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Buried Alive (1939) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Buried Alive
director: Victor Halperin actor: Beverly Roberts / Robert Wilcox …
other title: Enterrado vivo
A prison trustee rescues a despondent executioner from a bar-room brawl, and is blamed for the fight by a tabloid reporter who actually started it, and loses parole, becomes embittered, and gets blamed for murder of guard.
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Law of the Jungle (1942) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Law of the Jungle
director: Jean Yarbrough actor: Arline Judge / John 'Dusty' King …
Nona Brooks, former member of a stranded theatrical troupe, earns a temporary living singing in a café in Duakwa, British Rhodesia, Africa. The café owner is secretly in league with two foreign agents with a goal of making the natives restless. American explorer Larry Mason leaves for the jungle with his servant, Jeff and a safari. Nona escapes the café into the jungle but is followed by the agents as, unknowing to her, she is carrying a report of the agent's activities. She joins the safari just as all hands are captured by a tribe of natives
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Murder by Invitation (1941) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Murder by Invitation
director: Phil Rosen actor: Wallace Ford / Marian Marsh …
The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide up her money. To show them that there are no hard feelings, she invites them to her estate for the weekend so she can decide to whom she actually will leave her money when she dies. Soon, however, family members begin turning up dead.
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Cry Vengeance (1954) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Cry Vengeance
director: Mark Stevens actor: Mark Stevens / Martha Hyer …
other title: Narbengesicht / La vengeance de Scarface …
Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he was scarred, framed, and imprisoned. On release, Vic has but one desire, revenge on still-hiding Tino Morelli.
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The Mark of the Whistler (1944) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Mark of the Whistler
director: William Castle actor: Richard Dix / Janis Carter …
other title: Das Zeichen des Whistlers / 吹哨人的印記 …
A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, who is now in prison because of a conflict with him over the money in that account.
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Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
director: Herbert I. Leeds actor: 彼得·洛尔 / Warren Hymer …
other title: Mr. Moto und die geheimnisvolle Insel / M. Moto en péril …
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find themselves involved in murders by thrown daggers, the frame-up of an overstressed Army colonel, and a pirate gang led by an unknown boss who has inside knowledge of the ensuing investigation.
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Man in the Dark (1953) [Movie] Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
Man in the Dark
director: Lew Landers actor: 艾德蒙·奥布莱恩 / 奥黛丽·托特 …
other title: 黑暗中的男人 / 警匪浴血战 …
A thug is convicted and undergoes experimental brain surgery to remove the criminal element in his brain. The operation wipes out all memories of his past life, including where he stashed the loot. He is abducted by his gang and they try to beat the truth out of him. His memories return in the form of weird dreams, and he and his old girlfriend track down the clues to find the money
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Sh! The Octopus (1937) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Sh! The Octopus
director: 威廉·C·麦根 actor: Hugh Herbert / Allen Jenkins …
other title: 嘘！有章鱼！
Comedy-mystery finds Detectives Kelly and Dempsey trapped in a deserted lighthouse with a group of strangers who are being terrorized by a killer octopus AND a mysterious crime figure named after the title sea creature.