Movies Like Hell on Frisco Bay

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

This Gun for Hire

1942·1h 21m·★ 7.3·Frank Tuttle

2 shared crewDir. Frank TuttleDP: John F. Seitz

A Cry in the Night

1956·1h 15m·★ 6.0·Frank Tuttle

2 shared crewDir. Frank TuttleDP: John F. Seitz

Island of Lost Women

1959·1h 11m·★ 5.1·Frank Tuttle

2 shared crewDir. Frank TuttleDP: John F. Seitz

Appointment with Danger

1950·1h 29m·★ 6.5·Lewis Allen

Both star Alan Ladd & Paul StewartDP: John F. SeitzCrime & Drama & Thriller

Calcutta

1946·1h 23m·★ 6.4·John Farrow

DP: John F. SeitzStarring Alan LaddCrime & Drama

The Badlanders

1958·1h 25m·★ 6.4·Delmer Daves

DP: John F. SeitzStarring Alan LaddCrime & Drama

Saigon

1947·1h 34m·★ 6.2·Leslie Fenton

DP: John F. SeitzStarring Alan LaddCrime & Drama

The Lady from Shanghai

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.5·Orson Welles

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller & Drama

Dead Again

1991·1h 47m·★ 6.8·Kenneth Branagh

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime & Thriller

The Zodiac

2005·1h 32m·★ 5.3·Alexander Bulkley

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama & Thriller

The Glass Key

1942·1h 25m·★ 7.0·Stuart Heisler

Fans also likedStarring Alan LaddCrime & Thriller

The Maltese Falcon

1941·1h 40m·★ 7.9·John Huston

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Conversation

1974·1h 54m·★ 7.7·Francis Ford Coppola

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Zodiac

2007·2h 37m·★ 7.7·David Fincher

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Dirty Harry

1971·1h 42m·★ 7.7·Don Siegel

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Bullitt

1968·1h 53m·★ 7.4·Peter Yates

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Magnum Force

1973·2h 4m·★ 7.2·Ted Post

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

The Enforcer

1976·1h 36m·★ 6.7·James Fargo

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Pacific Heights

1990·1h 42m·★ 6.4·John Schlesinger

TMDB recommendsThriller & Drama

San Andreas

2015·1h 54m·★ 6.1·Brad Peyton

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

How Good Is Hell on Frisco Bay?

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