Scotland Yard Inspector Geoffrey James (Henry Wilcoxon) comes to the United States looking Read More »
Tag Archives: 1940s
Road to the Big House (1947) Walter Colmes, John Shelton, Ann Doran, Guinn ‘Big Boy’ Williams
In 1929, middle-class bank clerk Eddie Clark, unhappy with his lot in life and jealous of prosperous George Bates Read More »
A Visage to Remember AKA Omokage (1948) Heinosuke Gosho, Yuriko Hamada, Chishû Ryû, Ichirô Ryûzaki
During his summer holiday, Kawasaki Ryuichi (Ryuzaki Ichiro), a handsome engineer in his late twenties Read More »
Madame Spy (1942) Roy William Neill, Constance Bennett, Don Porter, John Litel
In Russia, Joan, marries globe-trotting reporter David Nabbister. Read More »
Boys of the City (1940) Joseph H. Lewis, Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Hal E. Chester
It’s been two weeks of unrelenting New York City summer heat. Read More »
The Great Lover (1949) Alexander Hall, Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Roland Young
The French Surete and private eye Higgins are after a killer who uses innocent young Americans Read More »
A Fig Leaf for Eve (1944) Don Brodie, Jan Wiley, Phil Warren, Eddie Dunn
Exotic-dancer Eve Lorraine(‘Jan Wiley’)), with aspirations of being a screen actress Read More »
Because of Eve (1948) Howard Bretherton, Joseph Crehan, John Parker, Wanda McKay
Sally and Bob have been married a year. She might be pregnant, so Dr. West picks up a test sample and tells them to come by in a week for the result. Read More »
They Came to a City (1944) Basil Dearden, John Clements, Googie Withers, Raymond Huntley
Nine personalities from various walks of life are hauled into some post-war Utopia, but just how many are prepared to live inside? Read More »
Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945) Robert Hamer, Mervyn Johns, Mary Merrall, Gordon Jackson
In Victorian Brighton a scheming pub landlady befriends an innocent chemist’s assistant Read More »
The Cobra Strikes (1948) Charles Reisner, Sheila Ryan, Richard Fraser, Leslie Brooks
Hard-boiled reporter Mike Kent investigates the murder of a prominent scientist Read More »
Secrets of Scotland Yard (1944) George Blair, Edgar Barrier, Stephanie Bachelor, C. Aubrey Smith
German spies have infiltrated Scotland Yard’s secret decoding unit. A special agent is dispatched to uncover them. Read More »
Cardboard Cavalier (1949) Walter Forde, Sid Field, Margaret Lockwood, Jerry Desmonde
In Cromwellian England, royalists commission a barrow boy to carry a secret letter. Read More »
Valley of the Zombies (1946) Philip Ford, Robert Livingston, Lorna Gray, Ian Keith
Dr. Maynard (Charles Trowbridge’) tells Dr. Terry Evans (Robert Livingston) and his nurse Read More »
Trail of the Vigilantes (1940) Allan Dwan, Franchot Tone, Warren William, Broderick Crawford
A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang. Read More »