Crime/Mystery

A Man Betrayed (1937)

Eddie Nugent is framed for a crime, but complications ensue when a group of hoodlums attempts to prove his innocence. A young minister also gets in the middle of the proceedings in this suspenser. With Kay Hughes, John Wray.

Mystery Director: John H. Auer

Cast: Sam Ash, Mary Bovard, John Boyd, Smiley Burnette, Grace Durkin, Theodore Von Eltz, Pat Gleason, John Hamilton, Ralf Harolde, Kay Hughes, Lloyd Hughes, Thomas E. Jackson, Christine Maple, Edwin Maxwell, William Newell, Eddie Nugent, John Wray, Carleton Young

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 55 minutes.

A Shot In The Dark (1935)

What sort of fatal shooting leaves no bullet hole or gunpowder mark, and makes no blasting sound? That's the question faced by a college football hero in this tale of murder and conspiracy set on a New England campus. As a group of people gathered in a mansion on the school's grounds start getting murdered by a hooded killer, the gridiron giant tries to find and stop the madman. Charles Starrett, Marion Shilling, Robert Warwick star.

Director: Charles Lamont

Cast: Ralph Brooks, Herbert Bunston, James Bush, John Davidson, Helen Jerome Eddy, Jane Keckley, Doris Lloyd, Julian Madison, Robert McKenzie, George Morrell, Broderick O'Farrell, Marion Shilling, Edward Van Sloan, Charles Starrett, Eddie Tamblyn, Robert Warwick

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 60 minutes.

A Shriek In The Night (1933)

Ginger Rogers and Lyle Talbot repeat their roles from "The Thirteenth Guest" in this mystery comedy of reporters on the trail of a murderer.

Director: Albert Ray

Cast: Louise Beaver, Maurice Black, Harvey Clark, Lillian Harmer, Arthur Hoyt, Purnell Pratt, Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot, Clarence Wilson

Comedy, Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 69 minutes.

A Study In Scarlet (1933)

Although not based on the Sherlock Holmes novel of the same name, this early British thriller is a stylish tale of mystery as Sherlock Holmes, is called upon to solve a murder on board a train.

Director: Edwin L. Marin

Cast: Leila Bennett, Billy Bevan, June Clyde, Alan Dinehart, Warburton Gamble, Halliwell Hobbes, J. M. Kerrigan, Tetsu Komai, Doris Lloyd, Alan Mowbray, Reginald Owen, Tempe Pigott, Cecil Reynolds, Wyndham Standing, John Warburton, Anna May Wong

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 72 minutes.

The Abe Lincoln Of Ninth Avenue (1939)

A drama about an idealistic law student from Hell's Kitchen who unites his neighborhood pals against a gang. Originally released as "Streets of New York".

Directors: Jack Mintz, William Nigh

Cast: George Cleveland, Jackie Cooper, David Durand, William Gould, George Irving, Robert Emmett Keane, Sidney Miller, Robert E. O'Connor, Buddy Pepper, Dick Purcell, Marjorie Reynolds, Kent Rogers, Martin Spellman, Bobby Stone, Robert Tucker, William Tucker

Crime, Drama, Black & White, Runtime: 65 minutes.

Anatomy of a Psycho (1961)

Driven to the edge of insanity by the execution of his older brother, Chet (Darrell Howe) is boiling over with hatred. After turning to his friends and loved ones for help doesn't yield any results, he attacks the son of the prosecuting attorney who put his sibling behind bars. While a relentless detective shadows him, Chet's growing insanity builds to a shocking climax.

Director: Brooke L. Peters

Cast: Russ Bender, Ronnie Burns, Don Devlin, Mike Grainger, Judy Howard, Darrell Howe, Frank Kiliman, John B. Lee, Pamela Lincoln, Pat McMahon, Robert W. Stabler

Crime, Horror, Black & White, Runtime: 74 minutes.

Arson, Inc. (1949)

An arson investigator goes undercover to break up a ring that sets fires in order to collect the insurance

Director: William Berke

Cast: Robert Lowery, Anne Gwynne, Edward Brophy, Marcia Mae Jones, Douglas Fowley, Maude Eburne, William Forrest

Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Black & White, Runtime: 61 minutes.

