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1. The New Adventures of Tarzan (I) (1935)
Passed | 257 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Tarzan goes to Guatemala to find his lost friend, D'Arnot. On the way he helps Major Matling search Mayan ruins for hidden jewels and an idol containing the formula for a powerful explosive.
Directors: Edward A. Kull, Wilbur McGaugh | Stars: Bruce Bennett, Ula Holt, Ashton Dearholt, Frank Baker
Votes: 425
2. Trapped (1949)
Approved | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Secret Service agents make a deal with a counterfeiting inmate to be released on early parole if he will help them recover some bogus moneymaking plates, but he plans to double cross them.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Barbara Payton, John Hoyt, James Todd
Votes: 1,639
3. Shadow of Chinatown (I) (1936)
Passed | 281 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A madman sets out to destroy a group of Chinatown merchants.
Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Bruce Bennett, Joan Barclay, Luana Walters
Votes: 296
4. The House of Secrets (1936)
Passed | 70 min | Horror, Mystery
Two men stumble into an old mansion, and get involved with a crazed scientist, torture chambers and sinister medical experiments.
Director: Roland D. Reed | Stars: Leslie Fenton, Muriel Evans, Noel Madison, Sidney Blackmer
Votes: 526
5. Paper Bullets (1941)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Circumstances force naive Dorothy Adams into serving an unjust prison term, but she emerges from it a cynical criminal who rises to power in the local crime organization.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Joan Woodbury, Jack La Rue, Linda Ware, John Archer
Votes: 359
6. Guilty Bystander (1950)
Passed | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An alcoholic ex-cop, now the house detective at a scuzzy hotel in an even scuzzier part of town, stumbles through New York City's sleazy underworld searching for his kidnapped son.
Director: Joseph Lerner | Stars: Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson, Mary Boland, Sam Levene
Votes: 1,081
7. Railroaded! (1947)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A beautician and her crooked boyfriend attempt to rob the bookie operation located in the back room, but when the plan goes wrong, they frame an innocent man.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: John Ireland, Sheila Ryan, Hugh Beaumont, Jane Randolph
Votes: 1,807
8. Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
Passed | 71 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl "Captain J" on a sheet of paper. She proves to be Princess Lin Hwa.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers, Huntley Gordon
Votes: 949
9. Ghost Chasers (1951)
Approved | 69 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A ghost helps the Bowery Boys capture a gang of crooks led by a mad doctor.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Lloyd Corrigan, Lela Bliss
Votes: 494
10. Apache Woman (1955)
Approved | 83 min | Western
A government agent is sent to a western town to investigate attacks that the townspeople say are being commited by rampaging Apaches. The agent, however, suspects that different forces may be committing these crimes.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Joan Taylor, Lance Fuller, Morgan Jones
Votes: 190
11. The Winds of Autumn (1976)
Passed | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 1884, an eleven-year-old Quaker boy sets out on his own to seek revenge against a gang of outlaws who senselessly murdered his family.
Director: Charles B. Pierce | Stars: Jack Elam, Jeanette Nolan, Andrew Prine, Earl E. Smith
Votes: 331
12. The Red Dragon (1945)
Approved | 64 min | Mystery
Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with bullets that are not fired from a gun.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Sidney Toler, Fortunio Bonanova, Benson Fong, Robert Emmett Keane
Votes: 745
13. The Black Coin (1936)
Approved | 323 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Federal agents and smugglers battle it out over lost secret papers.
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Ralph Graves, Ruth Mix, Dave O'Brien, Constance Bergen
Votes: 82
14. The Hurricane Express (1932)
Passed | 227 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When his father is killed in a train wreck, Larry Baker vows to unmask a mysterious criminal called "The Wrecker," who has targeted the L&M Railroad for deadly" accidents."
Directors: J.P. McGowan, Armand Schaefer | Stars: John Wayne, Shirley Grey, Conway Tearle, Tully Marshall
Votes: 685
15. Taming the Wild (1936)
Approved | 55 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
June Bolton (Maxine Doyle) is strong-willed, beautiful, reckless girl,blessed with money and a fond mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Bolton (Zella Russell), who knows not the first principle of ... See full summary »
Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Rod La Rocque, Maxine Doyle, Barbara Pepper, Bryant Washburn
Votes: 65
16. Escort Girl (1941)
68 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A pair of nightclub owners run a string of escort bureaus where men pay for the "companionship" of young women. The district attorney sends an undercover agent to infiltrate the bureaus.
Director: Edward Kaye | Stars: Betty Compson, Margaret Marquis, Robert Kellard, Wheeler Oakman
Votes: 257
17. Too Many Winners (1947)
Approved | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Michael Shayne accepts an assignment to investigate a gang of pari-mutual race tickets counterfeiters over the protests of his secretary, Phyllis Hamilton, who wants him to join her on a ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Hugh Beaumont, Trudy Marshall, Ralph Dunn, Claire Carleton
Votes: 104
18. The Basketball Fix (1951)
Passed | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A college basketball star collaborates with organized crime and becomes involved in 'point shaving.' A sportswriter tries to get him back on the right track.
