Public Domain Movies - Crime, Mystery & Film-Noir
This is a collection of 216 crime, mystery and film-noir movies all in .mp4 format which can be played on most media including PCs, Macs and most modern televisions. Anything that has video output and USB input should be able to play these videos. See the bottom of this listing for full details of everything included. This package is astonishing value and provides over 261 hours of entertainment.
Public Domain and Copyright
This collection represents over 3 years of research into public domain and copyright law. All of these productions are in the public domain in the United States and are United States original productions. Each has been verified as such through extensive research. Most of these movies were not correctly copyrighted initially or did not have their copyright renewed in the United States. In some cases the copyright has simply expired. Different rules apply in the United Kingdom but under the Berne Convention the 'rule of shorter term' applies. As such, all of these movies and productions are also public domain in every country signed up to the Berne Convention. This includes the United Kingdom and many other countries in the world.
Whilst the movie content is individually all within the public domain, this collection package and its presentation is the copyright of Geek's Gallery, a trading style of Picture of Health (Derbyshire) Limited.
128GB USB Flash Drive
The movies have been placed onto a high quality superspeed 128GB Flash Drive. It is USB 3.2 compatible with transfer speeds of up to 5gbps. This can be plugged straight into your device for instant playback or the content transferred so the flash drive can be used for another purpose.
216 Crime/Mystery/Film-Noir/Thrillers Movies
Including Algiers, And Then There Were None, D.O.A., Detour, Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome, Dressed To Kill, The Hitch-Hiker, Kansas City Confidential, The Kennel Muder Case, The Naked Kiss, The Red House, Reefer Madness, Scarlet Street, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, The Stranger. Actors starring in these movies include Mary Astor, Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino, Basil Rathbone, Richard Basehart, Lee Marvin, Angela Lansbury, Frank Sinatra, Raymond Burr, Edward G Robinson and Ginger Rogers.
The Full List
| Title | Length(m) | Year | BW/C | Reason |
| Abe Lincoln of 9th Avenue (aka Streets of New York) | 73 | 1939 | BW | None/Defective Notice |
| Ace of Hearts, The | 75 | 1921 | BW | Pre 1927 USA |
| Algiers | 96 | 1938 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Anatomy of a Psycho | 75 | 1961 | BW | Not Renewed |
| And Then There Were None | 97 | 1945 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Assassin of Youth | 80 | 1937 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Back Door to Heaven | 85 | 1939 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Bank Alarm | 61 | 1937 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Basketball Fix, The | 65 | 1951 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Beatniks, The | 78 | 1960 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Beggars in Ermine | 72 | 1934 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Behind Green Lights | 61 | 1946 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Behind Office Doors | 82 | 1931 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Believer's Heaven, The | 58 | 1977 | C | None/Defective Notice |
| Below the Deadline | 64 | 1936 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Big Bluff, The | 71 | 1955 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Big Combo, The | 87 | 1955 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Bigamist, The | 80 | 1953 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Black Fist | 93 | 1975 | C | None/Defective Notice |
| Black Godfather, The | 94 | 1974 | C | None/Defective Notice |
| Black Raven, The | 61 | 1943 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Blonde Ice | 73 | 1948 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Borderline | 88 | 1950 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Bowery at Midnight | 63 | 1942 | BW | None/Defective Notice |
| Camper John (aka Gentle Savage or Prologue to Wounded Knee) | 85 | 1973 | C | None/Defective Notice |
| Cape Town Affair, The | 100 | 1967 | C | None/Defective Notice |
| Captain Scarface | 72 | 1953 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Cause for Alarm! | 74 | 1951 | BW | None/Defective Notice |
| Chained for Life | 81 | 1952 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Charlie Chan's Secret | 72 | 1936 | BW | None/Defective Notice |
| Chase, The | 86 | 1946 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Children of the Night | 93 | 1985 | C | Not Registered |
| Chinatown After Dark | 59 | 1931 | BW | Not Renewed |
| City of Missing Girls | 74 | 1941 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Close Call for Boston Blackie, A | 60 | 1946 | BW | Not Renewed |
| 'C'-Man | 75 | 1949 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Conspiracy | 69 | 1930 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Contender, The | 63 | 1944 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Convicted | 63 | 1931 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Convict's Code | 62 | 1939 | BW | None/Defective Notice |
| D.O.A. | 83 | 1949 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Danger on the Air | 70 | 1938 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Danger on Wheels | 61 | 1940 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Dangerous Passage | 60 | 1944 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Dark Alibi | 61 | 1946 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Date Bait | 72 | 1960 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Deadly Duo | 70 | 1962 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Desperate Cargo | 67 | 1941 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Detour | 69 | 1945 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Devil's Party, The | 65 | 1938 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Dick Tracy Detective (aka Splitface) | 61 | 1945 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (aka Dicky Tracy's Amazing Adventure) | 65 | 1947 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Dick Tracy vs Cueball | 62 | 1946 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Dick Tracy's Dilemma | 60 | 1947 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Dishonored Lady | 85 | 1947 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Doomed to Die (aka Mystery of the Wentworth Castle) | 68 | 1940 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Dressed to Kill | 76 | 1946 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Escort Girl | 68 | 1941 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Eyes in the Night | 80 | 1942 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Fast and the Furious, The | 73 | 1954 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Fat Man, The | 78 | 1951 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Fatal Hour, The | 61 | 1940 | BW | None/Defective Notice |