Bank Alarm (1937)

An investigator tries to find a gang responsible for a rash of bank robberies. What he doesn't know is that his sister is the girlfriend of the gang's ringleader.

Director: Louis J. Gasnier

Cast: Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt, Vince Barnett, Wheeler Oakman, Nat Carr, Frank Milan, Marlo Dwyer, William L. Thorne, Charles Delaney, Phil Dunham, Sidney D'Albrook, Pat Gleason, Wilson Benge, Henry Roquemore, 

Ed Schaefer

Crime, Drama, Black & White, Runtime: 61 minutes.

Barefoot Boy (1938)

In this film, Kenneth Hale, a pampered, snobbish young boy is sent by his father, John Hale, who has served time in prison for a crime he did not commit, down to the country farm of an old friend, Calvin Whittaker. The barefooted, honest and plucky Billy Whittaker, his girlfriend, Pige Bennett, and punky Kenneth get involved with a "haunted" house and a gang of crooks, while Billy helps make a "better man" out of Kenneth.

Director: Karl Brown

Cast: Jackie Moran, Marcia Mae Jones, Claire Windsor, Ralph Morgan, Charles D. Brown, Helen MacKellar, Bradley Metcalfe, Frank Puglia, Matty Fain, Marilyn Knowlden, Henry Roquemore, Roger Gray, Earle Hodgins, Johnnie Morris

Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 60 minutes.

Beggars In Ermine (1934)

Unusual thriller from Monogram Studios stars Lionel Atwill as a steel mill owner crippled in an "accident" rigged by a competitor after his money and wife. Later Atwill organizes the country's beggars into a "union" while planning his revenge.

Director: Phil Rosen

Cast: Astrid Allyn, Lionel Atwill, James Bush, Betty Furness, Sam Godfrey, Sydney de Grey, Stephen Gross, Gabby Hayes, Gordon De Main, Lee Phelps, Myrtle Stedman, Jameson Thomas, Henry B. Walthall

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 71 minutes.

Behind Green Lights (1946)

Tough crime drama that takes place during one night in a police station and focuses on a lieutenant who gets romantically involved with a woman accused of murder. The cop discovers new evidence that points to the medical examiner and his political interests.

Director: Otto Brower

Cast: Robert Adler, Mary Anderson, Charles Arnt, Don Beddoe, Larry Blake, Lane Chandler, Russ Clark, Richard Crane, Jimmy Cross, Jack Davis, William Gargan, Ralph Hodges, John Ireland, Ted Jordan, Carole Landis, Perc Launders, George McDonald, Tom Moore, Bernard Nedell, Steve Olsen, Mabel Paige, Lee Phelps, Stanley Prager, Roy Roberts, Charles Russell.

Crime, Drama, Black & White, Runtime: 62 minutes.

Below the Deadline (1936)

Ex-cop Russell Hopton, framed for a crime he didn't commit, gets a second chance in life after enduring a train wreck. His face mashed to pulp in the disaster, Hopton undergoes plastic surgery, emerging from the gauze with a brand-new face. Heading back to New York to find out who framed him, Hopton falls in love all over again with his former girlfriend Cecilia Parker, who-like everyone else--fails to recognize him

Director: Charles Lamont

Cast: Cecilia Parker, Russell Hopton, Theodore Von Eltz, Warner P. Richmond

Crime, Drama, Black & White, Runtime: 69 minutes.

The Big Bluff (1955)

When a scheming fortune hunter finds his rich wife is not going to die as expected, he and his lover make other plans to get her millions.

Director: W. Lee Wilder

Cast: John Bromfield, Martha Vickers, Robert Hutton, Rosemarie Stack, Eve Miller, Max Palmer, Eddie Bee, Robert Bice

Crima, Drama, Black & White, Runtime: 72 minutes.

Blake Of Scotland Yard (1937)

When a death ray is invented by a former Scotland Yard detective and his niece, a villain known as "the Scorpion" steals the device with plans on using it. But when he realizes that the device is missing a crucial piece, he tries to locate it while the lawman races to stop his nefarious plans. Ralph Byrd, Herbert Rawlinson, Joan Barclay star.

