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Crime Classics (50 Movie Pack)
2007 50 film set from Mill Creek Entertainment
Acquired Jan 2015 for $18.98 from Amazon.com
Crime, Mystery, Drama
Crime Classics (50 Movie Pack)
2007 50 film set from Mill Creek Entertainment
Acquired Jan 2015 for $18.98 from Amazon.com
Crime, Mystery, Drama
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- DirectorVivian PietersStarsMaayke BoutenErik de VriesJohan Leysen18-year old Valerie and her mother Trudy live together in rural Oostdijk, a quiet little village near Amsterdam. When Trudy comes home one night, she gets run over by a car. She dies, and her autopsy reveals that she has never borne a child. Soon after, more strange facts turn up. While Poilice Inspector Mellema hunts down the car driver, Valerie searches for her biological parents--and searches lead to the same sad truth.(AKA Death in the Shadows)
- DirectorLeslie GoodwinsStarsFrankie DarroKane RichmondJune GaleA group of thugs tries to steal the cursed title gem from a jeweler who has been hired to cut it into small, saleable pieces.
- DirectorJohn RawlinsStarsRalph ByrdLyle LatellKay ChristopherDick Tracy investigates the theft of a fortune of fur coats, a possible insurance swindle and several murders, all linked to a huge thug who wears a hook in place of his right hand.
- DirectorAlbert H. KelleyStarsKane RichmondPauline MooreWynne GibsonWhen a cop is shot dead during a raid, and another is mistakenly shot for killing him, his fellow officer friend goes undercover on his own to bust up the criminal's operation.
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsLew AyresLionel BarrymoreLaraine DayYoung Dr. Kildare tries to help an unlucky brain surgeon and his seemingly insane patient.
- DirectorPhil RosenStarsDonald CookPeggy ShannonJack La RueIt opens in 1926 when three bank robbers, Theodore Kedrich, Jan Imarski, and Petra Lonelli, stage a daring daylight bank robbery and get away with a million dollars in cash. They are soon apprehended and sent to prison for ten years but the money is not recovered. Flash forward to 1936 when all three men have been released from prison and are about to be deported back to where they came from via the Deportation department at Ellis Island. They arrive by the ferry boat and already on hand to bid them adieu, and possibly learn where they stashed the missing money, is gang leader Dude and his three henchmen, Nails, Moxie and Bugs, and also Kendrich's niece Betty Parker there to bid old Uncle Ted a fond goodbye. Also on Ellis Island is a crook called Solo, who has an upper hand as he has stolen the credentials of a Treasury Agent named Peter James and has access to the prisoners, and has cut a deal with Kendrichs to get him off of Ellis Island.
- DirectorOtis GarrettStarsAnna StenAlan MarshalJerome CowanSpies will not stop at murder in their attempts to wrest a secret formula for a deadly poison away from American scientists.
- DirectorCharles R. RondeauStarsBrett HalseyJoyce MeadowsLowell BrownTwo drifters contend with love and murder in a small town.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsJames DunnFrances GiffordGeorge DouglasA skip tracer repossesses a small radio from a deadbeat who's skipped payments. What he doesn't know is that a gang has stashed stolen diamonds inside the radio, and they start hunting for him.
- DirectorDavid HowardStarsNeil HamiltonEvelyn VenableJimmy WallingtonA boxer is killed in the ring, and the only clue is a tune that a man was whistling.
- DirectorMax NosseckStarsLawrence TierneyAllene RobertsMarjorie RiordanParoled sociopath and career criminal Vincent Lubeck betrays his family's trust when he masterminds a complex armored car robbery.
- DirectorJames Wong HoweBen ParkerJohn SledgeStarsRichard DerrMark DanielsHelen WestcottLamont Cranston, aka The Shadow, investigates the murder of a New Orleans bandleader.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsConway TearleNatalie MoorheadMarceline DayA beautiful blonde makes a career of seducing, then blackmailing, wealthy married men. She is found murdered after demanding a $5000 payoff from her latest victim, and the detective investigating the case finds out that she was involved in a lot more than just blackmail.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsMary Beth HughesHugh BeaumontEdmund MacDonaldAn estranged wife shows up after a nearly 7 year disappearance to prevent her husband from marrying his new love, and someone kills her.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsReginald DennyPatricia FarrJameson ThomasWhen a wealthy art dealer is murdered, the private investigator hired for the case discovers a web of blackmail, corruption and stolen bonds.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsJ. Farrell MacDonaldWarren HullPolly Ann YoungA veteran firefighter is forced to retire at age 65 by the Fire Department.
- DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsJohn 'Dusty' KingMarjorie ReynoldsGeorge ClevelandThe Phantom Robber gets a fortune in jewels and some valuable papers from a robbery on the crack train "The Midnight Limited" and Val Lennon and his pretty assistant, Joan Marshall, are on his trail. But the Phantom strikes three more times and adds murder to his list. Val decides to use himself as bait, although Chief Harrigan and Joan beg him not to risk his life. But Val, disguised as a wealthy Canadian, boards the train for a rendezvous with a killer.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsJosephine DunnJack MulhallEddie BolandMad scientist works on a death ray in his mountain hideaway.
