List of the best Skelton Knaggs movies: Ghost Ship(1943), Isle of the Dead(1945), Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome(1947), Blackbeard, the Pirate(1952), Terror by Night(1946), A Scandal in Paris(1946), Dick Tracy vs. Cueball(1946), Moonfleet(1955) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
1943
69 Minutes
Finn (uncredited)
Richard Dix Russell Wade Edith Barrett Ben Bard Edmund Glover Skelton Knaggs Tom Burton Steve Winston Robert Bice Lawrence Tierney Dewey Robinson
sea captain seaman girlfriend deck hand captain suspenseful chilling somber ship murder dark secrets sailors sea wretched excess underdog rescue sacrifice 1940s
No one believes a third mate (Russell Wade) complaining of sadistic treatment by a psychotic captain (Richard Dix).
Horror
USA
1945
72 Minutes
Andrew Robbins
Boris Karloff Ellen Drew Marc Cramer Katherine Emery Helene Thimig Alan Napier Jason Robards Sr. Skelton Knaggs Sherry Hall Ernest Dorian Erick Hanson
general reporter peasant nurse eerie emotional tense island hotel woods house plagues war love paranoia supernatural metamorphosis mystery 1910s
On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague. If that isn't enough worry, one of the people, a superstitious old peasant woman, suspects ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
65 Minutes
X-Ray
Boris Karloff Ralph Byrd Anne Gwynne Edward Ashley June Clayworth Lyle Latell Tony Barrett Skelton Knaggs Jim Nolan Joseph Crehan Milton Parsons
detective bank robber doctor dick tracy escaped convict witness thrilling melodramatic bank doctor's office car hospital factory bank heist investigation missing persons crime race against time double-cross mystery
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain who robs banks using a nerve gas.
Adventure
USA
1952
99 Minutes
Gilly
Robert Newton Linda Darnell William Bendix Keith Andes Torin Thatcher Irene Ryan Alan Mowbray Richard Egan Skelton Knaggs Richard Wessel Anthony Caruso
pirate surgeon first mate blackbeard damsel in distress hostage thrilling spirited atlantic ocean pirate ship island heroism pirates seafaring bravery secret identity pursuit rivalry rescue 1710s
Honest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
60 Minutes
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Alan Mowbray Dennis Hoey Renee Godfrey Mary Forbes Billy Bevan Frederick Worlock Leland Hodgson Geoffrey Steele Boyd Davis
sherlock holmes doctor watson major son lady villain suspenseful crafty london train station train compartment car jewelry theft murder false accusations impersonation mother/son relationship investigation mystery
When the fabled Star of Rhodesia diamond is stolen on a London to Edinburgh train and the son of its owner is murdered, Sherlock Holmes must discover which of his suspicious fellow passengers is responsible.
Drama
USA
1946
100 Minutes
George Sanders Signe Hasso Carole Landis Akim Tamiroff Gene Lockhart Jo Ann Marlowe Alma Kruger Alan Napier Vladimir Sokoloff Pedro de Cordoba Leona Maricle
petty criminal friend marquis police officer sweetheart cheeky gripping melodramatic france paris marseilles, france jail bank crime theft blackmail impersonation nobility abandonment quest
Born in a French prison in 1775, François Eugène Vidocq becomes a professional thief and is later appointed chief of Parisian police.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
62 Minutes
Morgan Conway Anne Jeffreys Richard Wessel Lyle Latell Paula Corday Ian Keith Douglas Walton Esther Howard Joseph Crehan Byron Foulger Jimmy Crane
dick tracy villain criminal love interest detective suspenseful campy amusing city street apartment showdown crime investigation murder rivalry revenge pursuit 1940s
Expensive diamonds are stolen but before the thief can fence them he is strangled by ex-con Cueball, who then takes the gems and continues murdering people he believes are trying to swindle... See full summary »
Action
1955
89 Minutes
Stewart Granger George Sanders Joan Greenwood Viveca Lindfors Jon Whiteley Liliane Montevecchi Melville Cooper Sean McClory Alan Napier John Hoyt Donna Corcoran
buccaneer smuggler orphan nobleman pirate rousing england port village graveyard boat treasure hunting unlikely allies inheritance bootlegging secret identity father figure adventure growing up rivalry
In the 18th century, British youngster John Mohune is shipped off to live with Jeremy Fox, a gentleman who moonlights as a bootlegger, after his mother's death.