White Hunter (1936)
Adventure
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The Phantom Rider (1946)
Dr Jim Sterling attempts to create a police force on the Big Tree Indian Reservation. However, his efforts face sabotage, secretly directed by the apparently friendly Indian Agent Fred Carson, whose gang is currently able to rob stagecoaches wagons without opposition. In order to defeat his enemies, Sterling adopts the name and costume of the legendary "Phantom Rider".
Jungle Raiders (1945)
Adventure
Ann Reed travels to a mysterious land following her father, Dr. Murray Reed, who disappeared into its interior many years ago. Ann falls in with Bob Moore and Joe Riley, who have just been mustered out of the military and plan to join Moore's father, who is researching rumors of a miracle healing drug used by the witch doctors of a mysterious tribe.
Sheriff of Tombstone (1941)
Western
Lawman Brett Starr leaves his job in Dodge City to take up a sheriff's job in Tombstone, Arizona where his two brothers live. Brett finds out that the position has been offered to the unscrupulous lawman Shotgun Cassidy. Starr impersonates Shotgun and after he is appointed sheriff seeks to expose the corruption and wrongdoing of the town authorities.
The Scarlet Horseman (1946)
Western
Two Texas Rangers investigate the kidnapping of wives and daughters of Senators. To do so, one goes undercover as the "Scarlet Horseman", a legendary and respected Comanche figure. The villainess, Matosca, intends to use the kidnappees to force a partition of Texas.
The Little Ones (1965)
Comedy
Two poor boys from London, Ted, an abused child and Jackie, the son of a prostitute run away to Liverpool in an attempt to stowaway on a ship bound to Jamaica. Arriving in Liverpool tired and hungry, they steal a suitcase which they hope to pawn for money to provide food. The owner of the suitcase, a wealthy shipping businessman, alerts the police and the boys are subsequently caught, scolded and sent home.
The Mystery Squadron (1933)
Action, Adventure
At an air show, ace flyers Fred Cromwell (Bob Steele) and his partner, Bill "Jelly Bean" Cook (Guinn "Big Boy" Williams) perform aerial feats that prove they are the greatest aviators around. A dam being built by Stephen Gray (Lafe McKee), the owner of a construction firm, comes under attack from the mysterious pilot, the "Black Ace", and his "Mystery Squadron" of pilots. With Gray facing financial ruin, he asks Henry Davis (Jack Mulhall), the dam's foreman and ex-stunt pilot to hire Fred and Bill.
Pirates of the Great Salt Lake (2006)
Pirate Film
Captain Kirk Redgrave and his first mate, Flint Weaver, are two pirates who set out to be the fiercest pirates on the Great Sea . The movie begins with a man in white using a metal detector on the beach. He happens upon a sleeping Kirk and begins to tell the audience the legend of a young man who wanted to find his fortune.
Northwest Trail (1945)
Western
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Trooper O'Brien assists Kate Owens when her car breaks down. Upon arrival at headquarters, his Inspector-in-charge assigns him to escort Kate to visit her Uncle in Morgan's Post located in the backwoods. As there are no roads to the area the two must travel by horse.
Detective Lloyd (1932)
Adventure, Crime
Jungle Siren (1942)
Adventure
Captain Hart and Sergeant Jenkins, two Americans in the Free French Engineering Corps in Africa are sent to the jungle city of Carraby to do surveying for an airfield. They run across a pair on Germans acting as a Fifth Column using Chief Selangi to bring in a German invasion force. Hart and Jenkins are helped by a fearless jungle girl named Kuhlaya.
Wild West Days (1937)
Larry and Lucy Munro own a ranch with a rich platinum deposit. Newspaper editor Matt Keeler as the head of a gang called "Secret Seven" wants the ranch for himself and has Larry framed for murder to get it. Frontiersman Kentucky Wade - with his pals Dude Hanford, Mike Morales and Trigger Benton - come to the Munros' aid.
The Delightful Rogue (1929)
Adventure
Lastro is a modern-day pirate who hijacks a yacht and heads into the tropic port of Tapit. He is wanted for a variety of offenses, including murder and robbery. Upon his arrival, he is recognized by a local native leader, Junipero, but Junipero takes a bribe to not turn him in.
Fighting Trouble (1956)
Comedy
Gangster Frankie Arbo has imported a master engraver to produce counterfeit money. Arbo buys a nightclub, The Hula Hut, as a front for his criminal activities. A newspaper editor wants a photo of the elusive Arbo, and hires Sach and Duke to produce it.
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation: DVD Premiere (2010)
Adventure, Comedy, family film
Cornman: American Vegetable Hero (2001)
Comedy, Superhero
Cornman is a superhero whose powers include the ability to communicate with corn. He must face the evil Dr. Hoe who is trying to take control of all the corn in the world.
Half Past Midnight (1948)
mystery film
Kent Taylor plays a man who meets a dancer in a nightclub. She's implicated in a killing, and he's drawn into escaping from the police with her through Chinatown as they seek the real murderer.
Bombay Clipper (1941)
Adventure
Foreign correspondent Jim Montgomery (William Gargan) agrees to quit his job when his fiancée Frankie (Irene Hervey) threatens to return home to San Francisco without him, tired of his profession always coming first. He remains in Bombay, India for one more assignment, investigating a report of missing jewels, valued at four million dollars. A mysterious man called Chundra (Turhan Bey) continues to observe him.
Private Eyes (1953)
Comedy
Sach is punched in the nose by Herbie, a local kid who the boys know, and acquires the ability to read people's minds. Slip sees this as an opportunity to buy a detective agency, and their first client is a beautiful blonde who is trying to escape from her connections with mobsters. She leaves behind a stolen mink coat and an envelope that would incriminate the mobsters.
Footskating 101 (2007)
independent film
In order to save his grandmother, his town, and his own skin, Vince, a poor miner's son, takes part in a skateboarding competition without a skateboard. He invents the extreme sport of footskating.
Shark River (1953)
Adventure
After the Civil War, Clay Webley (Warren Stevens), returns to Florida as a fugitive wanted for murder. He escapes prison along with his wounded cellmate, Curtis Parker (Robert Cunningham). Clay reunites with his brother, Dan Webley (Steve Cochran), who reluctantly agrees to guide the pair through the treacherous swamplands of the Everglades to the Gulf of Mexico, with the ultimate plan of escaping by boat to Cuba and safety.
Chick Carter, Detective (1946)
Crime
Detective Chick Carter (Lyle Talbot) finds himself in a complex case when Sherry Martin (Julie Gibson), a singer at the Century Club, reports the robbery of the famous Blue Diamond, owned by Joe Carney (Charles King), the owner of the nightclub. Joe planned the theft in order to pay a debt to Nick Pollo (George Meeker) with the $100,000 insurance money he would collect. Sherry double-crossed Joe by wearing an imitation one, while she threw the real one, hidden in a cotton snowball, to Nick during the floor show.
Die Bienen – Tödliche Bedrohung (2008)
Horror, natural horror film, television film
When Karla brings her father Hans to a clinic in Mallorca because he was stung by a bee, it does not look good for him. The doctors insist that he suffered a normal bee sting, but Karla is convinced otherwise. Together with the researcher Ben she sets out to find the real cause of her father's condition.
The Screaming Shadow (1920)
Action, Adventure, serial film, silent film
A criminal organization called the Black Seven are after the secret of eternal life. They also seek world domination, and their first move in that direction is to seize the royal throne of Prince Rupert of Burgonia.