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The Dying Detective – Sherlock Holmes

…After a trip to Asia, Sherlock Holmes is morbidly ill… He has not eaten or drunk anything in three days. His friend Dr. Watson is there to help him but how can he do that after Sherlock locked himself in the room with him?…


Frontier Horizon

…New Hope Valley is a prosperous small community which began its existing right after the end of The Civil War. Everything had been going great for 50 years – until now. The state wants a dam built in place of this small community. Even though each of the citizens will get paid for their land, they decide to unite and fight against the destruction of their town….


Seven Sinners

…ightful! Thank you for these wonderful black and whites! Those were the days. D. Leinbach Lacking in final theater scene. Rushed villain demise. Probably due to budgetary constraints. Excellent specimen of prewar jitters in Europe. Christopher Myers A wonderful example of early British cinematic excellency. Constance Cummings was a real jewel! I am still chuckling at her poker-faced clever little cutting remarks that she put over so well. Thanks,…


One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

…h Street (The Chelsea) featured 2 B&W movies and one technicolor on weekends. The neighborhood kids filled all the seats for the 11AM to 5PM showing. I am so glad and fortunate that I got to see that closing era back in the mid 1950s. And all for a quarter! Thanks for the show. Cindy Excellent movie and cast. After all these years it is still amasing what the allied forces were able to do. Thank GOD!!! Sylvia Bennett I am from the UK,so this movie…


Never Fear

…Carol is a professional dancer whose personal life and career are going better than ever. At this moment when she feels that nothing can possibly go wrong, Carol finds out that she has contracted polio, a severe viral disease which can quickly destroy her life……


Charlie Shanghaied

…Charlie Chan arrives in Shanghai but the joyful celebration can’t hide the fact that he is not wanted there. Within no time, two attempts are made on his life……


Glen Or Glenda

…This movie follows the life of several people who feel they were born with the wrong gender in a society where transvestites aren’t accepted easily….


Easy Virtue

…Larita is listed as the single beneficiary of a dead artist’s fortune because of his unshared feelings for her. Her husband takes this as a sign of adultery and divorces her. Larita moves to France and meets someone new, however hew cloudy past quickly begins casting a shadow on their happiness….


Indestructible Man

Benton is about to be executed for committing robbery. On the day before the execution he learns that his partners together with his lawyer had double-crossed him so they could come out clean after the heist. Unfortunately it’s too late for him to go after them. After the execution his body ends up in a lab where scientists are conducting tests on dead people. When they shock Benton’s body with 287,000 volts of electricity, the unbelievable happe…


The Second Woman

…The day before the marriage ceremony of Jeff Cohalan and Vivian Sheppard, Vivian is killed in a car accident. One year later Jeff is still suffering depression and he is only getting worse as strange things begin to happen around his property……


C-Man

…In this movie customs agent Cliff Holden is leading an investigation into the gang of jewel thieves who killed his partner. He manages to board a plane with one of the suspects hoping to find out where they’ll strike next however it turns out that the gang won’t be waiting for the plane to land to put their plan into action….


Too Many Women

…Richard has been looking for a steady full-time job, but when he receives an offer he doesn’t want to accept, he decides it’s best to lie that he has just received a hefty inheritance. Soon the whole town knows that Richard has turned into a wealthy single man – the main ingredient required for a sudden increase in female interest!…


International Crime

…Lamont Cranston is an amateur detective and radio talk show host. During one of his shows he reluctantly reports that a robbery will take place at the theater that evening. After his show the police gets ready for an ambush at the theater while at the same time a bank is robbed on the other side of town. Lamont is in deep trouble. How is he going to get out of this?…


Big Combo

…Lieutenant Leonard Diamond has spent too much time and department funds in his chase to put the mobster Mr. Brown behind bars. What makes matters worse is that Leonard is in love with Mr. Brown’s girlfriend, Susan. Will she help the lieutenant catch he possessive boyfriend or is she playing a game of her own?…


Tomorrow’s Youth

…After learning that her husband Thomas is cheating on her, Ellen takes her son Junior and leaves for her home town. She decides to file for separation instead of divorce since it’s a less stressful process however it makes Junior’s life more difficult since he now has periodically live with his selfish father……


Danger Lights

…A railroad is being cleared after a landslide however the cleanup group, led by Dan, is a little shorthanded. Dan decides to hire a few hobos to help them out. One of the hobos is a former railroad engineer, Larry. Dan helps him to get a job at the railroad company and in return Larry falls in love with Dan’s fiance… Not a fair trade……


Go for Broke!

…Lieutenant Michael Grayson has great desire to fight in the war against Japan. He gets assigned to lead a battalion of Nisei, who look like Japanese to him. Full of disappointment and anger, the lieutenant is very harsh to his soldiers. Can he change before they reach the front or will his ignorance lead his men into certain death?…


Sunset Range

…Bonnie is joining her brother Eddie at his new ranch in Arizona. What she doesn’t know is that Eddie has a gambling problem and owes money to a gangster named Grant, who loves nothing more than the opportunity to involve innocent people in his plots….


The Hitch-Hiker

…Based on a true story! After committing a killing spree, ex-convict Emmett Myers is picked up by his next unsuspecting victims, Roy and Gil. Without wasting much time, Emmett tells them who he is and forces them to drive him to Santa Rosalia, which is 500 miles away. Even though a trip like this involves many stops Roy and Gil will have a really hard time trying to escape, especially since none of Emmett’s previous victims managed to do so……


Time Table

…A man posing as Dr. Paul Brucker requires a passenger train to make an emergency stop because of a person who needs immediate medical attention. He then manages to pass by the baggage car guards and takes off with half a million dollars! It’s up to insurance investigator Charlie Norman and his friend detective Joe Armstrong to find the robbers….