American Empire 1942  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
aka: My Son Alone
Director: William C. McGann
Cast: Richard Dix, Leo Carrillo, Preston Foster, Frances Gifford, Robert Barrat, Jack La Rue, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Cliff Edwards, Merrill Rodin, Chris-Pin Martin, Richard Webb, William Farnum
After the Civil War, pals Dan and Paxton (Richard Dix and Preston Foster) head West to Texas and start a cattle business, which thrives. But when Dominique (Leo Carrillo) steals cattle, he also talks Paxton into being his partner. Now Dan, with the help of his sister Abby (Frances Gifford), must fend for himself until Paxton sees the folly of his decision. Good Western fare.
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Born to Fight 1938  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Hutchinson
Cast: Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, Jack La Rue, Frances Grant, Sheila Bromley, Monte Collins, Eddie Phillips, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Philo McCullough, Hal Price, Donald Kerr, Gino Corrado
Boxing trainer Tom "Bomber" Brown (Kane Richmond) goes on the lam after accidentally injuring a crooked gambler, Smoothy (Jack La Rue). While traveling incognito, Brown finds up-and-coming fighter "Baby Face" Madison (Frankie Darro) who he trains for the Championship title.
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Bridge of Sighs 1936  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Onslow Stevens, Dorothy Tree, Jack La Rue, Walter Byron, Mary Doran, John Kelly, Oscar Apfel, Paul Fix, Bryant Washburn, Robert Homans, Lafe McKee, Selmer Jackson
Assistant District Attorney Jeffrey Powell (Onslow Stevens) loves Marion (Dorothy Tree) who (unknown to Jeffrey) is the sister of a man Jeffrey wrongfully sent to prison for murder. Marion attempts to clear her brother's name by getting committed to prison in order to get the proof from an inmate. When Jeffrey finds out about her actions, he sets out to find the truth.
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 Captains Courageous 1937  N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Freddie Bartholomew, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore, Melvyn Douglas, Mickey Rooney, Charley Grapewin, John Carradine, Leo G. Carroll, Charles Trowbridge, Jack La Rue
Spencer Tracy won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in this film about a Portuguese fisherman. When a wealthy, spoiled boy (Freddie Bartholomew) falls overboard off an ocean liner, he learns about life and hard work from the fishermen who rescue him. Based on the Rudyard Kipling classic.
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Charlie Chan in Panama 1940 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery / Adventure / Drama / Comedy
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Sidney Toler, Jean Rogers, Kane Richmond, Lionel Atwill, Mary Nash, Victor Sen Yung, Chris-Pin Martin, Jack La Rue, Frank Puglia, Eddie Acuff, Lionel Royce, Helen Ericson, Edwin Stanley, Donald Douglas, Addison Richards
During World War II, a plot is in-the-making to blow up the Panama Canal, and the United States government hires Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) to solve the case. Helping Charlie is his Number 2 son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung), and after they land in Panama City they are confronted by the problem of a number of people who could be an elusive Axis spy known as Rymer who is behind the plot to destroy the canal. Will Charlie and Jimmy be able to identify Rymer, solve the case, and save the canal?
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Dangerous Passage 1944  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: William Berke
Cast: Robert Lowery, Phyllis Brooks, Charles Arnt, Jack La Rue, Victor Kilian, Alec Craig, John Eldredge, William Edmunds, Will Wright
Joe Beck (Robert Lowery) inherits a fortune, but he must sail from South America to the U.S. in order to claim his money in Texas. On the voyage, he falls in love with sultry singer Nita Paxton (Phyllis Brooks) and, at the same time, finds himself the victim of attempts on his life by another traveler who wants the inheritance.
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Ellis Island 1936 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Donald Cook, Peggy Shannon, Jack La Rue, Joyce Compton, Bradley Page, Johnny Arthur, George Rosener, Maurice Black, E.H. Calvert, Bryant Washburn, Robert Frazer, Matty Fain
Ted Kedrich (George Rosener) has been released from prison after serving time for bank robbery. He is in the process of deportation at Ellis Island when he is kidnapped by a gang wanting the never-recovered stolen money. Now it falls on the shoulders of immigration officer Gary Curtis (Donald Cook) to lead the search for Ted AND the money.
