Usual suspect

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poster The Stranger
The Stranger
(3.7/5)
95mn - Crime, Drama, Mystery
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court…
poster Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
(3.8/5)
Nonemn - Mystery, Drama
When a young boy mysteriously vanishes from a moving train after quarreling with his father, Sherlock Holmes suspects foul play rather than a simple runaway case. As the governess dismisses it as youthful…
poster Suspense.
Suspense.
10mn - Drama, Thriller, Horror
An isolated house is too remote for a lone servant, who leaves a note, quietly exits the back door, and puts the key under the mat. Left alone in the house is a mother and her infant. A tramp has watched …
poster Do Detectives Think?
Do Detectives Think?
19mn - Comedy
An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.
poster Stakeout
Stakeout
90mn - Crime, Drama
A young private investigator on the gritty streets of Los Angeles faces an impossible choice when he falls for the woman he's supposed to be surveilling for insurance fraud. With his sick mother's medical…
poster The Fatal Hour
The Fatal Hour
(2.8/5)
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 The Stranger Came Home
The Stranger Came Home
(2.9/5)
80mn - Drama
Someone knocked out a man and left him for dead during a fishing trip in Portugal. That someone is either his fetching wife, or two business partners, all sporting guilty faces after his unexpected return…
poster An Unseen Enemy
An Unseen Enemy
16mn - Drama
The physician's death orphans his two adolescent daughters. Their older brother is able to convert some of the doctor's small estate to cash. But it is late in the day, and with the banks closed he stores…
poster Alice's Mysterious Mystery
Alice's Mysterious Mystery
(2.7/5)
6mn - Animation, Comedy, Horror
A mouse and his boss pose as dogcatchers and grab a schoolhouse full of dogs; they use several other ruses to round up dogs for, as we discover, a sausage factory. Alice and Julius are on the trail soon a…
poster Getting Evidence
Getting Evidence
14mn - Comedy
A jealous husband arrives in the office of Hawkshaw, a private detective. The husband is certain that his wife is being unfaithful, and he wants the detective to produce photographic evidence. The detecti…
poster Wives Under Suspicion
Wives Under Suspicion
(3/5)
69mn - Crime, Drama
A merciless district attorney prosecutes a case that mirrors his own life.
poster The Canary Murder Case
The Canary Murder Case
(3.0/5)
82mn - Crime, Mystery
A beautiful showgirl, name "the Canary" is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and with that she ends up dead. But who killed "the Canary". All the suspects knew and were used by her and…
poster Rogues' Gallery
Rogues' Gallery
60mn - Mystery, Thriller
Reporter Patsy Reynolds and photographer Eddie Porter are assigned to interview John Foster, head of the Emmerson Foundation regarding a listening device the organization is working on. Foster evades them…
poster Stop Thief!
Stop Thief!
2mn - Crime, Comedy
A lad from a butcher shop is carrying a tray laden with a roast or a leg of lamb. A hobo grabs it and runs. The boy gives chase, joined by dogs, as neighbors watch the spectacle. The hobo jumps into a lar…
poster The Sea Squawk
The Sea Squawk
(3.2/5)
19mn - Comedy
A Scottish immigrant on board ship becomes a pawn in a jewel heist aboard the S.S. Cognac, a three-star liner. Blackie Dawson, the uncrowned king of jewel thieves, and his accomplice Pearl Blackstone, hav…
poster Sherlock Holmes Baffled
Sherlock Holmes Baffled
1mn - Crime, Fantasy, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes enters his drawing room to find it being burgled, but on confronting the villain is surprised when the latter disappears.
poster Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
(3.0/5)
62mn - Action, Crime, Mystery
A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
poster Friend Request
Friend Request
91mn - Thriller
Two seasoned detectives must track down a dangerous cyberstalker who uses social media to hunt and lure his victims, leading them into a deadly cat-and-mouse game where every online interaction could be s…
poster The Kleptomaniac
The Kleptomaniac
10mn - Crime
A well-dressed woman leaves her home and takes a carriage to a department store. While she is in the store, she steals several items, and is caught by store employees. Meanwhile, a poor woman with two sma…
poster Guilty Conscience
Guilty Conscience
(3.3/5)
104mn - Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A brilliant criminal defense attorney meticulously plans the perfect murder of his wife to avoid devastating alimony payments, mentally rehearsing each scenario like a courtroom case, but discovers that h…
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