Director: Bob Hill

Cast: Jimmy Aubrey, Joan Barclay, Ralph Byrd, Dick Curtis, Sam Flint, Lloyd Hughes, Dickie Jones, Ted Lorch, Lucille Lund, Gail Newbury, George De Normand, Herbert Rawlinson, Nick Stuart, Bob Terry, Frank Wayne

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 71 minutes.

British Intelligence (1940)

Taut suspense and a sinister performance by Boris Karloff, as a German spy posing as a butler in the British War Office, highlight this film about a plot to bomb the English cabinet.

Director: Terry Morse

Cast: Austin Fairman Bennett, Sidney Bracey, Glen Cavender, Denis d'Auburn, Clarence Derwent, Arno Frey, Frederick Giermann, Lawrence Grant, Carl Harbaugh, Winifred Harris, Gordon Hart, Holmes Herbert, Leyland Hodgson, Stuart Holmes, Boris Karloff, Craufurd Kent, Bruce Lester, Margaret Lindsay, Morton Lowry, Lester Matthews, Frank Mayo, Jack Mower, Leonard Mudie, Paul Panzer, Jack Richardson

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 61 minutes.

Bulldog Drummond At Bay (1937)

Humor and thrills mix as Bulldog Drummond looks for international gunrunners in search of a special remote-control warplane. With John Lodge, Dorothy Mackaill.

Director: Norman Lee

Cast: Richard Bird, Frank Cochrane, William Dewhurst, Jim Gerald, Hugh Miller, Leslie Perrins

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 59 minutes.

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)

The girlfriend of Captain Drummond has been kidnapped by an enemy of Drummond who seeks revenge. 

Director: Louis King

Cast: Frank Baker, Phyllis Barry, John Barrymore, Louise Campbell, E. E. Clive, Reginald Denny, Helen Freeman, Otto Fries, Forrester Harvey, Ivo Henderson, John Howard, Colin Kenny, J. Carrol Naish, Rita Page, John Rogers, John Sutton, Zeffie Tilbury, John Ward

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 58 minutes.

Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)

Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond has just returned to England. As he is driving home in the dark, a young woman jumps out in front of his car. He misses her, but she falls to the ground. As he tries to revive her, he hears a shout for help, then gunshots. As he goes to investigate, the woman drives away with Drummond's car.

Director: James Hogan

Cast: Robert Adair, Heather Angel, E. E. Clive, David Clyde, Clyde Cook, Gunnis Davis, Reginald Denny, Frank Elliott, Porter Hall, Fay Holden, Patrick Kelly, Walter Kingsford, Doris Lloyd, Barry Macollum, Charles McNaughton, Ray Milland, Henry Mowbray, John Power, Pat Somerset, Sir Guy Standing, Ernie Stanton, Colin Tapley, Zeffie Tilbury

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 67 minutes.

Bulldog Drummond In Africa (1938)

When Col. Nielson is kidnapped by spies who want the plans for a radio-defense system, Drummond journeys to the dark continent to rescue him.

Director: Louis King

Cast: Harry Allen, Heather Angel, Fortunio Bonanova, Matthew Boulton, Jean De Briac, William von Brincken, Michael Brooke, Leonard Carey, E. E. Clive, Rafael Corio, Reginald Denny, Neil Fitzgerald, Forrester Harvey, John Howard, J. Carrol Naish, Paul Porcasi, Anthony Quinn, Gerald Rogers, Konstantin Shayne, Evan Thomas, H. B. Warner

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 58 minutes.

Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939)

It's anything but a peaceful honeymoon for John Howard and Heather Angel when the French village they're staying at is beset by jewel thieves who lead Drummond on a rooftop chase. H.B. Warner, Elizabeth Patterson co-star.

