Phillip Trent

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Laissez Nous Vivre
6.6

Laissez Nous Vivre

Mar 29, 1939
Deux hommes sont condamnés à mort. La fiancée de l'un d'eux convainc un détective de leur innocence : ensemble, ils tentent de trouver le véritable coupable.
Crime
Paper Bullets
5.2

Paper Bullets

Jun 13, 1941
Circumstances force naive Rita Adams into serving an unjust prison term, but she emerges from it a cynical criminal who rises to power in the local crime organization.
Crime
The Power and the Glory
5.929
A man's life is retold just after his funeral. Beginning as a track walker, Tom Garner rose through all sorts of railroad jobs to head the company. In the meantime he lost touch with his family. When he saw what was happening it was already too late.
Drama
Je suis la Loi
6.6

Je suis la Loi

Aug 25, 1938
Un financier complote pour devenir l'homme le plus riche du monde en mariant sa fille au fils d'un cheikh arabe.
Crime
Tillie and Gus
7.6

Tillie and Gus

Oct 13, 1933
Tillie and Augustus Winterbottom are thought to be missionaries when they arrive to find Phineas Pratt trying cheat the Sheridans out of her father's inheritance, including a ferry franchise and a boat. The only way to keep the franchise is to win a race against Pratt's boat.
Comedy
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
1
The Cherokee Strip is off limits to the Rangers, so that is where badman Lemar operates from. When the Rangers capture his brother and the jury sentences him to hang, Lemar starts killing the jurists. Then the scoundrels kidnap the Captain's daughter Doris... Written by Tony Fontana
Western
For the Service
1

For the Service

Jun 01, 1936
Cowboy star Buck Jones made his directorial debut with the Universal western For the Service. Jones is cast as Indian scout Buck O'Bryan, trying his best to keep the peace between the Native Americans and a government outpost. O'Bryan is replaced by George Murphy, the son of commanding officer Captain Murphy. Obviously unqualified for his job, Murphy proves himself a coward and a weakling, forcing O'Bryan to take over when the fort is besieged by outlaw Bruce Howard and his gang.
Western
Transient Lady
5.5

Transient Lady

Mar 04, 1935
A senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows is innocent.
Romance
His Family Tree
4.5

His Family Tree

Sep 29, 1935
A father leaves his native Ireland and travels to America to visit the son he hasn't heard from in many years.
Comedy
Strangers All
5.5

Strangers All

Apr 01, 1935
Domestic drama about an elderly woman and her four squabbling adult children.
Drama
Pirates of the Skies
1

Pirates of the Skies

Jan 01, 1939
Cafe waitress Barbara Whitney refuses to acknowledge her marriage to Air Policeman Nick Conlon until he upgrades his career. He does so by infiltrating a hi-jacking gang, posing as passengers, that robs airplanes carrying valuable items and money, and parachuting their escape from the scene of the crime.
Drama
Autant en emporte le vent
7.937
En Géorgie, en 1861, Scarlett O'Hara est une jeune femme fière et volontaire de la haute société sudiste. Courtisée par tous les bons partis du pays, elle n'a d'yeux que pour Ashley Wilkes malgré ses fiançailles avec sa douce et timide cousine, Melanie Hamilton. Scarlett est pourtant bien décidée à le faire changer d'avis, mais à la réception des Douze Chênes c'est du cynique Rhett Butler qu'elle retient l'attention…
Drama
Soak the Poor
7

Soak the Poor

Aug 21, 1937
This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with racketeers shaking down small grocers and horning in on the relief tickets, forcing prices up with the consumers paying the freight.
Crime
The Man Who Dared
6

The Man Who Dared

Jun 30, 1933
An "imaginative biography" of Anton Cermak, mayor of Chicago who was killed in the line of fire during an assassination attempt on President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami on February 15, 1933.
Drama
The Great Gambini
6

The Great Gambini

Jun 24, 1937
A millionaire is found murdered in his apartment. Suspicion falls on a variety of suspects, including his fiancée and her parents, the butler, and a professional mentalist known as The Great Gambini.
Mystery
The Green Hornet
5.5

The Green Hornet

Jan 08, 1940
A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious masked gangster and his aide.
Adventure
Trick for Trick
1

Trick for Trick

Apr 20, 1933
Six months after the unsolved murder of a young woman who had been his assistant magician Azrah arranges a seance that will be attended by his former partner La Tour, as well by detectives and interested parties who may also be suspects. The seance is abruptly ended when la Tour is murdered and general confusion and much activity inside and outside Azrah’s stone fortress, a veritable castle of magic, ensues until everything is sorted out and the culprit is revealed.
Mystery
Bombay Clipper
5.5

Bombay Clipper

Jan 11, 1942
Someone has absconded with $4,000,000 worth of diamonds, and that someone may very well be a passenger on the Bombay Clipper.
Action
Don't Gamble with Love
1
Standard tale of husband and wife living a party lifestyle. He works in a gambling hall and she occasionally models and sings. Because they want to start a family wife feels the need to change their situation. Situation is changed and husband gets a new job and then a promotion but is tricked into a bad business deal and wants to go back to his old life.
Drama
Murder by Invitation
5.6

Murder by Invitation

Jun 30, 1941
The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide up her money. To show them that there are no hard feelings, she invites them to her estate for the weekend so she can decide to whom she actually will leave her money when she dies. Soon, however, family members begin turning up dead.
Comedy
The Spy Ring
5

The Spy Ring

Jan 08, 1938
Two American-army officers are working on a new type of machine-gun for anti-aircraft warfare, when one of them is murdered. The other vows to get the spies that are after the invention and avenge his friend's death.
Adventure
Parole!
6

Parole!

Jun 14, 1936
Louis Friedlander-directed film
Drama
The Public Pays
7

The Public Pays

Oct 10, 1936
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a protection racket preying on milk distribution is broken through the persistence of law enforcement and the courage of a local businessman.
Crime
Coming Out Party
5

Coming Out Party

Mar 09, 1934
In this romance, a lovely young debutante falls in love with a jazz violinist. Her mother wants her to marry a wealthy young man, but the strong-willed girl initially demurs until the night of her debut. Her social adviser fills the debutante’s dance card with partners, which inflames the violinist.
Romance
Drunk Driving
5.286

Drunk Driving

Oct 28, 1939
In this Crime Does Not Pay series entry, John Jones is an up and coming businessman who drinks too much but denies he has a problem. One day he mixes drinking and driving, and the tragic consequences hit very close to home.
Drama