Crime Movies
The Tell-Tale Heart (1941)
In this classic Edgar Allan Poe story, a man commits a murder, but afterward the victim’s beating heart torments the murderer’s mind.
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
Who Killed Santa Claus? (1941)
Honky Tonk (1941)
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife’s alcoholic father tries to set things right.
Doctors Don’t Tell (1941)
Dr. Ralph Snyder and Dr. Frank Blake open an office together but soon split over a rivalry for nightclub singer Diana Wayne and a difference over ethics.
Reg’lar Fellers (1941)
Based on the comic strip by Gene Byrnes, the “Reg’lar Fellers”, and one girl-feller, tinker with building a land/water machine, form a kid-band and go on the radio, celebrate a…
Charlie Chan in Rio (1941)
In Rio de Janiero to arrest a nightclub singer on suspicion of a murder in Hawaii, Charlie Chan becomes involved with the Rio police in solving the singer’s own murder.
Manpower (1941)
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang. Tensions start to show in the…
Whistling in the Dark (1941)
Radio crime show host ‘The Fox’ along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.
Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)
The East Side Kids discover that one of their own, Danny, is torn between staying in school and becoming a boxer, and is getting mixed up with gangsters.
Murder by Invitation (1941)
The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide up her money. To show them that there are no hard feelings,…
Out of the Fog (1941)
A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.
The Big Boss (1941)
Invisible Ghost (1941)
The town’s leading citizen becomes a homicidal maniac after his wife deserts him.
Dead Men Tell (1941)
When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a…
Mr. District Attorney (1941)
An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
Sleepers West (1941)
Private eye Mike Shayne encounters a large amount of trouble while attempting to guard a murder witness.
A Man Betrayed (1941)
Bucolic lawyer John Wayne takes on big-city corruption in A Man Betrayed. He sets out to prove that an above-suspicion politician (Edward Ellis) is actually a crook. The price of…
The Monster and the Girl (1941)
After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized crime syndicate, retribution in the form of an ape visits the mobsters.
The Saint In Palm Springs (1941)
George Sanders makes his final appearance as crook-turned-detective Simon Templar, a.k.a. “The Saint,” in The Saint in Palm Springs. The gimmick in this one is a set of rare stamps,…
High Sierra (1941)
Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.
The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
A sweet, enthusiastic, newly-arrived American immigrant from Hungary is forced to turn to a life of crime after his face is badly disfigured in a hotel fire.
The Case of the Black Parrot (1941)
Sandy Vantine and her uncle, Paul Vantine, return from Europe with an antique cabinet purchased during their trip. Jim Moore, a reporter who had met Sandy and fallen for her…
The Mad Doctor (1940)
A reporter sleuths the mystery behind an oft-married Viennese doctor whose wives met mysterious fates.
The Devil Bat (1940)
Dr. Paul Carruthers is frustrated because he thinks his employers, Mary Heath and Henry Morton, have cheated him out of the company’s profits. He decides to get revenge by altering…
Murder Over New York (1940)
When Charlie’s old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.
The Letter (1940)
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.
Phantom of Chinatown (1940)
In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton,the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses…
East of the River (1940)
Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other embracing college but both are in-love with the same girl.
Junior G-Men (1940)
A gang of urban street kids and a club of suburban would-be federal agents, at first rivals, join forces to rescue the father of one of the kids, the inventor…
The Flying Squad (1940)
Inspector Bradley of Scotland Yard is on the trail of the murderous ringleader of a smuggling organization in London.
Angels Over Broadway (1940)
Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he scribbles a note, stuffs it in his pocket and goes for…
The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)
A classic British thriller set in a sinister old house, based on a story by Edgar Wallace.
City for Conquest (1940)
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something…
Before I Hang (1940)
Dr. John Garth conducting an innovative medical experiment aimed at prolonging life and combating aging. The experiment takes an unexpected turn, placing the doctor in a confrontation with the ethics…
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940)
A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard. In addition to making wax statues the doctor performs plastic…
The Golden Fleecing (1940)
A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.
They Drive by Night (1940)
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to…
The Last Alarm (1940)
A recently retired fire captain suffers from boredom, until one of his friends is killed battling an arson fire. It becomes his purpose in life to track down the arsonist….
Brother Orchid (1940)
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious…