The Brute Man 1946  N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Thriller
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Rondo Hatton, Jane(2) Adams, Tom Neal, Jan Wiley, Peter Whitney, Donald MacBride, Fred Coby, Janelle Johnson Dolenz, Tristram Coffin, Joseph Crehan
Hal Moffet "The Creeper" (Rondo Hatton) seeks revenge for a lab accident that grossly disfigured him years ago in college. (Fred Coby takes on the role of Hal before the disfigurement.) After finding and killing his former classmates, "The Creeper" seeks refuge in the home of blind, piano teacher Helen Page (Jane Adams). But, an unrelenting police officer, Lt. Gates (Peter Whitney), is on his trail, and capture appears to be a certainty for "The Creeper."
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Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. 1941  N/R, 263 min.
Genre: Action / Mystery
Director: John English, William Witney
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Michael Owen, Jan Wiley, John Davidson, Ralph Morgan, Robert Frazer, Howard C. Hickman, Nora Lane, Jack Mulhall, David Sharpe, Kenneth Harlan, John Dilson, Robert Fiske, Hooper Atchley, Anthony Warde
In this last in a series of serials, Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd) is on the trail of "Ghost," who has the ability to become invisible. He is going too far in destroying members of a group of influential citizens trying to get rid of crime in the city. (15 episodes)
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The Living Ghost 1942  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
aka: A Walking Nightmare
Lend Me Your Ear
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: James Dunn, Joan Woodbury, Paul McVey, Vera Gordon, Norman Willis, J. Farrell MacDonald, Minerva Urecal, George Eldredge, Jan Wiley, Lawrence Grant, Howard Banks, Gus Glassmire
Ex-detective Nick Trayne (James Dunn) and his assistant, Billie Hilton (Joan Woodbury), search for wealthy-banker, kidnap-victim Walter Craig (Gus Glassmire), and during the investigation Craig turns up alive but in a catatonic state. To solve the new mystery, Nick and Billie follow a trail of clues that leads them to an old shack where eerie experiments involving zombies have been performed.
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She-Wolf of London 1946 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: The Curse of the Allenbys
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Don Porter, June Lockhart, Sara Haden, Jan Wiley, Lloyd Corrigan, Dennis Hoey, Martin Kosleck, Eily Malyon, Frederick Worlock, James Finlayson
A series of grisly murders have the authorities baffled in early-1900s London. Phyllis Allenby (June Lockhart) is convinced that she is the perpetrator, since she is an ancestor of a family that had a werewolf curse. Her fiance (Don Porter) sets out to prove her innocence.
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Thunder River Feud 1942  N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: S. Roy Luby
Cast: Ray Corrigan, John "Dusty" King, Max Terhune, Jan Wiley, Jack Holmes, Rick Anderson, Carleton Young, George Chesebro, Carl Mathews, Budd Buster, Ted Mapes, Steve Clark, Tex Palmer, Hal Price
Maybelle (Jan Wiley) is involved in a range war and asks for help from the Range Busters–Crash Corrigan (Ray Corrigan), Dusty King (John "Dusty" King) and Alibi Terhune (Max Terhune). As usual, they arrive in town in disguise, and it isn't long before they uncover the fact that Jim (Jack Holmes) and his thugs started the war in order to claim the land for themselves. There is time for Dusty to sing and Max to put on his ventriloquist show.
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The Underdog 1943 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Barton MacLane, Bobby Larson, Jan Wiley, Charlotte Wynters, Conrad Binyon, Elizabeth Valentine, Kenneth Harlan, George Anderson, Jack Kennedy, I. Stanford Jolley, Frank Ellis, Jack Rockwell
In this World War II era story, the Tate family–John and Amy (Barton MacLane and Jan Wiley) along with their son Henry (Bobby Larson) and his dog Hobo–lose their farm due to a foreclosure and move to the city. But, even more problems await them in the city in the form of gangs, both local and Nazi saboteurs.
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| 1. The Brute Man (1946)
2. Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941)
3. The Living Ghost (1942)
aka: A Walking Nightmare
aka: Lend Me Your Ear
4. She-Wolf of London (1946)
aka: The Curse of the Allenbys
5. Thunder River Feud (1942)
6. The Underdog (1943)
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