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Jake Speed

Jake Speed

Jake Speed
IMDb: 4.9
100

Jake Speed (Wayne Crawford) is the lead character in some of the biggest page-turners of the 1940s. A chiseled, heroic action figure, Speed saves lives on paper, but when a…

Testament

Testament

Testament
IMDb: 6.9
90

It is just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern…

Sherlock Holmes in New York

Sherlock Holmes in New York

Sherlock Holmes in New York
IMDb: 5.8
100

An affectionate bow to the master sleuth in this lavishly produced original that has Holmes rushing to New York City after discovering that his old nemesis, Moriarty, has kidnapped the…

Brother of the Wind

Brother of the Wind

Brother of the Wind
IMDb: 7.5
88

A man raises four wolf pups, hoping to release them back into the wild.

Genre: Drama
The Monkey’s Uncle

The Monkey’s Uncle

The Monkey’s Uncle
IMDb: 5.8
87

College whiz-kid Merlin Jones concocts a method for teaching advanced information to a chimpanzee, then creates a flying machine of his own design, ultimately raising havoc on the campus.

The Misadventures of Merlin Jones

The Misadventures of Merlin Jones

The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
IMDb: 6.2
91

Merlin Jones, a precocious and intelligent high-school boy, experiments with hypnosis and creates a mind-reading machine. However, his experiments land him in deep trouble with the law.

Son of Flubber

Son of Flubber

Son of Flubber
IMDb: 6.1
100

Beleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery of the super-elastic substance “Flubber.” Now he hopes to have better luck with a gravity-busting…

The Absent-Minded Professor

The Absent-Minded Professor

The Absent-Minded Professor
IMDb: 6.7
96

Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or “Flubber”, an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes…

Angel Face

Angel Face

Angel Face
IMDb: 7.2
91

Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.

Genre: Crime, Drama
On Moonlight Bay

On Moonlight Bay

On Moonlight Bay
IMDb: 6.9
95

The Winfield family moves into a new house in a small town in Indiana. Tomboy Marjorie Winfield begins a romance with William Sherman who lives across the street. Marjorie has…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Cattle Drive

Cattle Drive

Cattle Drive
IMDb: 6.6
77

The spoilt young son of a wealthy railroad owner manages to get himself lost in the middle of nowhere. He is found by a cowboy on a cattle drive and…

Genre: Western
Watch the Birdie

Watch the Birdie

Watch the Birdie
IMDb: 6.1
71

A photographer falls for a rich girl and gets mixed up with crooks.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
The Happy Years

The Happy Years

The Happy Years
IMDb: 6.8
110

Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperkink “Dink” Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School, in 1896, whose family, in Eastcester, New York,…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Dial 1119

Dial 1119

Dial 1119
IMDb: 6.7
75

A deranged killer escapes from a mental institution, intent on locating the psychiatrist whose testimony sent him to the asylum, holds the patrons of a bar hostage.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Crisis

Crisis

Crisis
IMDb: 6.7
96

An American doctor gets caught in the middle of a revolution when he’s forced to operate on a South American dictator.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime
IMDb: 6.6
94

A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman… that may have been involved in crooked activities.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Ambush

Ambush

Ambush
IMDb: 6.5
90

A Westerner searches for a white woman held by the Apaches.

Genre: Western
The Velvet Touch

The Velvet Touch

The Velvet Touch
IMDb: 6.8
100

After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
On an Island with You

On an Island with You

On an Island with You
IMDb: 5.9
107

A young navy lieutenant is brought in as technical adviser on a song-dance-and-swim film being made by screen star Rosalind Reynolds. Having once done a number with her at a…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
A Date with Judy

A Date with Judy

A Date with Judy
IMDb: 6.5
113

Best friends Judy and Carol compete for the affection of an older man during their high school dance. As Carol tries to rekindle Judy’s relationship with Carol’s bumbling brother, Oogie,…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Undercover Maisie

Undercover Maisie

Undercover Maisie
IMDb: 6.3
90

Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to use her as an undercover…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Song of the Thin Man

Song of the Thin Man

Song of the Thin Man
IMDb: 6.9
86

Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Merton of the Movies

Merton of the Movies

Merton of the Movies
IMDb: 6.3
82

In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studios free publicity by imitating star Lawrence Rupert’s heroics, they bring him to Hollywood…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Lady in the Lake

Lady in the Lake

Lady in the Lake
IMDb: 6.5
105

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he’s called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it’s not to…

The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice
IMDb: 7.4
113

A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.

Yolanda and the Thief

Yolanda and the Thief

Yolanda and the Thief
IMDb: 5.9
108

Johnny Riggs, a con man on the lam, finds himself in a Latin-American country named Patria. There, he overhears a convent-bred rich girl praying to her guardian angel for help…

Week-End at the Waldorf

Week-End at the Waldorf

Week-End at the Waldorf
IMDb: 6.6
130

Anything can happen during a weekend at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for a jewel thief; a soldier learns that…

Genre: Drama, Romance
They Were Expendable

They Were Expendable

They Were Expendable
IMDb: 7.2
135

After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. “Rusty” Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan…

Genre: Drama, War
The Thin Man Goes Home

The Thin Man Goes Home

The Thin Man Goes Home
IMDb: 7.3
101

On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.

Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Meet Me in St. Louis

Meet Me in St. Louis

Meet Me in St. Louis
IMDb: 7.5
114

Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family up to the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair.

International Settlement

International Settlement

International Settlement
IMDb: 6.6
75

In Shanghai amidst Sino-Japanese warfare an adventurer (Sanders) collecting money from gun suppliers falls in loves with a French singer (Del Rio).

Genre: Adventure
Charlie Chan on Broadway

Charlie Chan on Broadway

Charlie Chan on Broadway
IMDb: 7
68

Returning from European exile where she avoided testifying against her criminal associates, a former singer with a tell-all diary is murdered to insure her silence.

Parachute Jumper

Parachute Jumper

Parachute Jumper
IMDb: 6.4
72

An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.

Genre: Drama
Murders in the Rue Morgue

Murders in the Rue Morgue

Murders in the Rue Morgue
IMDb: 6.3
60

In 19th century Paris, a maniac abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship but constantly meets failure as the abducted women…