Stars: Marian Nixon, George Houston, Vince Barnett Director: John Reinhardt Writers: Gordon Ray Young (story), Crane Wilbur (screenplay) A South Seas skipper fights off thieves and pirates who are after a lost treasure. source
Stars: Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly, Russell Hayden Director: Frank McDonald Writers: Maxwell Shane (screenplay), Irving Reis (screenplay) The professional gambler Ross Hadley is the owner of a posh gaming establishment in the heart of New York. Hadley’s main antagonist is his childhood friend Mike McGlennon. McGlennon, now a police lieutenant, is determined to stop the …
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The Phantom Express is an American film directed by Emory Johnson. In the movie, a phantom express starts derailing trains, and threatens a company’s future. The son of the owner must find out what is happening before the company is sold. — Directed by Emory Johnson, produced by Irving C. Franklin (producer), Emory Johnson (executive …
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Red Nightmare is the best known title of Armed Forces Information Film (AFIF) 120, Freedom and You.[1] It was meant to educate the U.S. armed forces about the nature of Communism. The film was later released to American television and as an educational film to American schools under the Red Nightmare title. The film is …
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The film tells the story of the U.S. Treasury Department who, with the aid of a counterfeiter, try to track down and stop of counterfeiting ring. The counterfeiter, Tris Stewart (Lloyd Bridges) serving time in prison, is released under the agreement that he will assist in the capture of the phoney money printers. — Directed …
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Stars: Nan Grey, Donald Woods, Jed Prouty Director: Otis Garrett Writers: Betty Laidlaw (screenplay), Robert Lively (screenplay) Caesar Kluck, soft-drink magnate, is found dead in the office of a big radio-broadcasting company. Benjamin Franklin Butts, a sound engineer, discovers that Kluck met his death from cyanogen gas, administered in some mysterious fashion. Harry Jones, head …
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Stars: Carmel Myers, Rex Lease, Barbara Kent Director: Stuart Paton Writer: Betty Burbridge (story) The female head of a criminal gang in Chinatown is after a valuable jewel, and lets nothing stand in her way of finding it. source
Stars: Harry Schenck, Joan Baldwin, John Martin Director: Harry Schenck Writer: Harry Schenck (story) The record of an expedition deep into the Malayan jungle. source
Stars: Martha Vickers, John Beal, Hillary Brooke Director: Alfred Zeisler Writers: George Bricker (story), Royal K. Cole (screenplay) A promising young composer is tempted away from his devoted wife by a fortune-seeking woman who cares more for his prospects than for him. source
Stars: Chester Morris, Thelma Todd, Fred Kohler Director: Roland West Writers: Walton Green (novel), Josephine Lovett (screenplay) A stock market broker plans to liven up his boring life by taking up piracy on the high seas. source