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Journal of a Crime (1934) WikiData IMDb TMDB

Journal of a Crime

director: William Keighley actor: Ruth Chatterton / Adolphe Menjou …

A woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime.

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The Key (1934) IMDb TMDB

The Key

director: Michael Curtiz actor: William Powell / Edna Best …

A British officer stationed in Ireland falls for the wife of an intelligence man.

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The Florentine Dagger (1935) WikiData IMDb TMDB

The Florentine Dagger

director: Robert Florey actor: Donald Woods / Margaret Lindsay …

A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.

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The Reckless Moment (1949) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB +2

The Reckless Moment

director: Max Ophüls actor: James Mason / Joanie …

other title: Sgomento / Schweigegeld für Liebesbriefe …

After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.

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Lady Killer (1933) WikiData IMDb TMDB

Lady Killer

director: Roy Del Ruth actor: James Cagney / Mae Clarke …

other title: Der Frauenheld / Le Tombeur …

An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Hollywood movie star.

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Invisible Stripes (1939) WikiData IMDb TMDB

Invisible Stripes

director: Lloyd Bacon actor: George Raft / Jane Bryan …

other title: Strisce invisibili / 12 Monate Bewährungsfrist …

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

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The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) WikiData IMDb TMDB

The Story of Louis Pasteur

director: William Dieterle actor: Paul Muni / Josephine Hutchinson …

other title: La vita del dottor Pasteur / Louis Pasteur …

A true story about Louis Pasteur, who revolutionized medicine by proving that much disease is caused by microbes, that sanitation is paramount and that at least some diseases can be cured by vaccinations.

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Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) WikiData IMDb TMDB

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

director: Anatole Litvak actor: Edward G. Robinson / Francis Lederer …

other title: Confessioni di una spia nazista / Ich war ein Spion der Nazis …

FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.

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Dodge City (1939) WikiData IMDb TMDB

Dodge City

director: Michael Curtiz actor: Errol Flynn / Olivia de Havilland …

other title: Gli avventurieri / Vida Nova …

In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line.

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Strange Bargain (1949) WikiData IMDb TMDB

Strange Bargain

director: Will Price actor: Martha Scott / Jeffrey Lynn …

other title: Extraño asunto

Bookkeeper Sam Wilson learns from his boss, Malcolm Jarvis, that he is losing his job because the company is closing down. Jarvis then makes a strange proposition, saying he intends to commit suicide but wants Sam to make it look like a murder, in order for his wife and son to inherit Jarvis's life insurance. Sam declines, but when he goes to see Jarvis and finds his dead body, he reluctantly goes along with the scheme.