Stars: Paul Lukas, Mary Anderson, Helmut Dantine Director: Fyodor Otsep When a nagging wife commits suicide, her husband is threatened with a murder rap by his lawyer, unless he kills a certain female reporter for him! source
Stars: Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Rose Hobart Director: Frank McDonald Writers: Daniel Mainwaring (novel), Maxwell Shane (screenplay) The first of three Pine-Thomas productions for Chester Morris finds him as wise-cracking private detective Humphrey Campbell who impresses his boss, Oscar Flack, no end by not only finding a missing girl but also marrying her in the …
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Right after the Civil War, an ex-Union soldier sets out to become a schoolmaster in his small town, even though many locals still harbor a resentment against “Yankees”. He goes up against the town bully, who both want the same girl, and his troubles multiply when a vicious band of night riders set out to …
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Stars: Lew Ayres, Gail Patrick, Paul Kelly Director: Charles Barton Writers: George Harmon Coxe (screenplay), Sidney Salkow (screenplay) Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the story! source
Stars: Russell Hopton, Lola Lane, George F. Marion Director: Frank R. Strayer Writer: John W. Krafft (story) While a distinguished astronomer is giving a lecture in a planetarium, a shot rings out and one of the audience members is found dead. A tough detective and a brassy female reporter lock horns as they both try …
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Stars: Anne Nagel, Robert Kent, Charles Trowbridge Director: Lambert Hillyer Writer: John T. Neville (original screenplay) A ruthless but clever gangster who knows every loophole in the law has the tables turned by a dedicated District Attorney and his assistant. source
Stars: Adele Mara, Warren Douglas, William Frawley Director: Philip Ford Writers: Dorrell McGowan, Stuart E. McGowan A private detective finds himself with a perfect new secretary. But after a notorious gossip columnist turns up murdered, she may prove too good to be true. source
Stars: Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly, Russell Hayden Director: Frank McDonald Writers: Maxwell Shane (screenplay), Irving Reis (screenplay) The professional gambler Ross Hadley is the owner of a posh gaming establishment in the heart of New York. Hadley’s main antagonist is his childhood friend Mike McGlennon. McGlennon, now a police lieutenant, is determined to stop the …
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Red Nightmare is the best known title of Armed Forces Information Film (AFIF) 120, Freedom and You.[1] It was meant to educate the U.S. armed forces about the nature of Communism. The film was later released to American television and as an educational film to American schools under the Red Nightmare title. The film is …
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The film tells the story of the U.S. Treasury Department who, with the aid of a counterfeiter, try to track down and stop of counterfeiting ring. The counterfeiter, Tris Stewart (Lloyd Bridges) serving time in prison, is released under the agreement that he will assist in the capture of the phoney money printers. — Directed …
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