When a low-profit gold mine starts suddenly making money, the owner gets suspicious and calls Charlie Chan (Ronald Winters) to investigate. Chan finds some shady business and even murder…
Something secret is going on. You may or may not be in on it. The main narrative sure isn't. Spoooooky.
Dressed to Kill - 1946
A criminal in Dartmoor prison has deviously planted currency printing plates that belong to the Bank of England inside three music boxes, putting the innocent owners of the music boxes at extreme risk. Eventually the owners of the music boxes containing the stolen plates begin to get murdered off, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson step […]
Danger on the Air - 1938
When a soda magnate, Caesar Kluck, is found murdered at a radio station, it’s mostly Benjamin Franklin Butts’s (surely a joke name) job to sort through the plethora of suspects that had great reason to hate and kill Caesar.
Fog Island - 1945
George Zucco, one of my favorite B-Movie actors, plays a main role in yet another “lots-of-strangers-in-a-creepy-house-that-can’t-leave-are-getting-murdered-one-by-one” type of movie and this one is yet again pretty good! In this one, Leo, who lives on an island with his daughter, invite a group of unsuspecting people who are responsible for his late wife’s death up for […]
The Limping Man - 1953
An American, Frank Pryor, comes to visit London after Word War II to look up an old sweetheart of his that lives there. While coming off the flight, a man he’s standing next is slain by a rifle in the hands of an unknown assassin with a limp. Later, while with his old lover Pauline French, […]
Behind Green Lights - 1946
When the victim of a murder is dropped off in front of a police station, it’s Police lieutenant Sam Carson’s job to solve the case.
Kennel Murder Case - 1933
Archer Coe, a hated collector of artifacts and antiques, is found dead in his bedroom. His bedroom is locked from all entries and the Police conclude it’s suicide (they always do in movies that start like this), but of course one Philo Vance thinks otherwise. When the body is checked, the coroner bolsters the idea […]
Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour - 1931
Ronald Adair, a successful gambling cheat and bureaucrat, is called to a meeting with The Sleeping Cardinal, a picture Professor Moriarty uses to disguise his identity. At the meeting Ronald is told he will be exposed and disgraced if he doesn’t take up with a crew of criminals doing a counterfeit money scam. Ronald is blackmailed […]
And Then There Were None - 1945
Another Whodunit mystery where 10 people are invited for a weekend stay on an island by Mr U. N. Own, although when they arrive he doesn’t seem to be there. After dinner a record is played that reveals everyone among them is a killer in some way or another. Afterwards, 1 by 1, each member of […]