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Dick Tracy

1937

Dick Tracy

1937
4.6
Dick Tracy's foe for this serial is the crime boss and Masked Mystery Villain The Spider/The Lame One and his Spider Ring. In the process of various crimes, including using his Flying wing and sound weapon to destroy the Bay Bridge in San Francisco and stealing an experimental "Speed Plane", the Spider captures Dick Tracy's brother, Gordon. The Spider's minion, Dr. Moloch, performs a brain operation on Gordon Tracy to turn him evil, making him secretly part of the Spider Ring and so turning brother against brother.
Dark Manhattan

1937

Dark Manhattan

1937
6
A low-level gangster determines to let nothing stand in the way of his gaining control of the numbers rackets in Harlem.
Blake of Scotland Yard

1937

Blake of Scotland Yard

1937
3
Sir James Blake has retired from Scotland Yard so that he can assist his niece Hope and her friend Jerry in developing an apparatus they have invented. Sir James thinks that their invention has the potential to prevent wars, and plans to donate it to the League of Nations. But a gang of criminals led by the elusive "Scorpion" steals the device, and Blake and his associates must recover the invention and determine the identity of the "Scorpion".
Black Legion

1937

Black Legion

1937
6.6
When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.
You Only Live Once

1937

You Only Live Once

1937
7.1
Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.
Sabotage

1937

Sabotage

1937
6.7
Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten her teenage brother's life.
After the Thin Man

1936

After the Thin Man

1936
7.3
Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady owners of a popular nightclub, a singer and her dark brother, the cousin's forsaken true love, and Nora's bombastic and controlling aunt.
The Old Corral

1936

The Old Corral

1936
6.7
As the sheriff of a small western town, Autry sings his way into a relationship with Eleanor, a singer from a Chicago nightclub who earlier witnessed a murder.
Great Guy

1936

Great Guy

1936
6.2
A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being sold to the public.
Racing Blood

1936

Racing Blood

1936
4
Frankie Reynolds (Frankie Darro' ), youngest member of a family of jockeys, borrows $4.85 (yes, four dollars and eighty-five cents) from his sister Phyllis (Gladys Blake), who is not a jockey, to buy a crippled colt from the stables owned by Clay Harrison (Kane Richmond). He nurses the colt back to health, and in two years has one of the fastest horses in the country.
Shadow of Chinatown

1936

Shadow of Chinatown

1936
3
Feature version of the 1936 serial starring Bela Lugosi. A European importing firm resorts to devious extremes to run its Chinese competition out of business.
Shadow of Chinatown

1936

Shadow of Chinatown

1936
4.6
A madman sets out to destroy a group of Chinatown merchants.
Murder with Pictures

1936

Murder with Pictures

1936
5.1
Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the story. Girard and lawyer Redfield throw a party for the news men where Murdock romances a mystery woman who confronted Girard in front of him, but Murdock's fiancée Hester shows up. After they return to his apartment, have a fight, and she leaves, the mystery woman slips in and begs for his help. Police Inspector Bacon and the cops show up, looking for the mystery woman; Murdock hides her. Murdock goes with the cops to discuss the murder the woman is suspected of. Bacon explains (in flashback) how some photogs were setting up a shot with Girard and Redfield. When the flashbulbs popped, Redfield keeled over dead and the woman, Meg Archer, fled while the newsmen ran out to phone their papers. The newsmen (who were rounded up later as thoroly as possible) are taken into police custody, except for Murdock (who wasn't at the scene), who is given a cap on the sly by rival McGoogin. Altho ...
Lady Luck

1936

Lady Luck

1936
5
New York manicurist Mamie Murphy plans to marry a rich man, so she repeatedly turns down the proposals of honest reporter David Haines. When she is announced the winner of $2,500 and a ticket worth $150,000 for champion horse Lady Luck, if the horse wins an upcoming race, Mamie is pursued by wealthy sportsman Jack Conroy and nightclub owner and racketeer Tony Morelli.
Missing Girls

1936

Missing Girls

1936
5
A couple of naïve girls get themselves unwittingly involved in the gambling racket in this Poverty Row production directed by the redoubtable Phil Rosen.
Gambling with Souls

1936

Gambling with Souls

1936
3.4
Young girls are cheated into rigged gambling games and then forced into prostitution to pay off their debts.
Postal Inspector

1936

Postal Inspector

1936
6.2
Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.
It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)

1936

It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)

1936
5.8
When a play's two producers are murdered, the playwright tries to solve the crime.
Satan Met a Lady

1936

Satan Met a Lady

1936
5.9
In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.
Prison Shadows

1936

Prison Shadows

1936
4.9
A boxer is framed for murder after an opponent dies in the ring.