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Sensation
EnglandPat Heaton may be the best crime reporter in town but his fiancée Claire, despairing of the more tawdry aspects of his profession, makes him promise to give the job up. When a pretty waitress is found murdered, however, Pat falls in line with the rest of the 'Murder Gang' the pack of reporters who gather to glean stories by fair means or foul!
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My Marriage
New YorkWhen gangster's bullets put an end to the career of H.J. Barton, underworld gambling czar who masquerades as a respectable member of high society, his daughter Carol is left to bear the brunt of social stigma.
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All That Glitters
EnglandA bank manager who has successfully bought into a lucrative gold mine manages to foil the plot of some confidence tricksters who plan to swindle him out of his investment.
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Chick
EnglandThe hall porter at an Oxbridge College inherits an Earldom and enjoys a series of adventures.
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Crime Over London
EnglandWith the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store.
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Twice Branded
EnglandA young business man (James Mason) is being duped by business swindlers but his gaol bird father is determined to save him.
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Wings over Africa
Africa - GeneralTwo prospectors in Africa, Tony Cooper and Dalton come across a skeleton that has nearly been picked clean by vultures. They find a letter on the body addressed to a clerk in London named Wilkins . Cooper goes to Wilkins in London and tells him that his brother, whose body they had found, has left a map and a deed to a large diamond mine. Wilkins decides to go to Africa with Cooper to find the mine and, in order to speed up and finance their venture, they give a third interest to Carol Reade and her partner John Trevor), who operate a barnstorming airplane service. In Africa, close to the mine location, they are greeted by some tough gentlemen named Collins and Quincy who have terrorized the natives and lorded over the region, who quickly discover the reason for the party's mission. They join, unasked, in the race for the diamonds. The race is interrupted by the death of Trevor who is found knifed in his bunk.
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Emil and the Detectives
EnglandErich Kästner’s beloved novel has been adapted for film or television six times since its publication in 1929; this 1935 British version was the first in English. Believed lost for decades, it was recently rediscovered by the BFI and has now been restored. The film moves the action from Berlin to London, where Emil goes to stay with his grandmother and cousin. Thereafter, the tale of Emil’s adventures with a gang of streetwise London children faithfully follows the original plot.
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Bordertown
🇲🇽 Mexico CaliforniaNOW HE'S A FUGITIVE FROM A FEMALE SCARFACE — An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with his boss's neurotic wife.
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The Black Room
🇦🇹 Austria The 1830sDead or Alive... He could kill! — In a 16th-century European town, the ruling family has been given a prophecy that, should there ever be twin boys born, the younger will murder the older; so is dismayed when twins are born to the popular baron. The older grows to be a selfish, slovenly man, who inherits the castle at his father's death and becomes ruler over the formerly happy villagers. He enjoys his power until he learns his younger brother is returning from abroad and, afraid of the prophecy, he determines to murder his sibling, hide his body in the "black room" - an old torture chamber sealed away behind the fireplace - and then impersonate him, right down to his withered arm. In this way he hopes to not only avoid the prophecy, but also escape consequences of his other criminal deeds and obtain marriage to a local girl of the nobility...
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Public Hero Number 1
WisconsinFACTS!...NEVER BEFORE TOLD! — G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.
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The Murder Man
New YorkSteve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When Henry Mander is investigated for the murder of his shady business partner, Grey is one step ahead of the police to the extent that he often dictates his story in advance of its actual occurrence. He leads the police through an 'open and shut' case resulting in Mander being tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Columnist Mary Shannon is in love with Steve but she sees him struggle greatly with his last story before Mander's execution. When she starts typing out the story from his recorded dictation, she realizes why.
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Charlie Chan in Paris
🇫🇷 FranceCharlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond-forgery racket. But his agent, apache dancer Nardi is killed before she can tell him much. The case, complicated by a false murder accusation for banker's daughter Yvette, climaxes with a strange journey through the Paris sewers.
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Charlie Chan in Shanghai
ShanghaiWhen a prominent official is murdered at a banquet honoring Charle Chan, the detective and son Lee team up to expose an opium-smuggling ring.