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A Farewell to Arms 1932 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Gary Cooper, Helen Hayes, Adolphe Menjou, Mary Philips, Jack La Rue, Blanche Friderici, Henry Armetta, Mary Forbes, Paul Porcasi, George Humbert, Gilbert Emery, Herman Bing, Gino Corrado, Marcelle Corday, Doris Lloyd
This Ernest Hemingway story about an ill-fated romance during World War I is brought to the screen with Gary Cooper starring as the ambulance driver Lt. Frederic Henry and Helen Hayes in the role of nurse Catherine Barkley. Frederic and Catherine meet and fall in love in war-torn Italy. Their romance leads to Maj. Rinaldi (Adolphe Menjou) becoming jealous and having Catherine transferred to Milan. When Frederic is wounded and taken to Catherine's hospital, the romance resumes. Later, Henry returns to the war while the now-pregnant Catherine travels to Switzerland. Rinaldi intercepts Catherine's letters to Frederic, but when the war ends, Henry goes to Switzerland in search of Catherine.
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Follow the Leader 1944 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: East of the Bowery
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, David Durand, Buddy Gorman, Bobby Stone, William "Billy" Benedict, Gabriel Dell, Jimmy Strand, Joan Marsh, Jack La Rue, J. Farrell MacDonald, Mary Gordon
On leave from the Army, Muggs and Glimpy (Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall) find that one of their East Side Kids gang has wrongfully been jailed for a robbery. Suspicion falls on one of their new members, Spider (William "Billy" Benedict), who is killed by the bad guys. Now, Muggs and Glimpy take on the villains. One of the better "East Side Kids" entries
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Gambling Ship 1933 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Louis J. Gasnier, Max Marcin
Cast: Cary Grant, Benita Hume, Roscoe Karns, Glenda Farrell, Jack La Rue, Arthur Vinton, Charles Williams, Edwin Maxwell, Frank Moran, Spencer Charters
This is a limp story of a gambler, Ace (Cary Grant), who poses as a businessman on a train. He meets Eleanor (Benita Hume), who is posing as a socialite but is really the mistress for a man who owns a failing gambling ship. She convinces Ace to buy the ship in order to get business from Pete (Jack La Rue), an enemy of Ace. Some fine moments and LaRue is a great villain.
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Good Dame 1934 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marion Gering
Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Fredric March, Jack La Rue, Noel Francis, Russell Hopton, Walter Brennan, Guy Usher, William Farnum, Edward Gargan, Jill Bennett
Two out-of-luck people, a carnival thief and a chorus girl, join up for a life of crime. In the process, they fall in love. The excellent stars deserve better than this weak story.
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Hard Guy 1941 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: Jack La Rue, Mary Healy, Kane Richmond, Iris Adrian, Gayle Mellott, Jack Mulhall, Howard Banks, Ben Taggart, C. Montague Shaw, Inna Gest
Nightclub owner Vic (Jack La Rue) marries off his showgirls to rich, young men and then charges the men's fathers for annulments. When one of the girls refuses to be part of the scam and is murdered, her sister (Mary Healy) takes the job of cigarette girl to learn the identity of her sister's killer.
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The Headline Woman 1935 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Woman in the Case
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Heather Angel, Roger Pryor, Jack La Rue, Ford Sterling, Conway Tearle, Franklin Pangborn, Jack Mulhall, Robert Gleckler, Russell Hopton, Ward Bond, Theodore von Eltz, Wade Boteler, Syd Saylor, Morgan Wallace, George "Gabby" Hayes
When star reporter Bob Grayson (Roger Pryor) learns that Myrna (Heather Angel) is going to be charged with murder, he kidnaps her in hopes of being the first one to get the story, and, too late, he realizes that she is his publisher's daughter. But, he falls in love with Myrna, believes in her innocence, and with help from Hugo (Ford Sterling) sets out to find the real killer.
