After the war, L.A. private eye Jake Gittes is hired by realtor Jake Berman. Read More »
Mystery
The Villiers Diamond (1938) Bernard Mainwaring, Edward Ashley, Evelyn Ankers, Frank Birch
The grape sized flawless diamond was stolen two years ago and the thief is just getting out of prison. Read More »
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra AKA Sokrovishcha Agry (1983) Igor Maslennikov, Vasiliy Livanov, Vitali Solomin, Rina Zelyonaya
Holmes and Dr. Watson help a young lady who is receiving anonymous letters 10 years after her father passed away under shady circumstances. Read More »
The Game of Truth AKA Le jeu de la vérité (1961) Robert Hossein, Françoise Prévost, Paul Meurisse
A dozen of elegant people are gathered in a writer’s desirable mansion. Read More »
A Woman’s Secret (1949) Nicholas Ray, Maureen O’Hara, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Grahame
Susan is in the hospital with a bullet near her heart. Marian has told the police that she shot Susan in a rage as Susan was giving up singing. Read More »
The Missing Lady (1946) Phil Karlson, Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, George Chandler
A jade statue, the “missing lady”, is stolen and its owner killed. Read More »
To Catch a Thief (1955) Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis
American expatriate John Robie living in high style on the Riviera is a retired cat burglar. Read More »
Hunters’ Sense of Touch AKA Karyudo-tachi no shokkaku (1995) Hisayasu Satô, Naoto Yoshimoto, Takeshi Itô, Yoji Tanaka
A police detective investigating a vicious string of homosexual murders discovers that the latest Read More »
Lost Highway (1997) David Lynch, Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius
Set in a city suspiciously like Los Angeles, both blazingly modern and resolutely retro in look and feel. Read More »
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) Norman Foster, Sidney Toler, Cesar Romero, Pauline Moore
A novelist friend of Charlie’s appears to have committed suicide. Read More »