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Mr. Wong in Chinatown is a 1939 American mystery film directed by William Nigh and starring Boris Karloff. The story is about a pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, who is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl the name “Captain J” …
The movie “Dick Tracy vs. Cueball” is a 1946 American pulp action film based on the 1930s comic strip character of the same name created by Chester Gould. The dark and moody film noir stars Morgan Conway as Dick Tracy in the second installment of the Dick Tracy film series. Luxurious diamonds are stolen but …
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The movie “Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome” (also known as “Dick Tracy meets Karloff” and “Dick Tracy’s Amazing Adventure”) is a 1947 thriller film starring Ralph Byrd, Anne Gwynne, and Boris Karloff. The film is the fourth and final installment of the Dick Tracy film series. Just out of jail, Gruesome goes to the Hangman’s Knot …
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The movie “Dick Tracy” (also known as “Dick Tracy, Detective”) is a 1945 American pulp action film based on the Dick Tracy comic strip created by Chester Gould. The film is the first installment of the Dick Tracy film series. Dick Tracy (Morgan Conway), a supremely intelligent police detective, must solve a series of brutal …
The movie “Dick Tracy’s Dilemma”, released in the United Kingdom as “Mark of the Claw”, is a 1947 American pulp action film based on the 1930s comic strip character of the same name created by Chester Gould. Ralph Byrd stars as Dick Tracy, reprising the role after Republic Pictures’s 1937 Dick Tracy serial and it’s …
“Port of New York” is a 1949 film shot in semidocumentary style. The film is notable for being Yul Brynner’s first movie. He had not begun shaving his hair yet. The film, which is very similar to T-Men (1947), was shot on location in New York City. The movie was directed by László Benedek with …
Amos Bradford is the criminal owner of the Black Raven Inn. During a bad storm a nearby bridge is washed out and a couple of strange characters have to stay overnight at the Black Raven. The result is murder and mystery … source
Leonard Diamond, a police Lt is trying to bring down gangster Mr. Brown and to uncover what really happened to Brown’s former wife “Alicia”. And the same time Diamond falls in love with Brown’s girlfriend Susan. source
Louis Jordan casts as a college alumnus named Lucius Brokenshire Jordan. Ware College, a small black college in Ware, Ohio has financial struggles. Now they try to their allumni for financial help. Unknown to management Louis Jordan is now the king of swing and leader of the Tympani band. When he learns about the college’s …
A private investigator who was known for blackmailing is found dead in a car. The suspect is the daughter of a mayoral candidate who had visited the blackmailer that day. In order to avoid a story just weeks before the election, the medical officer is commanded to switch the corpse after the daughter has been …