A shadowy hand through a veiled door and doom! This pre-Code murder mystery whodunit features a veritable rogues gallery of B-Movie performers, all playing suspects in a brutal murder that takes place during a game of charades at a society party. When more bodies begin to fall, a brilliant criminologist teams up with the police to track down the ruthless and clever killer who perpetrated the crimes. Full of intriguing twists and turns, Murder at Midnight is the quintessential house party...

"But he was murdered, wasn't he?" Dash it all, what a frightfully un-British comment to make at the reading of the will. But that's dotty Aunt Cora for you. Then a mysterious hand offs Aunt Cora, and suddenly the old girl's observation doesn't seem quite so dotty after all. Margaret Rutherford returns as amateur detective Miss Marple in a delightful whodunit based on Agatha Christie's After the Funeral. This time she's joined by a perfect partner: the droll Robert Morley. Together they canter...

Rich Cassie Denham (Sarah Padden) is a more than an eccentric millionairess. After her scheming relatives unsuccessfully try to have her committed to an institution, Aunt Cassie invites them for a weekend in the country to "study them like rats" and see to whom she will bequeath her fortune. At the stroke of midnight a murderer strikes, and in the suspense-filled hours just before dawn, her greedy, corrupt relatives are dispatched one by one. Having received a tip, ace reporter Bob White...

A scientist collapses during the premiere of his television system, his death broadcast around the world. Investigations into the murder provide no clues and the victim's assistant (Bela Lugosi) becomes the prime suspect. When he is found dead with a knife in his chest, the case seems unsolvable, until the assistant appears to return from the dead and untangles the mystery. Bela Lugosi plays a dual role in Murder by Television, which was produced for under $35,000 by Cameo Pictures. Of...

When the inventor of a new method of sending television signals refuses to sell his ideas to television companies, he turns up dead! Bela Lugosi stars (and is the prime suspect) in this perfect story of a perfect crime.

A poor photographer who loves a society girl finds himself being used as her alibi--for murder. Richard Arlen plays a defense lawyer who tries to clear Fay Wray of a murder she didn't commit. The pair fall in love, eventually find the true culprit, and look forward to domestic bliss.

When a condemned killer gets fried ahead of schedule thanks to a freak bolt of lightning, a trio of intrepid reporters want to know who's cheating the chair. Crime reporter Scoop Conner's suspicions are raised when he witnesses high society shyster Bill Burgen (Douglas Wood) promising condemned killer Dapper Dan Malloy (Michael Ames) a reprieve from the governor after Dapper Dan threatens to name names. After Scoop helps Dan get wise, he takes a swan dive into a bottle, leaving news gal Gladys...

A scientist carrying the secret to a new high-powered explosive must be safely escorted to Washington and ace pilot Bob "Three Star" Halsey (Lyle Talbot) is the best man for the job. Moments before takeoff, crooks take control of the flight and steal the formula. Halsey watches helplessly from the ground as the plane goes down in flames and the thieves escape by parachute. His sweetheart Judy, whose brother was also aboard, races to the crash site, only to be kidnapped by the villains. Halsey...

Heave-to for homicide. While in port, the USS Carolina is chosen for an urgent test of a new electronic firing system due to its shipshape efficiency record. That reputation will be stained -- in blood -- by a saboteur out to scuttle the trial, no matter how many swabbies and civilians must die. Reuniting Death on the Diamond's producer, director and comedy-relief pair of Nat Pendleton and Ted Healy, Murder in the Fleet is a lively and colorfully cast murder mystery cowritten by naval aviator...

Sphere Museum is the home for a sleazy and bizarre collection of human freaks, sexy dancing girls and unnatural oddities. Hidden in the dark backstreets of a large metropolis, the sideshow caters to those who are looking for some cheap thrills and lurid entertainment. City Councilman Blair Newgate and Police Commissioner Brandon, both running for mayor, jointly pay a visit to the seedy museum hoping to bust the establishment which is presided over by a sinister professor and his corrupt...

A British crime film starring Jack La Rue, Sandra Storme, Googie Withers and Bernard Lee. The story takes place at The Cotton Club in London's Soho District which is operated by the American gangster Steve Marco who, when Joe Lane threatens to tell the police of his past has no qualms about killing him, but will he get caught?

Good news: Switchboard operator Ruth Raymond (Mary Carlisle) is the long-lost daughter of a railroad tycoon. Bad news: The cross-country train trip she takes to claim her birthright is going to be a veritable slay ride. A crazy-quilt concoction stitched together with laughs and chills in equal measure, Murder in the Private Car is a roaring-fast caper wherein a delightfully dithering Charlie Ruggles dubiously comes to the rescue as a "crime deflector." It's a haunted house on wheels, complete...

