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Kansas City Confidential
A down-on-his-luck ex-GI finds himself framed for an armored car robbery. When he's finally released for lack of evidence--after having been beaten up and tortured by the police--he sets out to discover who set him up, and why. The trail leads him into Mexico and a web of hired killers and corrupt cops.
Starring: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Lee
Van Cleef, Jack Elam
1952 • BW • 99 Minutes
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Kentucky Blue Streak
A young jockey is framed for murder while riding at an "illegal" racetrack. Later, almost eligible for parole, he escapes from jail to ride "Blue Streak" in the Kentucky Derby.
Starring: Edward J. Nugent, Frank Coghlan Jr., Patricia Scott, Cornelius Keefe.
1935 • BW
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Lady of Burlesque
Sassy Dixie Daisy is the hot new attraction at a former opera house that's been turned into a burlesque theater. She's popular with the customers, although not with Lolita La Verne, a stuck-up diva who was hoping she'd get the top spot. Also complicating matters is the return of the Princess Nirvena, the show's former star who once had a fling with the boss. When the Princess blackmails her way into the top spot, Dixie is none too pleased. When both Lolita and the Princess are murdered, Dixie becomes a prime suspect. She then sets up a trap to nail the real killer.
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O'Shea
1943 • BW
• 90 Minutes
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The Last Man On Earth
Dr. Robert Morgan (Vincent Price) is the only survivor of a devastating world-wide plague due to a mysterious...
Starring: Vincent Price, Franca Bettoia, Emma Danieli, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart.
1964 • BW
• 86 Minutes
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Letter of Introduction
A woman keeps her past a secret in her efforts to succeed as an actress without the help of her estranged, but famous, father.
Starring: Adolphe Menjou, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy
1943 • BW
• 90 Minutes
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The Long Shot
Starring Marsha Hunt and Gordon Jones as trainers of a thoroughbred horse. Despite the rivalries of their parents, the couple prepares to jointly enter the Santa Anita handicap. The odds are against their entry, but Hunt and Jones have every confidence of winning. Just before the starting bugle, gangsters intrude, demanding that the trainers throw the Big Race.
Starring Gordon Jones, Marsha Hunt
1939 • BW • 69
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Love Is Forever
The incredible true story of an Australian news photographer and his heroic rescue of the girl he loves from a country torn by war and tyranny.
Starring Michael Landon, Pricilla Presley
1983 • COLOR • 120
Minutes.
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Manhattan Tower
The lives of the residents of a Manhattan apartment building are intertwined with the actions of a crooked investor
Starring Mary Brian, Irene Rich
1932 • BW • 67 Minutes.
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The Man Who Cheated Himself
Police Detective Ed Cullen is running hot and heavy with his clandestine lover, socialite Lois Frazer. Their passion is interrupted when her estranged husband enters the house through a balcony door and Lois "accidently" shoots him twice at close range. Unwilling to put their affair on hold, Ed begins to orchestrate an elaborate cover-up. Dumping the body at the airport,
Starring: Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt, John Dall, Lisa Howard.
1950 • BW • 81 minutes
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Meet John Doe
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement. At last everyone, even Ann, takes her creation seriously...but publisher D.B. Norton has a secret plan.
Starring: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck
1941 • BW • 122 minutes
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Million Dollar Weekend
Swindler Gene Raymond, decides to steal a million dollars from his own company and hops a plain to Shanghai. On the plane he falls for a woman (Stephanie Paull) being blackmailed by a con man who makes off with the million. Lots of action and vintages passenger planes.
Starring: Gene Raymond, Stephanie Paull, Francis Lederer,
Robert Warwick, Patricia Shay, James Craven
1948 • BW • 60 Minutes
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Money Madness
A murderous bank robber on the run from the law hides out in a small town, where he gets a job as a cab driver.
Starring: Hugh Beaumont, Frances Rafferty, Harlan Warde, Cecil Weston.
1948 • BW • 73 minutes
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Monsoon (Isle of Forgotten Sins)
The owner of a seedy dive and brothel on a South Seas island meets two treasure hunters looking for a sunken ship with a $3-million cargo of gold. She persuades them to let her in on the deal. Complications ensue because of intrigue, double-crosses and an approaching violent monsoon.
Starring: John Carradine, Sidney Toler
1943 • BW • 82 minutes
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Mr. Reckless
Returning to his hometown after a long absence, oil-well digger William Eythe discovers that his sweetheart has gotten engaged to an older suitor. In an attempt to win back his lost love, Eythe decides to impress her with a series of daredevil oil-field stunts.
