List of the best Phil Rosen movies: The Scarlet Clue(1945), The Jade Mask(1945), Youth on Parole(1937), Arizona Terror(1931), Step by Step(1946), It Could Happen to You(1937), The Chinese Cat(1944), The Young Rajah(1922), It Couldn't Have Happened(1936), Jim Hanvey, Detective(1937), Branded Men(1931), Murder by Invitation(1941) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
65 Minutes
Director
Sidney Toler Benson Fong Mantan Moreland Helen Devereaux Robert Homans Virginia Brissac I. Stanford Jolley Reid Kilpatrick Jack Norton Charles Sherlock Janet Shaw
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Charlie discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investigating several murders.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
69 Minutes
Director
Sidney Toler Mantan Moreland Edwin Luke Hardie Albright Frank Reicher Janet Warren Cyril Delevanti Alan Bridge
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Eccentric scientist Harper lives in a spooky mansion with all the trimmings: hidden lab, secret panels, inscrutable butler, and greedy relatives with unusual talents. When Harper seems to ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Director
Marian Marsh Gordon Oliver Margaret Dumont Peggy Shannon Miles Mander Sarah Padden Wade Boteler Mary Kornman Joe Caits Milburn Stone Harry Tyler
Two strangers, a man and a woman, are framed for a jewel robbery and thrown in jail. After they get out, they join forces to track down the real thieves.
Western
USA
1931
65 Minutes
Director
Captain Porter's scheme is to buy livestock and then have his men show up later to kill the buyer and retrieve the money. When his men kill the next victim, he frames the Arizonian for the ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
62 Minutes
Director
Lawrence Tierney Anne Jeffreys Lowell Gilmore George Cleveland Jason Robards Sr. Myrna Dell Harry Harvey Addison Richards Ray Walker John Hamilton James Flavin
Johnny, an ex-Marine, and Evelyn, a chance acquaintance, find themselves caught up in a plot involving Nazi spies in California.
Drama
USA
1937
71 Minutes
Director
Alan Baxter Andrea Leeds Owen Davis Jr. Astrid Allwyn Walter Kingsford Al Shean
(1937, Republic) Alan Baxter, Andrea Leads, Owen Davis, Astrid Allwyn. Captivating story of two brothers, one good, one bad. The good one becomes a lawyer while the bad one resorts to crime and ultimately...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
65 Minutes
Director
Sidney Toler Benson Fong Joan Woodbury Mantan Moreland Weldon Heyburn Ian Keith Sam Flint Cyrus W. Kendall Anthony Warde John Davidson Betty Blythe
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The Cisco Kid and Pancho hold up a stagecoach and kidnap Ellen Roth. They take the girl, who is wanted on a murder charge, to the mission where Padre Angelo will look after her. She tells ... See full summary »
Drama, Romance
USA
1922
60 Minutes
Director
Rudolph Valentino Wanda Hawley Terrence Moore Charles Ogle Fanny Midgley Robert Ober Jack Giddings Edward Jobson Bertram Grassby J. Farrell MacDonald George Periolat
A young man raised in the American South discovers he is an Indian prince whose throne was taken by usurpers.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
70 Minutes
Director
When a play's two producers are murdered, the playwright tries to solve the crime.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
71 Minutes
Director
Guy Kibbee Tom Brown Lucie Kaye Catherine Doucet Edward Brophy Ed Gargan Helen Jerome Eddy Theodore von Eltz Kenneth Thomson Howard C. Hickman Oscar Apfel
Jim Hanvey is a genial but top-notch detective who has retired to his country home. An insurance company hires him to find a missing emerald so they won't have to pay out the $100,000 for ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1931
70 Minutes
Director
Ken Maynard June Clyde Charles King Irving Bacon Donald Keith Jack Rockwell
When Rod, Ramrod, and Half-A-Rod ride into Steep Gulch, they immediately become Sheriffs. The previous Sheriffs have been killed by Mace and his gang who don't wait long before they make an attempt on the new trio.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
67 Minutes
Director
Wallace Ford Marian Marsh Sarah Padden George Guhl Wallis Clark Gavin Gordon Minerva Urecal Herb Vigran Hazel Keener
The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane so they can divide up her money. To show them that she harbors no ill feelings, she invites them to her ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1932
60 Minutes
Director
Nick is a modern day Robin Hood. But he has to split with his gang and the crooked Sheriff. When the Sheriff kills the Countess he arrests Nick. When they put the rope around his neck Nick ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1934
84 Minutes
Director
Ralph Morgan Erin O'Brien-Moore Junior Durkin Cora Sue Collins Phyllis Fraser Frankie Darro David Durand Dickie Moore
The former Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for homeless boys. One of the boys, Nat, invites Dan, a street kid, to come to the school, where the boys ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1934
70 Minutes
Director
Lionel Atwill Betty Furness Henry B. Walthall Jameson Thomas James Bush Astrid Allwyn George "Gabby" Hayes Stephen Gross Sam Godfrey
John Dawson loses control of his factory when he is crippled in an accident caused by a rival. Destitute, he travels the country organizing the homeless to help him regain control of his ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1934
66 Minutes
Director
Dorothy Mackaill Regis Toomey Dorothy Libaire Alan Hale Fred Malatesta Mary Kornman Esther Muir Gladys Ahern Mae Busch