| Fear in the Night | 70 | 1947 | BW | Not Renewed |
| File on Thelma Jordon, The | 100 | 1950 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Five Minutes to Live | 71 | 1961 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Flaming Urge, The | 68 | 1953 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Flight to Nowhere | 79 | 1946 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Gambler's Choice | 66 | 1944 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Gang Bullets (aka The Crooked Way) | 63 | 1938 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Gangs Inc. (aka Paper Bullets) | 68 | 1941 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Gangster Story | 65 | 1959 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Gangster's Boy | 80 | 1938 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Get Outta Town | 62 | 1960 | C | Not Renewed |
| Ghost Walks, The | 69 | 1934 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Girl in Gold Boots | 94 | 1968 | C | None/Defective Notice |
| Girl in Lovers Lane, The | 78 | 1960 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Go Down, Death! | 56 | 1945 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Golden Eye, The | 69 | 1948 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Great Flamarion, The | 78 | 1945 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Great Gabbo, The | 96 | 1929 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Great Guy | 66 | 1936 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Green Eyes | 68 | 1934 | BW | None/Defective Notice |
| Green Glove, the | 89 | 1952 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Green Promise, The | 93 | 1949 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Guest in the House | 96 | 1944 | BW | Not Renewed |
| He Walked by Night | 78 | 1948 | BW | Not Renewed |
| High School Big Shot | 70 | 1959 | BW | Not Renewed |
| High Voltage (aka Wanted) | 63 | 1929 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Hitch-Hiker, The | 71 | 1953 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Hollow Triumph (aka The Scar) | 83 | 1948 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Hollywood Stadium Mystery | 66 | 1938 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Hoodlum, The | 61 | 1951 | BW | Not Renewed |
| House of Secrets, The | 70 | 1936 | BW | Not Renewed |
| How Awful About Allan | 90 | 1970 | C | None/Defective Notice |
| I Can't Escape | 60 | 1934 | BW | Not Renewed |
| I Killed That Man | 71 | 1941 | BW | Not Renewed |
| I Love Trouble | 93 | 1948 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Impact | 111 | 1949 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Inner Circle, The | 57 | 1946 | BW | None/Defective Notice |
| Intruder, The | 84 | 1962 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Jacktown | 62 | 1962 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Jail Bait | 71 | 1954 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Jigsaw | 72 | 1949 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Kansas City Confidential | 99 | 1952 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Kennel Murder Case, The | 73 | 1933 | BW | None/Defective Notice |
| Klansman, The | 112 | 1974 | C | None/Defective Notice |
| Lady Confesses, The | 63 | 1945 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Lady Gangster | 62 | 1942 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Lady in the Death House | 56 | 1944 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Last Mile, The | 75 | 1932 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Lazarus Syndrome, The | 73 | 1978 | C | Not Registered |
| Life at Stake, A | 78 | 1955 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Little Lord Fauntleroy | 102 | 1936 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Loners, The | 79 | 1972 | C | None/Defective Notice |
| Long Shot | 69 | 1939 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Ma Barker's Killer Brood | 89 | 1960 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Man in the Attic | 82 | 1953 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Man on the Eiffel Tower, The | 92 | 1949 | C | Not Renewed |
| Man Who Cheated Himself, The | 82 | 1950 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Man with the Golden Arm, The | 119 | 1955 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Manhattan Tower | 67 | 1932 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Manslaughter | 100 | 1922 | BW | Pre 1927 USA |
| Marihuana | 57 | 1936 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Medusa | 103 | 1973 | C | None/Defective Notice |
| Midnight Phantom | 63 | 1935 | BW | None/Defective Notice |
| Mr. Wong Detective | 69 | 1938 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Mr. Wong in Chinatown | 71 | 1939 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Murder at Glen Athol | 64 | 1936 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Murder at Midnight | 60 | 1931 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Murder by Television | 53 | 1935 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Murder in the Museum, The | 65 | 1934 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Murder on Lenox Avenue | 65 | 1941 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Murder on the Campus | 73 | 1933 | BW | None/Defective Notice |
| Murder with Pictures | 69 | 1936 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Mutiny in the Big House | 83 | 1939 | BW | None/Defective Notice |
