Angels Over Broadway 1940  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell, John Qualen, George Watts, Ralph Theodore, Eddie Foster, Jack Roper, Constance Worth, Walter Baldwin
A do-gooder playwright attempts to prevent an embezzler from committing suicide and then give him a reason for living. Great dialogue but the characters are a bit hard to believe.
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Dick Tracy Returns 1938 N/R, 254 min.
Genre: Action / Mystery / Romance
Director: John English, William Witney
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Charles Middleton, Lynne Roberts, Jack Ingram, Jerry Tucker, Ned Glass, David Sharpe, John Archer, Lee Ford, Reed Howes, Michael Kent, John Merton, Ray Bennett, Jack Roberts, Eddie Foster
Ralph Byrd is back as Dick Tracy in another 15 episode installment that finds Tracy on the trail of the Stark gang, a murderous Stark family, led by Pa Stark (Charles Middleton), who has added one of Tracy's men to their list of victims.
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The Hoodlum 1951 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Max Nosseck
Cast: Lawrence Tierney, Allene Roberts, Marjorie Riordan, Lisa Golm, Edward Tierney, Stuart Randall, Angela Stevens, John De Simone, Tom Hubbard, O.Z. Whitehead, Eddie Foster, Richard Barron, Rudy Rama, William H. O'Brien, Gene Roth
After his release from prison due to his mother's (Lisa Golm) pleading, vicious Vincent Lubeck (Lawrence Tierney) continues his abuse of his family and friends as he returns to a life of crime. First, he seduces his brother Johnny's (Edward Tierney) fiancee Rosa (Allene Roberts) who later commits suicide after learning that she is pregnant. Then Vincent forms a relationship with bank employee Eileen (Marjorie Riordan) and uses her for information in order to perform a robbery. Finally, Johnny has had enough and takes action against his brother.
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The Mummy's Hand 1940 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Horror / Thriller
Director: Christy Cabanne
Cast: Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Wallace Ford, Eduardo Ciannelli, George Zucco, Cecil Kellaway, Charles Trowbridge, Tom Tyler, Sig Arno, Leon Belasco, Harry Stubbs, Michael Mark, Eddie Foster, Mara Tartar, Frank Lackteen
Unemployed archeologists Steve (Dick Foran) and Babe (Wallace Ford) receive funding from a magician, The Great Solvani (Cecil Kellaway), and his daughter Marta (Peggy Moran). Steve and Babe join forces in Egypt and find themselves living with the Mummy (Tom Tyler) and threatened by a high priest (George Zucco) in this good comedic horror film. Humor helps relieve the tension.
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Mutiny in the Big House 1939  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane, Pat Moriarity, Dennis Moore, William Royle, Charley Foy, George Cleveland, Russell Hopton, Nigel De Brulier, Jeffrey Sayre, Eddie Foster, Dave O'Brien
Johnny (Dennis Moore) is sent to prison for forging a check. The prison Chaplain (Charles Bickford) attempts to bring salvation to the new arrival while hardened criminal Red (Barton MacLane) tries to involve Johnny in a prison break.
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Tramp, Tramp, Tramp 1942  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Jackie Gleason, Jack Durant, Florence Rice, Bruce Bennett, Forrest Tucker, James Seay, Eddie Foster, John Harmon, Billy Curtis, Mabel Todd
Two draft rejects (Jackie Gleason and Jack Durant) unwittingly get involved in murder and mayhem.
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| 1. Angels Over Broadway (1940)
2. Dick Tracy Returns (1938)
3. The Hoodlum (1951)
4. The Mummy's Hand (1940)
5. Mutiny in the Big House (1939)
6. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1942)
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