A story of German-born identical twins (both played by Veidt), one a loyal American and the other, a Nazi official. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Undertow (1949) William Castle, Scott Brady, John Russell, Dorothy Hart
After being released from prison, an ex-convict is framed for a murder. Read More »
Easy to Wed (1946) Edward Buzzell, Buster Keaton, Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Lucille Ball
The “Morning Star” is in trouble: J.B. Allenbury, rich and mighty, will sue them for 2 million dollars Read More »
Trapped by Boston Blackie (1948) Seymour Friedman, Chester Morris, June Vincent, Richard Lane
When Boston Blackie’s private detective friend Joe Kenyon is killed in an auto crash under suspicious circumstances Read More »
The Unseen (1945) Lewis Allen, Joel McCrea, Gail Russell, Herbert Marshall
Governess Elizabeth Howard fears that David, both her widowed employer and the man she loves Read More »
The Spider and the Fly (1949) Robert Hamer, Eric Portman, Guy Rolfe, Nadia Gray
A clever and dedicated French police official, a cleverer master-thief whom he secretly admires Read More »
Contraband (1940) Michael Powell, Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Hay Petrie
When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control Read More »
Flight Command (1940) Frank Borzage, Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey, Walter Pidgeon
A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. Read More »
West Point Widow (1941) Robert Siodmak, Anne Shirley, Richard Carlson, Richard Denning
In this romance, a hospital nurse marries a West Point football hero. Read More »
The Bank Dick (1940) Edward F. Cline, W.C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel
Egbert Sousé leads an ordinary life but is about to have an extraordinary day. Read More »
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946) Willis Goldbeck, Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Sara Haden
Poor Andy, all he wants to do is get to town and continue to woo his girl and ask her hand in marriage. Read More »
The Phantom Thief (1946) D. Ross Lederman, Chester Morris, Jeff Donnell, Richard Lane
Boston Blackie, in the 11th film of the Columbia series, indulges in some wit-trading with a squirmy spiritualist who deals in blackmail, murder and the occult. Read More »
The Mark of Cain (1947) Brian Desmond Hurst, Eric Portman, Sally Gray, Patrick Holt
An attractive young French girl instigates rivalry between two brothers when she becomes the bride of the younger one. Read More »
For Them That Trespass (1949) Alberto Cavalcanti, Stephen Murray, Richard Todd, Patricia Plunkett
In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. Read More »
Hatter’s Castle (1942) Lance Comfort, Robert Newton, Deborah Kerr, James Mason
James Brodie (Robert Newton) is the only hatter in a small area in Scotland. Read More »