Starring: William Eythe, Barbara Britton, Walter Catlett, Lloyd Corrigan,
Minna Gombell
1948 • BW • 66 Minutes
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Mr. Wong in Chinatown
A poisoned dart kills a beautiful Chinese woman. When she is discovered to be Princess Lin Hwa, on a secret military mission for Chinese forces fighting the Japanese invasion, Wong takes action.
Starring: Boris Karloff
1939 • BW • 71 Minutes
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Mr. Wong, Detective
Mr. Wong investigates the killing of a chemical mauufacturer and two subsequent murders.
Starring: Boris Karloff
1938 • BW • 68 Minutes
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Mr. Wong in Doomed to Die
Shipping Magnate Cyrus Wentworth is shot and killed and Captain Street is convinced the murderer is Wentworth's daughter's finace´.
Starring: Boris Karloff
1940 • BW • 67 Minutes
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Mr. Wong in the Fatal Hour
When Captain Street's best friend is murdered, he enlists the help of Mr. Wong.
Starring: Boris Karloff
1940 • BW • 66 Minutes
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Mr. Moto's Last Warning
Moto thwarts a ruthless band of international agents who try to foment an international incident by mining the entrance to the Suez Canal and blaming the British.
Starring: Peter Lorre
1939 • BW • 71 Minutes (Packaging may vary)
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Mr. Wong in Phantom of Chinatown
Keye Luke replaces Boris Karloff as a younger version of the Oriental sleuth James Lee Wong. Here "Jimmy" Wong searches for the killer of archeologist Dr. John Benton, who recently returned from an expedition to China where he discovered a valuable ancient scroll.
Starring: Keye Luke
1940 • BW • 61 Minutes
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Murder At Midnight
Wealthy Mr. Kennedy shoots his secretary, Channing, during a parlor game, but it turns out the gun was loaded with real bullets. Luckily, criminologist Phillip Montrose is on hand to help the police. When Kennedy quickly ends up dead as well, the police think it's a tidy murder-suicide, but the family lawyer knows of a letter that voiced Kennedy's suspicions about someone who was out to get him. This one will have you scratching your head.
Starring: Aileen Pringle
1931 • BW • 93 Minutes
$12.95
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
Mr. Wong attempts to solve the murder of an antique collector who was in possession of a famous jewel know as "The Eye of the Moon."
Starring: Aileen Pringle
1939 • BW • 70 Minutes
$8.95
Ruth Raymond works on the switchboard and her boyfriend is John Blake. It has taken 14 years, but a detective named Murray has found her and confirmed that she is Ruth Carson. As a child, she was kidnaped by her uncle and is the daughter of a wealthy railroad tycoon. Under the watchful eye of Godfrey D. Scott, an attempt on her life is foiled. But a fake telegram puts her on a private railroad car heading east. It is in this car that her life is again in danger and people are murdered.The delightfully quixotic humor of comic actor Charles Ruggles is highlighted as his offbeat character relentlessly pursues the solution of the mystery.
Starring: Charles Ruggles, Una Merkel, Mary Carlisle
1934 • BW • 63
Minutes
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Murder Once Removed
A doctor and the wife of one of his wealthy patients hatch a plot to get rid of her husband so they can be together and get his money.
Starring: John Forsythe, Barbara Bain
1939 • COLOR • 74 minutes
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Murder With Pictures
Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photographer Kent Murdock is on the story. Police question a woman suspect while Murdock takes pictures for his story. When an expensive criminal attorney involved in the case turns up dead Kent thinks he may have photographed the killer. Things get really complicated when the photo goes missing.
Starring: Lew Ayres, Gail Patrick
1936 • BW • 69 Minutes
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The Navy Way
The story of an unwilling draftee Robert Lowery, who is more interested in winning a boxing championship than the War, and his romance with gorgeous WAVE Jean Parker. A fine supporting cast including a humorous ex-shoe clerk Roscoe Karns, cowboy Tom Keene whose son has already died in the war and and Robert Armstrong as their instructor manages to keep things humming along.
Starring: Robert Lowery, Jean Parker,
William Henry, Roscoe Karns
1944 • BW• 74
Minutes
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Night Alarm
A reporter itching to get off the boring gardening "beat" gets a chance to investigate a series of arson fires that have been plaguing the city...
Starring: Bruce Cabot, Judith Allen, H.B. Warner, Sam Hardy.
1934 • BW• 64
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Our Daily Bread
John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community
Starring: Karen Morley, Tom Keene, Barbara Pepper, Addison Richards.
