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.
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Woman of Straw (1964)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and dramaAnthony 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.
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Dog Pound (2010)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaThree juvenile delinquents arrive at a correctional center and are put under the care of an experienced guard.
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Each Dawn I Die (1939)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and dramaA 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.
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Ladies They Talk About (1933)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and dramaA moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.
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They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and crimeAfter being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
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20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and dramaBrash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.
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Kid Galahad (1962)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and crimeAfter 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.
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Time Without Pity (1957)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and dramaAlec 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…
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The Truth About Emanuel (2013)
★ 6/10Also dramaA troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
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It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and crimeDuring a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.
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Point Blank (1967)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and dramaAfter 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.
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The Blue Gardenia (1953)
★ 6.5/10Also crimeUpon 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…
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Kiss of Death (1947)
★ 7.1/10Also crimeAn ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.
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5 Against the House (1955)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and dramaFormer war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
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I Want to Live! (1958)
★ 7/10Also drama and crimeBrazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a murder and sent to death row.
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Fast Girls (2012)
★ 6/10Also dramaA street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
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The Big House (1930)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and dramaConvicted 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.
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Plunder Road (1957)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and dramaA spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
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Pitfall (1948)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and crimeAn 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.
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The Locket (1946)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and crimeA dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.