Director: James Hogan

Cast: Heather Angel, Matthew Boulton, Fritzi Brunette, Eduardo Ciannelli, E. E. Clive, Clyde Cook, Adrienne D'Ambricourt, George Davis, Reginald Denny, Neil Fitzgerald, Gerald Hamer, John Howard, Adia Kuznetzoff, Jacques Lory, Louis Mercier, Elizabeth Patterson, Jack Perrin, John Power, Gerald Rogers, Dick Rush, Wyndham Standing, John Sutton, David Torrence, H. B. Warner

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 56 minutes.

Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)

Bulldog (John Howard) finally pops the question to Phyllis (Louise Campbell), but when a missing synthetic diamond turns up as a wedding gift, pleasure is put aside for business.

Director: James Hogan

Cast: Jimmy Aubrey, Frank Baker, John Barrymore, Frank Benson, Matthew Boulton, Michael Brooke, James Burtis, Louise Campbell, Ethel Clayton, E. E. Clive, David Clyde, Clyde Cook, Reginald Denny, Dave Dunbar, Maude Fealy, Margaret Fealy, Gregory Gaye, Douglas Gordon, William Haade, Porter Hall, Halliwell Hobbes, John Howard, Torben Meyer, Elizabeth Patterson, Albert Petit

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 66 minutes.

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)

The top secret formula for a new form of explosive is stolen, and only Bulldog can sniff out the crooks responsible.

Director: Louis King

Cast: Jimmy Aubrey, John Barrymore, Bennie Bartlett, Brooks Benedict, Matthew Boulton, Sidney Bracy, Marie Burton, Louise Campbell, Paula De Cardo, Ethel Clayton, E. E. Clive, Reginald Denny, Harold Entwistle, Robert Gleckler, Harriette Haddon, Winter Hall, John Howard, Arthur Stuart Hull, Gwen Kenyon, Lucien Littlefield, Joyce Mathews, Miki Morita, Frank Puglia, Gerald Rogers, John Sutton

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 55 minutes.

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939)

An eccentric professor, a missing family fortune, and a baffling murder case are in store for Drummond (John Howard) and his fiancee (Heather Angel) in this tantalizing series entry.

Director: James Hogan

Cast: Heather Angel, Jimmy Aubrey, Leo Carroll, E. E. Clive, David Clyde, Clyde Cook, Reginald Denny, Elspeth Dudgeon, Neil Fitzgerald, Forrester Harvey, Dutch Hendrian, John Howard, Elizabeth Patterson, Gerald Rogers, Dick Rush, Wyndham Standing, Dave Thursby, H. B. Warner

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 54 minutes.

Cause For Alarm! (1951)

Tense drama stars Loretta Young as a woman framed by her insane husband for murder when he suspects her of infidelity.

Director: Tay Garnett

Cast: Richard Anderson, Georgia Backus, Irving Bacon, Art Baker, Bruce Cowling, Jack Daley, Robert Easton, Bonnie Kay Eddy, Kathleen Freeman, Margalo Gillmore, Greta Granstedt, Don Haggerty, Earle Hodgins, Teddy Infuhr, Edward Kilroy, George McDonald, Bradley Mora, Barry Sullivan, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Helen Winston, Loretta Young

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 74 minutes.

Chained For Life (1950)

The first, and almost certainly last, movie to star Siamese twins. Violet and Daisy Hilton, vaudeville performers and co-stars of ``Freaks,'' dance and sing in this turgid tearjerker of love and betrayal. When one is accused of murder, the resulting trial is legal and movie history.

Director: Harry L. Fraser

Cast: Daisy Hilton, Violet Hilton, Edna Holland, Allen Jenkins, Herbert Lytton, Norval Mitchell, Jack Mulhall, Brian O'Hara, Patricia Wright

Crime, Drama, Black & White, Runtime: 65 minutes.

Charlie Chan in Dark Alibi (1946)

Three men are convicted of bank robbery, the main evidence against them being that their fingerprints were found at the scene. However, Charlie Chan believes them to be innocent, and his investigation reveals that they are indeed innocent and that their fingerprints were forged and planted in the prison files to frame them. Charlie sets out to uncover the real bank robbers.

Director: Phil Karlson

Cast: Sidney Toler, Benson Fong, Mantan Moreland, Teala Loring, George Holmes, Ben Carter, Joyce Compton, John Eldredge

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 61 minutes.

Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)

An ocean liner sinks off Honolulu and Allen Colby, heir to millions, is presumed dead...but local sleuth Charlie Chan is not so sure, and flies to San Francisco to investigate further. Somehow, the missing Colby is there ahead of him...but is knifed in the back before seeing anyone. Further events revolve around spiritualist Mrs. Lowell, her family of suspicious characters, and the spooky, untenanted Colby mansion, where the body turns up during a seance!

Director: Gordon Wiles

Cast: Warner Oland, Rosina Lawrence, Charles Quigley, Henrietta Crosman

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 72 minutes.

Chasing Trouble (1940)

A delivery boy for a flower shop, who thinks of himself as an amateur detective, finds out that his boss is mixed up with a foreign espionage ring.

Director: Howard Bretherton

Cast: Frankie Darro, Marjorie Reynolds, Mantan Moreland, Milburn Stone, Cheryl Walker, George Cleveland, Alex Callam, Tristram Coffin, I. Stanford Jolley

Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 60 minutes.

Chinatown After Dark (1931)

Riveting suspenser follows a pair of ruthless Chinese gangsters as they kidnap a beautiful girl and raise her to be the spitting image of the legendary Dragon Lady. Once the young woman grows to maturity, she becomes an unstoppable hellion as she attempts to track down a valuable jeweled dagger.

Director: Stuart Paton

Cast: Edmund Breese, Billy Gilbert, Barbara Kent, Rex Lease, Frank Mayo, Carmel Myers, Michael Visaroff, Lloyd Whitlock, Laska Winter

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 56 minutes.

City of Missing Girls (1941)

A string of murders of young women last seen at a shady art school soon has a female reporter at odds with the law as she searches for the killer. But will she write about the criminal...or become his or her latest victim?

Director: Elmer Clifton

Cast: Astrid Allwyn, John Archer, Katherine Crawford, Boyd Irwin, Patricia Knox, Walter Long, Sarah Padden, George Rosener, Gale Storm, H. B. Warner, Danny Webb, Philip Van Zandt

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 72 minutes.

Convict's Code (1939)

A man is framed and sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. When he is let out on limited parole, he sets out to clear his name and find the real criminals.

Director: Lambert Hillyer

Cast: Robert Kent, Anne Nagel, Sidney Blackmer, Victor Kilian, Norman Willis, Maude Eburne, Ben Alexander, Pat Flaherty, Carleton Young, Howard C. Hickman, Joan Barclay, Harry Strang

Crime, Drama, Black & White, Runtime: 63 minutes.

Corruption (1933)

A city is thrown into chaos as a mayor is framed for the killings of several political leaders after exposing several corrupt officials. As he tries to prove his innocence (and win the girl along the way), he finds himself encountering incredible obstacles during his quest for justice.

Director: C. Edward Roberts

Cast: Mischa Auer, Sidney Bracy, Lane Chandler, Charles Delaney, Preston Foster, Huntley Gordon, Kit Guard, Fred Kohler Jr., Evalyn Knapp, Gwen Lee, Tully Marshall, Natalie Moorhead, Warner Richmond, Nick Thompson

Crime, Drama, Black & White, Runtime: 60 minutes.

Corsair (1931)

Chester Morris stars in this tale of rum-runners and modern piracy as a former football star who impresses a swindler's daughter by proving that he is a bigger crook than her old man. After getting fired by the gal's unscrupulous pop for disagreeing with his shady business tactics, Morris sets out to become a contemporary Blackbeard.

Director: Roland West

Cast: William Austin, Emmett Corrigan, Sidney D'Albrook, Al Hill, Fred Kohler, Alison Loyd, Frank McHugh, Addie McPhail, Mayo Methot, Chester Morris, Frank Rice, Gay Seabrook, Ned Sparks

Crime, Drama, Black & White, Runtime: 74 minutes.

Crime Patrol (1936)

Prizefighter Bob Neal (Ray Walker) is in debt to gangster Vic Santell (Hooper Atchley) for training expenses. Santell orders Bob to take a dive in the fourth round so Santell can recoup prior gambling losses. Taunted by his ring opponent, Bob wins the fight. Realizing that his profession and underworld characters connected to it are causing him problems, Bob decides to join the police force.

