Mystery Movies

They Won’t Forget (1937)

They Won’t Forget (1937)

They Won’t Forget (1937)
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95

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…

Genre: Drama, Mystery
Silver Blaze (1937)

Silver Blaze (1937)

Silver Blaze (1937)
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71

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…

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Genre: Crime, Mystery
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937)

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937)

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937)
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70

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…

Genre: Crime, Mystery
Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)

Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)

Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
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71

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)

Night Must Fall (1937)

Night Must Fall (1937)
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116

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…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
China Passage (1937)

China Passage (1937)

China Passage (1937)
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65

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)

Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)

Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)
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67

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)

Smart Blonde (1937)

Smart Blonde (1937)
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59

Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.

Genre: Crime, Mystery
After the Thin Man (1936)

After the Thin Man (1936)

After the Thin Man (1936)
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112

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…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Rangle River (1936)

Rangle River (1936)

Rangle River (1936)
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86

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…

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Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)

Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)

Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)
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68

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)

Great Guy (1936)

Great Guy (1936)
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66

A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being sold to the public.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Case of the Black Cat (1936)

The Case of the Black Cat (1936)

The Case of the Black Cat (1936)
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66

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…

Genre: Crime, Mystery
Adventure in Manhattan (1936)

Adventure in Manhattan (1936)

Adventure in Manhattan (1936)
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73

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)

Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)

Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
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70

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)

Satan Met a Lady (1936)

Satan Met a Lady (1936)
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74

In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Easy Money (1936)

Easy Money (1936)

Easy Money (1936)
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70

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…

Genre: Crime, Mystery
The Princess Comes Across (1936)

The Princess Comes Across (1936)

The Princess Comes Across (1936)
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76

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 Crimes of Stephen Hawke (1936)

The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (1936)
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69

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…

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Genre: Horror, Mystery
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
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82

A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.

Genre: Comedy, Mystery
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (1936)

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (1936)

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (1936)
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305

15-Chapter Serial about a scientist that discovers a formula for making synthetic gold and the people that want it.

Big Brown Eyes (1936)

Big Brown Eyes (1936)

Big Brown Eyes (1936)
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77

Sassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police detective boyfriend Danny Barr break a jewel theft ring and solve the murder of…

Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)

Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)

Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
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72

While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top’s co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he’s received.

Moonlight Murder (1936)

Moonlight Murder (1936)

Moonlight Murder (1936)
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65

An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.

Genre: Comedy, Music, Mystery
Muss ’em Up (1936)

Muss ’em Up (1936)

Muss ’em Up (1936)
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70

Famous private detective Tip O’Neil is summoned by telegram to the estate of old friend Paul Harding, but finds the telegram was sent by Paul’s attractive secretary, Amy Hutchins. Paul…

Genre: Crime, Mystery
Charlie Chan’s Secret (1936)

Charlie Chan’s Secret (1936)

Charlie Chan’s Secret (1936)
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72

Allen Colby, heir to a huge fortune, is presumed drowned after an ocean liner sinks off the coast of Honolulu. Mysteriously, Colby reappears at his mansion only to be murdered…

The Lone Wolf Returns (1935)

The Lone Wolf Returns (1935)

The Lone Wolf Returns (1935)
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68

Once a jewel thief always a jewel thief? Yes and no. Yes if you consider the fact that Michael Lanyard also known as the Lone Wolf once retired from the…

Genre: Mystery
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935)

Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935)

Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935)
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80

A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things he…

Murder In Harlem (1935)

Murder In Harlem (1935)

Murder In Harlem (1935)
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95

A Black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After reporting it, he finds himself accused of the murder.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Grand Exit (1935)

Grand Exit (1935)

Grand Exit (1935)
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68

A Stumped insurance company is forced to re-hire the most expensive, most big-headed, but best arson investigator to solve a string of major losses.

Genre: Mystery
Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)

Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)

Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)
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71

When a prominent official is murdered at a banquet honoring Charle Chan, the detective and son Lee team up to expose an opium-smuggling ring.

The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)

The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)

The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
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77

A con man who stages phony “lucky legs” beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found with a surgical knife in his heart by Mason.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935)

The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935)

The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935)
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59

A crazed scientist invents a serum that induces a catatonic state in anyone who gets the injection. He uses the serum to paralyze his enemies, in order to bury them…

Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
The Phantom Light (1935)

The Phantom Light (1935)

The Phantom Light (1935)
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75

Criminals pose as ghosts to scare a lighthouse keeper on the Welsh coast, in attempt to distract him. Jim Pearce deliberately maroons himself on the rock along with Alice Bright….

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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
The 39 Steps (1935)

The 39 Steps (1935)

The 39 Steps (1935)
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86

Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed – with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all…

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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)

Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)

Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)
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73

While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation , Charlie discovers that the body of the expedition’s leader concealed inside the mummy’s wrappings.

Genre: Mystery
Murder in the Fleet (1935)

Murder in the Fleet (1935)

Murder in the Fleet (1935)
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69

A traitor is lurking somewhere aboard the USS Carolina, and Lt. Tom Randolph is determined to find the offender. First a revolutionary new piece of technology — an electric firing…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Air Hawks (1935)

Air Hawks (1935)

Air Hawks (1935)
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68

A small, independent air delivery service is menaced by a mad scientist with a death ray machine that blows up planes in mid-flight.

One Frightened Night (1935)

One Frightened Night (1935)

One Frightened Night (1935)
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66

Eccentric tycoon Jasper Whyte hosts a dinner at his mansion and announces that he will divide his money and give each guest a million dollars before the stroke of midnight….

The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935)

The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935)

The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935)
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62

During a horrific storm at sea, the crew realizes that there is a murderer among them who is killing them off one by one.

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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery