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'G' Men poster
Movie

James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.

'G' Men

May 1935

Captain Blood poster
Movie

Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.

Captain Blood

Dec 1935

A Dog's Life poster
Movie

The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.

A Dog's Life

Apr 1918

Doctor X poster
Movie

A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.

Doctor X

Aug 1932

The Lost World poster
Movie

The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.

The Lost World

Feb 1925

Marked Woman poster
Movie

In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.

Marked Woman

Apr 1937

Little Caesar poster
Movie

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

Little Caesar

Jan 1931

Each Dawn I Die poster
Movie

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.

Each Dawn I Die

Aug 1939

Safe in Hell poster
Movie

To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where the worst criminals can ask for asylum. Besieged by the scum of the earth, Gilda will soon find out that she has found refuge in hell.

Safe in Hell

Dec 1931

Dark Victory poster
Movie

Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she has a brain tumor by her doctor, Frederick Steele, Judith becomes distraught. After she decides to have surgery to remove the tumor, Judith realizes she is in love with Dr. Steele, but more troubling medical news may sabotage her new relationship, and her second chance at life.

Dark Victory

Apr 1939

20,000 Years in Sing Sing poster
Movie

Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

Dec 1932

A Lost Lady poster
Movie

A bitter woman who thinks she'll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man.

A Lost Lady

Sep 1934

The Return of Doctor X poster
Movie

When news reporter Walter Garrett arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova to conduct an interview, he finds her dead from multiple stab wounds. He returns with the police to find the hotel empty and the body vanished. Garrett writes about the incident but is fired when Merrova, alive and well, goes to the paper to complain. Now his only chance to get his job back is to find the truth, which involves the grisly scheme of a madman.

The Return of Doctor X

Nov 1939

Bureau of Missing Persons poster
Movie

Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work...

Bureau of Missing Persons

Sep 1933

Invisible Stripes poster
Movie

A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.

Invisible Stripes

Dec 1939

It's Tough to Be Famous poster
Movie

Scotty, an unwilling Navy war hero is cast into the limelight. He wants to get married and be an engineer, but is forced to fulfil the expectations of the public, his employer and his PR agent, which he hates. Although he and his long time girlfriend Janet love each other, they are pressured to marry before they are ready. The strain takes its toll on both of them.

It's Tough to Be Famous

Apr 1932

Manpower poster
Movie

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 road crew as rivalry between Hank and Johnny increases.

Manpower

Aug 1941

The Prince and the Pauper poster
Movie

Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young teenage Tom sneaks into the palace garden, he meets the prince. They change clothes with one another before the guards discover them and throw out the prince thinking he's the urchin. No one believes them when they try to tell the truth about which is which. Soon after, the old king dies and the prince will inherit the throne.

The Prince and the Pauper

Apr 1937

Five Star Final poster
Movie

Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.

Five Star Final

Sep 1931

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse poster
Movie

A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and proceeds to wrest leadership of the gang away from its extremely resentful leader.

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

Jul 1938

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