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In Old Caliente 1939 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts, George "Gabby" Hayes, Jack La Rue, Katherine DeMille, Frank Puglia, Harry Woods, Ethel Wales, Merrill McCormick, Paul Marion
As the Westward Movement continues, those who want to make money the easy way come along also. Rustlers abound, and Roy (Roy Rogers) is accused of being one of them–until he and sidekick Gabby (George "Gabby" Hayes) clear their names by finding the real culprit. Lots of songs, including a duet by Roy and Gabby.
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It Couldn't Have Happened - But It Did 1936 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Reginald Denny, Evelyn Brent, Jack La Rue, Inez Courtney, Hugh Marlowe, Claude King, Bryant Washburn, Robert Homans, Crauford Kent, Robert Frazer, Miki Morita, Emily LaRue, Lynton Brent
Two Broadway producers are murdered in circumstances resembling two killings in a play written by Greg Stone (Reginald Denny). Now, Greg is forced by gangster Smiley Clark (Jack La Rue), who is backing the show, to take on the role of detective and track down the real killer in order to clear Smiley's name.
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The Kennel Murder Case 1933 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette, Ralph Morgan, Helen Vinson, Jack La Rue, Paul Cavanagh, Robert Barrat, Henry O'Neill, Frank Conroy
In this classic Philo Vance (William Powell) mystery, detective Vance investigates a murder at the Kennel Club that was made to look like a suicide.
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Law of Vengeance 1933  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
aka: To the Last Man
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Randolph Scott, Esther Ralston, Buster Crabbe, Jack La Rue, Barton MacLane, Noah Beery, Muriel Kirkland, Fuzzy Knight, Gail Patrick, Egon Brecher, John Carradine, Shirley Temple
The feuding Kentucky Hayden and Colby families suffered a casualty when a Hayden was murdered by Jed Colby (Noah Beery). The feuding resumes when Jed gets out of jail, this time in Nevada where the Haydens have relocated. But there is a complication: Lynn Hayden (Randolph Scott) plans to marry Ellen Colby (Esther Ralston). An early feature film appearance by Shirley Temple.
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The Law Rides Again 1943 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alan James
Cast: Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Jack La Rue, Betty Miles, Emmett Lynn, Kenneth Harlan, Chief Thundercloud, Bryant Washburn, John Bridges, Kenne Duncan, Roy Brent, Hank Bell
Government agents Ken and Hoot (Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson), the "Trail Blazers," track down a crooked Indian agent who is cheating the local tribe.
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My Favorite Brunette 1947 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery / Romance
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney Jr., John Hoyt, Reginald Denny, Frank Puglia, Ann Doran, Jack La Rue, Charles Dingle, Willard Robertson, Charles Arnt, Bing Crosby, James Flavin, Alan Ladd
This well-made spoof of mystery films features Bob Hope as Ronnie Jackson, a photographer of children whose studio is next to the office of private detective Sam McCloud (Alan Ladd). Ronnie is mistaken for Sam and hired by Baroness Carlotta Montay (Dorothy Lamour) to search for her missing uncle. The trail leads to a sanitarium and geologist James Collins (Reginald Denny). But, while investigating, Ronnie is attacked by Willie (Lon Chaney Jr.) and Kismet (Peter Lorre) and finds himself in the middle of murder and mayhem.
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Never a Dull Moment 1943 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Lilley
Cast: Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Frances Langford, Stuart Crawford, Elisabeth Risdon, Mary Beth Hughes, George Zucco, Jack La Rue, Franklin Pangborn, Sammy Stein, Barbara Brown, George Chandler, Ruby Dandridge
The Ritz Brothers (Al, Harry, and Jimmy) get involved with the underworld of gangsters in this fast-paced comedy/musical.