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: John Ireland, Marshall Thompson, Vanessa Brown, William Bishop
Votes: 203
19. The Mystery Man (1935)
Passed | 65 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When he runs short of money, a newspaper reporter pawns a police revolver he was given after he helped the police solve a case. Later on the gun is used in a murder, and the reporter is suspected of committing the crime.
Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Robert Armstrong, Maxine Doyle, Henry Kolker, LeRoy Mason
Votes: 278
20. Sensation Hunters (1945)
Approved | 62 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A naive young girl, looking to escape from a bad family situation, falls in love with a man who turns out to be a cad, and leads her down the road to ruin.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Robert Lowery, Doris Merrick, Eddie Quillan, Constance Worth
Votes: 255
21. Girls in Chains (1943)
Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When a teacher loses her job because her brother-in-law is a racketeer, she takes a position at a girls' reformatory.
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Arline Judge, Roger Clark, Robin Raymond, Barbara Pepper
Votes: 269
22. Allotment Wives (1945)
Passed | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Story of women who marry GIs just so they can receive the soldiers' pay and their life insurance if they are killed in action.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Kay Francis, Paul Kelly, Otto Kruger, Gertrude Michael
Votes: 571
23. Double Cross (1941)
Passed | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When 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.
Director: Albert H. Kelley | Stars: Kane Richmond, Pauline Moore, Wynne Gibson, John Miljan
Votes: 205
24. Joe Palooka, Champ (1946)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Sport
Manager Knobby Walsh discovers young hunk Joe Palooka and trains him to fight the champ. Mobsters try to make life tough for Joe and his socialite girlfriend Anne. Cameos by several boxing stars.
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Elyse Knox, Eduardo Ciannelli
Votes: 52
25. High Gear (1933)
Passed | 67 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When Mark 'High Gear' Sherrod (Murray) looses his nerve, the race car driver takes a job driving a taxi, but when he befriends a cute reporter and the young handicapped son of a deceased driver, he attempts to return to the track.
Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: James Murray, Joan Marsh, Jackie Searl, Eddie Lambert
Votes: 118
26. The Girl from Rio (1939)
Approved | 62 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A girl who is a famous singer in Brazil comes to New York to help clear her brother, who has been charged with arson and murder.
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Movita, Warren Hull, Alan Baldwin, Kay Linaker
Votes: 83
27. Crashing Thru (1939)
Passed | 65 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Six people are in on a gold robbery. Three of them double-cross the others. Mountie Renfrew has to go after them alone when his partner Kelly is wounded.
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: James Newill, Jean Carmen, Warren Hull, Milburn Stone
Votes: 84
28. Sunset Murder Case (1938)
Approved | 59 min | Mystery
Small-time showgirl, loved by two decent men, poses as a stripper to infiltrate a nightclub whose owner is believed responsible for her father's murder.
Director: Louis J. Gasnier | Stars: Sally Rand, Henry King, Esther Muir, Lona Andre
Votes: 195
29. Silent Witness (1943)
Approved | 62 min | Action, Crime, Drama
District Attorney Holden and his special investigator Betty Higgins are trying to convict brothers Joe and Lou Manson, silk-racket hoods, after they are indicted for murder. Their attorney,... See full summary »
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Frank Albertson, Maris Wrixon, Bradley Page, Evelyn Brent
Votes: 27
30. Loophole (1954)
Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A bank teller attempts to clear his name and rebuild his career after he is wrongly accused of theft.
