Maxine Leslie

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Up in the Air
5.5

Up in the Air

Sep 09, 1940
A none-too-popular (nor good) radio singer, Rita Wilson is murdered while singing on the air in a radio studio. Radio page boy, Frankie Ryan, and his janitor pal, Jeff, solve the mystery for the none-too-sharp police.
Comedy
On the Spot
5.3

On the Spot

Jun 11, 1940
Frankie Kelly is the soda jerk and embryo scientist in Midvales only drugstore. Two murders and an attempted killing suddenly swing Midvale into national prominence. Frankie and his pal, Jefferson, become involved when a wounded gangster starts to tell them where $300,000 in stolen loot is hidden, but he is murdered before he can give them all of the information. The search is on.
Mystery
Caught in the Act
5

Caught in the Act

Jan 17, 1941
On the day of his daughter's wedding, a good-natured construction worker (Henry Armetta) is suspected by his wife of being involved with another woman, wrongly implicates his company's boss as a racketeer, and is arrested by police for running a shakedown operation. Comedy.
Comedy
Overland Mail
2

Overland Mail

Nov 16, 1939
Overland mail riders Jack Mason and his pal, Porchy, learn that an Indian uprising is imminent because one of the tribe has been murdered by a gang of outlaws. The primary town of the mail route is also being used as a hideout and base of operations for a gang of counterfeiters led by Joe Polini. Jack and an undercover federal agent, Duke Evans, round up the counterfeiters and turn Polini over to the Indian Chief as the killer of the brave.
Western
Convict's Code
6.5

Convict's Code

Jan 18, 1939
On parole after three years in prison, a football player encounters the man who framed him.
Crime
Riders of the Frontier
1
The Rancho Grande, a Texas border ranch, cut off from the law by a gang of outlaws led by ranch foreman Bart Lane, who is holding the elderly owner of the ranch, Sarah Burton, a prisoner. Tex Lowery, an undercover Texas Ranger, rescues Martha Williams, a nurse sent for by the ailing Sarah, from a stagecoach holdup by Lane's henchmen. He later convinces Laner that he is a wanted outlaw named Ed Carter, and gains entry to Rancho Grande. But the real Ed Carter shows up.
Action
Irish Luck
5.8

Irish Luck

Aug 22, 1939
A spunky young bellhop investigates the murder of a hotel guest.
Comedy
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
4
Cosmo Jones, a correspondence-school detective from a small town, comes to the big city to offer his services to the police. He happens by where a gangster is killed by an opposing gang. Socialite Phyllis Blake is running around with gang member Tom and the opposing gang plan on kidnapping her. Cosmo is with Sergeant Flanagan when the attempt is made in front of a night club, where a bystander is seriously wounded in the gun-battle. Police Chief Murphy blames Flanagan for the shooting and demotes him. Cosmo, with the aid of a porter, Eustace and Flanagan's fiancée, Susan, tries to find the killer. Phyllis is finally kidnapped and Cosmo decides the act was committed by one of the two gangs. He has her father place an ad in the newspaper that contact has been made with the kidnappers. Each gang thinks the other is pulling a double cross, and one gang wipes out the other.
Crime
Chasing Trouble
5

Chasing Trouble

Jan 30, 1940
A delivery boy for a flower shop, who thinks of himself as an amateur detective, finds out that his boss is mixed up with a foreign espionage ring.
Comedy
East Side Kids
7

East Side Kids

Feb 10, 1940
Après avoir vécu toute sa chilhood dans la rue, un jeune garçon remarque rapidement que le crime ne paie pas et pourquoi il décide thats de devenir un agent de police. Un jour, l'un de ses meilleurs amis aller en prison pour un assassiner qu'il n'a pas commis. Immédiatement le policier essaie de son mieux pour le libérer et de prouver son innocence.
Comedy
Condamné à Mort
5.8

Condamné à Mort

Aug 12, 1940
magnat de l'expédition Cyrus Wentworth, baissés sur une catastrophe à son paquebot « Wentworth Castle » (portant, assez curieusement, une cargaison illicite d'obligations chinoises) est abattu dans son bureau ... au moment même de coups de pied le fiancé de sa fille Dick Fleming . Bien sûr, le capitaine arrête la rue Dick, mais journaliste Bobbie Logan, l'épine attrayante dans le côté de la rue, est tellement convaincu qu'il a tort qu'elle fait appel à l'aide de détective James Lee Wong pour trouver le vrai tueur.
Comedy
Road to Happiness
5.5

Road to Happiness

Dec 19, 1941
A struggling singer, devoted to his young son, fears the child's super-spoiled, unloving but wealthy mother will gain custody of the boy.
Drama
Sheriff of Sage Valley
5.6
Billy et ses copains, à nouveau fuyant la loi, se rendent à Sage Valley où Billy est nommé shérif. Le gang local de hors-la-loi est dirigé par Kansas Ed qui ressemble beaucoup à Billy. Ed capture Billy et change de vêtements avec lui, prévoit maintenant de diriger la ville en tant que shérif.
Western
The Lone Rider Ambushed
3.5
The Lone Rider Tom assumes a former outlaw's identity (Keno) to learn where the gold from his last big heist is hidden. He tries to get the info from Blackie Dawson, but Blackie gets suspicious.
Western
Convicted Woman
3.7

Convicted Woman

Jan 31, 1940
A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.
Crime
Roar of the Press
5.6

Roar of the Press

Apr 17, 1941
While on their honeymoon, a reporter and his new bride stumble upon a ring of fifth columnists.
Drama