Charlie Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with bullets that are not fired from a gun. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Across the Rio Grande (1949) Oliver Drake, Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Reno Browne, Action, Adventure, Music
Outlaws attempting to kidnap Steve Blaine from a stagecoach are ran off by the sharpshooting of his sister, Sally and rescuers Jimmy Wakely and Cannonball Taylor. Read More »
The Shanghai Cobra (1945) Phil Karlson, Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Benson Fong, Comedy, Crime, Drama
When three employees of a bank are found murdered with cobra venom, Charlie Chan connects the homicides to a case he had worked in Shanghai in 1937. Read More »
Raiders of the South (1947) Lambert Hillyer, Johnny Mack Brown, Evelyn Brent, Raymond Hatton, Western
Johnny Brownell, former Confederate officer turned Federal agent, is sent to Texas during the reconstruction years to obtain evidence against a gang of raiders Read More »
Partners of the Trail (1944) Lambert Hillyer, Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Craig Woods, Western
Kate Hilton, returning to her ranch in Springfield via stagecoach after learning of the murder of her father, meets U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie. Read More »
Gun Smoke (1945) Howard Bretherton, Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Jennifer Holt, Western
U.S. Marshals Nevada Jack McKenzie and Sandy Hopkins come upon an overturned stagecoach with the driver and the passenger dead. Read More »
You Can’t Beat the Law / Prison Mutiny (1943) Phil Rosen, Edward Norris, Joan Woodbury, Jack La Rue, Crime, Drama
Playboy Johnny Gray is framed and sent to prison after his stolen car is found at a holdup committed by Rico Read More »
Outlaws of Stampede Pass (1943) Wallace Fox, Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Ellen Hall, Action, Western
Tom Evans (Jon Dawson), nephew of U.S. Marshal Sandy Hopkins (Raymond Hatton), has just trailed his cattle to Yucca City Read More »
Angels’ Alley (1948) William Beaudine, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Slip invites his cousin Jimmy to stay with his family after he is released from prison. However, Jimmy soon gets mixed up with an auto-theft ring. Read More »
Jinx Money (1948) William Beaudine, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Crime, Comedy
A man wins $50,000 in a card game with gamblers, but is soon found dead and the money missing. Slip and Sach find the money near where the body was discovered Read More »
Don’t Fence Me In (1945) John English, Roy Rogers, Trigger, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Western
Roy, the proprietor of a dude ranch where Gabby is working as a hired hand. Dale is a photojournalist working for “Spread” magazine sent from New York Read More »
Wake Island (1942) John Farrow, Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, Macdonald Carey, Action, Drama, War
In November 1941, Major Caton takes command of the small Marine garrison on Wake Island. His tendency toward spit and polish upsets the men’s tropical lassitude Read More »
Sanjûsangen-dô, tôshiya monogatari / A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo (1945) Mikio Naruse, Kazuo Hasegawa, Kinuyo Tanaka, Sensho Ichikawa, War, Drama
After a renowned archer commits harakiri because he’s lost the big tournament, innkeeper Kinuyo Tanaka takes in his boy and sees to his training so he can compete in the next big contest.
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Nocturne (1946) Edwin L. Marin, George Raft, Lynn Bari, Virginia Huston, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Police detective Joe Warner investigates the shooting of womanizing composer Keith Vincent. Read More »
My Sister Eileen (1942) Alexander Hall, Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, Janet Blair, Comedy
Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers. Read More »