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Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Heartbeat
IMDb: 5.9
102

A female escapee from a reform school joins a pickpocket academy in Paris.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Great Mouse Detective

The Great Mouse Detective

The Great Mouse Detective
IMDb: 7.1
74

When the diabolical Professor Ratigan kidnaps London’s master toymaker, the brilliant master of disguise Basil of Baker Street and his trusted sidekick Dawson try to elude the ultimate trap and…

Hillbillys in a Haunted House

Hillbillys in a Haunted House

Hillbillys in a Haunted House
IMDb: 2.8
86

Country singers on their way to Nashville have car trouble, forcing them to stop at an old haunted mansion. Soon they realize that the house is not only haunted, but…

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Music
Queen of Blood

Queen of Blood

Queen of Blood
IMDb: 5.2
81

A spaceship is sent to Mars after an alien distress signal is picked up. They find one survivor, but when a crew member is found drained of blood it’s evident…

The Comedy of Terrors

The Comedy of Terrors

The Comedy of Terrors
IMDb: 6.5
84

An undertaker who hasn’t had any ‘customers’ in a long time is forced to pay one year’s back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people, which brings absurd results.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Tales of Terror

Tales of Terror

Tales of Terror
IMDb: 6.8
89

Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them,…

Genre: Comedy, Horror
The Magic Sword

The Magic Sword

The Magic Sword
IMDb: 4.8
80

The son of a sorceress, armed with weapons, armour and six magically summoned knights, goes on a quest to save a princess from a vengeful wizard.

The Last Hurrah

The Last Hurrah

The Last Hurrah
IMDb: 7.3
117

In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician,…

Genre: Drama
The Court Jester

The Court Jester

The Court Jester
IMDb: 7.8
101

A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.

The Black Sleep

The Black Sleep

The Black Sleep
IMDb: 6
82

In 19th century England, a noted brain surgeon rescues a former student from being hanged on a false conviction for murder, and spirits him away to an ancient, repurposed abbey…

We’re No Angels

We’re No Angels

We’re No Angels
IMDb: 7.4
106

Three convicts escape from prison on Devil’s Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Ducotels, the only store…

Genre: Comedy, Crime
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol
IMDb: 5.9
60

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the…

Casanova’s Big Night

Casanova’s Big Night

Casanova’s Big Night
IMDb: 6.7
86

Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what awaits him… Locked into the…

Genre: Adventure, Comedy
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
IMDb: 6.8
68

The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame’s story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as the newfangled…

Terror by Night

Terror by Night

Terror by Night
IMDb: 6.7
60

Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of…

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill
IMDb: 6.8
72

A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to…

Genre: Crime, Mystery
The Woman in Green

The Woman in Green

The Woman in Green
IMDb: 6.6
68

Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of…

Pursuit to Algiers

Pursuit to Algiers

Pursuit to Algiers
IMDb: 6.7
65

After the King of Ruthenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean liner which also carries a…

The House of Fear

The House of Fear

The House of Fear
IMDb: 7.2
69

The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing – solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest member. All seems serene and…

The Scarlet Claw

The Scarlet Claw

The Scarlet Claw
IMDb: 7.2
74

When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec,…

The Pearl of Death

The Pearl of Death

The Pearl of Death
IMDb: 7.1
69

The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its owner since the days of the Borgias, is brought to London, thanks in…

Frenchman’s Creek

Frenchman’s Creek

Frenchman’s Creek
IMDb: 6.1
112

An English lady falls in love with a French pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home on the coast of Cornwall and sweeps her off her feet into…

Bathing Beauty

Bathing Beauty

Bathing Beauty
IMDb: 6.4
101

After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women’s college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her students.

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Sherlock Holmes in Washington

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

Sherlock Holmes in Washington
IMDb: 6.7
71

In World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en route to Washington. The British government calls on Sherlock Holmes to recover it.

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
IMDb: 6.9
68

During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime…

Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion
IMDb: 6.5
90

Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.

Genre: Thriller
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
IMDb: 6.4
65

England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before…

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
IMDb: 6.5
68

In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into…

Crossroads

Crossroads

Crossroads
IMDb: 6.7
83

A French diplomat who’s recovered from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can’t remember.

Genre: Drama, Mystery
The Mad Doctor

The Mad Doctor

The Mad Doctor
IMDb: 6.5
90

A reporter sleuths the mystery behind an oft-married Viennese doctor whose wives met mysterious fates.

The Black Cat

The Black Cat

The Black Cat
IMDb: 6.1
70

Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.

Rhythm on the River

Rhythm on the River

Rhythm on the River
IMDb: 6.8
92

Popular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his music and another for his lyrics. When both writers meet at an inn, they…

Genre: Comedy, Music
The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro
IMDb: 7.5
94

Around 1820 the son of a California nobleman comes home from Spain to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On the one hand he plays the useless fop,…

Tower of London

Tower of London

Tower of London
IMDb: 6.6
92

In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King…

Genre: Drama, History
Son of Frankenstein

Son of Frankenstein

Son of Frankenstein
IMDb: 7.1
99

One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father’s ghoulish creation in a coma and revives him, only to find out the monster is controlled by Ygor…

Rio

Rio

Rio
IMDb: 6.2
77

Diabolical French capitalist Paul Reynard is forced to leave Irene, his bride of one year, when he is arrested for the crimes of forgery and embezzlement and sentenced to a…

Genre: Crime, Romance
The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles
IMDb: 7.4
80

On his uncle’s death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from Canada to take charge of his ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire, and finds that Sherlock Holmes is there…

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
IMDb: 7.2
85

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….

If I Were King

If I Were King

If I Were King
IMDb: 7.1
101

King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François…

The Dawn Patrol

The Dawn Patrol

The Dawn Patrol
IMDb: 7.5
103

In 1915 France, Major Brand commands the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. The young airmen go up in bullet-riddled “crates” and the casualty rate is appalling, but Brand…

Genre: Action, Drama, War