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Crime, mystery film
A caravan settles for the night in the Gobi Desert. A man sneaks into a tent to steal a scroll, but adventurer and soldier of fortune Kentaro Moto is only pretending to be asleep and kills him. When the caravan reaches Peiping, Moto is sea…
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Film Noir, Mysterie, film noir, mystery film, thriller film
Composer Richard Morton experiences blackouts and cannot account for his actions. He recalls a woman's screams and a conversation with his wife Emily, but it is all a blur. Morton visits his friend John Harkness and is introduced to film a…
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crime film, mystery film, silent film
According to a local legend, Sir Henry Baskerville is slated to become the next in his family line to fall victim to a ghostly hound.
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comedy drama, drama film, mystery film
In "Portrait of a Murderer," a cynical young artist absentmindedly sketches her neighbour who, unbeknownst to her, is a murderer. In "Duel at Dawn," in 1880s Austria, two officers fight a duel for the love of a Baroness. In "The Midas Touc…
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ghost film, horror film
Erica and Heather Rose are identical twins who share a bond that becomes stronger as they grow up. As adults, their lives have had many parallels: They both have successful careers (Erica is an author and teacher and Heather is a doctor) a…
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crime film, drama film, trial film
Sean Raine, an ex-army officer with issues of his own, defends an impoverished young cowherd of killing a baby that he believes is an evil being known as a Tikoloshe.
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mystery film
Sherlock Holmes dons several disguises to find information, after a retired captain, repenting of having worked with arch criminal Moriarty, is killed.
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mystery film
The opening narration tells the audience it is watching, "I Love a Mystery, featuring the adventures of Jack Packard and Doc Long in the Decapitation of Jefferson Monk." Two private detectives, Jim Packard (Jim Bannon) and Doc Long (Barton…
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Drama, drama film
An American going by the stage name of Maximus, "King of the Mind Readers", travels to England with his parents and his wife Rene to perform a music hall mind-reading act. During the act, Rene works as his assistant, using a secret code to…
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Crime, mystery film
The British Navy in Port Said is making plans for naval manoeuvres with the French fleet. Plans are delayed because the British Secret Service has been warned of possible sabotage. On a ship docking in Port Said is Madame Delacour, wife of…
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Horror, Mysterie, Slasher Horror, slasher film
In November 1981, a pair of female bank robbers, Ruth and Trish, make off with $50,000 after they kill two bank tellers in cold blood. They lay low at a snowy mountain cabin resort while waiting to rendezvous with their partner, George. As…
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film noir, mystery film
Police lieutenant Nick Ferrone explains the work of bail bondsmen. One such man is Vince Kane, a former police detective who worked with Ferrone. When one of his customers, Claude Brackett, is murdered, Kane investigates, not only because …
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mystery film, thriller
Henrietta O'Dwyer Collins (Barbara Eden), known simply as "Henrie O.", is an investigative journalist called to a mysterious remote island by her old friend Chase Prescott (William Shatner) who fears that someone is trying to kill him. The…
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crime film, mystery film
At the West Hills Golf Club in Westchester, E.J. Kimball (Walter Kingsford) and his son Manuel (Russell Hardie) are welcomed into the party of elderly Professor Barstow (Boyd Irwin Sr.) and his prospective son-in-law Claude Roberts (Victor…
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Crime, mystery film
Late one night, Charlie Chan is shot at a San Francisco bus station. While on a missing-persons case, he investigates a series of sensational slayings—publicized as "the torso murders," in which only the victim's torso remains at the crime…
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Crime, mystery film
On a short flight to Catalina Island off the California coast, Roswell T. Forrest gets sick. When he is found dead upon landing, it appears to be murder to fellow passenger Hildegarde Withers, but she has a tough time convincing local poli…
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horror film
After his girlfriend leaves him, lonely horror movie buff Adam Waltz moves to Los Angeles to be closer to her. There he lands a walk-on role in studio chief Connor Pritchett's latest cinematic schlockfest, Pirate Wench. One night, a killer…
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Mysterie, drama film, thriller film
A man is watching a television report on the "Cigarette Butt serial Killer" when he is taken hostage by a mysterious figure wearing a yellow jumper. Later, he is found by a highway, disheveled and wearing a yellow jumper, and is rescued by…
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Mysterie, mystery film
Writer Michael Cornforth wakes up in a strange house in the countryside – fully clothed and holding a gun. On investigating, he discovers his cousin's dead body in the kitchen, and soon finds himself accused of murder.
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crime film, film noir
Nightclub singer Ilona Vance is accused of murder because she was the last person to see crooked attorney Frank Hobart alive. Lt. Hargis attempts to prove her innocence.
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crime film, mystery film
Mason is summoned to the Laxter mansion in the dead of night to write granddaughter Wilma out of invalid Peter Laxter's will, to keep her from marrying suspected fortune hunter Doug. Peter dies in a mysterious fire and Laxter's two grandso…
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Crime, crime film, mystery film
Scientist Waldo Sampson has discovered how to manufacture cheap synthetic diamonds that are nearly identical to the real thing. When Sampson disappears, Police Inspector Mike O'Hara turns to Gay Lawrence (aka the Falcon) for help. Lawrence…
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Crime, mystery film
After participating in an extensive archaeological expedition in the Mongolian desert, Dr. John Benton is in San Francisco to hold a presentation of the findings to his colleagues. The film material shows how the archaeological team discov…
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Detective Film, Drama, Mysterie