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Flight from Destiny (1941) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Flight from Destiny
director: Vincent Sherman actor: Geraldine Fitzgerald / Thomas Mitchell …
After his doctor informs him he will die in six months, Professor Henry Todhunter decides to spend his last days killing someone who contributes nothing but harm to society. When Henry learns that his friend Betty's husband, Michael, has been painting forgeries of ancient paintings for gallery owner Ketti Moret, he investigates the fraudulent dealer's life. Judging that Ketti is truly evil, Henry prepares to murder her.
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Powder Town (1942) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Powder Town
director: Rowland V. Lee actor: Victor McLaglen / Edmond O'Brien …
Director Rowland V. Lee's wacky 1942 comedy, about an absent-minded scientist working on a secret formula at an explosives plant, stars Edmond O'Brien, Victor McLaglen, Dorothy Lovett, June Havoc, Eddie Foy Jr., Marion Martin and Mary Gordon.
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When the Daltons Rode (1940) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
When the Daltons Rode
director: George Marshall actor: Randolph Scott / Kay Francis …
other title: La vendetta dei Dalton / Die Bande der Fünf …
Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?
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Pot o' Gold (1941) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Pot o' Gold
director: George Marshall actor: James Stewart / Paulette Goddard …
other title: Un sacco d'oro / L'or du ciel …
Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncle's worst enemy because of their love for music and in-house band who constantly practices. Soon, Jimmy finds himself trying to help the band by getting them gigs and trying to reconcile the family with his uncle.
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Highway 13 (1948) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Highway 13
director: William Berke actor: Robert Lowery / Pamela Blake …
Hank Wilson is a driver for a truck for a big transportation company which is in financial straits. He is in love with Doris Lacy, a waitress at the truck-stop where the company has its truck fleet serviced. Frequent accidents near the place leads the company to hire a private detective to investigate, and when the detective is murdered Hank is arrested as a suspect. The insurance company that covers the fleet has him released and he is sent back to work with instructions to investigate the accidents on his own. The trail leads to the uncle of Doris, and one of the part-owners of the company.
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The Matinee Idol (1928) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Matinee Idol
director: Frank Capra actor: Bessie Love / Johnnie Walker …
other title: Il teatro di Minnie / Bessie à Broadway …
The famous matinee idol and blackface comedian, Don Wilson, heads out of town to escape adulation. There, calling himself Harry Mann, he accidentally joins a traveling acting troupe, and falls in love with Ginger Bolivar, who runs the troupe and stars in their Civil War melodrama. Don's producer sees the play, and thinks it's a comic masterpiece, and just what Don's Broadway show needs. But when Ginger finds out she's been played for a fool, will she forgive Don? Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. in 1997.
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Sealed Lips (1942) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Sealed Lips
director: George Waggner actor: William Gargan / June Clyde …
There's something very odd about Romano, a notorious gangster serving time in the federal pen. For one thing, Romano doesn't sound much like himself. For another, he always seems to be hiding something. Detective Lee suspects that something's amiss, and he's probably right!
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The Hour Before the Dawn (1944) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Hour Before the Dawn
director: Frank Tuttle actor: Veronica Lake / Franchot Tone …
other title: Un'ora prima dell'alba / Une heure avant l'aube …
A beautiful Austrian refugee in England--who is also a Nazi agent--marries a scholarly English pacifist. He lives near a secret military base she needs to get information about so she can help in Hitler's planned invasion of England.
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The Pearl of Death (1944) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Pearl of Death
director: Roy William Neill actor: Basil Rathbone / Nigel Bruce …
other title: Sherlock Holmes e la perla della morte / Sherlock Holmes: Dødens perle …
The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its owner since the days of the Borgias, is brought to London, thanks in part to Sherlock Holmes. But before long the jewel is stolen, due to an error on Holmes' part, and shortly thereafter, a series of horrible murders begin, the murderer leaving his victims with their spines snapped and surrounded by a mass of smashed china.
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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
director: Roy William Neill actor: Basil Rathbone / Nigel Bruce …
other title: Sherlock Holmes di fronte alla morte / Sherlock Holmes ser døden i øjnene …
During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime from a long list of suspects including the owners of the home, the staff and the patients recovering there.
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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
director: John Rawlins actor: Basil Rathbone / Nigel Bruce …
other title: Sherlock Holmes e la voce del terrore / Sherlock Holmes og terrorstemmen …
England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before they take place. Baffled, the Defense Committee call in Sherlock Holmes.
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See My Lawyer (1945) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
See My Lawyer
director: Edward F. Cline actor: Ole Olsen / Chic Johnson …
other title: Voyez mon avocat
Ole and Chic are comedians employed in a nightclub, but seeking to be released from their contracts to take a better job. But the prissy nightclub owner, B. J. Wagonhorn, refuses to let them go. In reprisal, they start hurling insults at the nightclub patrons… a ploy that soon has them facing multiple lawsuits… to the delight of three struggling attorneys, Charlie Rodman, Bettty Wilson and Arthur Lane.