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Escape
7

Escape

Nov. 01, 1940

Escape

An American goes to pre-war Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed ...
The Door with Seven Locks
5.4

The Door with Seven Locks

A wealthy lord dies and is entombed with a valuable deposit of jewels. Seven keys are required to unlock the tomb and get hold of the treasure. A ...
Doomed to Die
5.5

Doomed to Die

Aug. 12, 1940

Doomed to Die

Shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth, downcast over a disaster to his ocean liner ‘Wentworth Castle’ (carrying, oddly enough, an illicit ...
Contraband
6.9

Contraband

May. 11, 1940

Contraband

When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control, its captain becomes ...
Charlie Chan in Panama
7.1

Charlie Chan in Panama

Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy ...
Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise
7.1

Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise

On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more murders while trying to figure out the murder ...
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
7

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard. In addition to making wax statues ...
Swanee River
6.1

Swanee River

Dec. 29, 1939

Swanee River

Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern ...
The Spy in Black
6.9

The Spy in Black

Aug. 03, 1939

The Spy in Black

A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
The Roaring Twenties
7.9

The Roaring Twenties

Oct. 28, 1939

The Roaring Twenties

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie ...
Q Planes
6.5

Q Planes

Feb. 21, 1939

Q Planes

In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test ...
Personal Column
6.9

Personal Column

Dec. 05, 1939

Personal Column

To try solving the strange disappearances of 11 young Parisian women, the police obtain the services of Adrienne Charpentier, friend of the ...
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
5.8

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

Aug. 01, 1939

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

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 ...
Mr. Moto’s Last Warning
6.4

Mr. Moto’s Last Warning

A Japanese man claiming to be Mr. Moto, of the International Police, is abducted and murdered soon after disembarking from a ship at Port Said in ...
Jamaica Inn
6.3

Jamaica Inn

May. 11, 1939

Jamaica Inn

In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who’s come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she’s ...
The Hound of the Baskervilles
7.4

The Hound of the Baskervilles

On his uncle’s death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from Canada to take charge of his ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire, ...
Gaslight
7.3

Gaslight

Aug. 31, 1940

Gaslight

Twenty years removed from Alice Barlow’s murder by a thief looking for her jewels, newlyweds Paul and Bella Mallen move into the very house ...
Each Dawn I Die
7.2

Each Dawn I Die

Aug. 19, 1939

Each Dawn I Die

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter’s criticism of his criminal activities and decides to ...
Charlie Chan in Reno
7

Charlie Chan in Reno

Jun. 16, 1939

Charlie Chan in Reno

Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which ...
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
7.2

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

Charlie Chan’s investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a world of magick and mysticism peopled with ...
City in Darkness
6.5

City in Darkness

Nov. 15, 1939

City in Darkness

Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating the murder of a munitions manufacturer who was ...
Bulldog Drummond’s Bride
5.9

Bulldog Drummond’s Bride

Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond is on the precipice of matrimony to his beloved Phyllis — but a bank robbery and a daring escape is going to get in ...
Blind Alley
6.3

Blind Alley

May. 11, 1939

Blind Alley

A gangster takes a doctor and his family hostage.
Blackmail
6.7

Blackmail

Sep. 08, 1939

Blackmail

A fugitive from a chain gang becomes an oil-well firefighter and meets the man who framed him.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
7.2

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock ...
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
5.5

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror

Sexton Blake and Tinker foil criminal plot connected with the Tongs, and master-minded by “famous stamp collector” and millionaire.
Mr. Wong, Detective
5.9

Mr. Wong, Detective

Oct. 05, 1938

Mr. Wong, Detective

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