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Tall, Dark and Handsome

1941

Tall, Dark and Handsome

1941
5.7
Robin Hoodish gangster in 1929 Chicago is an object of affection, kind to New York hood and bad to a bad crook.
High Sierra

1941

High Sierra

1941
7.1
Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.
The Case of the Black Parrot

1941

The Case of the Black Parrot

1941
5.4
Sandy Vantine and her uncle, Paul Vantine, return from Europe with an antique cabinet purchased during their trip. Jim Moore, a reporter who had met Sandy and fallen for her during the voyage, suspects something odd about the cabinet. His suspicions are confirmed when people who have touched the cabinet mysteriously die. Jim and Sandy set out to solve the mystery before anyone else can become a victim.
The Devil Bat

1940

The Devil Bat

1940
5.3
Dr. Paul Carruthers is frustrated because he thinks his employers, Mary Heath and Henry Morton, have cheated him out of the company's profits. He decides to get revenge by altering bats to grow twice their normal size and training them to attack when they smell a perfume of his own making. He mixes the perfume into a lotion, which he offers as a gift to Mary and Henry. When they turn up dead, a newspaper reporter decides to investigate.
The Letter

1940

The Letter

1940
7.3
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.
City for Conquest

1940

City for Conquest

1940
6.8
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?
Before I Hang

1940

Before I Hang

1940
6.1
Dr. John Garth conducting an innovative medical experiment aimed at prolonging life and combating aging. The experiment takes an unexpected turn, placing the doctor in a confrontation with the ethics of his work and the consequences of his research.
The Golden Fleecing

1940

The Golden Fleecing

1940
5.3
A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.
They Drive by Night

1940

They Drive by Night

1940
6.9
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.
Brother Orchid

1940

Brother Orchid

1940
6.4
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
It All Came True

1940

It All Came True

1940
5.8
After crooked nightclub owner murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mother's boarding house.
Castle on the Hudson

1940

Castle on the Hudson

1940
6.8
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
Invisible Stripes

1939

Invisible Stripes

1939
6.1
A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.
Another Thin Man

1939

Another Thin Man

1939
7.1
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
The Roaring Twenties

1939

The Roaring Twenties

1939
7.5
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

1939

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

1939
6.9
Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime. Does it involve a family curse, the crown jewels of England, or something else…
Each Dawn I Die

1939

Each Dawn I Die

1939
6.8
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
The Man They Could Not Hang

1939

The Man They Could Not Hang

1939
6.6
Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.
Daybreak

1939

Daybreak

1939
7.6
After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.
It's a Wonderful World

1939

It's a Wonderful World

1939
6.3
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.