Adventures in Iraq 1943  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Cast: John Loder, Ruth Ford, Warren Douglas, Paul Cavanagh, Barry Bernard, Peggy Carson, Bill Crago, Martin Garralaga, Manuel Lopez, Dick Botiller, Eugene Borden, Bill Edwards
In this remake of 1930's "The Green Goddess," Doug's (Warren Douglas) plane is forced down in a desert storm. He and his two passengers are taken hostage by a sheik who intends to trade the trio for his brothers who are held by the British.
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Charlie Chan in the Secret Service 1944  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Gwen Kenyon, Benson Fong, Arthur Loft, Sarah Edwards, George J. Lewis, Marianne Quon, Muni Seroff, Barry Bernard, Gene Roth, Eddy Chandler, Lelah Tyler, George Lessey, Davison Clark
Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) is appointed as an agent for the Secret Service when a government scientist is killed and his secret plans to fight off German U-boats are stolen. Charlie gets aid from Number Three Daughter Iris (Marianne Quon) and Number Two Son Tommie (Benson Fong), and, despite the killer targeting Charlie twice, Charlie continues in his quest to weed out the real killer from a list of suspects.
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Cry Wolf 1947  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Errol Flynn, Barbara Stanwyck, Geraldine Brooks, Richard Basehart, Jerome Cowan, John Ridgely, Patricia Barry, Jack Mower, Paul Stanton, Rory Mallinson, Helen Thimig, Barry Bernard, John Elliott, Creighton Hale, Lisa Golm
Sandra Marshall (Barbara Stanwyck) returns to her late husband James' family mansion for his funeral and announces to James' research scientist uncle, Mark (Errol Flynn), the news of her secret marriage to James. Mark distrusts Sandra but allows her to stay at the mansion where she makes friends with James' sister Julie (Geraldine Brooks) who then dies under mysterious circumstances. Sandra believes that Mark has committed the murder of Julie, but are her suspicions correct?
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 The Hound of the Baskervilles 1972 TV, 78 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Barry Crane
Cast: Stewart Granger, William Shatner, Bernard Fox, John Williams, Anthony Zerbe, Jane Merrow, Sally Ann Howes, Brendan Dillon, Ian Ireland, Alan Caillou, Arline Anderson, Liam Dunn, Michael St. Clair, Constance Cavendish, Barry Bernard
In this made-for-TV version of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes tale, Holmes (Stewart Granger) is asked to investigate the Baskerville family curse and protect the latest heir, Sir Henry Baskerville (Ian Ireland). Holmes sends Dr. Watson (Bernard Fox) to the Baskerville estate to investigate, while Holmes disguises himself to perform undercover work. Together, Watson and Holmes learn that a relative of the Baskerville family plans to use a gigantic hound to kill Henry and then gain possession of the estate.
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My World Dies Screaming 1958 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Terror in the Haunted House
Director: Harold Daniels
Cast: Gerald Mohr, Cathy O'Donnell, William Ching, John Qualen, Barry Bernard
A newly married woman (Cathy O'Donnell), who has lived in Switzerland since childhood, starts having recurring nightmares of an old house. When she and her husband (Gerald Mohr) move to the U.S., they move into–you guessed it–the very house of her nightmares, and the terror begins. Noted for the subliminal pictures and messages that flash on the screen. Slow.
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The Panther's Claw 1942 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Sidney Blackmer, Byron Foulger, Rick Vallin, Herbert Rawlinson, Gerta Rozan, Lynn Starr, Barry Bernard, John Ince, Martin Ashe, Thornton Edwards, Walter James, Frank Darien, Willy Castello
Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt (Sidney Blackner) investigates a murder in an opera company, and, while wigmaker Everett Digberry (Byron Foulger) is the prime suspect, many are on the list of potential perpetrators.
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| 1. Adventures in Iraq (1943)
2. Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)
3. Cry Wolf (1947)
4. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972)
5. My World Dies Screaming (1958)
aka: Terror in the Haunted House
6. The Panther's Claw (1942)
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