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As an ominous bell tolls midnight the heirs to the Wayne fortune gather, at the dying man's estate to learn his final wishes. Wayne collapses in front of the entire family, a dagger buried in his lifeless heart. The greedy relatives, who hated the old man when he was alive, are all suspect. Detective-Sergeant Mitchell is determined to expose the murderer, but recurring glimpses of a sinister hooded figure and the discovery of a second corpse transform the investigation into a fight for...

Public Prosecutor was a ground breaking television series -- the first series ever to be filmed as opposed to broadcast live. Twenty-six 20 minute episodes were shot in 1947-48 but were pulled from NBC's schedule when the fledgling network opted for half-hour series instead. It starred suave, dapper John Howard as Prosecutor Stephen Allen and gorgeous Anne Gwynne as his secretary.Actor John Howard is probably best remembered as the titular character in the popular Bulldog Drummond series of...

A team of astronauts is stranded after crash landing on Venus. The mysterious planet holds many perils for the crew, who are assaulted by prehistoric creatures and bewitching alien women. The Venusian sirens are enraged when the astronauts kill their god, a terrible flying beast, and vow to destroy the invaders. Turning their fury against the explorers, the beautiful aliens call upon the deadly powers of their ancient gods. As the planet is engulfed in lava and assaulted by storms, the...

Honest sheriff Jim Hanley is the only obstacle preventing crooked saloon owner Vic Landreau from seizing complete control of the Gila Valley. Expecting trouble, Hanley sends for his old pals Billy the Kid Carson and Fuzzy. Billy arrives in town and discovers that Hanley has been murdered and Landreau is backing his crooked flunkey, Deputy Ed Slade, in the election for sheriff. Billy announces that his pal, Fuzzy, is going to run for sheriff against Slade. When Landreau sends his gunmen out to...

Modest housewife Caroline Knollys discovers that she is pregnant. Rushing to tell her husband Hubert, she finds him in the arms of a younger woman. Determined to one day have revenge, she escapes to Europe. Despite having the baby, she transforms herself from housewife to vamp, becoming the most-talked about woman in Venice. Returning to America, she uses the child to blackmail her husband and his mistress. But Caroline finds that her love for Hubert was not as dormant as she thought, and...

Dear Son, Sunset Carson... shot me. That's what's written on the letter Bob Wade carries with him, as he wanders the desert in search of the man who killed his father. Exhausted and dehydrated, Bob accidentally drinks water from a poisoned spring and nearly dies; the man who saves his life is Sunset Carson himself. Brought to Carson's ranch, Bob comes to blows with powerful ranch hand Sam Webster. When their grudge evolves into an exhibition boxing match to raise money for the construction of...

Prizefighter Jimmy Nolan breaks his arm during a bout, and the injury ends his career. Trying to restart his life, he takes a job as a bouncer at Jerry Filmore's nightclub. The club's star attraction, beautiful dancer Adele Landon, catches Jimmy's eye immediately, and the feeling is mutual. Their budding romance is cut short when jealous Filmore frames Jimmy for stealing $500. After serving six months in prison for a crime he didn't commit, Jimmy is more than ready to settle some old scores....

On her deathbed Jay Price's mother reveals that she concealed her son's real identity from him his entire life. His real name is Jack King and he is son of Jim King, a wealthy cattleman. Holding a locket which proves his true identity, he sets off for his father's ranch. On arrival, he loses the locket in a fight with Jeff Murdock, the foreman. Keeping his identity secret, he manages to get hired as a cowpuncher, in an effort to stay close to his father. When he learns that Murdock and his...

The Edinburgh Festival provides a colorful background for this lively musical comedy. When penniless dancer Janet Jones (Vera-Ellen) emerges from a limousine at the festival, she's mistaken for the girlfriend of the car's millionaire owner - when in fact, she'd only hitched a ride with the driver. Suddenly Broadway director John Frost (Cesar Romero) wants her in his next musical in order to get financing from this "millionaire boyfriend." Soon Janet is romanced by B.G. Bruno (David Niven), the...

Thousands of monstrous bats fill the night sky of a terrified village, while residents are murdered in their beds, drained of all their blood. As the killings increase, rumors of a vampire in their midst send the townspeople into a frenzy of panic, as even the most respected scientist of the community seems convinced by the evidence. Only one investigator refuses to believe the superstitious tales and argues that a maniac must be at the root of the killings. A mob gathers to hunt down the...

Small town girl Rita Wilson moved to Hollywood with dreams of becoming an actress, but ended up taking orders at a carhop dressed in short shorts and a tight blouse. To make matters worse, her ailing mother is constantly in need of financial support to pay for her medical care. With this in mind, Rita doesn't exactly object when wealthy Jack Thorndyke asks her for a date. She tells him her tale of woe, and Jack suggests Rita pose for famed artist Stuart Bannerman, who needs a model for his...

The name Hal Roach is synonymous with screen comedy. The esteemed producer/director remains one of the true pioneers of cinema, having made some of the most popular shorts and features of all time during the 1920s and '30s.Fresh Paint (1920): Snub Pollard decides to try his hand at painting -- with catastrophic results.Try, Try again (1922): Jimmy Parrott and "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison bring the house down -- literally -- when they try to save a suburban home from repossession.Harvest Hands...