Doomed to Die 1940 N/R, 57 min. Genre: Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: William Nigh Cast: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Marjorie Reynolds, Melvin Lang, Guy Usher, Tristram Coffin, William Stelling, Catherine Craig, Henry Brandon, Richard Loo, Wilbur Mack, Kenneth Harlan, Gibson Gowland, Maxine Leslie
With help from reporter Bobby Logan (Marjorie Reynolds), ace detective Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff) investigates the murder of a shipping magnate and finds more than just murder. Fifth in the Mr. Wong series and the last one starring Karloff. One more would follow: "Phantom of Chinatown."
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Queen of the Yukon 1940 N/R, 73 min. Genre: Adventure / Western
Director: Phil Rosen Cast: Charles Bickford, Irene Rich, Melvin Lang, George Cleveland, June Carlson, Guy Usher, Dave O'Brien, Tristram Coffin, I. Stanford Jolley, Jess Cavin, John Merton
Sadie (Irene Rich) owns an Alaskan riverboat in the Yukon and has been using the money made taking gold-miners to their claims to pay for her daughter Helen's (June Carlson) education at boarding school. Finding that she is strapped for cash, Sadie sells the boat to the shady John Thorne (Melvin Lang) who now uses the boat to jump miners' claims. Unexpectedly, Helen arrives on the scene, and her boyfriend Bob (Dave O'Brien) goes to work for Thorne. But, fear not, Sadie's friend Ace (Charles Bickford) comes to the rescue and saves the day.
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