- DirectorFrank R. StrayerStarsJohn MiljanIrene WareIris AdrianA famous detective is invited to a swanky party at an elegant mansion, but before the night is over he finds himself involved with gangsters, blackmail and murder.
- DirectorPhil RosenStarsWallace FordMarian MarshSarah PaddenA wealthy woman has a murder mystery on her hands when her greedy relatives wind up dead after being invited to her home.
- DirectorMelville ShyerStarsHenry B. WalthallJohn HarronPhyllis BarringtonWhen a city councilman is murdered while investigating allegations of drug dealing going on a a somewhat disreputable sideshow, the daughter of the chief suspect teams up with a newspaper reporter to find the real killer.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsShirley GreyCharles StarrettJ. Farrell MacDonaldA popular young student finds herself accused of a series of murders that have occurred on the college campus. Her boyfriend, a reporter for the local newspaper, knows she didn't do it, and sets out to prove her innocence and catch the real killer.
- DirectorRaymond CannonStarsVirginia ValliJameson ThomasDorothy ChristyA story of love, humor, and drama against the background of America's "Biggest Little City." An (interrupted) indiscretion by John Wyatt with a floozy prompts his wife June to travel to Reno, Nevada to get a quickie 6-week-waiting-period divorce. Penitent over his past actions (since he got caught), John follows June to Reno and manages a reconciliation after a murder gives him a chance to prove his true devotion.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsSidney BlackmerRick VallinByron FoulgerMembers of an opera company are being blackmailed by someone called the Black Panther.
- DirectorPhil RosenStarsRalph ForbesVivienne OsborneArnold GrayA handsome radio singer has it all--fame, money, adoring fans--but what no one knows is that his accompanist, a hunchbacked piano player, is actually the voice behind the arrogant, abusive "singer"'s fame.
- DirectorPhil RosenStarsHenry WilcoxonBetty FurnessSidney BlackmerA millionaire with a crumbling personal life comes up with an idea on how he can disappear, start a new life without anyone knowing who he is and be able to take all his money with him.
- DirectorGordon WilesStarsFred KeatingDorothy ComingoreClarence MuseFrankie Terris and Mannie Robbins are the two most powerful gangsters in their city. Frankie has a young sister, Louise, whom he has kept at a boarding school away from the stench of his racketeering. Mannie's young son, Joe, is also ignorant of his father's profession. Louise and Joe meet, and Joe tries to make love to her. Frankie interrupts and, in a fight that follows, kills Joe. Mannie vows to get Frankie. The latter, sentenced to Alcatraz, fears for Louise's safety and makes her promise to take a trip abroad. Louise learns that Mannie plans to shoot Frankie on the train taking him to prison, and she stows away in hopes of warning her brother. On the train, she falls into the protective arms of Federal Agent Bill Adams. Before she has a chance to warn Frankie, Mannie's henchmen go to work and a gangland shootout ensues.
- DirectorVictor HalperinStarsFrankie DarroKane RichmondGladys BlakeA jockey transforms an injured colt into a champion Thoroughbred after saving it from the glue factory.
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsEdward G. RobinsonLon McCallisterJudith AndersonAn old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.
- DirectorAlbert HermanStarsFrank JenksRobin RaymondH.B. WarnerReporter Patsy Reynolds (Robin Raymond) and photographer Eddie Porter (Frank Jenks) are assigned to interview John Foster (Davison Clark), head of the Emmerson Foundation regarding a listening device the organization is working on. Foster evades them and they go to the lab to see Professor Reynolds (H. B. Warner), the real inventor. Soon, they are involved in several shootings, blueprints that change hands several times, a corpse in their car that appears and disappears a few times, the loss of their jobs and several people who either think they are killers or candidates for being killed.
- DirectorD. Ross LedermanStarsFrieda InescortPaul CavanaghHeather AngelOccupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.
- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsRussell WadeLuana WaltersEdmund MacDonaldA woman apparently marries a corrupt deputy D.A. to get evidence that a certain criminal was framed for murder.
- DirectorArmand SchaeferStarsJack MulhallPhyllis BarringtonCrauford KentDuring a séance at an elderly millionaire's house, the millionaire is murdered. The detectives investigating the crime discover that everyone who was at the séance had a motive for killing the man.
- DirectorLewis AllenStarsFrank SinatraSterling HaydenJames GleasonIn the city of Suddenly, three gangsters trap the Benson family in their own house, on the top of a hill nearby the railroad station, with the intention of killing the president of the USA.
- DirectorFred C. NewmeyerStarsRegis ToomeyDorothy SebastianEdward WoodsPrizefighter Jimmy Nolan, facing an opportunity to get a championship fight, is knocked out when he sustains what is apparently a permanent injury to his arm. From there, Nolan's path leads downhill. He is drawn into a romance with a nightclub entertainer, then is framed on a theft charge by a jealous suitor. After his prison term, Nolan makes a spectacular comeback in a fight which proves his courage and integrity, while disproving the fallacy about the old sports adage that "they never come back."
