The Fatal Hour 1940  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery / Horror
aka: Mr. Wong at Headquarters
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Charles Trowbridge, Craig Reynolds, Frank Puglia, Jason Robards Sr., Grant Withers, Nick Copeland, Harry Strang, Lita Chevret, Jack Kennedy, Richard Loo, Hooper Atchley, C.E. Anderson, Paul Scardon
Police Captain Street's (Grant Withers) best friend, a police officer, is murdered, and Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff) investigates. The clues lead to Frank Belden Jr. (Craig Reynolds), and the trail takes Mr. Wong to a jewelry smuggling ring. More murders take place before Mr. Wong tracks down the smuggling ring on San Francisco's waterfront.
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Kept Husbands 1931  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Dorothy Mackaill, Joel McCrea, Robert McWade, Ned Sparks, Florence Roberts, Clara Kimball Young, Mary Carr, Bryant Washburn, Freeman Wood, Lita Chevret, Gregory Gaye, Eddy Chandler
Steel mill engineer Dick Brunton (Joel McCrea) meets the mill owner's daughter, Dot (Dorothy Mackaill), at a dinner party, and she is determined to marry him. They do marry soon after, and Dick quickly becomes Dot's pawn and is, indeed, a "kept husband." Unfortunately, her extravagances pose big problems. But, by story's end, Dick learns to deal with the problem, and Dot learns her lesson.
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Midnight Limited 1940  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: John "Dusty" King, Marjorie Reynolds, George Cleveland, Edward Keane, Monte Collins, Pat Flaherty, Herbert Ashley, Lita Chevret, I. Stanford Jolley, Buck Woods, Lane Chandler, Monte Collins, Charles Stevens
The Phantom Robber (I. Stanford Jolley) has robbed the "Midnight Limited" four times–even though private eye Val Lennon (John "Dusty" King) and his assistant, Joan (Marjorie Reynolds), have been hot on his trail. Determined to get his man, Val sets himself up as bait, goes undercover, and prepares to nab the Phantom Robber.
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| 1. The Fatal Hour (1940)
aka: Mr. Wong at Headquarters
2. Kept Husbands (1931)
3. Midnight Limited (1940)
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