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poster Invisible Ghost

Invisible Ghost

64mn - Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A respected doctor becomes an unwitting killer, stalking his own household in hypnotic trances triggered by glimpses of his supposedly dead wife who haunts the grounds of his estate.

poster The Thief of Bagdad

The Thief of Bagdad

149mn - Romance, Adventure, Fantasy

A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.

poster The Adventure of the Hasty Elopement

The Adventure of the Hasty Elopement

15mn - Comedy, Mystery

An amateur detective's automobile is stolen by a young woman who is determined to elope, leading to a complicated chase involving several vehicles.

The Web

87mn - Thriller, Drama

A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.

poster Felix All Puzzled

Felix All Puzzled

4mn - Animation

Felix is hungry, but his owner won't feed him until he's finished his crossword puzzle! Only one word left -- a 7-letter "chiefly found in Russia." Felix goes all the way to Russia to find the answer, but…

poster False Arrest

False Arrest

192mn - Crime, Drama, Thriller

A luxury home, a handsome husband and terrific children. But it all comes crashing down when she is accused of being a mastermind behind a brutal triple-homicide and is arrested and handcuffed in front of…

poster Barrabas

Barrabas

Rudolph Strelitz, known as 'Barrabas', is the leader of a brutal underground gang causing chaos and destruction in the lives of civilized people. A lawyer, Claude Varèse, is strongly determined to bring S…

poster Our Man Flint

Our Man Flint

108mn - Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

When scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the weather, Intelligence Chief Cramden calls in top agent Derek Flint.

poster Blue Steel

Blue Steel

54mn - Action, Western

When Sheriff Jake sees a man at the safe and then finds the payroll gone, he trails him. Just as he is about to arrest him, the man saves his life. Still suspicious, he joins up with the man and later the…

Foxtrap

Private detective Thomas Fox travels from Los Angeles to the glamorous Cannes Film Festival to find a wealthy man's missing niece, but when he brings her home, he discovers he's been trapped in a deadly g…

poster Deadly Family Secrets

Deadly Family Secrets

95mn - Thriller

A New York executive, Martha, witnesses a murder and discovers that the killer is her new brother-in-law. When her sister is nearly killed and her sister's children kidnapped to silence her, she must unra…

Cops

Buster Keaton gets involved in a series of misunderstandings involving a horse and cart. Eventually he infuriates every cop in the city when he accidentally interrupts a police parade.

poster Vacuum Killer

Vacuum Killer

After losing an arm in an explosion caused by his attempt to resurrect his recently deceased mother, Chris Burst, a young laboratory assistant, seeks refuge in the home of a drug dealer known to his frien…

poster Wiretapper

Wiretapper

A cash-strapped electrical engineer with a criminal past vows to go straight when he marries his longtime girlfriend, but he has second thoughts when the mob offers big money for his wiretapping services.

poster I Love Trouble

I Love Trouble

93mn - Crime, Drama

A wealthy man hires a detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.

poster The Great K&A Train Robbery

The Great K&A Train Robbery

Cullen has hired Tom to try and stop the robberies on his railroad. Knowing Cullen's secretary Holt is tipping off the gang, Tom works undercover by posing as a highwayman. To help him bring in the gang h…

poster The Fat Spy

The Fat Spy

When a boatload of teenage treasure hunters descends upon a mysterious Florida island rumored to contain the fountain of youth, they unwittingly trigger a chaotic competition with eccentric adults who hav…

poster Sherlock: Case of Evil

Sherlock: Case of Evil

100mn - Action, Adventure, Crime

A young Sherlock Holmes believes he's killed his arch-nemesis Moriarty, only to discover the criminal mastermind is still alive. With his new ally Dr. Watson, Holmes must race to stop Moriarty from corner…

poster The Adventure of the Wrong Santa Claus

The Adventure of the Wrong Santa Claus

14mn - Drama, Comedy, Family

When a burglar dressed as Santa Claus steals a family's Christmas presents, amateur detective Octavius sets out to recover the loot.

poster The Mysterious Retort

The Mysterious Retort

3mn - Fantasy, Horror

A wizard sleeps at a table in his well-appointed sitting room. From a drawer in the table, a snake appears.

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