“Irish Luck” is anAmerican film directed by Howard Bretherton. The film is also known as “Amateur Detective” in the United Kingdom. Buzzy O’Brien is a bellhop in a hotel where a guest is murdered. The police blame Kitty Monahan and Buzzy succeeds in helping her escape and hides her at his home with his mother. …
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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: Henry Kendall, Elizabeth Allan, Felix Aylmer Director: George A. Cooper Writers: Terence Egan, H. Fowler Mear A group of people in an old dark house are terrorized by a mysterious hooded figure dressed in black who proceeds to kill them off one by one. 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: Harry Schenck, Joan Baldwin, John Martin Director: Harry Schenck Writer: Harry Schenck (story) The record of an expedition deep into the Malayan jungle. source