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crime film, drama film
Larry Borden's career as a concert pianist ends when a dispute with wealthy father-in-law Harvey Carr winds up with Larry's hand being chopped off by an ax. Carr is found dead from a blow by an ax, and Larry is sure to be the prime suspect…
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horror film, science fiction film
A young doctor named Larry Forbes (Shepperd Strudwick) arrives in a French village in order to wed the niece of prominent local doctor, Dr. Renault (George Zucco). Dr.
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heist film
While on the beat, Police Constable Don Ross discovers a gang of lorry hi-jackers operating from the back of a transport café. Gang members Diamond and Johnny drive away in a car with the café owner, Connie Williams, held hostage in the ba…
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Crime, action film, mystery film
When millionaire Jimmy Pewter names model Della Dainton as his sole beneficiary, she decides to murder him with the help of her lover Victor Palentine. They kill Pewter and make it seem like an accident, but PC49 and his girlfriend Joan sm…
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Crime, mystery film, thriller film
Charlie Chan and Number One Son, Lee, are passengers aboard a commercial airliner headed for San Francisco. Also on board are two insurance couriers who are carrying a shipment of $250,000. Minutes after drinking coffee that was served, ev…
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Action, Crime, Mysterie
Jonathan Anselme, a young English academic, teams up with Max Böhm, an amateur ornithologist, to follow storks on their migration from Switzerland to Africa. Max wants to find out why some birds never return from this journey. However, aft…
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Action, Mysterie, action film
Karlin Pickett is a successful disc jockey working for KPHX. Because of his lack of shyness and boundaries, he gains a lot of fans and has no trouble with flirting with women. Vivian Porter, his latest date, accidentally falls to her death…
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Detective Film, mystery film
Mysterie, crime film, drama film, mystery film
The opening credits roll over images of a father playing with his young son in a wood and sailing a toy yacht on a pond. We then jump to Liverpool during the Blitz in the Second World War. A woman (it is implied she is a prostitute) tells …
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Crime, Sci-Fi, crime film, science fiction film
The inventor of a burglar alarm attempts to get back at the man who stole the profits to his invention (Hinds) before he goes blind. The device is then subverted by gangsters who apply pressure to the inventor and use his device to facilit…
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horror film, mystery film, thriller film
C.L.E.A.N. is about four patients who all suffer from various addictions, such as addiction to alcohol, drugs, and sex. In his sanatorium, Dr.
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Crime, Thriller
Kojak is on a new case, the bodies of two young boys are found in the Harlem river. Their mother (Kate Nelligan) is the main obvious suspect, particularly with her scandalous past, but Kojak believes that she is innocent. Soon afterward th…
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crime film, mystery film
Charlie Chan is attending a police convention in New York City; he is an intended murder victim here, but avoids death by chance. To find his would-be-killer(s), Charlie must outguess police reps from both Scotland Yard and New York City P…
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drama film, mystery film
Barry (Jack Scalia) works at the shipping department of a high-tech company called Technoworks. One day, he is invited to a barbecue at his boss's house (Wilder). At the party, the guests play a demented version of charades.
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mystery film
The movie follows a group of people who receive a chain letter. Some of them forward it along as requested, but some just ignore it. Subsequent events suggest the letter is cursed, resulting in people dying brutal and bloody deaths.
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mystery film
Dr. Robert Ordway has a visit from Lois Garland in the middle of the night to get advice on a dream that she's been having. She doesn't know whether it's reality or a dream, but she sees an apparition, feels compelled to follow it, and win…
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crime film
After inviting guests to a dinner party the ruthless press baron Lord Studholme is found murdered during a party game. The investigating detectives have to work out which of the guests had the motive to murder him.
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thriller film
Cactus is a road movie centred on a kidnapping. Plot The movie begins with John Kelly pulling Eli Jones (David Lyons) from his city residence, drugging him and driving across regional Australia for three days. On the journey, John and Eli …
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crime film, mystery film
Lamont Cranston, alias The Shadow, has to clear his name of the murder of a blackmailing newspaper reporter by solving the crime himself.
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mystery film
It is a bleak and windy night when Jimmy Kelly (Wallace Ford) and Marjorie Burns (Barbara Pepper) arrive at the Red Rock Tavern with plans to marry as soon as possible, but are told there are no rooms available. Mrs. Jamison (Clara Kimball…
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film noir, thriller film
Chick Graham has settled in Puerto Rico after the war to operate a small business with his army buddy and brother-in-law Buster Cox. Graham returns home one evening to find his wife Cora acting as though he is an insane stranger. A man who…
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mystery film
Kim Ling, the daughter of a general accused of embezzling $300,000 of Chinese government money, investigates his disappearance. She follows clues to a plantation run by Gregory Prin north of Singapore. There she meets Chang Tai, who is an …
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American football film, action film, crime film
Red Grange is thrown off the Clay College football team in disgrace when his friend, Buddy Courtland, takes a bribe to throw the big game and Red attacks him in anger. Red then proceeds to investigate and hunt down the head of the gambling…
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adventure film, mystery film
After foiling a phony suicide attempt by Connie Madigan, an aspiring actress seeking publicity by stepping onto a ledge, Dr. Tim Kane, who practices medicine in the Broadway district of New York City, vouches for her to keep Connie from be…
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