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsChester MorrisVivienne OsborneFrank McHughPeople in an old, dark mansion are menaced by a maniac called "The Black Ace."
- DirectorS. Roy LubyStarsFrankie DarroKane RichmondPhyllis FraserA young reporter's grandfather wins a sweepstakes, but it turns out that his ticket is phony. The reporter finds out that the police are looking for the criminal ring responsible for the phony-sweepstakes racket, so he and his young brother set out to track down the gang responsible and expose them.
- DirectorLéonide MoguyStarsGeorge RaftAva GardnerVictor McLaglenWhen beautiful Mary returns home to her "whistle stop" home town, long-standing feelings of animosity between two of her old boyfriends leads to robbery and murder.
- DirectorWilliam C. ThomasStarsPhillip ReedHillary BrookeRichard TravisA crusading newspaper reporter battles big-city gambling interests.
- DirectorRussell HoptonStarsFrankie DarroLeRoy MasonGloria SheaDan O'Reilly, who has spent forty years working in oil fields, is about to strike oil when his land lease nears its end. J. C. Anderson of the Anderson Producing and Refining Corp. discovers that Dan's well is the richest in the history of Anderson's oil field, but because Dan's contract insures him a ten year additional lease if he strikes oil, Anderson tries to pay Dan to abandon his well. When Dan refuses, Anderson's men sabotage his drill. Penniless, Dan resigns himself to take the money, until his son Clifford, called "Fishtail," meets geologist Henry Langford, who promises to help. Henry then convinces Fishtail to go to school at night so that Henry can spend time with pretty schoolteacher Cynthia, who wants Fishtail to be the first O'Reilly to get an education. Then, when Henry discovers Anderson cheating the local independent contractors of a fair price for their oil, while unjustly foreclosing other leaseholders, he calls a town meeting. The townspeople confront Anderson, who appeases them, but the next day, while Dan rides the oil-drilling rig, the cables snap and he is killed. Henry is convinced Anderson is behind the murder. With two days left on the lease, Fishtail is nearly at oil sand when Anderson's thugs abduct Henry and Anderson tries to bribe Fishtail off the land. Fishtail refuses, so Anderson's men shut down the drill and knock him out. Henry, who has escaped, arrives in time to save Fishtail before Anderson's men dynamite the rig and the long-awaited oil is released. Cynthia, who has since fallen in love with Henry, then sends Fishtail to military school, and he returns a gentleman.
- DirectorJack BernhardStarsRobert PaigeLeslie BrooksRuss VincentA society reporter keeps herself in the headlines by marrying a series of wealthy men, all of whom die under mysterious circumstances.
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsFred MacMurrayClaire TrevorRaymond BurrTwo undercover agents infiltrate a drug-smuggling ring in Mexico, but neither is aware of the other's identity.
- DirectorCharles HutchisonStarsFrankie DarroKane RichmondJack La RueAn honest boxer refuses to throw a fight for a gambler. They get into a fight and the boxer knocks the gambler out.
- DirectorPhil RosenStarsOnslow StevensDorothy TreeJack La RueAssistant District Attorney Jeffery Powell has just sent an innocent man to prison for the murder of a gambler. Powell is in love with, Marion Courtney, but he's unaware that Marion is the sister of the innocent man he sent to prison. Marion gets herself committed to a women's prison to get proof from inmate, Evelyn 'Duchess' Thane, that her brother is innocent. Powell learns of Marion's plight and believes she's in love with the man he sent to prison...
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsChick ChandlerShirley GreyArthur VintonA reporter sets out to provide how unreliable circumstantial evidence is by faking a murder and then taking the rap for it. However, the "fake" murder victim turns out to be really dead.
- DirectorChristy CabanneStarsAileen PringleJameson ThomasDorothy ChristyTony Blair, a producer of Broadway plays, is murdered on a California-bound passenger liner, and a series of events leads to an assumption that Claire Norvelle has committed the killing. Despite the fact that Blair was an obnoxious character, murder is murder and Claire is accused of the crime. Complications arise when another murder occurs. The startling solution clears Barbara and provides a surprising explanation of the two murders.
- DirectorScott R. BealDavid FriedmanStarsRalph ForbesPaula StoneWilliam RoyleAn innocent man is bamboozled into trading places with a dangerous escaped convict.
- DirectorTerence YoungHenry LevinStarsSenta BergerStephen BoydYul BrynnerUnited Nations narcotics agents attempt to trace heroin shipments from the Afghanistan-Iran border to the main European distributor.(AKA Danger Grows Wild)
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsRay WalkerBerton ChurchillIrene WareA pair of detectives investigates the murder of an elderly millionaire who was the target of blackmail and death threats and find that there is no shortage of suspects, many of them in the victim's own family.
- DirectorFrank R. StrayerStarsRussell HoptonLola LaneGeorge F. MarionWhile a distinguished astronomer is giving a lecture in a planetarium, a shot rings out and one of the audience members is found dead. A tough detective and a brassy female reporter lock horns as they both try to break the case.