25 Crime Movies on MST3K

The long-running television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988–1999) regularly mocked old movies with monsters and aliens and the like. However, some episodes found Joel or Mike and the robots heckling the occasional bad movie about gangsters, robbers, and other criminal activity. As such, we present the following list:

25 Crime Movies on Mystery Science Theater 3000 (in order of airdate)

01 Movie: The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
MST3K Episode 105 (Dec 1989)
Mystery and horror film starring Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist who injects his aging wife with fluids from virginal young brides to preserve her beauty. A journalist and a small town doctor investigate.

02 Movie: Untamed Youth (1957)
MST3K Episode 112 (Feb 1990)
Two hitchhiking sisters are sentenced to 30 days labor at a cotton farm run by the corrupt county government. Starring Mamie Van Doren.

03 Movie: Catalina Caper (1967)
MST3K Episode 204 (Oct 1990)
Two college boys enjoy Catalina Island sunshine, scuba diving, and beach "bunnies", while another boy's con-artist parents scheme to sell a stolen scroll. Starring Tommy Kirk with Lyle Waggoner.

04 Movie: Wild Rebels (1967)
MST3K Episode 207 (Nov 1990)
A retired race car driver, talked into going undercover by the police, joins a biker gang and must serve as the getaway car driver.

05 Movie: The Hellcats (1968)
MST3K Episode 209 (Dec 1990)
After a cop is killed by a drug boss, his fiancée and his brother join a drug-running woman-led biker gang to uncover the boss's operation and get justice.

06 Movie: Daddy-O (1959)
MST3K Episode 307 (Jul 1991)
A drag-racing crooner investigates his friend's death and becomes a courier for drug dealers.

07 Movie: Master Ninja I (1978, 1984)
MST3K Episode 322 (Jan 1992)
Two episodes of the 1984 television series The Master, edited together: An American ninja and his pupil defend an airport owner from businessmen and a corrupt sheriff; then defend a nightclub owner from thugs. Starring Lee Van Cleef and Tim Van Patten.

08 Movie: Master Ninja II (1978, 1984)
MST3K Episode 324 (Jan 1992)
Two more episodes of The Master strung together to make a "movie." This time, the protagonists help a tuna cannery union organizer, and save a Senator's daughter from terrorists.

09 Movie: Indestructible Man (1956)
MST3K Episode 409 (Aug 1992)
Convicted robber and murderer Butcher Benton is executed -- and then revived by a researcher who claims the body and subjects it to massive jolts of electricity. Benton sets out for revenge against the men who betrayed him. Starring Lon Chaney, Jr.

10 Movie: The Beatniks (1960)
MST3K Episode 415 (Nov 1992)
A leader of a gang of delinquent teens is heard singing along with a jukebox at a greasy spoon and gets the chance to be a star. His gang, resentful of his success, threaten to ruin his career.

11 Movie: The Rebel Set (1959)
MST3K Episode 419 (Dec 1992)
A coffeehouse owner wants to knock off an armored car, and gets three losers to help him. Starring Edward Platt.

12 Movie: Swamp Diamonds, a.k.a. Swamp Women (1956)
MST3K Episode 503 (Jul 1993)
Four women break out of prison, hoping to recover a cache of stolen diamonds. Starring Beverly Garland and Mike Connors. Directed by Roger Corman.

13 Movie: I Accuse My Parents (1944)
MST3K Episode 507 (Sept 1993)
A young man gets mixed up with a crime syndicate and blames his inattentive parents.

14 Movie: The Girl in Lovers Lane (1960)
MST3K Episode 509 (Sept 1993)
A drifter and a rich-kid runaway become involved with a small town waitress. When she's found murdered, the drifter is blamed.

15 Movie: Mitchell (1975)
MST3K Episode 512 (Oct 1993)
A slovenly cop pursues drug traffickers. Starring Joe Don Baker, with Martin Balsam, John Saxon, Linda Evans, and Merlin Olsen.

16 Movie: Teen-Age Strangler (1964)
MST3K Episode 514 (Nov 1993)
A serial murderer stalks teenagers in a small town.

17 Movie: Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955)
MST3K Episode 522 (Jan 1994)
After breaking out of prison, young fugitives hold a family hostage in a small farmhouse.

18 Movie: The Violent Years (1956)
MST3K Episode 610 (Oct 1994)
The spoiled daughter of a well-to-do newspaper editor organizes a gang of bored young women like herself. The gang robs gas stations and terrorizes a local lovers' lane.Screenplay by Ed Wood, Jr.

19 Movie: Bloodlust! (1959)
MST3K Episode 607 (Sept 1994)
Two couples on a boating trip land on an uncharted island, where they find themselves in the clutches of a man whose hobby is hunting both animals and humans.

20 Movie: Racket Girls (1951)
MST3K Episode 616 (Nov 1994)
A small-time gangster who manages women's wrestlers must dodge both the police and the mob. Real life wrestlers Peaches Page, Rita Martinez, and Clara Mortensen appear as fictional versions of themselves.

21 Movie: Red Zone Cuba, a.k.a. Night Train to Mundo Fine (1966)
MST3K Episode 619 (Dec 1994)
An escaped criminal stumbles upon a desolate Army post, takes part in the Bay of Pigs invasion, then goes in search of ore. Directed by and starring Coleman Francis. Cameo by John Carradine ... who also performs the film's opening song, "Night Train to Mundo Fine."

22 Movie: Angels' Revenge (1979)
MST3K Episode 622 (Mar 1995)
Six women fight drug dealers. With Jim Backus, Jack Palance, Alan Hale, Jr., Pat Buttram, and Arthur Godfrey.

23 Movie: The Brute Man (1946)
MST3K Episode 702 (Feb 1996)
A murderer seeks revenge against the people he holds responsible for the disfigurement of his face.

24 Movie: The Girl in Gold Boots (1968)
MST3K Episode 1002 (Apr 1999)
A girl from rural California goes to Los Angeles to work as a go-go dancer. There, she and her friends get involved with drug dealers.

25 Movie: Final Justice (1984)
MST3K Episode 1008 (Jun 1999)
A Texas sheriff winds up on Malta in pursuit of the criminal that killed his partner. Starring Joe Don Baker.

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