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CriticCrunch has 3 Paul Muni titles in its catalog, ranked by quality percentile. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang.
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Little Caesar
1931
Drama · Crime

The Public Enemy
1931
Crime · Drama

The Informer
1935
Crime · Drama

The Roaring Twenties
1939
Crime · Drama

Pépé le Moko
1937
Drama · Crime

Port of Shadows
1938
Romance · Drama

Wall Street
1987
Crime · Drama

Lady Snowblood
1973
Action · Crime

A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.
Dir. Mervyn LeRoy · With Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
Dir. Howard Hawks · With Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley

A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins success writing about the unsavory side of Paris and settles into a comfortable upper-class life. However, Zola's complacency is shaken when Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus is imprisoned for being a spy. Realizing that Dreyfus is an innocent victim of anti-Semitism, Zola boldly pens a newspaper article exposing the truth, is charged with libel and must defend himself in a dramatic courtroom testimony.
Dir. William Dieterle · With Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut