A jewel thief (Boris Karloff) and his gang hide out at an Inn on the Yorkshire Moors after stealing a ruby from the eye of an idol but the worshippers of the idol want it back and so does somebody (or something) else!
Videos released sometime between 1940 - 1949
Man With Two Lives - 1942
Phillip Bennett and Louise Hammond, engaged to be married, are returning from her home after the engagement party, and Phillip is apparently killed in an automobile accident. Dr. Clarke is called and asked to bring Phillip back to life as he has been able to do so on animals. Panino, a vicious criminal, is to be electrocuted that same night at midnight. Dr. Clarke performs his operation a few minutes before this, and as Panino dies his soul enters Phillip's body, and he lives. Phillip is brought home but seems to have amnesia, as he does not recognize any one. He goes instinctively for Panino's haunts, and gradually assumes leadership of the gang and its business. Hobart Bennet, Phillip's father, becomes worried because of his newly-developed attitude and continued absence from home. A crime wave and gang-war breaks out in the city, with many killings. Mr. Bennett and Dr. Clarke go to the gang's hideout, and both are recognized by other gangsters. They question the men regarding Phillip's connection with the gangsters, and tell them that Phillip is Bennett's son. Phillip/Panino learns of this and murders the members of the gang who have found out his identity, but doesn't know that a brother of one of the slain men also knows the secret. The brother tips the police about a robbery Phillip has planned but he escapes the trap and returns home. He kills a detective that has followed him, but is in turn killed by Dr. Clarke.
- From IMDB
Voodoo Man - 1944
Dr. Richard Marlowe uses a combination of voodoo rite and hypnotic suggestion, attempting to revive his beautiful, but long-dead, wife, by transferring the life essences of several hapless young girls he has kidnapped and imprisoned in the dungeon beneath his mansion. Yet another example of the “Mad Man Controlling Others To Do His Will” genre.
X Marks the Spot - 1942
It’s 1942, rubber is a valuable commodity during WW2. Eddie Delaney is a second lieutenant in the army, but also a private detective. Eddy swings into action, when his father, police-sergeant Timothy J. Delaney, is gunned down by rubber racketeers. With the help of his brave friend and radio disc jockey Linda Ward and police-lieutenant […]
Invisible Ghost - 1941
After being deserted by his wife, a man slowly goes more insane, all they way up to straight homicidal.
Phantom Of 42nd Street - 1945
After the murder of a Broadway actor, a critic and a police officer team up to solve the mystery of did it. Suspicions arise about the actors old girlfriend, but after more deaths even her life is threatened by the phantom killer.
Suspense 01×00 Goodbye, New York - 1949
Ray Gardner is deep in debt and can’t find work due to his ruthless ex-boss. Desperate and angry, he kills his boss and steals some money. His loyal wife Mary stands by him and the two make plans to flee New York. They spend a day filled with paranoia before leaving on the train without […]
Private Snuffy Smith - 1942
Snuffy Smith, moonshining hillbilly, grows tired of dodging revenue agents, headed by Cooper, and decides to take the army up on their offer of free clothes, food and $21.00 a month. Once enlisted, he finds that revenue agent Cooper is his sergeant. Don, a hillbilly soldier friend of Snuffy, has invented a range finder, but […]
The Monster Maker - 1944
A mad scientist injects his enemies with an acromegaly virus, causing them to become hideously deformed.