1934 • BW• 80
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The Painted Hills - Lassie
This breath-taking adventure starring Lassie is set in Oregon. A miners partner turns crooked and it's Lassie to the rescue. Lassie stars as Shep, a loyal dog who seeks to avenge the death of his murdered master. A wonderful family classic, this film is notable for it's beautiful sencic shots.
Starring: Lassie, Paul Kelly, Bruce Cowling
1951 • COLOR • 68 Minutes
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The Payoff
The city's District Attorney is murdered, and a newspaper reporter investigates.
Starring: Lee Tracy, Tom Brown
1942 • BW • 78 Minutes
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Phantom Express
A railway is threatened by mysterious wrecks, which turn out to be caused by criminals using a unique deception.
Starring: Richard Arlen, Don Castle, Jean Parker, Cliff Edwards.
1932 • BW• 70
Minutes
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Please Murder Me
A lawyer wins an a acquittal for his client, a woman accused of murder. After the verdict, he finds out that she indeed did commit the murder and manipulated him to win her acquittal. Guilt-ridden, and knowing that she can't be tried again for the murder, he devises a plan to bring her to justice.
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Raymond Burr, Dick Foran
1956 • BW• 78
Minutes
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Police Rookie
The trials and tribulations of a group of newly sworn-in police officers.
Starring: Gordon Jones, Joyce Compton
1940 • BW • 67
Minutes
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Power Dive
A hard-bitten test pilot Bradley Farrell, an ace test pilot for McMasters Aviation Corp. risk life and limb testing a new plane.
Death...risking life and love...to bring America new wings!
Starring: Richard Arlen, Don Castle, Jean Parker, Cliff Edwards.
1941 • BW• 68
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The Pride of Jesse Hallum
Jesse Hallam, an illiterate coal miner from Kentucky, moves to Cincinnati so that one of his daughters may receive spinal surgery. Determined to support his family in the city, he decides he must learn how to read and write as an adult, and resolves to graduate from high school.
Starring: Johnny Cash, Brenda Vaccaro, Eli Wallach
1981 • COLOR • 97
Minutes.
$8.95
Purple Death From Outer Space
Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Zarkov go to the planet Mongo to fight the evil emperor Ming when a deadly "Purple Death" breaks out on earth. Investigating, Dr. Zarkov discovers a spaceship from Ming's kingdom on Mongo spreading a dust across Earth's atmosphere, which Zarkov correctly deduces is causing the plague. Accompanied by Flash Gordon and Dale Arden, Zarkov drives off the ship and hurries to the friendly Mongo kingdom of Arboria, to enlist the aid of Prince Barin. (Unedited compilation of the serials Ch's 1-5 and the cliff-hanger resolution in 6.)
Starring: Buster Crabbe
1940 • BW • 88 Minutes
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Queen Of The Amazons
A woman's husband has disappeared on an expedition into the jungle. She hires a guide to take her into the jungle to find him. However, they discover that he has been captured by a savage female tribe.
Starring: Robert Lowery, Patricia Morison, J. Edward Bromberg, John Miljan.
1947 • BW• 61
Minutes
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Quicksand
After borrowing $20 from his employer's cash register, an auto mechanic is plunged into a series of increasingly disastrous circumstances which rapidly spiral out of his control.
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Jeanne Cagney, Barbara Bates, Peter Lorre.
1950 • BW• 79
Minutes
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Radio Ranch
Gene Autry and his pals are amazed to discover a secret underground civilization located below their ranch. The under dwellers have advanced technology and intend to use it in their attempt to conquer the earth. It's going to take every trick in Gene's bag to stop the invasion. (Re-edited feature version of serial The Phantom Empire (1935). Singer Gene Autry discovers a race of advanced humans living beneath the earth.)
Starring: Gene Autry, Frank Darro
1940 • BW • 70 Minutes
$8.95
Rhythm and Blues Review
Starring: Willie Bryant, Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Faye Adams, Freddie Robinson, Bill Bailey, Herb Jeffries, Amos Milburn, Sarah Vaughn, Nipsey Russell, Bid Joe Turner, Martha Davis, Little Buck, Nat "King" Cole and Mantan Moreland.
1955 • BW • 70 Minutes.
$8.95
Robot Pilot
A test pilot and his weather observer develop a "robot" control so airplanes can be flown without pilots, but enemy agents get wind of it and try to steal it or destroy it.
Starring: Forrest Tucker, Carol Hughes
1941 • BW • 64
Minutes.
$5.95
