Big Town After Dark 1947 N/R, 69 min. Genre: Mystery / Drama aka: Underworld After Dark
Director: William C. Thomas Cast: Philip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Richard Travis, Ann Gillis, Vince Barnett, Joe Sawyer, Robert Kent, Charles Arnt, Joseph Allen, William Haade, Arthur Space, Richard Keene
When Susan (Ann Gillis), the niece of a newspaper publisher (Richard Travis), gets in over her head gambling, her uncle is blackmailed by gambling racketeers. Crusading newspaper editor-in-chief Steve Wilson (Philip Reed) and police reporter Lorelei Kilbourne (Hillary Brooke) jump on the trail of the mobsters involved.
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Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise 1940 N/R, 75 min. Genre: Mystery / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Eugene Forde Cast: Sidney Toler, Marjorie Weaver, Victor Sen Yung, Lionel Atwill, Leo G. Carroll, Robert Lowery, Don Beddoe, Cora Witherspoon, Kay Linaker, Charles Middleton, Leonard Mudie, Harlan Briggs, Claire De Brey, James Burke, Richard Keene
A Scotland Yard detective is murdered, and Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) goes aboard a cruise ship sailing from Honolulu to San Francisco to solve the crime when it appears that the killer is one of the ship's passengers. With help from his Number 2 son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) and the widow (Kay Linaker) of the murdered Scotland Yard detective, Charlie investigates suspicious passengers who include Dr. Sudermann (Lionel Atwill), Prof. Gordon (Leo G. Carroll), and Mr. Walters (Charles Middleton). This is a remake of the lost Charlie Chan movie of 1931, "Charlie Chan Carries On."
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Wild Company 1930 N/R, 73 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Leo McCarey Cast: Frank Albertson, H.B. Warner, Sharon Lynn, Joyce Compton, Claire McDowell, Bela Lugosi, George Fawcett, Richard Keene, Frances McCoy, Kenneth Thomson
Following an argument with his girlfriend, Larry Grayson (Frank Albertson) heads for a nightclub where he meets Sally who proves to be the last thing he needs.
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| 1. Big Town After Dark (1947) aka: Underworld After Dark
2. Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940)
3. Wild Company (1930)
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