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poster Mr. Wong in Chinatown

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

71mn - Mystery, Thriller

A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl "Captain J" on a sheet of paper. She proves to …

Charade

113mn - Comedy, Mystery, Romance

After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving ch…

The Lie

64mn - Short, Drama, Mystery

A man who owns a diamond importing business goes out for a night on the town with his girlfriend, her brother and her brother’s fiancé. The group stops by a circus to see the act of a trapeze artist who’s…

poster Mr. Wong, Detective

Mr. Wong, Detective

70mn - Crime, Thriller, Mystery

A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two subsequent murders.

poster Bride of the Monster

Bride of the Monster

69mn - Horror, Sci-Fi

Dr. Eric Vornoff, with the help of his mute assistant Lobo, captures twelve men for a grisly experiment; His goal to turn them into supermen using atomic energy. Reporter Janet Lawton, fiancée of the loca…

poster Jail Bait

Jail Bait

74mn - Action, Crime, Thriller

Don Gregor, the son of famous plastic surgeon Dr. Boris Gregor, begins to hang around with young criminal Vic Brady and carry a gun. The pair attempt an armed holdup, and when things start to go wrong Gre…

poster The Mystery of Mr. Wong

The Mystery of Mr. Wong

68mn - Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Detective James Lee Wong must find the "Eye of the Daughter of the Moon," a priceless but cursed sapphire stolen in China and smuggled to America. His search takes him into the heart of Chinatown and to t…

poster Scared to Death

Scared to Death

65mn - Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A woman is married to the son of a doctor, the proprietor of a private sanatorium, where she is under unwilling treatment. Both the son and the doctor indicate they want the marriage dissolved. Arriving a…

poster Somewhere in the Night

Somewhere in the Night

110mn - Drama, Thriller, Crime

George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.

poster Borrowed Wives

Borrowed Wives

Peter has to be married by midnight or else his inheritance goes to his uncle... Who happens to live in a "haunted house".

poster The Kennel Murder Case

The Kennel Murder Case

73mn - Crime, Mystery

Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.

poster My Man Godfrey

My Man Godfrey

94mn - Comedy, Romance

Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a serv…

poster Behind Locked Doors

Behind Locked Doors

62mn - Drama, Crime, Thriller

Behind the locked doors of a mental institution resides crooked politico Judge Drake, free from prosecution so long as he pretends to be crazy. To get the goods on Drake, private detective Ross Stewart ha…

poster Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla

Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla

74mn - Comedy, Sci-Fi

The Singer Duke Mitchell meets Sammy Petrillo in this parody of Martin & Lewis. They arrive on a jungle island, where a mad scientist played by Bela Lugosi makes human experiments.

poster My Favorite Brunette

My Favorite Brunette

87mn - Comedy, Thriller, Mystery

Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, B…

poster The Monster

The Monster

86mn - Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A general store clerk and aspiring detective investigates a mysterious disappearance that took place quite close to an empty insane asylum.

poster The Fatal Hour

The Fatal Hour

68mn - Mystery, Thriller

When a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime Suspect: Frank Belden Jr., whose father is a businessman well known for both his success and dishonesty. Mr. …

poster Man in the Attic

Man in the Attic

82mn - Crime, Drama, Mystery

London, 1888: on the night of the third Jack the Ripper killing, soft-spoken Mr. Slade, a research pathologist, takes lodgings with the Harleys, including a gloomy attic room for "experiments." Mrs. Harle…

poster Lloyd's of London

Lloyd's of London

113mn - Drama, History, Romance

Norfolk, England, 1770. The nephew of an innkeeper and the son of a reverend maintain a very close friendship until, after living a great adventure, they must separate their paths. The former will head hi…

poster Svengali

Svengali

81mn - Drama, Horror, Romance

A music maestro uses hypnotism on a young model he meets in Paris to make her both his muse and wife.

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