Counter-Espionage (1942)

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Columbia Pictures’ Lone Wolf series, starring Warren Williams as Michael Lanyard, is one of my favorite “B” film-reeks. Williams played the debonair jewel thief, who somehow always ends up helping the police solve a series of crimes. Counter-Espionage (1942) begins with Lanyard stealing top secret plans from Sir Stafford Hart’s safe. Scotland Yard’s Inspector Stephens rushes to the scene

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Lum en Abner Kom na Film

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Van 1931 te 1954, Lum en Abner besig om 'n plek onder die gewildste programme gedurende die Ou Tyd Radio era. Chester Lauck en Norris Goff het die Universiteit van Arkansas saam. Lauck en Goff later hul show Lum en Abner ontwikkel wat gebaseer is op die lewe in Arkansas. Die show geslaan 'n koord met baie luisteraars. My wife’s grandmother once told

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House of Frankenstein (1944)

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Op Desember 1, 1944, Universal Pictures released the latest horror film in the Frankenstein series, House of Frankenstein, with an all-star cast. Boris Karloff, who originally played Frankenstein’s monster, returns to the series as the mad scientist Dr. Niemann. An earthquake releases him and his hunchbacked assistant Daniel from prison. Dr. Niemann beoog om wraak te neem op die mans wat

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One Body Too Many (1944)

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On Thanksgiving Weekend 1944, Paramount Pictures released One Body Too Many, a comedy-mystery film starring Jack Haley. Haley famously played the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (1939). The film also starred Jean Parker, Lyle Talbot, Douglas Fowley and Bela Lugosi in supporting roles. One Body Too Many begin met die miljoenêr Cyrus J. Rutherford se erfgename het bymekaargekom om die te hoor

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Passport to Suez (1943)

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Augustus 19, 1943, Columbia Pictures released Passport to Suez (1943). Warren William plays Michael Lanyard, the Lone Wolf, for the final time in this film. The film opens in Alexandria, Egypt, where Lanyard has just arrived. Lanyard meets up with his old friend Johnny Booth, a successful cafe’ owner. Egter, Lanyard’s real purpose is a mission for British Intelligence.

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The Woman in Green (1945)

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The Woman in Green (1945) is the ninth of twelve Sherlock Holmes produced by Universal Pictures. Basil Rathbone keer terug as Holmes in die elfde van veertien beurte as die Engelse speurder. The film is one of the few “B” series films, which could have been an “'N” film. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women. Nadat hulle

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Mnr. Moto’s Gamble (1938)

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Peter Lorre reprises his role as Mr. Kentaro Moto, Interpol Agent, in Mr. Moto’s Gamble (1938). James Tinling directed this film and Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1937). Tinling’s participation caused Lorre to portray Mr. Moto more like Inspector Chan with a little jujitsu thrown in. In hierdie film, Mnr. Moto gee 'n kriminele ondersoekklas aan verskeie ontluikende ondersoekers, insluitend

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