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Movies Like Duffy of San Quentin

If you liked Duffy of San Quentin (1954), a drama and crime movie directed by Walter Doniger, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Woman of Straw

    Woman of Straw (1964)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama

    Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.

  2. 2Dog Pound

    Dog Pound (2010)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    Three juvenile delinquents arrive at a correctional center and are put under the care of an experienced guard.

  3. 3Each Dawn I Die

    Each Dawn I Die (1939)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime and drama

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

  4. 4Ladies They Talk About

    Ladies They Talk About (1933)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama

    A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.

  5. 5They Made Me a Fugitive

    They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and crime

    After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.

  6. 620,000 Years in Sing Sing

    20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime and drama

    Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.

  7. 7Kid Galahad

    Kid Galahad (1962)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and crime

    After completing military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and takes him under his wing.

  8. 8Time Without Pity

    Time Without Pity (1957)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama

    Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a…

  9. 9The Truth About Emanuel

    The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

  10. 10It Always Rains on Sunday

    It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and crime

    During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.

  11. 11Point Blank

    Point Blank (1967)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime and drama

    After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.

  12. 12The Blue Gardenia

    The Blue Gardenia (1953)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime

    Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while…

  13. 13Kiss of Death

    Kiss of Death (1947)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime

    An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

  14. 145 Against the House

    5 Against the House (1955)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and drama

    Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

  15. 15I Want to Live!

    I Want to Live! (1958)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and crime

    Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a murder and sent to death row.

  16. 16Fast Girls

    Fast Girls (2012)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.

  17. 17The Big House

    The Big House (1930)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama

    Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.

  18. 18Plunder Road

    Plunder Road (1957)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime and drama

    A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.

  19. 19Pitfall

    Pitfall (1948)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and crime

    An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.

  20. 20The Locket

    The Locket (1946)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and crime

    A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.

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