The Lone Wolf and His Lady

Lo scoiattolo

October 1979 •Italian

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.

Grand Jury Secrets

June 1939 •English

A newspaper reporter gets involved with shady stock promoters when he listens in on a jury room session.

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.

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.

Behind the Headlines

July 1956 •English

Newspaper reporters compete with London police to solve a murder.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Messenger of Death

September 1988 •English

A Denver reporter investigates the mass murder of a family of Mormons in rural Colorado.

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.

Game of Power

Invalid date •English

Newspaper journalist Louis Ranaldi finds himself questioning the circumstances involving the sale of a popular neighborhood bar called Delaney's that was converted into an aerial nightclub.

You'd Be Surprised

September 1926 •English

A diamond is stolen at a houseboat party given by the district attorney. He gives the thief a chance to return it by putting an empty box on a table and turning out the lights. When the lights are turned back on the box is gone, and the district attorney has a knife in his back and is quite dead. The police and the coroner arrive. There are several attempts made on the life of the coroner. Ruth Whitman is found hiding in a grandfather-clock, holding the gem box. She claims the box was pushed into her hands and she was pushed into the clock. The district attorney's butler/valet tells the coroner he saw who killed his employer and a few minutes later he is also murdered. The mystery deepens.

Love Is a Racket

June 1932 •English

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

Killer at Large

May 1947 •English

Two newspaper reporters become involved with another killing while investigating a murder, which leads to the involvement of the girl reporter's father.

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.

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.