Director: Eugene Cummings

Cast: Ray Walker, Geneva Mitchell, Herbert Corthell, Hooper Atchley, Wilbur Mack, Russ Clark, Max Wagner, Virginia True Boardman, Hal Taliaferro, 'Snub' Pollard, Henry Roquemore, Robert McKenzie

Crime, Drama, Romance, Black & White, Runtime: 60 minutes.

The Crooked Circle (1932)

Hilarious blend of comedy and mystery follows a secret society of occultists as they meet at midnight to perform strange and terrifying rituals. Led by a sinister swami, the group finds their trickery threatened when they are tailed by a squad of amateur detectives. When both factions meet up at a haunted manor, the stage is set for a shocking--and side-splitting--showdown.

Director: H. Bruce Humberstone

Cast: Spencer Charters, Burton Churchill, Ethel Clayton, Robert Frazer, James Gleason, C. Henry Gordon, Raymond Hatton, Roscoe Karns, Tom Kennedy, Ben Lyon, ZaSu Pitts, Irene Purcell, Frank Reicher, Christian Rub

Comedy, Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 59 minutes.

D.O.A. (1950)

A masterpiece of low-budget "noir" cinema, with Edmond O'Brien as a businessman vacationing in San Francisco who learns he has been poisoned with a "luminous toxin" and has mere days to live. A desperate search for his own killer follows.

Director: Rudolph Mat

Cast: Luther Adler, Lynne Baggett, Bill Baldwin, Neville Brand, Pamela Britton, Frank Cady, Beverly Campbell, William Ching, Frank Conlan, Larry Dobkin, Roy Engel, Douglas Evans, William Forrest, Cay Forrester, Frank Gerstle, George Guhl, Henry Hart, Carol Hughes, Frank Jaquet, Jess Kirkpatrick, Virginia Lee, Peter Leeds, Laurette Luez, George Lynn, Harold Miller

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 84 minutes.

Danger Ahead (1935)

Captain Matthews (John Elliot) is paid 40,000 dollars in cash by Nick Conrad (Bryant Washburn) for his shipment of silk from China. About 15 seconds after he gets the cash, he's lured away on a false pretense and robbed by Conrad's henchmen.

Director: Albert Herman

Cast: Lawrence Gray, Sheila Bromley, J. Farrell MacDonald, Fuzzy Knight, Bryant Washburn, Fred Kelsey, John Elliott, Eddie Phillips, Arthur Loft, Herschel Mayall, Gordon Griffith, Earl Dwire, Richard Cramer, George Chesebro

Crime; Drama, Black & White, Runtime: 59 minutes.

The Dark Hour (1936)

A pair of detectives convene the likely suspects in the attempted murder of an already dead man. Ray Walker stars as one of the gumshoes, and gossip columnist Hedda Hopper makes an appearance as a supposed murderess.

Director: Charles Lamont

Cast: William Bakewell, Hobart Bosworth, Berton Churchill, E. E. Clive, Harold Goodwin, Aggie Herring, Hedda Hopper, Fred Kelsey, Michael Mark, William V. Mong, Miki Morita, John St. Polis, Ray Walker, Irene Ware, Lloyd Whitlock

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 69 minutes.

Death From A Distance (1936)

It's murder under the star-stuff, when a detective and a newsman head out to a mountaintop observatory and discover a veritable black hole of suspicious astronomers. Russell Hopton, Lola Lane star.

Director: Frank R. Strayer

Cast: Capt. E. H. Calvert, John Davidson, John Dilson, Robert Frazier, Russell Hopton, Cornelius Keefe, Lew Kelly, Lee Kohlmar, Lola Lane, Wheeler Oakman, John St. Polis, George Marion Sr.

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 70 minutes.

Delinquent Daughters (1944)

When the suicide of a high school girl rocks a small town, a reporter teams with a police officer to try to figure out why the teens in the community seem to be so troubled. What they uncover is a shocking link between the community's youths, a sordid hangout and a theft ring. Classic exploitation flick stars June Carlson, Joe Devlin, Warren Mills. AKA: "Accent on Crime."

