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Here’s Flash Casey
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Here’s Flash Casey

Jan. 07, 1938

Here’s Flash Casey

After graduating college an aspiring photographer lands his first job–with a big city newspaper.
The Unguarded Hour
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The Unguarded Hour

Apr. 10, 1936

The Unguarded Hour

A blackmailer tries to stop a woman from revealing evidence that could save a condemned man.
Champagne Charlie
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Champagne Charlie

May. 06, 1936

Champagne Charlie

The story is told in flashback. Backers want a gambler to marry a rich girl for her dowry.
Black Legion
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Black Legion

Jan. 30, 1937

Black Legion

When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates ...
Marihuana
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Marihuana

May. 08, 1936

Marihuana

A young girl named Burma attends a beach party with her boyfriend and after she smokes marijuana with a bunch of other girls, she gets pregnant ...
Woman in the Dark
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Woman in the Dark

Nov. 08, 1934

Woman in the Dark

A recently released prisoner lives alone in his cabin so that his bad temper won’t get him back in any more trouble, but his peaceful ...
Tangled Evidence
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Tangled Evidence

Sep. 17, 1934

Tangled Evidence

A medium is murdered and suspicion falls on his niece.
The Night of the Party
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The Night of the Party

A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party. The publishers secretary is the obvious ...
Midnight
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Midnight

Mar. 07, 1934

Midnight

Jury foreman Edward Weldon’s questioning leads to the death sentence for Ethel Saxon. His daughter Stella claims to have killed her lover, ...
Gold
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Gold

Mar. 29, 1934

Gold

Using an atomic reactor, two scientists try to create gold.
The Big Shakedown
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The Big Shakedown

Jan. 06, 1934

The Big Shakedown

Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical ...
The Kennel Murder Case
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The Kennel Murder Case

Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose ...
Dragnet Girl
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Dragnet Girl

Apr. 27, 1933

Dragnet Girl

A gangster tries to find redemption with the inadvertent help of an innocent shop girl and his jealous girlfriend will do anything to keep him.
Blondie Johnson
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Blondie Johnson

Feb. 25, 1933

Blondie Johnson

A Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.
Hotel Splendide
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Hotel Splendide

Jul. 18, 1932

Hotel Splendide

Jerry Mason inherits the Hotel Splendide at Speymouth but is disappointed when he sees it is a quiet place with few permanent residents. ...
The Girl from Chicago
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The Girl from Chicago

Mar. 14, 1932

The Girl from Chicago

An undercover government agent on a case in Mississippi meets and falls in love with a beautiful young woman who’s being menaced by a local ...
The Vanishing Legion
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The Vanishing Legion

Jun. 01, 1931

The Vanishing Legion

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 ...
Lilac
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Lilac

Mar. 13, 1932

Lilac

Also known as Lilac, this early Anatole Litvak-directed talkie was based on a play by Tristan Bernard and Charles Henry Hirsch. The story bears ...
Dance, Fools, Dance
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Dance, Fools, Dance

Feb. 07, 1931

Dance, Fools, Dance

When misfortune hits hard on the Jordan family of Chicago’s upper class, Bonnie Jordan, a dazzling and witty girl, finds a job as an ...
The Benson Murder Case
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The Benson Murder Case

A ruthless, crooked stockbroker is murdered at his luxurious country estate, and detective Philo Vance just happens to be there; he decides to ...
Cracker
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Cracker

Sep. 27, 1993

Cracker

The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.
The Racket
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The Racket

Nov. 01, 1928

The Racket

A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.
Pandora’s Box
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Pandora’s Box

Jan. 30, 1929

Pandora’s Box

The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.
Paths to Paradise
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Paths to Paradise

Jun. 28, 1925

Paths to Paradise

Two thieves discover a professional and personal relationship when individual heist plans are thrown together by circumstance.
The High Sign
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The High Sign

Apr. 18, 1921

The High Sign

Buster is thrown off a train near an amusement park. There he gets a job in a shooting gallery run by the Blinking Buzzards mob. Ordered to kill ...