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Les Démons de la Liberté
7.3

Les Démons de la Liberté

Jul 16, 1947

Les Démons de la Liberté
1947 98 min 182 vues
Joe Collins est détenu à la prison de Westgate, qui est dirigée par le sadique Munsey. Celui-ci prend plaisir à infliger des brimades aux prisonniers, et est détesté de tous. Collins rêve de s'échapper. Il va tenter l'impossible avec la complicité des autres détenus…
Crime
Le passé se venge
6.3

Le passé se venge

Apr 22, 1949

Le passé se venge
1949 90 min 28 vues
Héros de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Eddie Rice vient de passer plusieurs années dans un hôpital militaire. Blessé à la tête, il est amnésique et les médecins ont tout tenté pour le soigner. Le traitement est un échec, son handicap irréversible. Sur les conseils de son médecin, Eddie quitte l'hôpital. Il va rejoindre Los Angeles, sa ville d'origine, espérant que le hasard mette sur sa route ceux qui pourront lui rappeler son passé. Dès son arrivée, il est interpellé par deux policiers. Pour eux, il est Eddie Riccardi, un homme au passé criminel trouble qui n'aurait jamais dû revenir en ville.
Crime
Fall Guy
4.8

Fall Guy

Mar 15, 1947

Fall Guy
1947 64 min 10 vues
A drugged man covered in blood is picked up by police. Before the cops can get answers the man escapes in search of answers to the mystery himself.
Crime
Flaxy Martin
5.7

Flaxy Martin

Feb 15, 1949

Flaxy Martin
1949 86 min 18 vues
Attorney Walter Colby has ties to the mob, but he begins to regret his criminal affiliations. When his girlfriend, showgirl Flaxy Martin, who also has shady connections, becomes a suspect in a murder, Walter takes the fall. However, on his way to prison, he escapes, determined to bring the real killer to justice.
Crime
The Runaround
1

The Runaround

Jun 04, 1946

The Runaround
1946 86 min 1 vues
Two private eyes compete to find an heiress and bring her back, unmarried, to New York.
Comedy
Miss Grain de sel
5.4

Miss Grain de sel

Oct 20, 1949

Miss Grain de sel
1949 87 min 6 vues
A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.
Comedy
Secret Agent X-9
5.4

Secret Agent X-9

Jul 24, 1945

Secret Agent X-9
1945 246 min 5 vues
American, Chinese and Australian agents join forces to stop the Nazis from obtaining the formula for synthetic fuel.
Action
L'Enfer de la corruption
6.6

L'Enfer de la corruption

Aug 24, 1950

L'Enfer de la corruption
1950 79 min 112 vues
Joe Morse, jeune et ambitieux avocat, gère les affaires de Joe Tucker, puissant gangster new-yorkais contrôlant les paris. Il cherche à réunir, en une organisation tentaculaire, les différentes branches familiales de la pègre. À cette fin, il échafaude une vaste machination dont sera victime son propre frère Léo, petit bookmaker ruiné.
Crime
The Good Humor Man
6

The Good Humor Man

Mar 24, 1950

The Good Humor Man
1950 80 min 5 vues
Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Margie, who works as a secretary for Stuart Nagel, an insurance investigator. Margie won't marry Biff, though, because she is the sole support of her kid brother, Johnny. Biff gets involved with Bonnie, a young woman he tries to rescue from gangsters. But Biff's attempts to help her only get him accused of murder. When the police refuse to believe his story, it's up to Biff and Johnny to prove Biff's innocence and solve the crime.
Adventure
La Brigade du suicide
6.8

La Brigade du suicide

Dec 15, 1947

La Brigade du suicide
1947 92 min 79 vues
Deux agents du Trésor, O'Brien et Tony Genaro, infiltrent un gang de faux-monnayeurs extrêmement habiles, au péril de leur vie.
Crime
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
6

Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad

Feb 07, 1948

Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
1948 74 min 1 vues
Joe Palooka goes blind during a fight. An operation restores his vision, but he's told not to fight for a year. His trainer Knobby has picked up another fighter, but gangsters are pressing him to fix fights. Joe decides to risk his eyesight to save Knobby's honor.
Comedy
The Brasher Doubloon
5.9

The Brasher Doubloon

Feb 06, 1947

The Brasher Doubloon
1947 72 min 32 vues
Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock hires Marlowe to find an old rare coin, the Brasher Doubloon, that belonged in her deceased husband's collection. Marlowe begins investigating, but quickly finds himself entangled in a series of unexplained murders.
Mystery
The Naughty Nineties
6.7

The Naughty Nineties

Jun 20, 1945

The Naughty Nineties
1945 76 min 23 vues
In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act is to change the showboat into a floating gambling house. A ham actor and his bumbling sidekick try to devise a way to help the captain regain ownership of the vessel.
Comedy
The Missing Lady
4.7

The Missing Lady

Aug 17, 1946

The Missing Lady
1946 60 min 9 vues
While investigating the theft of a valuable jade statue known as "The Missing Lady" -- and the subsequent murder of an art dealer -- imperceptible sleuth Lamont Cranston aka the Shadow (Kane Richmond) finds himself being blamed for the crime. It doesn't help the Shadow's claims of innocence when more bodies begin piling up. Good thing he knows exactly who's guilty among an increasingly smaller group of suspects.
Science Fiction
The Jungle Captive
5.5

The Jungle Captive

Jun 25, 1945

The Jungle Captive
1945 63 min 13 vues
Stendahl, un scientifique obsédé par ses recherches sur la résurrection, réussit à réanimer un lapin décédé. Pour obtenir un cobaye plus probant, il fait voler par son homme de main Moloch le cadavre de Paula Dupree, la célèbre femme-singe, à la morgue. Moloch réussit sa mission mais tue un employé. Stendhal, pour continuer ses expériences, kidnappe alors sa jeune assistante qui devra lui donner bien plus que son aide pour ramener à la vie Paula...
Horror