Four "Picture Brides", from New Orleans, arrive in the Brazilian jungle on a riverboat, brought there to marry workers at Lottagrasso, a remote mining site of the Standard Diamond ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1940
74 Minutes
Director
Charles Bickford Irene Rich June Carlson Dave O'Brien George Cleveland Guy Usher Melvin Lang Tristram Coffin
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Sadie owns a riverboat that gold-miners are using to travel to their claims, while gambling and drinking on the way. The Yukon Mining Company sends Thorne to take over Sadie's boat and then... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1934
68 Minutes
Director
Fay Wray Ralph Bellamy Melvyn Douglas Roscoe Ates Reed Brown Jr. Ruth Gillette Nell O'Day Granville Bates Frank Otto Cliff Dunstan
A paroled prisoner hits a man attacking a woman. He runs away scared that he may have killed him - he did not. From a book "Woman in the Dark" by Dashiell Hammett.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
72 Minutes
Director
Ricardo Cortez Joan Woodbury Iris Adrian George Pembroke Herbert Rawlinson Pat Gleason Ralf Harolde Jack Mulhall Vince Barnett Gavin Gordon John Hamilton
Just prior to his execution, a condemned murderer decides to tell the authorities who hired him to commit the murder. However, he's killed by a poison dart in front of a roomful of ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
63 Minutes
Director
Edmund Lowe Jean Rogers Don Douglas Frank Reicher Marjorie Hoshelle Robert Emmett Keane Jonathan Hale Frank Mayo Fred Kelsey Jack Norton
Famed magician Mr. Gregory is visited back stage one night by an amateur magician and his wife. Immediately smitten with Ellen Randall, Gregory plots to win her over. His plot involves ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1941
71 Minutes
Director
Wallace Ford Jean Parker Jed Prouty Suzanne Kaaren Robert Frazer John Holland Paul Fix Eddie Foster Matty Fain Betty Compson Dorothy Lee
While on their honeymoon, a reporter and his new bride stumble upon a ring of fifth columnists.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1941
62 Minutes
Director
Bela Lugosi Leo Gorcey Bobby Jordan Huntz Hall Sammy Morrison Dave O'Brien Dorothy Short David Gorcey Denny Meadows Guy Wilkerson Angelo Rossitto
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The boys are sent to a mountain camp. Stranded in a small rural town, they hear about a "monster killer" roaming the countryside. At night, they sneak out. Peewee is shot by a grave-digger,... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1929
64 Minutes
Director
Jack Curtis Ricardo Cortez Thomas Curran Grace Valentine Henry B. Walthall John Elliott
A man is blamed for a murder that was actually committed by his wife.
Horror
USA
1944
60 Minutes
Director
A scientist seeks to transplant a brain into the body of a thawed caveman in order to get it to do his bidding.
Adventure
USA
1944
60 Minutes
Director
Ann Corio James Bush John Davidson Claudia Dell Eddy Chandler Muni Seroff I. Stanford Jolley J. Alex Havier Philip Van Zandt Harry Burns
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Tana, beautiful white girl resident of Ta'Pu, is determined to clear Harley, who is suspected of stealing the sacred jewels and of the murder of Dozan, thus preventing the natives from mass... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1943
59 Minutes
Director
An American officer discovers a Nazi plot to take over an island in the Pacific on which oil has been discovered.
Mystery & Thriller
1944
63 Minutes
Director
Sidney Toler Gwen Kenyon Mantan Moreland Arthur Loft Marianne Quon Lelah Tyler Benson Fong Gene Roth Eddy Chandler George J. Lewis Muni Seroff
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Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1936
65 Minutes
Director
Onslow Stevens Dorothy Tree Jack LaRue Mary Doran Walter Byron
Crime, Drama
1941
69 Minutes
Director
Joan Woodbury Jack LaRue Linda Ware John Archer Vince Barnett Alan Ladd Gavin Gordon William Halligan George Pembroke Selmer Jackson Kenneth Harlan
After serving a jail sentence for a crime she didn't commit, a young woman plans a racketeering scheme to get revenge.
Musical, Romance
1936
66 Minutes
Director
Marian Nixon Chick Chandler Matty Kemp Marie Prevost Warren Hymer Herman Bing George Meeker Virginia Howell
A chorus girl/model (Marian Nixon) seeks true love with the support of her friend, a pianist/bandleader (Chick Chandler).
Mystery & Thriller
1944
67 Minutes
Director
Sidney Toler Mantan Moreland Frances Chan Jacqueline de Wit Joseph Crehan Helen Beverley Geraldine Wall Ralph Peters Frank Jaquet Edward Earle Claudia Dell
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Legendary Hawaiian detective Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) is called in to investigate when a man is shot during a mock seance at his home.
Mystery & Thriller
1933
66 Minutes
Director
Chummy reporters (Sheila Terry, Theodore Newton) see deadly duplicity in a philanthropist (Lionel Atwill) who does not hear or speak.
Western
1931
60 Minutes
Director
Ken Maynard Marceline Day Richard Cramer Charles King Lew Meehan Jack Rockwell Bert Lindley Bob Reeves Jack Ward
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In the Old West, a wrongly convicted man (Ken Maynard) escapes from jail and searches for the killers of his shady sheriff brother.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
1942
67 Minutes
Director
Edward Norris Frederick Burton Addison Richards Edward Keane Eleanor Lawson Tom Seidel Elliott Sullivan Anthony Warde Ernie S. Adams Kenne Duncan
A man's (Edward Norris) behavior changes for the worse when a scientist injects him with the soul of a criminal.