| Girl of the Rio (1932) | Norman Foster | Johnny Powell | leading man, love interest, victim, prisoner | Querida |
| Hell’s Highway (1932) | Richard Dix | Duke Ellis | leading man, prisoner, criminal | [none] |
| Hell’s Highway (1932) | Tom Brown | Johnny Ellis | brother, prisoner, criminal | [none] |
| Hell’s Highway (1932) | Charles Middleton | Matthew the Hermit | prisoner, criminal | [none] |
| Hell’s Highway (1932) | Clarence Muse | Rascal | prisoner, criminal | [none] |
| Hell’s Highway (1932) | Sandy Roth | Blind Maxie | prisoner, criminal | [none] |
| Hell’s Highway (1932) | Fuzzy Knight | Society Red | prisoner, criminal | [none] |
| Hold ‘Em Jail (1932) | Bert Wheeler | Curley Harris | salesman, comic, prisoner | [none] |
| Hold ‘Em Jail (1932) | Robert Woolsey | Spider Robbins | salesman, comic, prisoner | [none] |
| Gridiron Flash (1934) | Eddie Quillan | Thomas Burke | leading man, prisoner, athlete, thief, criminal | [none] |
| His Greatest Gamble (1934) | Richard Dix | Philip Eden | leading man, murderer, prisoner, fugitive, father | Morning Glory Waltz |
| Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | James Cagney | Rocky Sullivan | leading man, prisoner, gangster, murderer | The Gangster, Rocky and Laury |
| Each Dawn I Die (1939) | James Cagney | Frank Ross | leading man, reporter, prisoner, suspect | Frank |
| Each Dawn I Die (1939) | George Raft | Hood Stacey | gangster, murderer, prisoner, escapee, avenger, friend | [none] |
| Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Maxie Rosenbloom | Fargo Red | prisoner | [none] |
| Each Dawn I Die (1939) | Stanley Ridges | Mueller | prisoner | [none] |
| White Heat (1949) | James Cagney | Cody Jarrett | leading man, gangster, murderer, prisoner | Cody, Cody 2, Cody 3, Madness, Headache, Struggle |
| Caged (1950) | Eleanor Parker | Marie Allen | leading lady, prisoner, ex-convict, victim, mother | Marie, Molto Expressivo, June and Marie, Lullaby, Marie 2 |
| Caged (1950) | Ellen Corby | Emma Barber | prisoner | [none] |
| Caged (1950) | Betty Garde | Kitty Stark | prisoner, murderer | [none] |
| Caged (1950) | Jan Sterling | Jeta Kovsky | prisoner | [none] |
| Caged (1950) | Lee Patrick | Elvira Powell | prisoner | [none] |
| Caged (1950) | Olive Deering | June Roberts | prisoner, suicide victim | June and Marie, June |
| Caged (1950) | Gertrude Michael | Georgia Harrison | prisoner | [none] |
| Caged (1950) | Sheila MacRae | Helen | prisoner | [none] |
| Illegal (1955) | Nina Foch | Ellen Miles | leading lady, love interest, assistant, victim, suspect, prisoner | Ellen, Ellen 2, Ellen B |