一战以后，犯罪片也逐渐在美国繁荣起来，这一时期，观众和艺术家普遍对事物不乐观。不少士兵、小业主和家庭主妇、工厂雇员对回到和平时期经济状况时的幻灭感，直接反映在城市犯罪片的暗淡色彩中，影片《怒吼的二十年代》就是这一现象的集中体现。
三个军人在一战之后回到了20年代的美国，赫特成了律师，哈利成了私酒贩子，艾迪打算当出租车司机。由于禁酒时期的私酒赚钱容易，艾迪和史密斯也参加了私酒买卖并与哈利成了伙伴，但这种生意的残酷使艾迪感到厌恶，他又尝试去做股票生意。1929年的经济萧条使他倾家荡产。艾迪听说哈利想要谋杀他的同伙哈特，因为哈特实际上是执法吏，艾迪杀死了哈利但自己也死在对方枪手的枪口下。

Doctor X (1932) is a First National/Warner Bros. horror and mystery film. Based on the play originally titled The Terror (New York, February 9, 1931) by Howard W. Comstock and Allen C. Miller,[1] it was directed by Michael Curtiz and stars Lee Tracy, Fay Wray, and Lionel Atwill.
The film was produced before the Motion Picture Production Code was enforced. Themes such as murder, rape, cannibalism and prostitution are interwoven into the story. The film was one of the last films made, along with Warners' Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), in the two-color Technicolor process. Black and white prints were shipped to small towns and to foreign markets, while color prints were reserved for major cities.
PS. The Return of Doctor X (1939) link:

在颁布禁酒令之后,Remy Marco宣布他将转入其他行当.因为他制造的啤酒酿造水平太低,所以他濒临破产.这时,他的女儿爱上了一个有钱人家的公子,但是这个公子却是个警察

At the bottom of the depression, Tom's mother has been out of work for months when Ed's father loses his job. Not to burden their parents, the two high school sophomore's decide to hop the freights and look for work. Wherever they go, there are many other kids just like them, so Tom, Ed and now Sally stick together. They camp in places like 'Sewer City' as long as they can until the local authorities run them off. They travel all over the mid west and when they get to New York, Ed thinks that they may finally find work. Written by Tony Fontana {tony.fontana@spacebbs.com}

A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.

When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking that his friend Stanley knows all there is to know about Africa, they are abducted and ordered to lead Diana and her henchmen to an African tribe in search of a fortune in jewels.

An European princess visiting America helps a record producer organize a big concert.