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Charles McGraw, Dorothy Malone, Don Haggerty
Votes: 436
31. Barefoot Boy (1938)
Approved | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Other than a statement in the opening credits that the story owes its origin to a John Greenleaf Whittier poem, this film has little or no connection to the poem for which it shares its ... See full summary »
Director: Karl Brown | Stars: Jackie Moran, Marcia Mae Jones, Ralph Morgan, Claire Windsor
Votes: 105
32. The Headline Woman (1935)
Approved | 71 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the daughter of a newspaper publisher is falsely charged with murder, a reporter on her father's paper goes into hiding with her. At first hoping to get an exclusive story, the ... See full summary »
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Heather Angel, Roger Pryor, Jack La Rue, Ford Sterling
Votes: 141
33. Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947)
Passed | 63 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Mistaken for a detective, Slip takes on the case of a missing woman, which turns out to be bogus.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell
Votes: 362
34. The Deerslayer (1943)
Approved | 67 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Deerslayer, a white man who was brought up by the Mohicans, helps his old tribe when the Hurons steal Princess Wah Tah, the betrothed of his friend Jingo-Good. His friends, the Hutters, are... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Bruce Kellogg, Jean Parker, Larry Parks, Warren Ashe
Votes: 41
35. Ghost Patrol (1936)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Western
A professor invents a radium tube that makes internal combustion engines stop running. He and his invention are captured by a gang of robbers. A federal agent is sent to rescue him.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Tim McCoy, Claudia Dell, Walter Miller, Wheeler Oakman
Votes: 242
36. Tough to Handle (1937)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Crime, Romance
A 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 ... See full summary »
Director: S. Roy Luby | Stars: Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, Phyllis Fraser, Harry Worth
Votes: 91
37. Star Reporter (1939)
Approved | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
John Randolph (Warren Hull), an idealistic young newspaper owner who uses his paper as an instrument for the public good, uses a campaign against crime to successfully run grafting ... See full summary »
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Warren Hull, Marsha Hunt, Wallis Clark, Clay Clement
Votes: 125
38. Streets of New York (1939)
Approved | 73 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jimmy, an idealistic and hard-working young man, has just arrived in New York City with dreams of making his fortune.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Jackie Cooper, Martin Spellman, Marjorie Reynolds, Dick Purcell
Votes: 160
39. Strike It Rich (1948)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy
In 1930, in the heart of East Texas oil country, unemployed wildcat oil well drillers Delbert Lane, Tex Warren and Duke Massey roam the state looking for work. Soon after arriving in Kilmer... See full synopsis »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Rod Cameron, Bonita Granville, Don Castle, Stuart Erwin
Votes: 38
40. Shadows of the Orient (1935)
Passed | 69 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Smuggling Chinese into the United States from Mexico in car loads, with no regard for human life, smugglers resort to any means to accomplish their selfish ends
Director: Burt P. Lynwood | Stars: Esther Ralston, Regis Toomey, J. Farrell MacDonald, Oscar Apfel
Votes: 139
41. Port of Missing Girls (1938)
Passed | 65 min | Drama
Nightclub singer Della Mason (Judith Allen)witnesses a murder and is forced by the killer to flee with him from the scene of the crime. Escaping from the gangster, she secretly boards the ... See full summary »
Director: Karl Brown | Stars: Harry Carey, Judith Allen, Milburn Stone, Betty Compson
Votes: 106
42. Ghost Town Law (1942)
Passed | 62 min | Drama, Western
When two of their Marshal friends are killed, the Rough Riders are sent to investigate. They have to find the killers in a ghost town where the houses and an old mine are interconnected by secret passages and tunnels.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Virginia Carpenter
Votes: 131
43. Roar of the Press (1941)
Approved | 71 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
While on their honeymoon, a reporter and his new bride stumble upon a ring of fifth columnists.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Jean Parker, Wallace Ford, Jed Prouty, Suzanne Kaaren
Votes: 151
44. The Devil Diamond (1937)
Approved | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A group of thugs tries to steal the cursed title gem from a jeweler who has been hired to cut it into small, saleable pieces.
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, June Gale, Rosita Butler
Votes: 153
45. Man from Headquarters (1942)
Passed | 64 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Crime reporter Larry Doyle, who contributes to the capture of the Padroni gang, is later framed for murder by the gang leader.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Frank Albertson, Joan Woodbury, Dick Elliott, Byron Foulger
Votes: 115
46. Cipher Bureau (1938)
Passed | 64 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The younger brother of an officer in a secret government code-breaking unit gets involved with a gang of spies and a beautiful double agent.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters, Joan Woodbury, Don Dillaway
Votes: 99
47. The Counterfeiters (1948)
Approved | 73 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Scotland Yard cop goes undercover to catch a gang of counterfeiters.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: John Sutton, Doris Merrick, Hugh Beaumont, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 103
48. The Case of the Baby Sitter (1947)
Passed | 41 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
Jewel thieves, operating under the guises of a Duke and a Duchess, hire the Ace Detective Agency, run by Russ Ashton, to baby sit an infant they have kidnapped and are using as a blind. A ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Tom Neal, Pamela Blake, Allen Jenkins, Virginia Sale
Votes: 85
49. Life Goes On (1938)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The husband of Sally Weston dies, and she decides to move to New York City where she feels her two young sons, Bob and Henry, can get a better education. Bob grows up to be a brilliant ... See full summary »
Director: William L. Nolte | Stars: Louise Beavers, Edward Thompson, Reginald Fenderson, Laurence Criner
Votes: 8
50. Cosmo Jones in the Crime Smasher (1943)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
An amateur detective and a janitor try to find a kidnapped heiress.
Director: James Tinling | Stars: Frank Graham, Edgar Kennedy, Gale Storm, Richard Cromwell
Votes: 196