney Sherry, Justus D. Barnes, George Barnes, Morgan Jones
The film opens with two bandits breaking into a railroad telegraph office, where they force the operator at gunpoint to have a train stopped and to transmit orders for the engineer orders to fill the locomotive's tender at the station's water tank. They then knock operator out and tie him up. As the train stops it is boarded by the bandits—now four. Two bandits enter an express car, kill a messenger and open a box of valuables with dynamite; the others kill the fireman and force the engineer to halt the train and disconnect the locomotive. The bandits then force the passengers off the train and rifle them for their belongings. One passenger tries to escape, but is instantly shot down. Carrying their loot, the bandits escape in the locomotive, later stopping in a valley where their horses had been left.
A Desperate Poaching Affray (1903)
, 2minutesDirected by William Haggar
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Deux braconniers sont surpris par des gardes qui se lancent à leur poursuite. Ils n’hésitent pas à faire feu sur leurs poursuivants, tuant l’un d’entre eux, en blessant un autre. Après une course mouvementée, ils sont cernés et capturés.
The Oracle of Delphi (1903)
Directed by Georges Méliès
Origin France
Genres Fantasy, Crime
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Georges Méliès
In ancient Egypt, two priests deposit an ornate box inside a temple, locking the doors behind them. After their departure, a thief breaks into the temple and steals the box, but he is caught by a mysteriously appearing bearded figure. The bearded man retrieves the box and gives life to the two sphinx statues placed at the doors. The sphinxes appear as living women and attack the thief, whose head turns immediately into a donkey's head. The sphinxes turn back into statues, the bearded man disappears, and the donkey-thief is left sitting astonished on the ground.
A Daring Daylight Burglary (1903)
, 3minutesDirected by Frank Mottershaw
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
A burglar breaks into a country house after scaling the garden wall. He is spotted by a boy who runs to alert the police. Two policemen arrive and climb the wall. After a struggle with one of the policemen, the burglar throws him off the roof. An ambulance arrives and takes away the injured policeman. Meanwhile, the burglar escapes and is chased by the other policeman across the countryside, but escapes on a train. The police wire ahead and catch him at the next station.
Interrupted Bathers (1902)
Directed by Edwin S. Porter, George S. Fleming
Genres Comedy, Crime
Trois jeunes filles se baignent dans une rivière. Deux clochards s'approchent et s'emparent des vêtements restés sur la berge.
Bluebeard (1901)
, 9minutesDirected by Georges Méliès
Origin France
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Crime
Themes Serial killer films, Children's films
Actors Georges Méliès, Jehanne d'Alcy
The film is based on the fairy tale of Bluebeard written by Charles Perrault who also wrote Cinderella.