Robert Chatfield is having dinner with his wife, Freda, and four of their friends: Charles Stanton, his business partner; Ann Peel, who works at their company; and Robert's sister, Betty, and her husband, Gordon, who is another partner in the firm. As the dinner winds down, the subject of Robert's brother's suicide comes up. Robert's brother, Martin, had died from a gunshot wound, which an investigation had ruled a suicide, brought on by his guilt over stealing a bond from their company, of which he was also a partner.
A notorious killer, long believed to have died in Australia, returns to England seeking revenge for the death of his sister. The "Ringer" threatens to murder the criminal mastermind Maurice Meister. Detective Inspector Alan Wembury is assigned to the case and, despite his strong dislike for Meister, attempts to protect him with the reluctant assistance of another criminal, Sam Hackett, who has been released from prison as he is the only man able to identify the "Ringer".
Joe Powell a publicity director for a film studio visits his girlfriend Susan Cooper. When they hear a woman scream, they find out that Ellen Smith who lives across the hall has been strangled to death in her apartment. Later, an actress named Mona Harrison who recently disappeared makes newspaper headlines.
Gold-digging actress Verna Wilson demands money from a financial theatrical backer by falsely threatening to tell his wife that their relationship is more than professional. After he pays up his son Dick discovers that Verna is part of a gang of blackmailers and is now fleeing the country on an ocean liner. He boards the ship along with his chauffeur and the two pose as wealthy playboys so that Verna will attempt to play the same trick on them.
Two boys, Johnny Davis and Byron "By" Newbold, are best friends. Their fathers, however, are not. By’s father is in charge of the local paper and usually confronts Johnny’s father about suspicious activity putting the boys at odds with one another.
Jerry Murdock enters a New York mansion on a dark night by a mysterious butler and bellhop, named Duncan. Upon entering the parlor, he finds himself in the middle of an interrogation being conducted by murder mystery writer Harry Forrest of the other guests, regarding who perpetrated the murder of a body lying on the parlor room floor. Each are being questioned regarding their movements prior to the murder.
An insurance investigator, Duke Wallace, is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a colleague. The wife tells Duke that her husband was fond of blonde women. He is later found killed in a cabin in the mountains.
A waterfront cop, Danny Dolan, meets an attractive waitress, Sally Kelly, whose sister, Helen Kelly, turns out to be romantically involved with Johnnie Hale, the criminal he is pursuing. Helen is initially implicated in a robbery committed by Johnnie but is ultimately exonerated by Dolan in the end. Grateful for assisting her sister, Sally and Danny become engaged at the end.
John Lamar buys a Jade Box in Asia but it is stolen by his friend Martin Morgan. A cult, searching for the box because it contains the secret to invisibility, catches up with and abducts Lamar. After discovering the theft, the cult send a message to Martin and the pair's children: John Lamar's son, Jack, who is engaged to Martin Morgan's daughter, Helen.
An Englishman takes the blame for his son who he believes guilty of murdering his lover. The real truth surrounding the case is only revealed by a silent witness.
adventure film, crime film, drama film, mystery film
Former jewel thief Michael Lanyard (The Lone Wolf) (Gerald Mohr) along with his butler, Jamison (Eric Blore), go to Mexico on vacation. Lanyard, once a thief has been working as a private investigator. Liliane Dumont (Jacqueline deWit), one of the Lone Wolf's old flames, and Mrs.
A newspaper reporter is sent by his editor to spend a night in a country house where a notorious murder had been committed exactly twenty years before.
thumb|left|220px|Lois Wilson and Theodore Von Eltz in The Furies Fifi Sands is married to Mr. Sands, an unpleasant millionaire, who is constantly cheating on her. Being fed up with his affairs, Mrs.
action film, mystery film, serial film, silent film
Jack Derry, football star fullback, is working his way through college while supporting his mother at the same time. His father is in prison, serving time for a crime he did not commit. In the town lives an unscrupulous man named Leonard Billings, whose stepdaughter Glory possesses a bracelet which she found that bears half of the directions to an underground oil deposit.
Out to Kill is a gay-themed film with a "whodunit" murder plot. Gay private investigator Jim Noble (played by Scott Sell) moves into a loft complex in Tampa, to find his first case literally right outside his door – the corpse of one of his neighbors, Justin Jaymes (played by out up-and-coming singer Tom Goss in his film debut), floating in the pool right in the middle of the complex's courtyard. When he is hired to solve the crime, Jim quickly learns that everyone in the complex has secrets, and that someone was willing to kill to keep their secrets hidden.
Robert Brierly is falsely accused of passing forged banknotes after being framed by his love rival, the murderous criminal known as the Tiger. After he is given a ticket of leave (a form of early parole), he faces scrutiny and discrimination as a former convict. Still in love with Brierly's fiancé May Edwards, the Tiger seeks to have Brierly locked in prison for life.
