 Angels with Dirty Faces 1938  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, George Bancroft, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Harry Hayden, Gabriel Dell, Bernard Punsly, Joe Downing, Edward Pawley
Father Jerry (Pat O'Brien) tries to help his parish kids develop honest characters. He runs into problems when his childhood friend, Rocky (James Cagney), introduces the children into the criminal side of life. Both Cagney and Director Michael Curtiz were nominated for Oscars.
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The Devil's Party 1938  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ray McCarey
Cast: Victor McLaglen, William Gargan, Paul Kelly, Beatrice Roberts, Frank Jenks, John Gallaudet, Samuel S. Hinds, Joe Downing, Arthur Hoyt, Edward Gargan, Bill Elliott, Scotty Beckett
Four NYC boys made a pact that they would always meet once a year to renew their friendship, Their plans were changed when one of them accidentally set fire to a warehouse and another one took the blame and was sent to reform school. Now Marty (Victor McLaglen)–who had taken the blame–is a professional gambler and owns a nightclub. They are reunited when two of them (William Gargan and John Gallaudet), now policemen, investigate a murder at Marty's club. After one is killed during the investigation, the fourth friend (Paul Kelly), now a priest, sees that justice is served.
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Invisible Stripes 1939  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: George Raft, Jane Bryan, William Holden, Flora Robson, Humphrey Bogart, Paul Kelly, Marc Lawrence, Lee Patrick, Henry O'Neill, Moroni Olsen, Tully Marshall, Joseph Crehan, Joe Downing, Chester Clute, Margot Stevenson
Cliff Taylor (George Raft) is paroled from Sing Sing prison the same day as mobster Chuck Martin (Humphrey Bogart). Cliff needs money to help his younger brother Tim (William Holden) get married to Peggy (Jane Bryan) and joins Chuck's gang. Problems ensue, and both Cliff and Chuck are killed by rival gangsters Ed Kruger (Paul Kelly) and Lefty Sloan (Marc Lawrence). But, as they lie near death, Cliff and Chuck console themselves with the fact that by dying they will not be serving life sentences.
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Larceny, Inc. 1942  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford, Jack Carson, Anthony Quinn, Edward Brophy, Harry Davenport, Jackie Gleason, Grant Mitchell, George Meeker, John Qualen, Barbara Jo Allen, Andrew Tombes, Joe Downing, Joseph Crehan
After being released from Sing Sing Prison, attempting one last robbery before going straight, three ex-cons Pressure Maxwell (Edward G. Robinson), Jug Martin (Broderick Crawford), and Leo Dexter (Anthony Quinn) join forces to tunnel through to a bank vault. Jackie Gleason plays the bit part of a soda jerk, Hobart. Very funny.
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A Slight Case of Murder 1938 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Bryan, Allen Jenkins, Ruth Donnelly, Willard Parker, John Litel, Edward Brophy, Harold Huber, Paul Harvey, Margaret Hamilton, Eric Stanley, Bobby Jordan, Joe Downing, Bert Hanlon
Edward G. Robinson is again excellent as he plays a gangster who goes broke after Prohibition ends. His brewery collapses due to the terrible tasting product, and he heads to his summer home where the fun begins as assorted guests appear, and bodies of gangsters are discovered along with half a million dollars of their loot. A fine, funny flick.
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Smashing the Money Ring 1939  N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Terry O. Morse
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Margot Stevenson, Eddie Foy Jr., Joe Downing, Charles D. Brown, Elliott Sullivan, Charles C. Wilson, William B. Davidson, Donald Douglas, Joe King
This is the third in a series of Secret Service stories starring Ronald Reagan as Lieutenant "Brass" Bancroft. This time around "Brass" leads his agents in an attempt to stop illegal action at sea.
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You Can't Get Away with Murder 1939 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Billy Halop, John Litel, Henry Travers, Harvey Stephens, Harold Huber, Joe Sawyer, George E. Stone, Joe Downing
After being sent to Sing Sing on a trumped-up charge, Frank's (Humphrey Bogart) girlfriend, Madge (Gale Page), tries to gain his release.
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| 1. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
2. The Devil's Party (1938)
3. Invisible Stripes (1939)
4. Larceny, Inc. (1942)
5. A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
6. Smashing the Money Ring (1939)
7. You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939)
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