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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) is the final entry in “B” film series. RKO Pictures took the series over from Republic Pictures, who released the original Dick Tracy serials in the late 1930s and early 1940s. RKO Pictures released the film to theaters on September 26, 1947. RKO brought Boris Karloff in to play Gruesome, one of Dick Tracy’s arch
Når Twentieth Century-Fox besluttet at droppe Charlie Chan serien efter Castle in the Desert (1942), Sidney Toler købte rettighederne til serien og tog det til Monogram Pictures. Efter at 11 film med Twentieth Century-Fox, Toler ville gøre 11 Charlie Chan film med Monogram Pictures. Shadows Over Chinatown (1946) was the ninth film that Toler made for Monogram
Monogram Pictures released Behind the Mask (1946), the second of three films based on the popular Shadow radio program, on May 25, 1946. “B” Film leading actor Kane Richmond returns as Lamont Cranston, the alter ego of the mysterious Shadow. The film begins by following the activities a blackmailing newspaper reporter Jeff Mann, played by James Cardwell. Efter at have truet flere
Warner Baxter returns for a fourth time as Dr. Robert Ordway in The Crime Doctor’s Courage (1945). The newly married third wife of Gordon Carson asks Dr. Ordway to look into his first two wives’ mysterious deaths. Authorities declared both cases to be accidents. Kathleen Carson, played by Hillary Brooke, has begun to doubt the official verdict. Dr. Ordway arrives
The Scarlet Clue (1945) er den femte af elleve Charlie Chan-film Monogram Pictures produceret efter Twentieth-Century Fox aflyste serien i 1942. Sidney Toler lavet elleve film for Twentieth-Century Fox, før du flytter serien til Monogram. Efter at Toler døde i 1947, Roland Winters took over the role for seven more films. I denne film, Inspektør Charlie Chan opdager en
Charlie Chan i Paris (1935) is another entry in the series starring Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. Charlie er tilbage fra hans London undersøgelse, når han stopper i Paris for en ferie. Faktisk, the vacation is a cover for his investigation of forged bonds from the Lamartine Bank. Charlie installed an undercover agent named Nardi but the gang kills Nardi
Sherlock Holmes og det hemmelige våben (1942) is the second of the Universal film versions of the stories and the fourth movie starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. Lionell Atwill gør en udseende som Dr. Moriart This movie is set during the early years of World War II, når Holmes sniger en videnskabsmand fra
RKO Pictures bragte Dick Tracy tegneserie karakter til det store lærred på December 1, 1945. Mens filmen er absolut en “B” film betød at være først på den dobbelte regning, det ville stadig have været af interesse for de mange fans af den populære tegneserie. Chester Gould skabte striben i oktober 1931 for the Detroit
William Powell’s fifth turn as S.S. Van Dine’s detective Philo Vance may have been his best. The Kennel Murder Case (1933) finds Philo Vance trying to solve the murder of Archer Coe. Coe had many enemies but the greatest mystery for Vance is how Coe was murdered in a locked room. Vance deltog i en hundeudstilling med Coe og hans
Charlie Chan i Panama (1940) stjerner Sidney Toler som Inspector Charlie Chan. I denne film, Inspector Chan er på sporet af spion Riner. Riner til hensigt at foretage en handling af sabotage, da den amerikanske flåde passerer gennem kanalen. Inspector Chan oplever en usædvanlig situation, when he is arrested for the death of an American agent in