Director: Albert Herman

Cast: Mary Bovard, June Carlson, John Christian, Floyd Criswell, Juan De La Cruz, Fifi D'Orsay, Jon Dawson, Margia Dean, Joe Devlin, Johnny Duncan, Parker Gee, Teala Loring, Frank McGlynn Sr., Sheila Roberts, John Valentine, Jimmy Zaner

Crime, Drama, Black & White, Runtime: 70 minutes.

Desert Escape (1940)

A wrongfully condemned man escapes imprisonment and decides to clear his name by participating in a deadly game of survival with the men who framed him. Aka "Marked Men".

Director: Sam Newfield

Cast: Isabel Jewell, John Dilson, Paul Bryar

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 64 minutes.

Detour (1945)

Made on pennies by Edgar G. Ulmer, this seedy story focuses on a New York night club pianist hitchhiking to L.A. who is picked up by an amiable gambler. When his rider dies of a heart attack, the pianist takes his wallet and dumps the body. But when he picks up a woman on the road, he finds himself in trouble because of her suspicions and reckless nature. Tom Neal and Ann Savage star.

Director: Edgar G. Ulmer

Cast: Roger Clark, Claudia Drake, Pat Gleason, Esther Howard, Edmund MacDonald, Tom Neal, Tim Ryan, Ann Savage

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 68 minutes.

Devil Diamond (1937)

Two amateur sleuths discover that their lives are in trouble when they attempt to track down a gang of jewel thieves. Kane Richmond, Frankie Darro star.

Director: Les Goodwins

Cast: Burr Caruth, George Cleveland, Frankie Darro, Edward Earle, Fern Emmett, Robert Fiske, Sam Flint, Byron Foulger, Joan Gale, Jack Ingram, Frank McCarroll, Eva McKenzie, Kane Richmond

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 61 minutes.

Dick Tracy, Detective (1945)

Morgan Conway is Chester Gould's razor-chinned detective in the first Tracy feature film, here tracking down escaped killer Splitface. Anne Jeffreys, Jane Greer, Mike Mazurki star.

Director: William A. Berke

Cast: Morgan Conway, Jane Greer, Anne Jeffreys, Mike Mazurki

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 61 minutes.

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)

Boris Karloff is the perfect "Gruesome," and he intends to freeze the whole town so that he can do his evil stuff. But he's no match for Dick Tracy, who's an expert at cooling him down. Ralph Byrd stars as Tracy.

Director: John Rawlins

Cast: Ernie Adams, Phil Arnold, Howard Ashley, Lex Barker, Tony Barrett, Robert Bray, Ralph Byrd, Robert Clarke, June Clayworth, George Cooper, Joseph Crehan, William Gould, Anne Gwynne, Harry Harvey, Boris Karloff, Skelton Knaggs, George Lloyd, Robert Malcolm, Jim Nolan, Milton Parsons, Lyle Latell Pat Patton, Lee Phelps, Lorin Raker, Bert Roach, Harry Strang

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 65 minutes.

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)

After 10 years in the clink, Cueball is out...murdering, robbing, and being his old vicious self. All the comic strip characters are here: Junior, Tess, Vitamin Flintheart and more. Morgan Conway stars with Anne Jeffreys, Dick Wessel.

Director: Gordon M. Douglas

Cast: Fred Aldrich, Trevor Bardette, Eddie Borden, Robert Bray, Jack Cheatham, Harry Cheshire, Rita Corday Clyde, Morgan Conway, Jimmy Crane, Joseph Crehan, Ralph Dunn, Byron Foulger, Lee Frederick, Raoul Freeman, Dorothy Grainger, Esther Howard, Anne Jeffreys, Ian Keith, Skelton Knaggs, Lyle Latell, Perc Launders, Frank Mills, William Newell, Milton Parsons

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 62 minutes.

Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)

Ralph Byrd stars as Tracy. This time he meets "the Claw," an evil killer with a hook instead of a right hand. Tess Trueheart and all the other "Crimestoppers" keep a fast pace as the film reaches its electrifying climax. With Kay Christopher, Jack Lambert.

