The Golden Eye 1948  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
aka: The Mystery of the Golden Eye
Charlie Chan and the Golden Eye
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Roland Winters, Victor Sen Yung, Mantan Moreland, Tim Ryan, Bruce Kellogg, Wanda McKay, Evelyn Brent, Ralph Dunn, Lois Austin, Forrest Taylor, Lee "Lasses" White, Edmund Cobb, John Merton, George Spaulding, Lee Tung Foo
Charlie Chan (Roland Winters) visits an Arizona dude ranch where a defunct gold mine, mysteriously, has become active and, once again, is producing gold. The mine owner, Mr. Manning (Forrest Taylor) has called on Chan to help him when he learns that he is the intended victim of a murderer. Chan, his son Tommy (Victor Sen Yung), and chauffeur Birmingham (Mantan Moreland) pose as tourists, and the investigation begins. Clues lead to mine operator Driscoll (Ralph Dunn) who is smuggling gold from Mexico and passing it off as coming from the mine. But solving this case will prove difficult–and dangerous.
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Shadows Over Chinatown 1946 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Terry O. Morse
Cast: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Victor Sen Yung, Tanis Chandler, John Gallaudet, Bruce Kellogg, Paul Bryar, Al Bridge, Mary Gordon, Dorothy Granger
San Francisco's Chinatown becomes the center for an insurance racket, but Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) brings down the con men.
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Trailing Double Trouble 1940  N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: S. Roy Luby
Cast: Ray Corrigan, John "Dusty" King, Lita Conway, Roy Barcroft, Max Terhune, Tom London, Forrest Taylor, Bruce Kellogg, Kenne Duncan, Carl Mathews, Rex Felker, Jack Rutherford, Tex Palmer, Nancy Louise King, Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders
In this second entry of the "Range Busters" series, the Range Busters–"Crash" Corrigan (Ray Corrigan), "Dusty" King (John King), and "Alibi" Terhune (Max Terhune)–take care of a baby (Mary Louise King) after witnessing the killing of its father Bob Horner (Kenne Duncan). Unscrupulous attorney Jim Moreland (Roy Barcroft) claims that he should be the guardian and has his own plans for the inheritance. Now, when the Range Busters are accused of killing Bob and kidnapping the baby, a showdown is a certainty.
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Unknown World 1951  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Terry O. Morse
Cast: Victor Kilian, Bruce Kellogg, Otto Waldis, Jim Bannon, Marilyn Nash, Tom Handley, Dick Cogan, George Baxter
With bomb shelters being "the thing" in the 1950s, this film comes up with a sure winner for a shelter: the center of the Earth. A team led by scientist Jeremiah Morley (Victor Kilian) builds a giant drilling machine to do just that. And the expedition begins, with hazards sure to lie ahead.
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| 1. The Golden Eye (1948)
aka: The Mystery of the Golden Eye
aka: Charlie Chan and the Golden Eye
2. Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)
3. Trailing Double Trouble (1940)
4. Unknown World (1951)
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