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Directed by Ray Taylor,
Ford BeebeOrigin USAGenres Action,
Adventure,
SpyThemes Spy films,
Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Political films,
United States Armed Forces in filmsActors Anne Nagel,
John Litel,
Walter Sande,
John Holland,
Samuel S. Hinds,
Ethan Allen LaidlawRating64%
Commander Don Winslow is returned to the Office of Naval Intelligence from his command of his cruiser to investigate strange events on the Pacific island of Tangita, noticeably a ship being torpedoed. He discovers that there is a ring of saboteurs and enemy agents who are trying to destroy ships carrying supplies to the troops stationed in the islands and sabotage the war effort. Though the US Navy is preparing to build a naval base on Tangita, an unknown foreign power secretly has a subterranean submarine base beneath the island with the goal of preventing the American base from being completed' , 1h47
Directed by Vincent ShermanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Action,
CrimeThemes Spy films,
Political films,
Gangster filmsActors Humphrey Bogart,
Conrad Veidt,
Kaaren Verne,
Jane Darwell,
Peter Lorre,
Frank McHughRating70%
An elderly baker named Miller (Ludwig Stossel) is murdered by a sinister stranger (Peter Lorre). A trail leads on to a nightclub singer, Leda Hamilton (Kaaren Verne) who reveals that she and Miller have been in thrall to an organization of Nazi fifth columnists led by Ebbing (Conrad Veidt). She is helped by a well-meaning sports promoter, Alfred "Gloves" Donahue (Humphrey Bogart), who himself is suspected of murdering a nightclub owner (Edward Brophy), and has to track down those responsible to prove his innocence., 1h51
Directed by Howard Hawks,
Arthur Rosson,
John SherwoodOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Crime,
RomanceActors Gary Cooper,
Barbara Stanwyck,
Oskar Homolka,
Henry Travers,
S.Z. Sakall,
Richard HaydnRating76%
A group of (mainly bachelor) professors have lived together for some years in a New York City residence, compiling an encyclopedia of all human knowledge. The youngest, Professor Bertram Potts (Gary Cooper), is a grammarian who is researching modern American slang. The professors are accustomed to working in relative seclusion at a leisurely pace with a prim housekeeper named Miss Bragg (Kathleen Howard) keeping watch over them. Their impatient financial backer Miss Totten (Mary Field) suddenly demands that they finish their work soon.Directed by Jules WhiteOrigin USAGenres ComedyThemes Buddy filmsActors Moe Howard,
Larry Fine,
Curly Howard,
Vernon Dent,
John Tyrrell,
Dorothy ApplebyRating75%
The Stooges are thrown out of their apartment (literally) and the Landlord will not allow them to get their belongings until they pay 8 months of back rent. Desperate to make money Moe reads an article in the newspaper about a man who slipped on a bar of soap in a hotel lobby and successfully sued the hotel. The Stooges find a bar of soap in the street and arrived at a hotel in an attempt to stage an accidental slip and sue. Before carrying out their plan the Stooges find out the hotel is run by an old lady who is about to lose the hotel to the landlord as she owes him money and can't attract new customers because the hotel is run down and she can't afford the repairs. The trio then decide to help her fix up the place and start by beating up the landlord and stealing his watch and the small amount of money the lady just paid him. , 1h14
Directed by Herbert I. LeedsOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Noir,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Children's filmsActors Lloyd Nolan,
Mary Beth Hughes,
George Reeves,
Helene Whitney,
Steven Geray,
Henry VictorRating64%
Le détective privé Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) annonce à sa petite amie Merle Garland (Mary Beth Hughes) qu'il quitte son métier pour un travail à l'usine, moins dangereux pour lui. En réalité, il s'agit d'une couverture pour une nouvelle enquête. Lors de son premier jour à l'usine, des diamants sont dérobés et Shayne doit suivre leurs traces sur un bateau de croisière qui le mêne vers le Panama à la poursuite d'espions allemands ...