
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 »
Tag Archives: 1940s
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 »
The Cockeyed Miracle (1946) S. Sylvan Simon, Frank Morgan, Keenan Wynn, Cecil Kellaway, Fantasy, Comedy

Man returns from heaven to make up for financial errors he made that caused harm to his family.
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Love Thy Neighbor (1940) Mark Sandrich, Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Mary Martin, Comedy, Musical

Jack Benny is preparing his New Year’s Eve radio broadcast but takes time out to take his valet Rochester to meet his girlfriend Josephine arriving on a steamer. Read More »
The Lady in Question (1940) Charles Vidor, Brian Aherne, Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Comedy, Drama, Romance

A juror in a murder trial takes pity on the recently acquitted dependent and invites her to move into his family’s home and his son soon falls in love with her.
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