Mystery Movies
The Thin Man (1934)
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Murder at the Vanities (1934)
Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll’s Vanities, someone is attempting to injure the leading lady Ann Ware, who wants to…
Double Door (1934)
A domineering money-bags’ suppressed incestuous urges go into overdrive when her half-brother brings a new bride home to the family’s gloomy Fifth Avenue mansion. The title refers to a secret…
The Woman Condemned (1934)
When a radio star is found murdered in her home, everyone assumes that the mysterious young woman discovered with her is the culprit — everyone, that is, but newspaper reporter…
From Headquarters (1933)
When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it’s up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates.
The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.
Penthouse (1933)
Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she’s long been under the hoodlum’s thumb. She’s secretly helping lawyer Jackson Durant in a snoop job aimed…
The Ghoul (1933)
British Egyptologist, Professor Morlant, seeks immortality through the power of a jewel buried in the tomb of an Oriental idol. Upon his death, Morlant returns to earth to seek vengeance…
Secret of the Blue Room (1933)
According to a legend, the mansion’s “blue room” is cursed — everyone who has ever spent the night in that room has met with an untimely end. The three suitors…
The Silk Express (1933)
As the demand for raw silk goes sky high, crooked businessman Wallace Myton corners the market with plans to drive up the price. Determined to fulfill his contracts, manufacturer Donald…
A Study in Scarlet (1933)
In London, a secret society led by lawyer Thaddeus Merrydew collects the assets of any of its deceased members and divides them among the remaining members. Society members start dropping…
The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)
When a famous doctor kills his adulterous wife, he is defended by his best friend, an attorney who suspects that his own wife is having an affair.
Supernatural (1933)
After her brother’s death, Roma Courtney becomes the heiress to his fortune. When a fake psychic claims to have a message from Roma’s dead brother, he coaxes her into participating…
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor’s preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the…
The Whispering Shadow (1933)
A mysterious criminal known as The Whispering Shadow commits crimes by means of a gang he controls by television and radio rays. Jack Norton, whose brother was murdered by The…
The Mind Reader (1933)
Con-man Chandler and his partner Frank decide to start a clairvoyant act. Chandler falls for Sylvia, one of their marks, but their relationship is challenged when his deception impacts others’…
Girl Missing (1933)
Kay and June, two showgirls, are hurt when they seek financial help from Daisy. On Daisy’s wedding night when she is rendered missing, Kay and June decide to look for…
The Crime of the Century (1933)
Driven to desperation by his young and extravagant wife, alienist Dr. Emil Brandt has arranged a perfect crime; now he begs the police to lock him up before he can…
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.
The Penguin Pool Murder (1932)
New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers assists a detective when a body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker suddenly appears in the penguin tank at the aquarium.
Thirteen Women (1932)
Thirteen women who were schoolmates ask a swami to cast their horoscopes. The news they receive is not good for any of them.
Doctor X (1932)
A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist’s quest to unmask The Moon Killer.
The Hurricane Express (1932)
The Wrecker wrecks trains on the L & R Railroad. One of his victims is Larry Baker’s father. Baker wants to find the evildoer, among a host of suspects, but…
Number Seventeen (1932)
A gang of thieves gather at a safe house following a robbery, but a detective is on their trail.
Miss Pinkerton (1932)
Scion of the once-rich Mitchell family, Herbert Wynn is found shot to death. Nurse Adams, bored by hospital routine, is recruited by the police to ferret out clues as she…
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes’ Greatest Case (1932)
A young woman turns to Holmes for protection when she’s menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing treasure. However, when the woman is kidnapped, Holmes and Watson must penetrate the…
Ten Minutes to Live (1932)
A movie producer offers a nightclub singer a role in his latest film, but all he really wants to do is bed her. She knows, but accepts anyway. Meanwhile, a…
Arsène Lupin (1932)
A charming and very daring thief known as Arsene Lupin is terrorizing the wealthy of Paris. He even goes so far as to threaten the Mona Lisa. But the police,…
The Silent Witness (1932)
A London nobleman (Lionel Atwill) takes the blame and stands trial after his son strangles a lover (Greta Nissen).
The Monster Walks (1932)
Ruth Earlton has come home to her ancestral mansion to claim her inheritance. Accompanied by her boyfriend, she discovers that her father died suddenly under suspicious circumstances. Now it’s her…
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
In 19th century Paris, a maniac abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship but constantly meets failure as the abducted women…
The Devil Plays (1931)
A mystery novelist’s detective skills are put to the test when he attends a party where a murder is committed.
The Phantom (1931)
An eclectic group of people are stalked by a masked killer in an old mansion.
The Range Feud (1931)
Clint Turner is arrested for the murder of his girlfriend Judy’s father, a rival rancher who was an enemy of his own father, and his best friend, Sheriff Buck Gordon…
The Public Defender (1931)
A mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who embezzled their company’s funds.
The Black Camel (1931)
Movie star Shelah Fane is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but won’t marry him without consulting famed psychic Tarneverro first. Enter inspector Charlie Chan of the…
The Vanishing Legion (1931)
A mysterious master criminal known as The Voice plots with his gang to sabotage the Milesburg Oil Company, but the rightful heir has a secret army of her own to…
The Maltese Falcon (1931)
A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese…
Mary (1931)
A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution. German version of “Murder.”