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Secrets of the French Police
🇫🇷 FranceA burglar is recruited to aid the police in finding his kidnapped girlfriend, a lovely but impoverished flower girl. Meanwhile, a deranged Russian emigre has been claiming that his ward is actually Princess Anastasia, last survivor of the Tsar's family--but she seems to behave strangely in the presence of flowers.
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Sherlock Holmes
EnglandMoriarty is sentenced to death, and Sherlock Holmes prepares to retire to the country and marry his girl. But Moriarty has sworn that Holmes, Lt. Col. Gore-King of Scotland Yard, and his trial judge shall all be hanged too. When Moriarty escapes and proceeds to put his threat into operation, Holmes has to postpone his retirement.
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The Phantom Fiend
EnglandAn elderly couple's lodger, a British musician (Ivor Novello), becomes the suspect in a series of killings.
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The Impassive Footman
EnglandA woman finds brief respite from the selfishness of her husband with a young doctor, and their mutual attraction is rekindled by a chance meeting at a concert.
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Out of Singapore
🇵🇭 Philippines 🇸🇬 SingaporeWhile a ship's captain is being slowly poisoned, a gang of thugs try to take over the ship.
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The Ringer
EnglandA shifty lawyer is threatened with death within two days by a criminal who supposedly died in Australia.
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In the Name of the Law
🇫🇷 FranceThe story is about a drug ring and the finally successful efforts of the Paris police to break it up. A young detective goes into a den in Paris' Chinatown, following a clue, and that is the last seen of him until his body is found floating in the Seine several days later. The only clue is a woman's glove. The dead man's friends on the force vow to avenge him, and receive information leading them to suspect one Sandra, a beautiful foreigner, played by the stunning Marcelle Chantal.
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The Secrets of Wu Sin
CaliforniaA murder mystery about the smuggling of illegal Chinese aliens into America through Chinatown.
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Vanity Street
New YorkA New York policeman helps a hungry and penniless young woman start life anew by arranging to get her a job in "The Follies".
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When London Sleeps
EnglandSlippery Rodney Haines runs a high-class gambling joint in Hampstead, while elsewhere in London Lamberti's Fair for the less-well-off is on its last legs. The only link between them seems to be Tommy Blyth, whose betting has put him in serious debt with Haines and who fancies Mary, the Lamberti's adopted daughter. In fact, there is a further unexpected link between the two worlds.
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Verdict of the Sea
England 🇸🇬 SingaporeWhen 'Gentleman' Burton boards the Capri his aura of mystery makes the crew curious about his origins and makes him especially attractive to the Captain's daughter. But he little realises the danger that is to unfold when the Captain conceals diamonds on board as a favour...
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The Callbox Mystery
EnglandA British crime film directed by G.B. Samuelson.
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Diamond Cut Diamond
EnglandOne of the guests tries to foil a gang of jewel-robbers during a country house weekend party.
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Murder at Covent Garden
EnglandA detective goes undercover and poses as a criminal to try to discover the reasons behind the murder of a night club owner.
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Murder on the Second Floor
EnglandA novelist imagines the murders of his fellow tenants...
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The Return of Raffles
EnglandA British crime film directed by Mansfield Markham
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The Strangler
EnglandA British crime film directed by Norman Lee
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That Night in London
EnglandA young bank clerk steals £500 and plans to go on a spree before shooting himself but a bad girl turned good tries to convince him to return the money and stay alive
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A Voice Said Goodnight
EnglandA British crime film directed by William C. McGann
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White Face
EnglandA doctor becomes a blackmailer and a jewel thief in order to raise funds for a hospital in East London but is uncovered by an ambitious reporter.
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M
🇩🇪 GermanyWho is the murderer? — In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
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Emil and the Detectives
🇩🇪 GermanyWhen a suspicious man bribes Emil with chocolate in return for a bundle of cash, the young lad thinks of a plan to catch him.
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The Public Enemy
Illinois The 1900s The 1910s The 1920sAll his life he took what he wanted...Why not women? — Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.
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La Chienne
🇫🇷 FranceCashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. By chance, he meets Lucienne, "Lulu", and make her his mistress. He thinks he finally met love, but Lulu is nothing but a streetwalker, in love with Dede, her pimp. She only accepts Legrand to satisfy Dede's needs of money.
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Little Caesar
IllinoisThe Power-Mad Monarch of the Murder Mobs! — A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
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The Maltese Falcon
CaliforniaA lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon.
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City Streets
New YorkLove and courage pitted against a ruthless hate! — A mobster's daughter leads her boyfriend from the circus into bootlegging.
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Mata Hari
🇫🇷 France The 1910sMen worshipped her like a goddess, only to be betrayed by a kiss! — A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.
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The Black Camel
HawaiiThe unsolved secrets of Hollywood — Movie star Shelah Fane is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but won't marry him without consulting famed psychic Tanaverro first. Tanaverro confronts her about the unsolved murder of fellow film star Denny Mayo three years earlier, and she decides to reject Jaynes' proposal. When Shelah is found shot to death in her beach-front pavilion, Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police investigates.
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Five Star Final
New York The 1930sA picture as sensational as its subject! — An unscrupulous newspaper editor searches for headlines at any cost.
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The Front Page
IllinoisA Picture That Has Cracked This Shock-Proof Town Wide Open! — Hildy Johnson is an investigative reporter is looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused murderer escapes from custody, Hildy sees an opportunity for the story of a lifetime. But when he finds the criminal, he learns that the man may not be guilty. With the help of his editor, Hildy attempts to hide the convict, uncover the conspiracy and write the scoop of his career.
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The Speckled Band
EnglandAfter her sister dies under mysterious circumstances, a young heiress seeks Holmes' help when she feels threatened by her brutish stepfather.
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A Free Soul
CaliforniaShe wasn't a divorcee but she believed that strangers could kiss! — An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.
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Sidewalks of New York
New YorkNothing but laughs! — A dim-witted slumlord tries to reform a gang of urban boys (and impress an attractive young woman) by transforming their rough neighborhood into a more decent place.
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An American Tragedy
New YorkThe Story of a Girl...Good Enough to Betray...But Not Good Enough to Marry. — A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.
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The Phantom of Paris
🇫🇷 FranceFor money one man would murder, for love another would risk his life. — Chéri-Bibi is a world class escape artist, but he cannot escape the false murder charge that is placed on him.
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The Sleeping Cardinal
EnglandA card cheat is threatened with exposure into joining a criminal enterprise that Holmes believes is controlled by Professor Moriarity.
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Dance, Fools, Dance
IllinoisWhen misfortune hits hard on the Jordan family of Chicago's upper class, Bonnie Jordan, a dazzling and witty girl, finds a job as an aspiring reporter; however, his naive younger brother Rodney takes a twisted path and gets involved with the wrong people.
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Berlin Alexanderplatz
🇩🇪 GermanyFranz Biberkopf has served four years in prison. His return to normal life is not successful.
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There Were Thirteen
EnglandThis is the Spanish-language version, with a different cast and crew, of the Charlie Chan film Charlie Chan Carries On, in which Charlie sets out to discover the killer of an American found dead in a London hotel room.
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Grief Street
New YorkA reporter helps the police investigate the murder of a disagreeable and philandering actor who is found strangled to death in his theater dressing room with its door and window locked from the inside.
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Night Life in Reno
NevadaA story of love, humor and drama against the background of America's "Biggest Little City." An (interrupted) indiscretion by John Wyatt with a floozy prompts his wife, June, to make a trip to Reno, Nevada in order to get a quickie six-week-waiting-period divorce. John, penitent over his past actions (since he got caught), follows his wife to Reno and manages a reconciliation after a murder gives him a chance to prove his true devotion.
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A Honeymoon Adventure
Scotland EnglandAn exciting tale of international crooks and stolen plans, in which an inventor is kidnapped by foreign agents whilst honeymooning in Scotland.
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Schatten der Unterwelt
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Huckleberry Finn
Arkansas Illinois Missouri Kentucky The 1830sHey Folks, We're Together Again! — A year after their former exploits, Tom Sawyer's puppy love of Becky Thatcher keeps him home while Huck Finn, chafing under "civilizing" influences like school and shoes, plans to run away. His scapegrace, abusive father intervenes; Tom and black Jim help him escape; and (departing from the novel) all three raft down the Mississippi, where they're joined by two likable rogues and meet pretty orphans Ella and Mary Jane. The latter may change Huck's mind about girls...
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Bracelets
EnglandA jeweler is targeted by confidence tricksters pretending to be connected with the exiled Russian Royal Family. He manages to turn the tables on them and after collecting the reward for their arrest, uses they money to buy some silver bracelets for his wife to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
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Contraband Love
EnglandA crime film directed by Sidney Morgan.
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