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The Florentine Dagger
🇦🇹 AustriaSee how medical science SOLVES Europe's most baffling crime — A playwright descended from the Borgias becomes a murder suspect.
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The Informer
🇮🇪 Ireland The 1920sGypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life and start over in America with his girlfriend. So when British authorities advertise a reward for information about his best friend, current IRA member Frankie, Gypo cooperates. Now Gypo can buy two tickets on a boat bound for the States, but can he escape the overwhelming guilt he feels for betraying his buddy?
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The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
EnglandHolmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when.arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an American gang to kill one John Douglas, a country gentleman with a mysterious past. Holmes' methods baffle Watson and Lestrade, but his results astonish them. In a long flashback, the victim's wife tells the story of the sinister Vermissa Valley.
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Whipsaw
EnglandHere She is at Last! — Vivian is the partner of jewel thieves who have stolen precious pearls in Paris and fled to the United States. In New York undercover government agent McBride latches on to Vivian, who travels cross country with the pearls in her possession.
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Crime and Punishment
🇷🇺 Russia The 19th CenturyPierre Chenal's adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel, starring Pierre Blanchar and Harry Baur. Bears the influence of German Expressionism and serves as an early forerunner of poetic realism.
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The Case of the Curious Bride
CaliforniaPerry Mason returns — After giving the District Attorney another stinging defeat, Perry plans to take a vacation in China. That is, he was, until Rhoda, his old flame, meets him at a restaurant. It seems that her husband Moxley, who had been allegedly dead for four years, is alive and demanding money as she has married into wealth. The case escalates when the police find the body of Moxley and charge her with the murder.
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Black Fury
PennsylvaniaA simple Pennsylvania coal miner is drawn into the violent conflict between union workers and management.
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The Bishop Misbehaves
EnglandThe Bishop's Misadventures — On a walking tour of English cathedrals, Donald Meadows meets Hester Granthem in church. Hearing he is from that hot-bed of crime, Chicago, Hester asks Donald to help her in a robbery she has planned. Thinking it a joke, he plays along; but Hester is serious, and hearing that she plans to rob Mr. Waller, the man who has cheated her father out of thousands of pounds, Donald agrees. A robbery at a pub is arranged, but the Bishop of Broadminster, an avid mystery fan, and his sister stumble into it. Playing detective the Bishop complicates matters and each side, the Bishop, the unscrupulous Waller, the gang Hester hires, and Hester and Donald, each get the upper hand along the way.
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Kentucky Blue Streak
Kentucky CaliforniaHe broke jail to ride the winner! — A nosy reporter (Nugent) befriends the dumb Coughlin and pushes the Governor to commute his sentence. Now, Coughlin can ride his family's pride and joy in the Kentucky Derby. BUT, the mean old Warden cancels all paroles--and the idiot decides to escape (even though he's only got 10 more months to serve). So, the reporter has a hunch and goes to see if he can find Coughlin--and the Warden deputizes him!! At this point you might wonder if the boy will make good and win the big race
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A Fire Has Been Arranged
EnglandA pair of friends robs from a jewelry shop, and buries their loot in a field out in the country before they get caught. They spend ten years in prison, and when they're let out they go back to the burial ground, only to find out that it's no longer a bucolic pasture but the site of a large department store. Despite that setback, they're still determined to dig up their stash.
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The Riverside Murder
EnglandThis is a great rainy day/night murder mystery in a mansion that all whodunit lovers will appreciate. A woman reporter helps an inspector solve the deaths of four financiers on the eve of a group shareout. Based on "Les Six Hommes Morts" (Editions du Masque) by Stanislas-André Steeman.
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Another Face
CaliforniaWanted For Murder, he changed his face... then hid in the glare of a spotlight! — The surgeon who did the job was dead. Only the nurse knew what this gangster looked like in his new face. He learned about women from her!
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Speed Limited
NevadaA wealthy blonde gal in Las Vegas gets mixed up with a lady gangster and the G-man that is chasing the gangster.
