01 Two destitute New Yorkers who meet by chance in Central Park separately get tangled up with gangsters before reuniting.
6 Best Morgan Wallace Movies
By Vlad Zakh · September 17, 2026
Morgan Wallace was a dependable Hollywood character actor whose career spanned the silent era through the 1940s, frequently cast as gangsters and shady businessmen. In They’re Always Caught (1938): An MGM “Crime Does Not Pay” short reveals how the crime laboratory helps investigators crack cases through the smallest overlooked details. Another standout is Dream Street (1921): A dancehall girl in London’s Limehouse district becomes the prize in a bitter rivalry between two orphaned brothers.
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02 A slow-witted prizefighter and his speakeasy hostess girlfriend take on the unexpected task of raising an orphaned boy.
03 Detective James Lee Wong races through Chinatown's underworld to recover a cursed sapphire before it claims another victim.
04 An assistant DA goes undercover inside a ruthless racketeer's gang to finally gather the evidence needed to bring him down.
05 A dancehall girl in London's Limehouse district becomes the prize in a bitter rivalry between two orphaned brothers.
06 An MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" short reveals how the crime laboratory helps investigators crack cases through the smallest overlooked details.
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