Mystery Director: John Rawlins

Cast: Tony Barrett, Eddie Borden, Al Bridge, Ralph Byrd, Kay Christopher, Jimmy Conlin, Roger Creed, Wade Crosby, William B. Davidson, William Gould, Harry Harvey, Bernadene Hayes, Ian Keith, Jack Lambert, Lyle Latell, Charles Marsh, Jay Norris, Richard Powers, Harry Strang, Phil Warren

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 60 minutes.

Dishonored Lady (1947)

Hedy Lamarr plays a high-strung women's magazine editor who retires after a breakdown and falls for scientist Dennis O'Keefe. Things get sticky, though, when she's accused of killing ex-boyfriend John Loder (Lamarr's real-life spouse at the time) and her racy past is brought to light in this taut thriller. AKA: "Sins of Madeleine."

Director: Robert Stevenson

Cast: Morris Canovsky, Paul Cavanagh, Douglas Dumbrille, James Flavin, Margaret Hamilton, Nicholas Joy, Hedy Lamarr, John Loder, William Lundigan, Dennis O'Keefe, Natalie Schafer

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 84 minutes.

Doomed To Die (1940)

A mysterious fire destroys a luxury liner with 400 passengers and a fortune in Chinese bonds aboard, and only Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff) can solve the riddle.

Director: William Nigh

Cast: Harry Brandon, Tristram Coffin, Catherine Craig, Mike Donovan, Kenneth Harlan, Boris Karloff, Jack Kennedy, Melvin Lang, Maxine Leslie, Richard Loo, Wilbur Mack, Marjorie Reynolds, William Stelling, Guy Usher, Grant Withers

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 67 minutes.

Double Cross (1941)

In this action film, an officer is thrown off the force by his father the chief of police. The bitter ex-cop then joins a racketeering operation. The ring leader assigns him to drive a truck-load of armed hoods to ambush his father. Unbeknownst to the crooks, the ex-cop is still active on the force.

Director: Albert H. Kelley

Cast: Richard Beach, Heinie Conklin, Wynne Gibson, Mary Gordon, Robert Homans, Edward Keane, John Miljan, Pauline Moore, Frank Moran, Kane Richmond

Crime, Drama, Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 63 minutes.

Double Exposure (1944)

Chester Morris plays Larry Burke, editor for a weekly photo magazine. Impressed by the work of photojournalist Pat Marvin, Burke hires Marvin sight unseen, only to discover that "he" is a "she" . Burke insists that the shutterbug racket is no job for a dame, but Pat intends to prove him wrong. In the process, she becomes the prime suspect in a murder case, forcing Burke to come out from behind his desk and solve the mystery himself.

Director: William A. Berke

Cast: Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly, Phillip Terry, Jane Farrar, Richard Gaines, Charles Arnt, Claire Rochelle, Roma Aldrich

Crime, Comedy, Black & White, Runtime: 63 minutes.

Dressed To Kill (1946)

What is the connection between a collection of music boxes and missing Bank of England printing plates, and will the answer cost Holmes and Watson their lives? Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce make their final appearances as the detective duo; with Patricia Morison.

Director: Roy William Neill

Cast: Edmond Breon, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Cameron, Harry Cording, Tom P. Dillon, Mary Gordon, Carl Harbord, Holmes Herbert, Leyland Hodgson, Patricia Morison, Basil Rathbone, Ian Wolfe, Frederic Worlock

Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 72 minutes.

Five Minutes to Live (1961)

Johnny Cash shines in this fun thriller as a psychopath who teams up with Vic Tayback for a daring kidnapping and robbery. But can the men successfully pull off the caper, or will they learn that crime doesn't pay? With Donald Woods, Cay Forester, Pamela Mason, and Ron Howard. AKA: "Last Blood."

Director: Bill Karn

Cast: Johnny Cash, Cay Forester, Ronny Howard, Pamela Mason, Victor Tayback, Merle Travis, Norma Varden, Midge Ware, Donald Woods, Howard Wright

Crime, Mystery, Black & White, Runtime: 64 minutes.