Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 1944  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Turhan Bey, Andy Devine, Kurt Katch, Frank Puglia, Fortunio Bonanova, Moroni Olsen, Ramsay Ames, Chris-Pin Martin
All the splendor and color of Arabian Nights tales are present in this harmless, but fun, story of the son of the Kalif of Baghdad who is brought up by thieves after his father is killed by the evil Hugala Khan's soldiers. The son, Ali Baba, becomes the leader of the thieves as they fight for freedom.
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The Amazing Mr. X 1948 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Mystery / Horror / Thriller
aka: The Spiritualist
Director: Bernard Vorhaus
Cast: Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell, Richard Carlson, Donald Curtis, Virginia Gregg, Harry B. Mendoza, Norma Varden
Shady spiritualist Alexis (Turhan Bey) attempts to take advantage of wealthy widow Christine Faber (Lynn Bari) by pretending to contact her late husband Paul (Donald Curtis) who had supposedly died in a car accident two years ago. Alexis is in for a big surprise when he performs seances for Christine and her sister Janet (Cathy O'Donnell) and Paul appears and is, in fact, very much alive and involved in a fraudulent scheme.
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Arabian Nights 1942 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure
Director: John Rawlins
Cast: Sabu, Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Leif Erickson, Billy Gilbert, Edgar Barrier, Richard Lane, Turhan Bey, John Qualen, Shemp Howard, William "Wee Willie" Davis, Thomas Gomez, Jeni Le Gon, Robert Greig, Charles Coleman
After his brother Kamar (Leif Erickson) tries and fails to kill him, Haroun-Al-Raschid (Jon Hall) is nursed back to health by the sultry Scheherazade (Maria Montez). Now–with help from Ali Ben Ali (Sabu), Sinbad (Shemp Howard), and Aladdin (John Qualen)–Haroun-Al-Raschid sets out to regain his position as the legal heir to the throne of the Kalif of Baghdad.
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Background to Danger 1943  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: George Raft, Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Osa Massen, Turhan Bey, Frank Puglia, Pedro de Cordoba, Steven Geray, Nestor Paiva, Willard Robertson, Kurt Katch, Jean Del Val, Michael Mark, Wilhelm von Brincken
During World War II, American espionage agent Joe Barton (George Raft) is sent to Ankara where he is given an envelope containing maps showing where the Germans will invade Turkey. Nazi agent Colonel Robinson (Sidney Greenstreet) knows about the maps and orders his agents to severely beat Barton, but he is rescued by Turkish official Zaloshoff (Peter Lorre) and his sister Tamara (Brenda Marshall). The maps are stolen by Robinson's agents, and the chase is on as Barton will stop at nothing to retrieve them.
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The Climax 1944 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: George Waggner
Cast: Boris Karloff, Susanna Foster, Turhan Bey, Gale Sondergaard, Thomas Gomez, George Dolenz, June Vincent, Ludwig Stossel, Scotty Beckett, William Edmunds
A psychopath, Doctor Hohner (Boris Karloff), is obsessed with a young opera soprano, Angela (Susanna Foster), whose singing reminds him of the woman in his past who he loved and then killed.
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Dragon Seed 1944  N/R, 145 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Aline MacMahon, Akim Tamiroff, J. Carrol Naish, Agnes Moorehead, Philip Ahn, Turhan Bey, Hurd Hatfield, Henry Travers
This is the film adaptation of Pearl Buck's story about Chinese villagers who must adapt to the Japanese invasion if they expect to survive the brutalities inflicted on them.
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The Falcon Takes Over 1942 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: George Sanders, James Gleason, Helen Gilbert, Edward Gargan, George Cleveland, Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Allen Jenkins, Ward Bond, Hans Conried
This entry in the "Falcon" series is one of the best as the Falcon (George Sanders) is helped by a reporter (Lynn Bari) to find a missing woman.
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The Gay Falcon 1941 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins, Anne Hunter, Gladys Cooper, Edward Brophy, Arthur Shields, Turhan Bey, Hans Conried, Damian O'Flynn
The Falcon gets to the bottom of a case involving jewel thieves and a phony insurance plot in this, the first of a series of Falcon films.
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The Mummy's Tomb 1942 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Harold Young
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Elyse Knox, John Hubbard, Turhan Bey, Dick Foran, Wallace Ford, George Zucco, Mary Gordon, Virginia Brissac, Cliff Clark, Paul E. Burns, Frank Reicher, Emmett Vogan, Harry Cording, Rex Lease
In this sequel to "The Mummy's Hand," Lon Chaney Jr. makes his debut in the role of Kharis, the Mummy. Although it was assumed in the earlier film that archaeologist Steve Banning (Dick Foran) had killed the Mummy, he was only injured. Now, the Mummy is hiding in a Mapleton, Massachusetts, graveyard waiting for the first full moon in order to seek revenge against those who had desecrated Princess Ananka's tomb 30 years ago.
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A Night in Paradise 1946 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Merle Oberon, Turhan Bey, Thomas Gomez, Gale Sondergaard, Ray Collins, George Dolenz, John Litel, Douglass Dumbrille, Marvin Miller, Moroni Olsen
When Aesop (Turhan Bey) goes to the court of King Croesus (Thomas Gomez) to plead for his country's rights, he is bedazzled by the beautiful Princess Delarai (Merle Oberon).
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Out of the Blue 1947 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leigh Jason
Cast: Virginia Mayo, George Brent, Turhan Bey, Ann Dvorak, Carole Landis, Elizabeth Patterson, Julia Dean, Richard Lane, Charles Smith, Paul Harvey
George Brent plays a happily married husband who knows he will never be able to explain to his out-of-town wife why he has an unconscious woman in their apartment.
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Shadows on the Stairs 1941 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Cast: Frieda Inescort, Paul Cavanagh, Heather Angel, Bruce Lester, Miles Mander, Lumsden Hare, Turhan Bey, Charles Irwin, Phyllis Barry, Mary Field
When bodies are discovered in a London boarding house, the residents become the suspects, and accusations fly.
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| 1. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)
2. The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
aka: The Spiritualist
3. Arabian Nights (1942)
4. Background to Danger (1943)
5. The Climax (1944)
6. Dragon Seed (1944)
7. The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
8. The Gay Falcon (1941)
9. The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
10. A Night in Paradise (1946)
11. Out of the Blue (1947)
12. Shadows on the Stairs (1941)
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