Investigating a series of murders in Chinatown, wise-guy reporter Jason Barton is captured by the megalomaniacal Mr. Wong Read More »
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Mr. Wong, Detective (1938) William Nigh, Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Maxine Jennings, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
When a chemical manufacturer is killed after asking detective James Wong to help him, Wong investigates this and two subsequent murders. Read More »
Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939) William Nigh, Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers, Crime, Mystery
A fairly Chinese girl, looking for assistance from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed with a poisoned dart in his entrance hallway Read More »
I Am a Criminal (1938) William Nigh, John Carroll, Kay Linaker, Craig Reynolds, Crime, Drama
Divorce (1945) William Nigh, Kay Francis, Bruce Cabot, Helen Mack, Drama
A woman who has been married and divorced five times comes back to her small hometown, where she proceeds to complicate, and potentially destroy, the marriage of her childhood boyfriend. Read More »
Allotment Wives (1945) William Nigh, Kay Francis, Paul Kelly, Otto Kruger, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Story of women who marry GIs just so they can receive the soldiers’ pay and their life insurance if they are killed in action. Read More »
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942) William Nigh, Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Anne Gwynne, Horror, Mystery
After five men previously acquitted of various criminal charges are murdered by a mysterious avenger known as Dr. Rx Read More »
Boy of the Streets (1937) William Nigh, Jackie Cooper, Maureen O’Connor, Kathleen Burke, Drama
New York City teen Chuck Brennan (Jackie Cooper) gets involved with a gang and tries to make his way on the streets, inspired by his shifty father, Foggy (Guy Usher). Read More »
Son of the Navy (1940) William Nigh, Jean Parker, James Dunn, Martin Spellman, Drama, Comedy
Actually, the sailor wants nothing to do with the boy, who we eventually find out is an orphan who ran away from the orphanage, trying to find a new Mom and Dad. Read More »
The Underdog (1943) William Nigh, Barton MacLane, Bobby Larson, Jan Wiley, Drama, War
During WWII, a small but strong-willed 12-year-old boy tries to steer his vocationally and maritally confused father straight Read More »
Doomed to Die (1940) William Nigh, Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth, downcast over a disaster to his ocean liner ‘Wentworth Castle’ Read More »
No Greater Sin (1941) William Nigh, Leon Ames, Luana Walters, Pamela Blake, Drama
A local health official tries to stop the spread of VD in a town.The dangers of the dread venereal disease syphilis are depicted in this earnest drama from the 1940s.
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