Movies Like Three for Jamie Dawn

If you liked Three for Jamie Dawn (1956), a crime movie directed by Thomas Carr, 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
Cry of the City (1948)
★ 6.7/10Also crime
Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check…
2
Plunder Road (1957)
★ 6.9/10Also crime
A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
3
Murder Most Foul (1964)
★ 7.1/10Also crime
A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his guilt. Once again she begins her own investigation.
4
The Young Savages (1961)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy.
5
Illegal (1955)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
6
Witness to Murder (1954)
★ 6.3/10Also crime
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.
7
Party Girl (1958)
★ 6.8/10Also crime
Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to…
8
Knock on Any Door (1949)
★ 6.2/10Also crime
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
9
The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
★ 6.2/10Also crime
A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.
10
National Theatre Live: Prima Facie (2022)
★ 8.8/10Also crime
Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. From working class origins, she has reached the top of her game. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and…
11
Absence of Malice (1981)
★ 6.6/10Also crime
Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it involves an innocent party. When he tells…
12
Two-Way Stretch (1960)
★ 6.7/10Also crime
Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning to jail afterwards. First however they must…
13
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
★ 6.6/10Also crime
When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
14
House of Bamboo (1955)
★ 6.2/10Also crime
Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.
15
Wrong Cops (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also crime
A group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.
16
Murder! (1930)
★ 5.9/10Also crime
When actress Diana Baring is found in a daze beside her colleague’s murdered body, all evidence points to her guilt. During the trial, juror Sir John Menier doubts the verdict, but yields to pressure. Haunted by…
17
The File on Thelma Jordon (1949)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.
18
5 Against the House (1955)
★ 5.9/10Also crime
Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
19
The Woman in the Window (1944)
★ 7.4/10Also crime
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
20
Nightfall (1956)
★ 6.9/10Also crime
An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.