Movies with a scene where a major character is arrested (on screen)
Wall Street - Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) arrested for insider trading
The Old Man and the Gun - Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford) arrested for robbery
Goodfellas - Paul Cicero (Paul Sorvino) arrested for racketeering
The Longest Yard (1974) – Paul Crewe (Burt Reynolds) arrested for car theft, drunk driving, and other charges arising from the police chase.
Ant-Man – Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) arrested for breaking into the house of Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), and stealing the Ant-Man suit
Taps - General Bache (George C. Scott) is arrested for accidentally shooting a civilian with his service pistol.
M - Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre), serial killer of children, is ‘arrested’ by the criminal underworld, then arrested for real by police who show up at the criminals’ kangaroo court.
Movies with a scene where a major character is arrested (on screen)
Wall Street - Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) arrested for insider trading
The Old Man and the Gun - Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford) arrested for robbery
Goodfellas - Paul Cicero (Paul Sorvino) arrested for racketeering
The Longest Yard (1974) – Paul Crewe (Burt Reynolds) arrested for car theft, drunk driving, and other charges arising from the police chase.
Ant-Man – Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) arrested for breaking into the house of Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), and stealing the Ant-Man suit
Taps - General Bache (George C. Scott) is arrested for accidentally shooting a civilian with his service pistol.
M - Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre), serial killer of children, is ‘arrested’ by the criminal underworld, then arrested for real by police who show up at the criminals’ kangaroo court.
Trading Places - Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) for robbing Winthorpe (Dan Aykroyd) - or Winthorpe being arrested for drugs!
Movies with a scene where a major character is arrested (on screen)
Wall Street - Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) arrested for insider trading
The Old Man and the Gun - Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford) arrested for robbery
Goodfellas - Paul Cicero (Paul Sorvino) arrested for racketeering
The Longest Yard (1974) – Paul Crewe (Burt Reynolds) arrested for car theft, drunk driving, and other charges arising from the police chase.
Ant-Man – Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) arrested for breaking into the house of Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), and stealing the Ant-Man suit
Taps - General Bache (George C. Scott) is arrested for accidentally shooting a civilian with his service pistol.
M - Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre), serial killer of children, is ‘arrested’ by the criminal underworld, then arrested for real by police who show up at the criminals’ kangaroo court.
Trading Places - Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) for robbing Winthorpe (Dan Aykroyd) - or Winthorpe being arrested for drugs!
The Fugitive - Dr. Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford) arrested by Deputy US Marshal Sam Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) to get him away from vengeful and possibly crooked Chicago cops
…then immediately has his cuffs taken off once he’s safe in a Marshals Service car.
For #8, Winthorpe was arrested for a frame-up theft of marked bills at his club; the drugs were later discovered at booking.
Movies with a scene where a major character is arrested (on screen)
Wall Street - Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) arrested for insider trading
The Old Man and the Gun - Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford) arrested for robbery
Goodfellas - Paul Cicero (Paul Sorvino) arrested for racketeering
The Longest Yard (1974) – Paul Crewe (Burt Reynolds) arrested for car theft, drunk driving, and other charges arising from the police chase.
Ant-Man – Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) arrested for breaking into the house of Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), and stealing the Ant-Man suit
Taps - General Bache (George C. Scott) is arrested for accidentally shooting a civilian with his service pistol.
M - Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre), serial killer of children, is ‘arrested’ by the criminal underworld, then arrested for real by police who show up at the criminals’ kangaroo court.
Trading Places - Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) for robbing Winthorpe (Dan Aykroyd) - or Winthorpe being arrested for drugs!
The Fugitive - Dr. Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford) arrested by Deputy US Marshal Sam Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) to get him away from vengeful and possibly crooked Chicago cops
Blazing Saddles - after many attempts to render him inert, Bart (Cleavon Little) finally overpowers Mongo (Alex Karras).
Tough Guys
Humphrey Bogart
They don’t have to have been tough themselves; they had to play tough guys often.