Film Series - Mystery
Philo Vance, Charlie Chan, Mr. Moto, Saint, Falcon, Lone Wolf, Crime Doctor, Boston Blackie, Michael Shayne, Sherlock Holmes
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- DirectorEugene FordeStarsWarner OlandKeye LukeJoan MarshReturning from European exile where she avoided testifying against her criminal associates, a former singer with a tell-all diary is murdered to ensure her silence.
- DirectorEugene FordeStarsWarner OlandKeye LukeVirginia FieldAlthough Charlie and Lee are in Monaco for an art exhibit, they become caught up in a feud between rival financiers which involves the Chans in a web of blackmail and murder.
- DirectorNorman FosterStarsPeter LorreRochelle HudsonRobert KentIn the jungle near Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Mr. Moto poses as an ineffectual archaeologist and a venerable holy man with mystical powers to help foil two insurgencies against the government.
- DirectorNorman FosterStarsPeter LorreVirginia FieldThomas BeckOn a freighter going from San Francisco to Shanghai Mr. Moto solves mysteries caused by a gang of smugglers.
- DirectorNorman FosterStarsPeter LorreThomas BeckPauline FrederickSeven maps, when found and put together, reveal the location of the treasures of Genghis Khan.
- DirectorNorman FosterStarsPeter LorreMary MaguireHenry WilcoxonMr. Moto has himself imprisoned on Devil's Island so he can help his cellmate escape and thereby get the goods on a gang of international killers.
- DirectorHerbert I. LeedsStarsPeter LorreJean HersholtAmanda DuffThe U.S. government asks Mr. Moto to go to Puerto Rico to investigate diamond smuggling after an earlier investigator is murdered.
- DirectorJames TinlingStarsPeter LorreKeye LukeDick BaldwinWhen the #1 heavyweight contender is mysteriously poisoned during a bout, Moto knows that identifying the gambler who placed large bets against him is the key to solving the murder.
- DirectorNorman FosterStarsPeter LorreJoseph SchildkrautLionel AtwillDisguised as an Austrian archaeologist, Moto helps unearth the priceless crown of the legendary Queen of Sheba and sans disguise defends it from a variety of thugs and criminals.
- DirectorNorman FosterStarsPeter LorreRicardo CortezVirginia FieldMoto thwarts a ruthless band of international agents who try to foment an international incident by mining the entrance to the Suez Canal and blaming the British.
- DirectorNorman FosterStarsSidney TolerCesar RomeroPauline MooreCharlie's investigation of a phony psychic during the 1939 World Exposition on San Francisco's Treasure Island leads him to expose a suicide as murder.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsSidney TolerMantan MorelandBen CarterA public defender enlists Charlie to exonerate one of his clients, an ex-con falsely accused of bank robbery and murder, scheduled for execution in nine days.
- DirectorTerry O. MorseStarsSidney TolerGloria WarrenVictor Sen YungA treasury agent on the trail of counterfeit money confides to fellow ocean liner passenger Charlie Chan that there have been two attempts on his life.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsRoland WintersWarren DouglasMantan MorelandSoon after a Chinese princess comes to the US to buy planes for her people, she is murdered by a poison dart fired by an air rifle.
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsGeorge SandersWendy BarrieJonathan HaleSimon Templar, the Saint, travels to San Francisco to solve crime mysteries within the police department.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsTom ConwayHarriet NelsonJane RandolphTom Lawrence, who has inherited his brother's sobriquet of "The Falcon," is framed for the theft of war bonds and murder.
- DirectorWilliam ClemensStarsTom ConwayCarole GallagherBarbara HaleDetective Falcon and the police travel west to a ranch in Texas to try and solve the mystery of the murder by venom from a rattlesnake, in a New York City nightclub, of a Rich cattle baron.
- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsTom ConwayMona MarisMartha VickersAn artist's daughter becomes suspicious when new paintings by her supposedly dead father begin turning up in New York. When a gallery owner is murdered, the Falcon and Miss Wade head for Mexico City to investigate.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsTom ConwayBarbara HaleVeda Ann BorgThe Falcon investigates the murder of an actor on a Hollywood backlot.
- DirectorJoseph H. LewisStarsTom ConwayPaula CordayEdward BrophyThe Falcon and his friend Goldie Locke check into what appears to be a silk-smuggling racket in San Francisco.
- DirectorRay McCareyStarsTom ConwayPaula CordayVince BarnettA wealthy woman's secretary, fearing that she will be blamed if her employer's jewelry is stolen, hires the Falcon as guardian. The Falcon is blamed when the jewels are stolen and murders ensue.
- DirectorPeter GodfreyStarsWarren WilliamIda LupinoRita HayworthA group of spies is after the plans for an anti-aircraft gun, and the leader uses the opportunity to embroil the Lone Wolf in the plot. Trying to settle an old score, this shady character implicates his old nemesis by forcing him to crack the safe where the plans are stored.
- DirectorSidney SalkowStarsWarren WilliamEric BloreJoan PerryDelia's father murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires reformed thief Michael to find killer and jewels before police suspect him.
- DirectorSidney SalkowStarsWarren WilliamEric BloreJean MuirA hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman's son and accused of a murder she didn't commit. Lanyard, the Lone Wolf, and Jamison set out to find the real killer.
- DirectorD. Ross LedermanStarsGerald MohrJanis CarterEric BloreMichael Lanyard finds himself accused of stealing a valuable gem, and must find the real thief in order to clear his name.