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Beauty for Sale (1933) WikiData IMDb TMDB

Beauty for Sale

director: Richard Boleslawski actor: Madge Evans / Alice Brady …

other title: Herz zu verschenken

A beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy businessmen. Her contact with these men leads to a series of affairs.

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Career Woman (1936) WikiData IMDb TMDB

Career Woman

director: Lewis Seiler actor: Claire Trevor / Michael Whalen …

A young woman graduates from a New York City law school, returns to her small hometown, and finds her first case is defending a childhood friend accused of murder.

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36 Hours to Kill (1936) WikiData IMDb TMDB

36 Hours to Kill

director: Eugene Forde actor: Brian Donlevy / Gloria Stuart …

other title: Across the Aisle / 36 Heures à tuer

Duke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding out under assumed names. Duke realizes that he has a winning sweepstake ticket and will win $150,000 if he can cash it in without getting apprehended.

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Evelyn Prentice (1934) IMDb TMDB

Evelyn Prentice

director: William K. Howard actor: William Powell / Myrna Loy …

other title: L'amante sconosciuta / Ich kämpfe für dich …

A criminal lawyer's wife is blackmailed when she is falsely accused of infidelity.

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The Casino Murder Case (1935) WikiData IMDb TMDB

The Casino Murder Case

director: Edwin L. Marin actor: Paul Lukas / Alison Skipworth …

other title: Dalle 7 alle 8 / El crimen del casino …

After socialite Lynn Llewellyn receives an anonymous threat, he is poisoned at his uncle's casino, and although he recovers, his wife is murdered by the same killer.

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The Falcon and the Co-Eds (1943) IMDb TMDB

The Falcon and the Co-Eds

director: William Clemens actor: Tom Conway / Jean Brooks …

other title: El Halcón y las Internas

The Falcon is called to a young woman's school to investigate a murder. When he arrives, another victim is discovered.

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Bombshell (1933) WikiData IMDb TMDB

Bombshell

director: Victor Fleming actor: Jean Harlow / Lee Tracy …

other title: Argento vivo / Sexbombe …

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.

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Manhattan Melodrama (1934) WikiData IMDb TMDB

Manhattan Melodrama

director: W.S. Van Dyke actor: Clark Gable / William Powell …

other title: Le due strade / Mord in Manhattan …

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

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Born to Kill (1947) WikiData IMDb TMDB

Born to Kill

director: Robert Wise actor: Claire Trevor / Lawrence Tierney …

other title: Perfido inganno / Nascido Para Matar …

A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with a hotheaded murderer.

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Big Brown Eyes (1936) WikiData IMDb TMDB

Big Brown Eyes

director: Raoul Walsh actor: Cary Grant / Joan Bennett …

other title: Grandi occhi scuri / Große braune Augen …

Sassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police detective boyfriend Danny Barr break a jewel theft ring and solve the murder of a baby.