Squire William Corder is a shallow, evil, loathsome man whose heart is as black as the night. Yet his lack of virtue is concealed beneath a facade that is charming enough to fool the simple people of his village and powerful enough to seduce the pretty young maiden Maria Marten. While at a country dance in the Red Barn, Maria casts aside the love of the gypsy Carlos, a young man whose ragged shirt conceals a heart of gold and finds herself hopelessly drawn to the villainous Squire Corder......

Pretty Eden Lane earned herself a one-way ticket to the slammer for the murder of her boyfriend. But the cop escorting Eden to prison has his doubts about her guilt -- especially when Eden glances out their train window and claims she sees the dead man, very much alive. A lean, fast-paced thriller for fans who like hard-boiled detectives and hard-time dames, Murder Is My Beat boasts noir talent on both sides of the camera: director Edgar G. Ulmer of the crime mini-classic Detour, and star...

Radio gossip columnist Jerry Tracy breaks the shocking story of the infidelity and divorce of wealthy industrialist Edgar Drake. Jerry is invited to the millionaire's mansion for an even bigger story, but on arrival discovers that Drake has been murdered. The reporter investigates and seems to be getting close to the truth, because he now finds himself at the top of the killer's Hit List.The third of four Columbia "B" movies based on the exploits of Theodore Tinsley's popular pulp-fiction...

Ace reporter Steve Grey digs up the dirt, pieces together jigsaws of crime, outs killers, and writes the stories that scoop rival newshounds and sell newspapers. His newest investigation helps land a shady financier on Death Row. But is there something about this story that Grey isn't revealing? Spencer Tracy, under contract for the first time with the studio most often linked to his career, portrays hardworking, hard-drinking Grey in a punchy programmer that includes the debut of another...

The Cosgood Players are knocking 'em dead. Literally. No matter what's on the playbill, the shabby repertory company seems to specialize in mysteries as members of the troupe shuffle off this mortal coil in alarmingly rapid succession. Luckily, the Players have a detective in the cast: their newest (if not quite an ingenue) thespian, the redoubtable Miss Marple. Margaret Rutherford takes her final bow as Miss Marple in Murder Most Foul, a mystery most fun inspired by Agatha Christie's Mrs....

Tom Conway, Delphi Lawrence, Brian Worth, Michael Balfour. Conway, in one of his last starring roles, is an investigator on the trail of a priceless, recently stolen stamp. His top suspect is the nephew of a beautiful lady that he has the hots for. 16mm.

Co-ed Lillian Voyne (Shirley Grey) is the daughter of professional gambler and ex-con "Blackie" Atwater (Maurice Black). She lives a double life, working her way though college by day and singing for easy money in her father's sleazy nightclub at night. When her boyfriend, ace reporter Bill Bartlett (Charles Starrett), investigates the murder of frat boy Mal Jennings, Lillian emerges as the chief suspect and her hidden life as a cabaret chanteuse is threatened with scandalous exposure. As the...

A college student falls to his death from his window when he encounters an intruder in his room. The death is ruled a suicide but the dead student's brother, a feisty reporter, suspects otherwise and investigates. The trail leads him through a myriad of clues and false turns in this amazingly fast paced British thriller. From 35mm.

Beautiful Verna Wilson is awarded a fortune in a breach-of-promise lawsuit, destroying the reputation of John Randolph, a wealthy broker. Posing as a millionaire, his son, Dick, sets sail for Europe aboard the luxury liner Rumania, on a mission to expose Verna and the criminal accomplices who set his dad up. Forgetting her extortion mission, Verna falls in love with young Randolph. But when her ex-lover, an escaped convict, shows up looking for blood, passions at sea explode in murder!

In Murder Over New York, Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) attends a police convention and winds up tangling with saboteurs who are knocking Allied planes out of the air. The gang's leader is so clever that he's eluded Scotland Yard for three years. But Charlie's ingenious trap tricks the evil mastermind into revealing his own identity!

Beautiful nightclub singer Nellie Hill has many male admirers, ranging from ex-cons to piano players to newspaper reporters. But when one of them is killed, all the others are suspects! This vintage offering is a great showcase for some of the top black entertainers of the time. Featured acts include Skippy Williams and Noble Sissle, with such songs as 'Hello Happiness' and 'Too Late Baby' sung by Bob Howard!

After a sensational trial, gangster Nat Girard is acquitted of murder. Girard's attorney, Redfield, invites the press to a victory party at his apartment. During the festivities Redfield is murdered, right in front of the flashing press cameras. A mysterious woman is suspected but she is able to escape into photographer Kent Murdoch's apartment on the floor below. The woman, Meg Archer, convinces Kent of her innocence and the two join forces to find the true killer. Tracking a lead, Meg is...