 Black Beauty 1946  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Romance
Director: Max Nosseck
Cast: Mona Freeman, Richard Denning, Evelyn Ankers, Charles Evans, J.M. Kerrigan, Moyna MacGill, Terry Kilburn, Tom Dillon, Arthur Space, Olaf Hytten, Leyland Hodgson, John Burton, Clifford Brooke
Young Anne (Mona Freeman) is given a colt by her father, and, through her efforts, the horse becomes a champion racer. But, the horse falls into the hands of a cruel man who abuses it. Anna finds the horse–though it is too late to save the day. Another version of Anna Sewell's novel.
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 Dressed to Kill 1946  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
aka: Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison, Edmund Breon, Frederick Worlock, Carl Harbord, Tom Dillon, Mary Gordon, Ian Wolfe, Harry Cording, Patricia Cameron, Holmes Herbert, Leyland Hodgson, Wallace Scott, Olaf Hytten
In this last Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, they track down stolen engraving plates from the Bank of England. A convicted thief has hidden the location of the stolen plates inside music boxes Innocent people buy the boxes and are then murdered. Now, Holmes tries to locate the last box to discover its hidden secrets and stop the murders.
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Night Tide 1961 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Harrington
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Gavin Muir, Marjorie Eaton, H.E. West, Linda Lawson, Tom Dillon, Luana Anders, Bruno VeSota, Marjorie Cameron, Chaino
When a sailor (Dennis Hopper) becomes enamored with a mermaid in a carnival, he convinces himself that she is really an evil siren.
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Pursuit to Algiers 1945 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Mystery
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Marjorie Riordan, Rosalind Ivan, Martin Kosleck, John Abbott, Morton Lowry, Frederick Worlock, Gerald Hamer, Rex Evans, Leslie Vincent, William "Wee Willie" Davis, Wilson Benge, Tom Dillon, Sven Hugo Borg
While sailing from London to Algiers, Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) protect a prince, Far Eastern regent Nikolas (Leslie Vincent), on his trip home following his father's assassination. Nikolas is disguised as Watson's son in an effort to confuse possible assassins who are on Nikolas' trail. As luck would have it, the assassins are among the passengers, and Holmes must weed out the good passengers from the bad.
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Woman on the Run 1950 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith, Frank Jenks, Ross Elliott, John Qualen, J. Farrell MacDonald, Joan Shawlee, Steven Geray, Victor Sen Yung, Tom Dillon, Reiko Sato
Frank (Ross Elliott) witnesses a gang killing and goes into hiding leaving wife Eleanor (Ann Sheridan) home alone. In an attempt to find Frank, Eleanor contacts newspaperman Danny Leggett (Dennis O'Keefe). But, Danny might not be the best person for Eleanor to call; in fact, he is a hit man hired to kill Frank.
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| 1. Black Beauty (1946)
2. Dressed to Kill (1946)
aka: Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill
3. Night Tide (1961)
4. Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
5. Woman on the Run (1950)
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