Cyril Thornton

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L'Introuvable
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L'Introuvable

May 25, 1934
Convaincue de la culpabilité de son père dans une affaire de meurtre, Dorothy Wynant s'accuse elle-même auprès du détective amateur Nick Charles. Excitée par ce meurtre mystérieux, l'épouse de Nick, la fantasque Nora, le pousse à accepter l'affaire. D'abord réticent, Nick finit par se lancer dans l'enquête quand il se rend compte que la police fait fausse route...
Comedy
Name the Woman
1

Name the Woman

Jul 25, 1934
Directed by Albert S. Rogell. With Richard Cromwell, Arline Judge, Rita La Roy, Charles C. Wilson.
Mystery
M. Moto dans les bas-fonds
5.7
Monsieur Moto est chargé de démanteler un important syndicat du crime qui sévit en toute impunité à Londres. Pour cela, il se fait emprisonner afin d'approcher un détenu, Paul Brissac, membre de cette organisation. Une évasion « réussie » lui permet de connaître la bande de malfrats et de se faire intégrer dans leur équipe...
Mystery
The Glass Alibi
4.1

The Glass Alibi

Apr 27, 1946
Eying a large inheritance, a reporter marries a rich woman with failing health. When she begins feeling healthy after the wedding, the reporter takes drastic measures to make sure his wife dies.
Crime
The Case of the Black Parrot
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.
Crime
Double Danger
6.5

Double Danger

Jan 28, 1938
A crime novelist devises a scheme to catch the thief who has stolen the valuable "Konjer Diamonds". Director Lew Landers' 1938 B-film stars Preston Foster, Whitney Bourne, Cecil Kellaway, Donald Meek, Samuel S. Hinds, Arthur Lake, Paul Guilfoyle and June Johnson.
Comedy
The White Angel
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The White Angel

Jun 25, 1936
In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurses when it was considered a disreputable profession.
Drama
We Are Not Alone
6.2

We Are Not Alone

Nov 25, 1939
A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his wife.
Crime
La Tour de Londres
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La Tour de Londres

Nov 17, 1939
Au XVeme siecle, le Roi Edouard VI d'angleterre et son jeune frere Richard, duc de Gloucester, se debarrassent de leurs ennemis en les faisant emprisonner et executer par le bourreau Mord a la Tour de Londres.
Drama
Man About Town
4.5

Man About Town

Jun 29, 1939
Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover. To show her, he picks up stranger Lady Arlington, whose financier husband neglects her. On a weekend at the Arlington country house, Bob is used by both Lady A. and her friend to make their husbands jealous; this works all too well, and Bob is in danger from both husbands.
Comedy
The Man They Could Not Hang
6.6
Le Docteur Savaard invente un cœur artificiel capable de redonner la vie aux cadavres. Afin d'essayer sa machine, il tue un étudiant qui s'est porté volontaire. Son assistante, Betty Crawford, avertit la police. Refusant de croire que le docteur peut faire revivre l'étudiant, les policiers arrêtent Savaard. Accusé du meurtre, il est condamné à être pendu. Lang, son fidèle assistant, réclame le corps à la prison et il ressuscite le docteur en utilisant le cœur artificiel. Brûlant de se venger, Savaard décide de tuer tous ceux qui l'ont condamné à mort...
Science Fiction
Le Retour de l'homme invisible
6.2
Le propriétaire d'une exploitation minière de charbon, faussement emprisonné pour fratricide, prend un médicament pour se rendre invisible, malgré ses effets secondaires : la folie progressive.
Horror
Les Daltons arrivent
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Les Daltons arrivent

Aug 23, 1940
histoire romancée de la façon dont les frères Dalton ont été lésés par une société de développement de travers et est devenu hors la loi lorsque les tribunaux locaux corrompus leur offrait pas de justice.
Western
La Valse dans l'ombre
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La Valse dans l'ombre

May 17, 1940
Durant la Première Guerre mondiale, un officier aristocrate et une jeune fille de condition modeste se rencontrent et s'aiment.
Drama
Une dépêche de Reuter
5.7
Allemand Julius Reuter (Edward G. Robinson) envoie nouvelles du 19e siècle par pigeon porteur, puis par fil, créant une agence de nouvelles.
Drama
Alias Boston Blackie
5.5

Alias Boston Blackie

Apr 02, 1942
It is the Christmas Holidays and reformed thief, Boston Blackie goes to Castle Theater to pick up players who will perform for prisoners that are still in prison. He takes a girl with him who has a brother already in prison. She has visited the prison twice in the month, so is not suppose to visit again. However when the group is completed the girl is included as well as Inspector Farrady. One of the clowns in the show is kidnapped and replaced by a con who wants to get even with two ex-partners. Boston Blackie figures out that a con has replaced one of his clowns but is unable to stop him. Blackie's clothes are stolen and a murder is committed. Of course, the Inspector immediately suspects Blackie of being involved. Now it is Blackie's job to find the killer, exonerate himself and help the girl free her brother.
Mystery
Confirm or Deny
3.8

Confirm or Deny

Dec 12, 1941
Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate stuff out of the country, dodge bombs during the blitz of London while falling in love.
War
Eagle Squadron
1

Eagle Squadron

Jun 16, 1942
An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.
Romance
Among the Missing
6.5

Among the Missing

Sep 25, 1934
Seeking to avoid arrest while fleeing through a city park at night, two jewel thieves, Gordon and young Tommy, stash some just-stolen jewels on elderly, unknowing Martha Abbott. They then invite Martha to come live with them as their housekeeper, duping her into helping fence their goods. When Martha eventually becomes aware of the criminal activities, she strives to help Tommy reform.
Crime
Le corbeau
6.5

Le corbeau

Jul 08, 1935
Un brillant chirurgien obsédé par Edgar Allan Poe sauve la vie d'une belle danseuse et devient fou quand il ne peut pas l'avoir.
Horror
Ames rebelles
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Ames rebelles

May 12, 1942
Prudence, jeune fille de l'aristocratie anglaise, s'est engagée dans l'armée. Un soir, elle fait la connaissance du jeune Clive Briggs, d'un milieu social très différent du sien. Prudence accepte d'aller passer la permission du jeune homme avec lui, au bord de la mer. Il est peu loquace sur son passé. Nous apprenons qu'il a déserté après Dunkerque, en dépit de sa brillante conduite antérieure...
Drama