Mystery Movies
Mr. Wong Detective (1938)
A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two subsequent murders.
Barefoot Boy (1938)
A spoiled boy sent to the country to grow-up. He has to deal with life, friends and crooks.
Fast Company (1938)
Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.
Yellow Jack (1938)
A fairly accurate historical account of Walter Reed’s search for the cause of “Yellow Jack” or Yellow Fever and those who risked their lives in the pursuit.
Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
The sons of a disgraced British officer try to clear his name.
There’s Always a Woman (1938)
An investigator for the District Attorney’s office quits to open his own detective agency. However, business is so bad that he finally decides to give it up and go back…
Mr. Moto’s Gamble (1938)
Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into cold-blooded murder! Assisted by detective-in-training Lee Chan, Moto sets out to track down the killer…
Dangerous to Know (1938)
Racketeer Steve Recka, art patron and political power-maker, rules his town and Madame Lan Ying, his beautiful friend and hostess (read:mistress), with an iron hand. He meets Margaret Van Kase,…
The Black Doll (1938)
Nicholas Rood, dishonest mine owner, finds a Black Doll on his desk and knows that vengeance is about to overtake him for murdering his former partner. He is knifed as…
Algiers (1938)
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers. French officials arrive…
Thank You Mr. Moto (1937)
Mr. Moto Heads to China on a quest for seven ancient scrolls that reveal the location of Genghis Khan’s tomb—a crypt filled with fabulous treasure! But Moto isn’t the only…
Alibi (1937)
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937)
Although Charlie and Lee are in Monaco for an art exhibit, they become caught up in a feud between rival financiers which involves the Chan’s in a web of blackmail…
The Squeaker (1937)
London’s jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief who crosses him. Desperate, Scotland Yard re-hires ex-Inspector Barrabal who, as a known drunkard,…
Young and Innocent (1937)
Robert Tisdall finds on the beach the corpse of a woman he knew. Others wrongly conclude that he is the murderer. Fleeing, he desperately attempts to prove that he is…
Love Is on the Air (1937)
A newscaster gets demoted for exposing the town’s criminal activities over the airwaves.
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
Drummond’s girlfriend is kidnapped by his enemies and he along with his friend Nielsen, an inspector from Scotland Yard, follow the trail and try to rescue her from the kidnappers.
Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)
Returning from European exile where she avoided testifying against her criminal associates, a former singer with a tell-all diary is murdered to insure her silence.
The High Command (1937)
A general must come to terms with a crime he commited years earlier.
Super-Sleuth (1937)
A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.
They Won’t Forget (1937)
A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration Day. Andrew Griffin, a small-time lawyer with political ambitions, sees the crime as his…
Silver Blaze (1937)
Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation ends when he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a double-murder mystery. Now he’s got…
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937)
A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of manslaughter 22 years before. The case would involve the wealthy…
Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
Get ready for a Gold Medal murder mystery! This “tense, thrilling mystery” (‘California Congress of Parents and Teachers’) pits Charlie Chan against international spies who are using the Berlin Olympic…
Night Must Fall (1937)
Wealthy widow Mrs. Bramson notices that her maid is distracted, and when she learns the girl’s fiancé, Danny, is the reason, she summons him in. Mrs. Bramson’s niece Olivia takes…
China Passage (1937)
Americans Tommy Baldwin and Joe Dugan are hired to transport a fabulous diamond from Shanghai to San Francisco. They will be paid handsomely on success or killed on failure. The…
Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)
Drummond manages to save a woman from jumping in front of his car but she runs away with his car. He traces her and she asks him to help her…
Smart Blonde (1937)
Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.
After the Thin Man (1936)
Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora’s cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady owners of a popular nightclub, a singer…
Rangle River (1936)
Marion Hastings returns to her father Dan’s cattle property in western Queensland after being away in Europe for fifteen years. She is treated with hostility by her father’s foreman, Dick…
Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)
A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago.
Great Guy (1936)
A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being sold to the public.
The Case of the Black Cat (1936)
Lawyer Perry Mason is summoned to the Laxter mansion in the dead of night to write granddaughter Wilma out of invalid Peter Laxter’s will, to keep her from marrying suspected…
Adventure in Manhattan (1936)
The story of an egotistical crime writer who gets involved with the case of a notorious art thief (who is believed to be dead) while at the same time romancing…
Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
When a friend of Charlie’s is found kicked to death by his own race horse on board a Honolulu-bound liner, the detective discovers foul play and uncovers an international gambling…
Satan Met a Lady (1936)
In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.
Easy Money (1936)
Dan Adams resigns his position as prosecutor on the district attorney’s staff and sets out to clean up a gang of fake-accident racketeers. He gets a job with an insurance…
The Princess Comes Across (1936)
A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a bandleader returning home. To complicate…
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (1936)
The film begins in a BBC studio with the 100th edition of “In Town Tonight”. Flotsam and Jetsom open with a “topical number”. Then there is an interview with a…