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Western film, action film, mystery film, thriller film
Ken Williams (Ken Maynard) is determined to discover the identity of a mysterious killer who preys upon railroads and transportation companies like the ones owned by Jane Corwin (Verna Hillie). Her railroad worker father (Lafe McKee) was t…
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Horror, Thriller, horror film, thriller film
A successful Wall Street trader returns to Britain with her family, but her new home in the countryside contains a disturbing secret. Her understanding of this secret is complicated by her husbands' difficulties and losing his job. In tryi…
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Crime, crime film, detective film, mystery film
Charlie Chan is brought in when an archaeologist disappears while excavating ancient art treasures in Egypt. Charlie must sort out the stories of the archaeological team, deal with the crazed son of the missing scientist, learn why pricele…
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comedy film, crime film, mystery film
Elderly Juliet Mitchell suffers shock upon discovering her nephew's lifeless body. It is not clear if the young man, Herbert Wynn, was killed by accident while cleaning his gun or if he committed suicide or was murdered. Miss Adams is call…
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Crime, Thriller, crime film, drama film
Half a million dollars is stolen from the mafia by small-time crook Harry Mitchell, who splits it with girlfriend Stacey Woodward and takes off for Acapulco. The mob sends hitman Dano Villanova to deal with Harry and get the money back. So…
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Mysterie, mystery film
After a death at Niagara Falls, a seedy Buffalo private detective unravels a secret plot to build a powerful device conceived by inventor Nikola Tesla.
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Crime, drama film, mystery film
Rhoda Montaine learns that her first husband, Gregory Moxley, is still alive, which makes things awkward for her, since she has remarried Carl, the son of wealthy C. Phillip Montaine. She turns to Perry Mason for help, but when he goes to …
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drama film, thriller film
The plot portrays the Swedish government as being responsible for using the ship to covertly transport Russian high-tech components to the United States. The story is uncovered by a young female journalist, not unlike Rabe herself. Accordi…
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Thriller, thriller film
Jack (Ray Liotta) awakes with amnesia in the middle of the desert. Suffering from violent flashbacks, he finds his way to the home of reclusive artist Vicky Robinson (Gloria Reuben), who agrees to help him uncover his past. While Jack's fl…
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mystery film
Two reporters who are in love (Brent and Blondell) compete with each other when covering the story about the discovery of a corpse found at the mansion of a famous Hollywood movie actress, Mona Harrison. Mona asks Joe Medford, an old frien…
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Mysterie, Psychological Thriller, Sci-Fi, science fiction film
On the island city of Palma de Mallorca, David Norton promotes his latest book, The Kovak Box before a small private gathering of European fans. While nothing unusual happens, one of the audience members has a distinctive Russian Mafia arm…
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Drama, drama film, mystery film
Against the backdrop of a child abduction case the film follows five days in the life of a variety of people living in Los Angeles. Kate is a lawyer arguing in a custody battle on behalf of Drew, who cares for her completely disabled broth…
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Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Mysterie, crime film, drama film, film noir
Paul Madvig (Edward Arnold) controls crime and politics in the city, helped by the brains and brawn of Ed Beaumont (George Raft). As he throws his support behind Janet Henry's (Claire Dodd) father, in a political campaign, Paul also plans …
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Crime, drama film, horror film, mystery film, silent film
thumb|250px|left|thumbtime=22|The Last Warning "BROADWAY, ELECTRIC HIGHWAY OF HAPPINESS.... STREET OF NIGHT CLUBS, THEATRES, LAUGHTER." In a Broadway theatre production of a play entitled The Snare, one of the actors, John Woodford, inexpl…
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Crime, crime film
While dancing at a San Francisco New Year's party, the Saint spots an agent of Valerie Travers preparing to shoot someone, so Templar guns him down first at the stroke of midnight. Templar is placed by witnesses at the scene, so the San Fr…
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Mysterie, horror film
Finding himself bankrupt, William Ziel is forced to return to the farm he inherited from his father to start a new life with his fragmented family. He finds the farm has no electricity or water and tries to turn on the lights and fails and…
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drama film
Richard is a new art teacher at a high school. Cornelia Englebrecht (played by Glenn Close) is a history teacher who invites Richard to see a painting of a young girl at a table, which she believes to be a genuine Vermeer, where she tells …
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horror film
Annalisse Vellum (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen) is a young woman who, along with her mother Laura Vellum (Melinda Culea), move back to her mother's hometown, sometime after the death of her father. They rent the home of Laura's old school classm…
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mystery film
Four middle-class Pasadena ladies in their late sixties habitually meet for lunch and exchange small talk with their waitress. They propose to create a fictitious young woman named Rebecca, and to submit her profile to a computer dating se…
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Drama, Gangster Film, Mafia Film, drama film, mystery film
Komödie, comedy film
Lester March is a 25-year-old orphan who is an electronics repairman. However, his real passion is detective novels, and he dreams of becoming a detective himself someday. His best friend, Pete Flint, is a detective, and they see a televis…
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Crime, mystery film
Private investigator Mike Hammer assists a prostitute being assaulted. He cannot help noticing a unique ring on her finger. Later, when she is found murdered that ring is missing.
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Crime, Horror, Mysterie, horror film
Philippe Darvas is a theatre director whose Grand Guignol theatre is thought to be linked to a series of murders.
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drama film, neo-noir, thriller film
In 1947 Hollywood, Orson Welles had a divorce from Rita Hayworth. When he travels to Rome for the lead role in Black Magic, an actor is murdered on set and Welles finds himself allured by the deceased's beautiful stepdaughter. Soon he beco…
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