The Lone Wolf and His Lady

Palmetto

February 1998 •English

After spending two years in prison, framed for accepting a bribe, former newspaper reporter Harry Barber is released, bitter and disillusioned. Feeling like he were owed something for his loss of time, he proceeds to get himself involved in a simple kidnapping plot which turns out to be more complex than he imagined.

Youth on Parole

October 1937 •English

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.

Straight Time

March 1978 •English

After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.

Exclusive

August 1937 •English

When Mountain City racketeer Charles Gillette is acquitted, he arrives at the Mountain City World newsroom and vows revenge on the Better Government Committee who put him behind bars. Members of the committee include Colonel Bogardus, owner of the World , Horace Mitchell, a candidate for mayor, and Mr. Franklin, a department store owner. First Gillette buys a rival newspaper, the Sentinel , and offers a pricey editorship to World newsman Ralph Houston, who refuses the offer on principle. That evening, Ralph and his partner, Tod Swain, are greeted at home by a creditor, and Vina Swain, Ralph's fiancée, is furious to find out he turned down Gillette's offer. When she learns Ralph went into debt to put her through college, she warns Gillette of a police raid and pays back Ralph's debt with Gillette's renumeration. When Ralph orders Vina not to work for Gillette, she breaks their engagement.

Messenger of Death

September 1988 •English

Wifes and children of the Mormon Orville Beecham become victims of a massacre in his own house. The police believes the crime had a religious motive. Orville doesn't give any comment on the case, is taken into protective custody. Journalist Smith persuades him to help him in the investigation - and finds out about economic motives for the murder.

Crime Takes a Holiday

October 1938 •English

A district attorney uses psychology to expose a criminal gang by publicizing the prosecution of an innocent man.

Call Northside 777

February 1948 •English

In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal to look into the case. For some time, O'Neal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.

Lady Killer

December 1933 •English

An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Hollywood movie star.

Jewel Robbery

July 1932 •English

A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jeweller's shop.

City of Chance

January 1940 •English

Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.

Lo scoiattolo

October 1979 •Italian

Apology for Murder

September 1945 •English

Head over heels in love with a stern and cold older businessman's young wife, a reporter is seduced into conspiring to murder him so she can inherit his estate, while pinning the murder on another businessman.

The Phantom Speaks

April 1945 •English

The spirit of an executed murderer enters the body of a physician, and forces him to do its bidding--namely, murder.

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

August 1939 •English

Charlie Chan's investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a world of magick and mysticism peopled with a stage magician, a phoney spiritualist, and a for-real mind reader.

Behind the Headlines

July 1956 •English

Newspaper reporters compete with London police to solve a murder.

Time to Remember

July 1962 •English

A gang of jewel thieves rob a house which has just become empty following the recent death of it's rich lady owner. The robbery is not a complete success and one of the gang hides the jewels in the house as he's about to be captured. Later the house is put up for sale and events lead the estate agent to conclude that the jewels may still be there.

Francis Covers the Big Town

June 1953 •English

A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial.

Company of Killers

August 1970 •English

A gunman working for a crime ring is hunted by both the police and his employers after a cop is murdered.

Love Is a Racket

June 1932 •English

A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue who's beholden to a penthouse gangster.

Tall, Dark and Handsome

January 1941 •English

Robin Hoodish gangster in 1929 Chicago is an object of affection, kind to New York hood and bad to a bad crook.