Usual suspects

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows usual suspects

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 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 There It Is
There It Is
(3.5/5)
19mn - Horror, Comedy, Animation
When a mysterious figure appears to cause a series of disruptions at the Frisbie Home in New York, word goes out to Scotland Yard that the Fuzz-Faced Phantom is at work. Soon, Charley MacNeesha and his as…
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 The Invisible Men
The Invisible Men
8mn - Crime, Fantasy, Comedy
A scientist concocts a potion that can turn people invisible for short periods of time. Two crooks steal the potion and go on a crime spree.
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 Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
(3.8/5)
Nonemn - Mystery, Drama
When a rare Pennsylvania flintlock pistol is discovered at the scene of a gruesome murder in an English manor surrounded by a moat, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called to Sussex to investigate the d…
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 The Musketeers of Pig Alley
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
17mn - Crime, Drama
A man recognizes the thief who had previously robbed him as one of the men involved in an unrelated mob shootout.
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 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 A Thief Catcher
A Thief Catcher
11mn - Comedy, Crime
Two criminals chase a plainclothes policeman who, while taking out his dog, witnesses their crime.
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 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 39 Steps
The 39 Steps
(3.8/5)
Nonemn - Action, Thriller, Mystery
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotlan…
poster Dressed to Kill
Dressed to Kill
(3/5)
72mn - Crime, Mystery
A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered, Holmes and W…
poster Dunces and Dangers
Dunces and Dangers
(3.2/5)
10mn - Comedy
Larry and his wife are desperately poor—with no food. However, the butcher and grocer show up to collect money they are owed and they won't take no for an answer. They are ready to take anything and every…
poster The House of Fear
The House of Fear
(3.7/5)
57mn - Crime, Mystery, Thriller
The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest member. All seems serene and convivial until one by o…
poster Their Purple Moment
Their Purple Moment
(3.4/5)
21mn - Comedy
The boys sneak out for a night on the town, unaware that Stan's wife has switched her grocery coupons for Stan's secret stash of mad money. The boys run up a huge tab treating a couple of girls to dinner …
poster Zigoto and the Affair of the Necklace
Zigoto and the Affair of the Necklace
(2.9/5)
8mn - Comedy
The film begins with the Count giving an actress a necklace. However, after her performance, the valuable necklace is missing and so the actress goes to hire some detectives to find it. I loved the strang…
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