| Mystery of Mr. Wong, The | 68 | 1939 | BW | None/Defective Notice |
| Naked Kiss, The | 90 | 1964 | BW | None/Defective Notice |
| Night Life in Reno | 72 | 1931 | BW | Not Renewed |
| One Way Ticket to Hell (aka Teenage Devil Dolls) | 61 | 1955 | BW | Not Renewed |
| One Year Later | 69 | 1933 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Outer Gate, The | 62 | 1937 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Outside the Law | 75 | 1920 | BW | Pre 1927 USA |
| Parole, Inc. | 71 | 1948 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Phantom Express, The | 70 | 1932 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Phantom in the House, The | 64 | 1929 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Phantom of 42nd Street, The | 58 | 1945 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Please Murder Me! | 78 | 1956 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Port of New York | 81 | 1949 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Postal Inspector | 58 | 1936 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Prison Shadows | 65 | 1936 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Prison Train | 64 | 1938 | BW | None/Defective Notice |
| Quicksand | 79 | 1950 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Racketeer, The (aka Love's Conquest) | 68 | 1929 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Rebel Set, The | 72 | 1959 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Red House, The | 100 | 1947 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Reefer Madness (aka Tell Your Children) | 68 | 1936 | BW | None/Defective Notice |
| Reet, Petite, and Gone | 67 | 1947 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Rehearsal for Murder | 96 | 1982 | C | Not Registered |
| Roaring Roads | 57 | 1935 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Rocket Attack U.S.A. | 64 | 1961 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Rogues' Gallery | 60 | 1944 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Rogues' Tavern, The | 70 | 1936 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Sadist, The | 80 | 1963 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Scared to Death | 65 | 1947 | C | None/Defective Notice |
| Scarlet Street | 102 | 1945 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Scorpio Rising | 28 | 1963 | C | None/Defective Notice |
| Sea Racketeers | 64 | 1937 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Second Woman, The | 91 | 1950 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Sensation Hunters | 62 | 1945 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Shadow Strikes, The | 62 | 1937 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Shadows Over Shanghai | 65 | 1938 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon | 65 | 1942 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Shock | 70 | 1946 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Shock, The | 96 | 1923 | BW | Pre 1927 USA |
| Shriek in the Night, A | 67 | 1933 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Sign of Four, The | 75 | 1932 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Silver Horde, The | 75 | 1930 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Sing Sinner Sing | 74 | 1933 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Sinister Hands | 65 | 1932 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Sisters of Death | 87 | 1977 | C | None/Defective Notice |
| Slaves in Bondage | 70 | 1937 | BW | Not Renewed |
| St. Louis Bank Robbery, The (aka The Great St Louis Bank Robbery) | 89 | 1959 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Star Reporter | 62 | 1939 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Stark Fear | 86 | 1962 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Strange Illusion | 87 | 1945 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Strange Love of Martha Ivers, The | 111 | 1946 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Strange Woman, The | 100 | 1946 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Stranger, The | 94 | 1946 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Study in Scarlet, A | 72 | 1933 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Suddenly | 77 | 1954 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Sun Sets at Dawn, The | 71 | 1950 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Sunset Murder Case (aka High Explosive) | 59 | 1938 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Terror by Night | 60 | 1946 | BW | Not Renewed |
| They Made Me a Criminal | 92 | 1939 | BW | Not Renewed |
| They Made Me a Killer | 64 | 1946 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Thirteenth Guest, The | 69 | 1932 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Three Blondes in His Life | 86 | 1961 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Three Steps North | 85 | 1951 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Time Table | 80 | 1956 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Today I Hang | 63 | 1942 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Too Late for Tears | 101 | 1949 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Trapped | 78 | 1949 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Two Dollar Bettor | 72 | 1951 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Undercover Agent | 65 | 1939 | BW | None/Defective Notice |
| Violent Years, The | 65 | 1956 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Waterfront Lady | 70 | 1935 | BW | Not Renewed |
| What Becomes Of The Children | 65 | 1936 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Whistle Stop | 81 | 1946 | BW | None/Defective Notice |
| Wild Ride, The | 61 | 1960 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Wives Under Suspicion | 69 | 1938 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Woman Hunter, The | 74 | 1972 | C | None/Defective Notice |
| Woman in Green, The | 68 | 1945 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Woman on the Run | 77 | 1950 | BW | Not Renewed |
| World Gone Mad, The | 71 | 1933 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Wrong Road, The | 53 | 1937 | BW | Not Renewed |
| Youth on Parole | 62 | 1937 | BW | Not Renewed |
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