Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion 1950  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Patricia Medina, Walter Slezak, Douglass Dumbrille, Marc Lawrence, Leon Belasco, Tor Johnson, Jack Raymond, Fred Nurney
After joining the Foreign Legion, Bud Jones (Bud Abbott) and Lou Hotchkiss (Lou Costello) end up in Algeria under the thumb of Sergeant Axmann (Walter Slezak).
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The Last Command 1928  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell, Nicholas Soussanin, Michael Visaroff, Jack Raymond, Fritz Feld, Viatseslav Savitsky, Harry Semels, Alexander Ikonnikov, Nicholas Kobliansky
The first Academy Award for Best Actor was won by Emil Jannings for this film and "The Way of All Flesh." In "The Last Command" Jannings plays an ex-commander of defeated Russian Czar Nicholas' army who has immigrated to the United States where he works as an extra in Hollywood films.
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Neath Brooklyn Bridge 1942 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wallace Fox
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Ernest Morrison, Ann Gillis, Noah Beery Jr., Marc Lawrence, Gabriel Dell, Stanley Clements, Bobby Stone, Jack Raymond, Betty Wells
The Bowery Boys are back in action when they hide Sylvia (Ann Gillis) after her guardian is killed by bar-owner Butch (Noah Beery Jr.). Now the boys are suspects in the murder, and it's up to them to prove Butch's guilt.
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The Return of Sophie Lang 1936  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Gertrude Michael, Sir Guy Standing, Ray Milland, Elizabeth Patterson, Colin Tapley, Paul Harvey, Garry Owen, Purnell Pratt, Eddie Fetherston, Jack Raymond
Maximillian Bernard (Sir Guy Standing) sets out in quest of a valuable diamond, hoping to enlist the aid of Sophie Lang, a jewel thief now trying to go straight, who is also the companion of a wealthy matron who loves jewels.
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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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The Speckled Band 1931 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jack Raymond
Cast: Raymond Massey, Athole Stewart, Lyn Harding, Angela Baddeley, Nancy Price, Stanley Lathbury, Marie Ault, Joyce Moore, Charles Paton, Franklyn Bellamy, Ivan Brandt
Raymond Massey stars as Sherlock Holmes in this adaptation of Conan Doyle's story that takes crime solving out of the 19th century and into 20th-century technology as Holmes and Dr. Watson (Athole Stewart) solve the murder of a young woman. Dr. Watson's friend, Helen Stoner (Angela Baddeley), reports that her sister Violet (Joyce Moore) has died, but the cause of her death has not been determined. Her final words were, "The Speckled Band!" Helen is worried that she will become the next victim, and she asks Holmes and Watson to investigate.
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| 1. Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
2. The Last Command (1928)
3. Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942)
4. The Return of Sophie Lang (1936)
5. Shake Hands with Murder (1944)
6. The Speckled Band (1931)
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