Guns in the Dark 1937  N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, Claire Rochelle, Dick Curtis, Julian Madison, Syd Saylor, Ted Adams, Steve Clark, Jim Corey, Roger Williams, Slim Whitaker, Lew Meehan, Budd Buster
After swearing never to use a gun after he thought that he had killed his best friend, Johnny (Johnny Mack Brown) becomes involved in a feud between Joan's (Claire Rochelle) construction company and Brace's (Dick Curtis) gang. Joan is building a dam that would be in the way of Brace's stolen cattle route. Brace's gang also just happens to have been involved in Johnny's friend's killing.
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Lightning Strikes West 1940  N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Cast: Ken Maynard, Claire Rochelle, Bob Terry, Michael Vallon, Charles King, Reed Howes, Dick Dickinson, George Chesebro, John Elliott, William Gould, Chick Hannon, Tex Palmer
When bank robber Butch Taggart (Michael Vallon) escapes from jail, Lightning Morgan (Ken Maynard), who caught Butch the first time around, is asked to do so again. But Butch isn't the only one on Taggart's tail as Taggart heads for hidden gold.
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Secrets of a Co-Ed 1942 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Silent Witness
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Otto Kruger, Tina Thayer, Rick Vallin, Russell Hoyt, Diana Del Rio, Marcia Mae Jones, Geraldine Spreckels, Addison Richards, Herb Vigran, Patricia Knox, Claire Rochelle, Tom Patricola
Defiant Brenda (Tina Thayer) is the co-ed daughter of District Attorney James Reynolds (Otto Kruger) who leads a double life as the overlord of a crime syndicate. When Brenda falls in love with her father's number one enforcer, James plots to have him knocked off. The plan backfires, Brenda is arrested for the murder, and James defends Brenda in a move that will change their lives forever.
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Shake Hands with Murder 1944  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery
Director: Albert Herman
Cast: Iris Adrian, Frank Jenks, Douglas Fowley, Jack Raymond, Claire Rochelle, Herbert Rawlinson, Juan de la Cruz, I. Stanford Jolley, Forrest Taylor, George Kirby, Gene Roth, Anitra Sparrow
Bail-bond broker Patsy Brent (Iris Adrian) and her partner Eddie Jones (Frank Jenks) try to help accused embezzler Steve Morgan (Douglas Fowley) by posting a big bond for him. All goes well–until Morgan's victim, John Clark (Herbert Rawlinson), is murdered, and Morgan comes up as the main suspect. Now, Patsy and Eddie must try to prove him innocent and find the real killer.
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Waterfront 1944 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steve Sekely
Cast: John Carradine, J. Carrol Naish, Maris Wrixon, Edwin Maxwell, Terry Frost, John Bleifer, Marten Lamont, Olga Fabian, Claire Rochelle, Billy Nelson, Gene Roth
Supposed optometrist Carl Decker (J. Carrol Naish) is, in reality, the head of the local Nazi espionage ring working from the San Francisco docks. His power lies in what is written in his little black book, forcing local German-Americans to support his cause. When his assistant, Victor (John Carradine), challenges Carl for the leadership, the U.S. has a chance to be saved. Another shot of motivation for the U.S. citizenry during World War II.
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| 1. Guns in the Dark (1937)
2. Lightning Strikes West (1940)
3. Secrets of a Co-Ed (1942)
aka: Silent Witness
4. Shake Hands with Murder (1944)
5. Waterfront (1944)
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