Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome 1947  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
aka: Dick Tracy Meets Karloff
Dick Tracy's Amazing Adventure
Director: John Rawlins
Cast: Boris Karloff, Ralph Byrd, Anne Gwynne, Edward Ashley, Lyle Latell, Skelton Knaggs, Tony Barrett, Joseph Crehan, Jason Robards Sr., June Clayworth, Jim Nolan, Milton Parsons, Lex Barker, Robert Bray, Harry Strang
Dastardly criminal Gruesome (Boris Karloff) uses gas bombs to paralyze victims while he robs banks–until Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd) comes to the rescue.
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Dick Tracy vs. Cueball 1946 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Lyle Latell, Rita Corday, Dick Wessel, Ian Keith, Joseph Crehan, Douglas Walton, Skelton Knaggs, Esther Howard, Byron Foulger, Jimmy Crane, Milton Parsons
Morgan Conway takes on Ralph Byrd's role of detective Dick Tracy who, this time around, is on the trail of Cueball (Dick Wessel), the leader of a gang of jewel thieves.
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The Ghost Ship 1943  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Richard Dix, Russell Wade, Edith Barrett, Ben Bard, Edmund Glover, Skelton Knaggs, Tom Burton, Steve Winston, Lawrence Tierney, Robert Bice, Dewey Robinson, Steve Forrest, Boyd Davis, George DeNormand, Skelton Knaggs
Third Officer Tom Merriam (Russell Wade) tries in vain to warn crewmen that Captain Stone (Richard Dix) is psychotic. When the men ignore him, a deadly game of cat-and-mouse follows that endangers the entire crew.
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The High Command 1937 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thorold Dickinson
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Lucie Mannheim, Steven Geray, James Mason, Allan Jeayes, Wally Patch, Tom Gill, Leslie Perrins, Philip Strange, Skelton Knaggs
A British general (Lionel Atwill) investigates a crisis on an African outpost and becomes involved in blackmail and murder.
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House of Dracula 1945  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Martha O'Driscoll, Lionel Atwill, Onslow Stevens, Ludwig Stossel, Glenn Strange, Skelton Knaggs, Joseph E. Bernard, Jane(2) Adams
Dr. Edelman (Onslow Stevens) is the catalyst for bringing together Dracula (John Carradine), the Wolf Man (Lon Chaney Jr.), and Frankenstein's monster (Glenn Strange) for one more fling in the horror genre. Can he "cure" them, or will he be a victim? Follows "House of Frankenstein."
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The Invisible Man's Revenge 1944 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Ford Beebe
Cast: Jon Hall, Alan Curtis, Evelyn Ankers, Leon Errol, John Carradine, Ian Wolfe, Gale Sondergaard, Halliwell Hobbes, Lester Matthews, Skelton Knaggs
Robert Griffin (Jon Hall) gets hold of a serum that makes him invisible and creates mayhem for a couple (Gale Sondergaard and Lester Matthews) who once had tried to kill him.
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Isle of the Dead 1945  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew, Marc Cramer, Katherine Emery, Jason Robards Sr., Helen Thimig, Alan Napier, Skelton Knaggs, Ernst Deutsch, Sherry Hall, Erick Hanson
Nikolas Pherides (Boris Karloff) is a Greek general who, after a battle during the Balkan War of 1912, goes with American journalist Oliver Davis (Marc Cramer) to a nearby island to find Pherides' deceased wife's grave. They receive help from Swiss archaeologist Albrecht (Jason Robards Sr.) who provides them with a roof over their heads and advice. When they reach the grave, they discover that the remains are no longer there. Pherides decides to track down the grave robbers and, in the process, hears stories from superstitious Kyra (Helen Thimig) about a vampire Thea (Ellen Drew). Meanwhile, the island's inhabitants are dying. Are they victims of a plague caused by corpses on a nearby battlefield, or are the deaths being caused by Kyra? The closing scene of Mrs. St. Auburn (Katherine Emery) being buried alive brings a chilling climax to this horror story.
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Terror by Night 1946 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray, Dennis Hoey, Mary Forbes, Billy Bevan, Frederick Worlock, Leyland Hodgson, Harry Cording, Skelton Knaggs, Renee Godfrey, Geoffrey Steele, Janet Murdoch, Gerald Hammer, Boyd Davis
Lady Margaret Carstairs (Mary Forbes) and her son Roland (Geoffrey Steele) are on a train heading for Scotland, and she has hired Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) to guard the "Star of Rhodesia" diamond that she is carrying with her. Doctor Watson (Nigel Bruce) and Inspector Lestrade (Dennis Hoey) are helping Holmes protect the diamond. Holmes switches diamonds with Margaret, but after Roland is killed, and the fake diamond is stolen, Holmes, Watson, and Lestrade set out to solve the mystery.
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Torture Ship 1939  N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Victor Halperin
Cast: Lyle Talbot, Irving Pichel, Julie Bishop, Sheila Bromley, Anthony Averill, Eddie Holden, Russell Hopton, Julian Madison, Wheeler Oakman, Stanley Blystone, Skelton Knaggs
Intent on curing criminal minds, Dr. Herbert Stander (Irving Pichel) transports escaped criminals on Lt. Bob Bennett's (Lyle Talbot) ship with plans to operate on them at a remote island.
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| 1. Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
aka: Dick Tracy Meets Karloff
aka: Dick Tracy's Amazing Adventure
2. Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
3. The Ghost Ship (1943)
4. The High Command (1937)
5. House of Dracula (1945)
6. The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
7. Isle of the Dead (1945)
8. Terror by Night (1946)
9. Torture Ship (1939)
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