History of crime films.

A crime film in the most general use is a film that involves various aspects and areas of crime. These can fall under many genres the most common few being thrillers, Mystery film and film noir. Examples of crime films are where the film is based on a Mafia. Here are some examples of crime films through the centuries.
1920’s
Chicago (1927); described as a silent comedy-drama crime film produced by Cecil B. DeMille and directed by Frank Urson. Chicago is based on a true story, which introduced us to Roxie Hart and her fellow death-row inmate Velma who act out their involvement in the murder of their boyfriends.
1930’s;
The Public Enemy (1931); an American crime drama film directed by William A. Wellman. The movie relates the story of a young man’s rise in the criminal underworld in prohibition-era urban America.
1940’s;
Dangerous Profession (1949); an American crime film noir directed by Ted Tetzlaff and written by Warren Duff and Martin Rackin. The story involves a former policeman and when one of his customers is murdered he decides to investigate. He has two reasons to investigate the curiosity of a former cop and that he fell in love with the victims wife Lucy a woman he used to date.
1950’s;
Gun Crazy (1950); is a film noir directed by Joseph H. Lewis and produced by Frank King and Maurice King. The story is about a crime-spree of a husband and wife. Based upon a short story by Kantor. An ex-Army man Bart has a lifelong fixation with guns. The drama starts with Bart at the age of 14 being arrested for breaking and entering stealing a gun. He is sent to reform school and the next time we see him he returns to the town grown up, he re-unites with childhood friends at which a decision is made to go to a carnival where he meets a kindred spirit and later goes to work at the carnival. After both getting fired they go on a crime spree for money, both are tracked by police in the hills Bart enjoyed as a boy.
1960’s;
Ocean’s 11 (1960); is a heist film directed by Lewis Milestone. Based upon a series of Las Vegas casino robberies. The gang plan for an elaborate New Year’s Eve heist.
Whilst everyone is singing ‘Auld Lang Syne’ at exactly midnight The gang wire the electrical systems to open the cashier cages instead of powering the emergency lights at which the inside men sneak in and collect the money. Although later on the electrician has a heart attack in the middle of the Las Vegas strip. The police have suspicions that it could be a connection to the heist. By the time they piece is together the gang have hidden in the coffin. The plan seemed to go without a hitch until the funeral home influences the widow into having the funeral in Las Vegas where the body is cremated, along with all the money.

1970’s;
Get Carter (1971); this crime film is directed by Mike Hodges. A mobster sets out to avenge the death of his brother. He does it in a series of unrelenting and brutal killings; these are set in derelict urban housing in England. The film is based on the novel ‘Jack’s Return Home’ by Ted Lewis, this itself inspired by the real life bandit murder in the North East of England.