Professor John Sylvestus Applegate has been dismissed from his college teaching position for objecting too loudly to the predominant part that football and other sports play in the curriculum, and soon finds himself dead broke when publishers show no interest in the dry material he brings to them. He meets a young boy, Laury and …
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Mary just lost her job after a fight with her boyfriend. Chasing her pay check blown over a bridge she almost loses her life as well. She is saved by Kenneth Alden, a drunken millionaire who’s just lost alll his money. They both assume the other person is on the bridge to commit suicide. Mary …
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Stars: Ann Corio, Jack La Rue, Mary Hull Director: Elmer Clifton Writers: George Arthur Durlam (screenplay), Fred McConnell (story) Into the vast swamplands hurry three people; honky tonk dancer Annabelle Tollington (Ann Corio), cheap promoter “Flash” Bland (Jay Novello) trying to catch Annabelle, and escaping convict Jeff Carter (Richard Deane), only a few steps ahead …
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Two war friends go for a Mexican fishing trip. While driving they pick up a hitchhiker who turns out to be a psychotic killer and is wanted in nine states. He forces them to drive him through the desert and tells them that he will kill them later. source
An FBI agent is investigating the recent bank robberies and finds out much later that his sister is the girlfriend of the gang’s leader. source
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: Dorothy Mackaill, Regis Toomey, Alan Hale Director: Phil Rosen Writers: Charles E. Blaney, Harry Clay Blaney A TALE OF TROPICAL LUST! Two guys on the rlamp take off for the jungles of Brazil. They go to work in a diamond mine, and “order” mail-order brides. When the young women get to their destination, they …
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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