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No Orchids for Miss Blandish 1948 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: St. John Legh Clowes
Cast: Jack La Rue, Linden Travers, Walter Crisham, Leslie Bradley, Hugh McDermott, Zoe Gail, Charles Goldner, MacDonald Parke, Percy Marmont, Lily Molnar
James Hadley Chase's bestseller comes to the screen with this movie, which was panned nearly as much as his book due to the sadistic, violent nature of the story. For the 1940s, there is an extreme amount of violence as an heiress is captured for ransom and ends up in the grips of a degenerate family. Remade in 1971 as "The Grissom Gang."
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Paper Bullets 1941 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Gangs, Inc.
Crime, Inc
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Joan Woodbury, Jack La Rue, Linda Ware, John Archer, Vince Barnett, Alan Ladd, Gavin Gordon, William Halligan, George Pembroke, Selmer Jackson, Phillip Trent, Kenneth Harlan, Bryant Washburn, Alden "Stephen" Chase, Robert Strange
Rita Adams (Joan Woodbury) had been raised in an orphanage with fellow orphans Bob Elliot and Mickey Roma (John Archer and Jack La Rue). As an adult, Rita takes the rap for wealthy playboy Harold's (Phillip Trent) hit-and-run crime and ends up in jail. When she is released from prison, Rita determines to get vengeance against Harold's father Clarence (George Pembroke) who was responsible for her being sent to prison. Meanwhile, her childhood friend Bob is now an undercover agent trying to snare mobster Mickey, and Rita is the key to his investigation. Rita rises to power in the criminal world but ends up back in prison; however, this time her childhood sweetheart Bob promises to be waiting when she is released.
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 Road to Utopia 1945  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hal Walker
Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Hillary Brooke, Douglass Dumbrille, Jack La Rue, Robert Benchley, Robert Barrat, Nestor Paiva, Will Wright
This is one of the best of seven "Road" films. Duke (Bing Crosby) and Chester (Bob Hope) head for the Klondike to find their fortunes in gold and are aided by Sal (Dorothy Lamour) in their pursuit of riches.
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Robin and the Seven Hoods 1964 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Falk, Bing Crosby, Barbara Rush, Victor Buono, Allen Jenkins, Edward G. Robinson, Hans Conried, Hank Henry, Robert Foulk, Jack La Rue, Sig Ruman, Richard Bakalyan
Robbo (Frank Sinatra), who leads Chicago gangsters during Prohibition, is given $50,000 by Marian (Barbara Rush) to hunt down the man who killed her gangster father Big Jim (Edward G. Robinson). Robbo gives the money to his henchman Will (Sammy Davis Jr.) who, in turn, gives the money to Allen A. Dale (Bing Crosby) who runs the Blessed Shelter Orphans Home. Dale informs the press about the gift, and Robbo becomes a celebrity, known as Chicago's Robin Hood. Now, Robbo and his gang open up their own mission and, of course, use it as a cover for back-room gambling. "My Kind of Town" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song.
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The Spanish Main 1945  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Paul Henreid, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak, Binnie Barnes, John Emery, Barton MacLane, J.M. Kerrigan, Fritz Leiber, Nancy Gates, Jack La Rue
Swashbucklers on the high seas is the theme of this adventure in which Capt. Laurent Van Horn (Paul Henreid) takes on the evil Don Alvarado (Walter Slezak) and wins the hand of the beautiful Contessa Francesca (Maureen O'Hara). 1 User Review
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| | Don't pay too much | Anonymous 02/13/2007 | | The Chinese bootleg has the opening & end credits chopped off. I guess they didn't want "RKO Studios" to be shown. Worth owning, but buy from a seller on Ebay rather than a high priced seller on Amazon. |
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Special Agent 1935 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Keighley
Cast: Bette Davis, Ricardo Cortez, George Brent, Jack La Rue, Henry O'Neill, Joe Sawyer, Joseph Crehan, Irving Pichel, Robert Strange, J. Carrol Naish
A detective (George Brent), posing as a reporter, tries to get information on a racketeering boss (Ricardo Cortez) via his bookkeeper (Bette Davis).
