Stars: Frank Buck, June Duprez, Duncan Renaldo Director: Sam Newfield Writer: Arthur St. Claire (original story and screenplay) A big-game hunter travels to Malaya to help stop the Nazis and Japanese from destroying the rubber industry. source
Stars: Frank Buck, Jim Dannaldson, Miguel Roginsky Director: Charles E. Ford Writer: Thomas Lennon Universal newsreel editor Charles E. Ford was responsible for this filmed record of James Dannaldson’s hunting expedition into the jungles of the Amazon River. The film is jam-packed with wild-animal footage, including a pulse-pounding attack by a 28-foot anaconda. The music …
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Stars: Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Rose Hobart Director: Frank McDonald Writers: Daniel Mainwaring (novel), Maxwell Shane (screenplay) The first of three Pine-Thomas productions for Chester Morris finds him as wise-cracking private detective Humphrey Campbell who impresses his boss, Oscar Flack, no end by not only finding a missing girl but also marrying her in the …
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Right after the Civil War, an ex-Union soldier sets out to become a schoolmaster in his small town, even though many locals still harbor a resentment against “Yankees”. He goes up against the town bully, who both want the same girl, and his troubles multiply when a vicious band of night riders set out to …
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Stars: Ann Corio, Jack La Rue, Mary Hull Director: Elmer Clifton Writers: George Arthur Durlam (screenplay), Fred McConnell (story) Into the vast swamplands hurry three people; honky tonk dancer Annabelle Tollington (Ann Corio), cheap promoter “Flash” Bland (Jay Novello) trying to catch Annabelle, and escaping convict Jeff Carter (Richard Deane), only a few steps ahead …
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Stars: Lew Ayres, Gail Patrick, Paul Kelly Director: Charles Barton Writers: George Harmon Coxe (screenplay), Sidney Salkow (screenplay) Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the story! source
Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Regis Toomey, Alan Hale Director: Phil Rosen Writers: Charles E. Blaney, Harry Clay Blaney A TALE OF TROPICAL LUST! Two guys on the rlamp take off for the jungles of Brazil. They go to work in a diamond mine, and “order” mail-order brides. When the young women get to their destination, they …
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Stars: Russell Hopton, Lola Lane, George F. Marion Director: Frank R. Strayer Writer: John W. Krafft (story) While a distinguished astronomer is giving a lecture in a planetarium, a shot rings out and one of the audience members is found dead. A tough detective and a brassy female reporter lock horns as they both try …
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Stars: Anne Nagel, Robert Kent, Charles Trowbridge Director: Lambert Hillyer Writer: John T. Neville (original screenplay) A ruthless but clever gangster who knows every loophole in the law has the tables turned by a dedicated District Attorney and his assistant. source
Stars: Adele Mara, Warren Douglas, William Frawley Director: Philip Ford Writers: Dorrell McGowan, Stuart E. McGowan A private detective finds himself with a perfect new secretary. But after a notorious gossip columnist turns up murdered, she may prove too good to be true. source