“Doomed to Die” is a 1940 mystery film directed by William Nigh and starring Boris Karloff as Mr. Wong. Mr. Wong and a girl reporter investigate a shipping magnate’s murder. It is a sequel to the 1940 film, “The Fatal Hour”. — Directed by William Nigh, produced by Paul Malvern and Scott R. Dunlap, written …
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“Isle of Forgotten Sins” is an American South Seas adventure film released on August 15, 1943, with Leon Fromkess in charge of production, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer (who is also credited with the film’s original story) and featuring top-billed John Carradine and Gale Sondergaard. “Isle of Forgotten Sins” was subsequently reissued in a version …
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The gangster and cop killer Jack Martin is on the run from the law and hides himself out in a small town. Low on funds, he engineers a clever bank robbery that yields him a big bundle. But because of this he now has the cops and the FBI after him. Also the local crime …
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Piano player Al donĀ“t like to work in a New York nightclub. Because of his girlfriend Sue leaves to seek fame in Hollywood, he decides to move to L.A. as well. on the way in Arizona, bookie Charles Haskell Jr. gives him a ride in his convertible. Haskell has Al pass him pills several times …
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The district attorney Roger Andrews gets appointed as special prosecutor in order to smash a crime ring after he becomes the hero of a police capture. With the help of the newspaper reporter Ann and an informant, Roger gets a confession by the killer who was hired by ring. source
Mary and two of her friends are challenged by some men to a drag race. The car is forced off a bridge. All three women seemed to be drowned until Mary suprisingly emerges from the river with no memory of her survival. Mary accepts a new job as a church organist. But strange things start …
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On the beach at night, Christine Faber thinks she hears her husband Paul calling out of the surf… Shortly later, she meets Alexis, a tall dark man, who seems to know all about such mysterious things. After more ghostly manifestations, Christine and her younger sister Janet Faber become enmeshed in the eerie artifices of Alexis… …
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A person dies after eating a hamburger. His brother starts to investigate the death and comes across two beatniks who supply drugs and use violence for fun. source
Based on a real-life incident from 1929 in which a coal miner was beaten to death by company detectives. After being left by his girlfriend Karen for policeman William Gargan, the drunken coal miner played by Muni walks into a labor meeting. There he becomes elected and fights for the rights of the coal miners. …
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After three British agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to the mission conflicts with their consciences. Director: Alfred Hitchcock Stars: John Gielgud, Peter Lorre. Madeleine Carroll, Robert Young, Lilli Palmer Secret Agent (1936) is a British film directed by Alfred …
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