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Strike Me Pink 1936 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, Sally Eilers, William Frawley, Brian Donlevy, Jack La Rue, Harry Parke, Helen Lowell, Gordon Jones, Edward Brophy
This is a weak Eddie Cantor entry as he plays a mild-mannered tailor who becomes involved with the Mob when he takes on the job of manager of an amusement park.
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Under the Big Top 1938 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Karl Brown
Cast: Marjorie Main, Anne Nagel, Jack La Rue, Grant Richards, George Cleveland, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Betty Compson, Herbert Rawlinson, Rolfe Sedan, Charlene Wyatt, Harry Harvey, Speed Hansen
The "Three Flying Pennies" trapeze act–featuring Penny (Anne Nagel), Pablo Le Grande (Grant Richards), and Ricardo Le Grande (Jack La Rue)–draws big crowds to the circus owned by Penny's Aunt Sara Post (Marjorie Main). Problems arise when Penny and her partners do not abide by Sara's strict rules. But by story's end, they sort out their complicated relationships, and the act goes on.
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Woman Accused 1933 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Sloane
Cast: Nancy Carroll, Cary Grant, John Halliday, Irving Pichel, Louis Calhern, Jack La Rue, Frank Sheridan, Norma Mitchell, Frank Sheridan, John Lodge, Harry Holman, Gertrude Messinger
Glenda (Nancy Carroll) kills her ex-lover (Louis Calhern) when he refuses to leave her alone and is interfering in her current love life.
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X Marks the Spot 1942 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: George Sherman
Cast: Damian O'Flynn, Helen Parrish, Dick Purcell, Jack La Rue, Neil Hamilton, Robert Homans, Anne Jeffreys, Dick Wessel, Esther Muir, Joe Kirk, Edna Mae Harris, Fred Kelsey
A policeman is killed by racketeers who deal in a valuable, World War II, commodity: rubber. Private eye Eddie Delaney (Damian O'Flynn) investigates with help from Linda Ward (Helen Parrish). But the killer's trail contains several dangers and obstacles that must be overcome.
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Yellow Cargo 1936 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Sinful Cargo
Director: Crane Wilbur
Cast: Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt, Vince Barnett, Jack La Rue, Claudia Dell, Henry Strange, John Ivans, Vance Carroll, Lillian Wessner, Crane Wilbur
This story initiated a series of four "G-Man" films starring Conrad Nagel and Eleanor Hunt as FBI agent Alan O'Connor and reporter Bobbie Reynolds. O'Connor works with the Immigration Department to track down a group of smugglers bringing in Oriental aliens while using a movie studio as the cover. Followed in 1937 by "Navy Spy," The Gold Racket," and "Bank Alarm."
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| 1. American Empire (1942)
aka: My Son Alone
2. Born to Fight (1938)
3. Bridge of Sighs (1936)
4. Captains Courageous (1937)
5. Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
6. Christopher Strong (1933)
7. Dangerous Passage (1944)
8. Ellis Island (1936)
9. A Farewell to Arms (1932)
10. Follow the Leader (1944)
aka: East of the Bowery
11. Gambling Ship (1933)
12. Good Dame (1934)
13. Hard Guy (1941)
14. The Headline Woman (1935)
aka: The Woman in the Case
15. In Old Caliente (1939)
16. It Couldn't Have Happened - But It Did (1936)
17. The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
18. Law of Vengeance (1933)
aka: To the Last Man
19. The Law Rides Again (1943)
20. Machine Gun Mama (1944)
21. My Favorite Brunette (1947)
22. Never a Dull Moment (1943)
23. No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948)
24. Paper Bullets (1941)
aka: Gangs, Inc.
aka: Crime, Inc
25. Road to Utopia (1945)
26. Robin and the Seven Hoods (1964)
27. The Spanish Main (1945)
28. Special Agent (1935)
29. Strike Me Pink (1936)
30. Under the Big Top (1938)
31. Woman Accused (1933)
32. X Marks the Spot (1942)
33. Yellow Cargo (1936)
aka: Sinful Cargo
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