Black Gold 1947  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Phil Karlson
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Katherine DeMille, Elyse Knox, Kane Richmond, "Ducky" Louie, Raymond Hatton, Thurston Hall, Moroni Olsen, Charles Trowbridge, Darryl Hickman
Charley Eagle (Anthony Quinn) and his wife, Sarah (Katherine DeMille), adopt young Davey ("Ducky" Louie) and discover oil on their land. Davey grows up to fulfill Charley's dream when he becomes a jockey and rides Charley's horse in the Kentucky Derby.
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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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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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Charlie Chan in Reno 1939  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Sidney Toler, Ricardo Cortez, Phyllis Brooks, Slim Summerville, Kane Richmond, Victor Sen Yung, Pauline Moore, Robert Lowery, Eddie Collins, Kay Linaker, Louise Henry, Charles D. Brown, Hamilton MacFadden, Iris Wong, Morgan Conway
Mary Whitman (Pauline Moore) goes to Reno seeking to divorce her husband Curtis (Kane Richmond) and checks into a hotel where Jeanne Bentley (Louise Henry), who is also divorcing her husband, is found murdered. Police suspect Mary, and she calls on the services of Honolulu detective Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler). Chan shows up with Number 2 son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) and, while investigating the murder, engages in a battle of wits with local sheriff Tombstone Fletcher (Slim Summerville) who questions Chan's investigating abilities.
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Double Cross 1941 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Albert H. Kelley
Cast: Kane Richmond, Wynne Gibson, Pauline Moore, John Miljan, Mary Gordon, Richard Beach, Robert Homans, Frank Moran, Heinie Conklin, Edward Keane, Charles F. Miller, William Halligan
Jim Murray (Kane Richmond) pretends to get fired from the police force in order to infiltrate a gang of racketeers. He is assigned as driver for gang members who are on their way to kill Jim's father–the police chief. But fear not; Jim puts out a warning, and the hoodlums are history.
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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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Headline Crasher 1937  N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Cast: Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, Muriel Evans, John Merton, Richard Tucker, Edward Earle, Jack Ingram, Charles King, Dick Curtis, Eleanor Stewart, Harry Harvey, John Ward
Embittered Tony Scarlotti (John Merton) is released from prison on parole and plans to exact revenge on Senator James Tallant (Richard Tucker) who put him away. He plans and executes the kidnapping of Tallant's not-so-perfect son, Jimmy (Frankie Darro). At the same time, Tallant's rival, Atwood (Edward Earle), takes over "The Morning Herald" and publishes reports of what a poor father Senator Tallant has been. Now, Jimmy must find a way to escape from Scarlotti and defeat the plot to ruin his father's political career.
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Murder Over New York 1940 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Harry Lachman
Cast: Sidney Toler, Marjorie Weaver, Robert Lowery, Ricardo Cortez, Victor Sen Yung, Donald MacBride, Melville Cooper, Kane Richmond, Joan Valerie, Clarence Muse
During a police convention in New York City, Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) is called on to investigate espionage and possible sabotage at an airplane plant.
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Riders of the Purple Sage 1941 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
Director: James Tinling
Cast: George Montgomery, Mary Howard, Robert Barrat, Lynne Roberts, Kane Richmond, Patsy Patterson, Richard Lane, Oscar O'Shea, LeRoy Mason, Frank McGrath
This telling of the Zane Grey story, again without the novel's religious undertones, has Jim Lassiter (George Montgomery) showing up to help his niece, who is being cheated out of her inheritance by a crooked judge (Robert Barrat). The judge also heads a vigilante group that is, in reality, a thieving and murdering group trying to get the settlers out of the area.
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| 1. Black Gold (1947)
2. Born to Fight (1938)
3. Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
4. Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
5. Double Cross (1941)
6. Hard Guy (1941)
7. Headline Crasher (1937)
8. Murder Over New York (1940)
9. Riders of the Purple Sage (1941)
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