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She Gets Her Man
ArkansasEsmeralda is a cook in a diner in a small Arkansas town. When a gang of crooks moves into town and plots a bank robbery, Esmeralda unintentionally wrecks their plans, resulting in fame for Esmeralda as the crime-fighting "Tiger Woman," but also further complications.
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Department Store
EnglandThe heir to a London department store must learn the business, but he must start off by working his way through the various menial jobs incognito first. However, a crooked manager has arranged, for a cracksman, just out of gaol, to join the staff. Each is mistaken for the other.
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Thunder in the Night
🇭🇺 HungaryA whodunit set in Budapest, starring Edmund Lowe as a detective investigating the murder of an unemployed vaudeville actor.
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Million Dollar Haul
CaliforniaSpecial Insurance-Investigator Dan Kennedy and his wonder dog, Tarzan the Police Dog, are called in to investigate the persistent robbing of a shipping-and-storage warehouse in Los Angeles.
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The Night of the Party
EnglandA major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party. The publishers secretary is the obvious suspect, but the inspector isn't so sure ...
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The Rocks of Valpre
England 🇫🇷 France The 19th CenturyA framed captain breaks jail and saves his ex-fiancée from blackmail.
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Inside the Room
EnglandA French sleuth in England helps the police solve a series of murders linked by the diary pages of a dead woman.
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Three Witnesses
EnglandAt a firm of contractors, a partner is accused of murdering his brother following a takeover bid.
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The Way of Youth
EnglandThe manager of a gambling club tries to swindle the owner.
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Blind Justice
England The 1910sWhen Peggy wants to break off her engagement to Dick in order to marry Gilbert, Dick threatens to reveal that Peggy's brother Ralph was shot for cowardice during World War One.
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The Thin Man
New YorkA laugh tops every thrilling moment! — A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
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Lord Edgware Dies
EnglandA talented American actress enlists the help of the famed Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, to negotiate a divorce from her husband, Lord Edgware, only to find him the next day stabbed to death in his library. Who would want him dead?
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
England 🇨🇭 SwitzerlandPublic Enemy No. 1 of all the world… — While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their young daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.
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Manhattan Melodrama
New York The 1920s The 1900sRECKLESS with WOMEN...He pursued them ..."petted" them...promised them nothing and got away with everything! — The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
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Charlie Chan in London
EnglandWhen all others failed, they turned to... — After receiving congratulations from the Home Secretary for solving his most recent case, Charlie is sought out by Pamela Gray, a beautiful but desperate young socialite whose brother Paul awaits execution for the murder of a weapons inventor. She is so convinced of his innocence that she becomes distraught when she overhears Neil Howard, her brother's lawyer and her fiancee, confide to the detective his belief in his client's guilt. Angered at this disclosure, she returns his ring and breaks off the engagement. Although the execution will take place in 65 hours, Charlie pledges to expose the murderer. All potential suspects are reassembled in the country mansion of family friend Geoffrey Richmond, where the murder took place, as Charlie tries to expose the real murderer before time runs out.
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Fog Over Frisco
CaliforniaSecret pages torn from the life story of a lawless girl! — Val takes the assistance of a society reporter and a journalist to investigate the disappearance of her half-sister Arlene, a wealthy socialite who is involved in criminal activities.
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Hide-Out
New York ConnecticutDelightfully Produced By The Makers Of The Thin Man — Wounded criminal Lucky Wilson takes refuge in a small Connecticut farm. He falls in love with the farmer's daughter who at first is unaware of his criminal record. Lucky is fully prepared to shoot his way out when the cops come calling, but he is softened by the daughter's affections.
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Les Misérables
🇫🇷 France The 19th CenturyThe lives of numerous people over the course of 20 years in 19th century France, weaved together by the story of an ex-convict named Jean Valjean on the run from an obsessive police inspector, who pursues him for only a minor offense.
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Wonder Bar
The 1930sWarner Bros.' Wonder Show of the Century! — Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and the conductor/singer Tommy are in love with Inez. When Inez finds out that Harry wants to leave Paris and is going to the USA with Liane, she kills him.
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The Mystery of Mr. X
EnglandA sophisticated jewel thief tries to prove himself innocent of a string of cop murders.
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