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  • Blood on the Sun (1945)

    Blood on the Sun (1945)

    Home / Thrillers & Suspense A Tokyo newspaperman gets hold of a document that powerful people want buried. 1945 · Espionage thriller · 94 minutes Synopsis In Tokyo in 1929, American newspaper editor Nick Condon publishes a report about a secret plan for Japanese military expansion. When the police come asking where he got the story, Nick races to get…

  • British Intelligence (1940)

    British Intelligence (1940)

    Boris Karloff and Margaret Lindsay enter a dangerous world of concealed identities and wartime espionage.

  • The Dawn Express (1942)

    The Dawn Express (1942)

    Nazi agents target a secret fuel formula, drawing two chemists and their families into a dangerous web of espionage and coercion.

  • Double Cross (1941)

    Double Cross (1941)

    A betrayed policeman’s dying warning sends his friend undercover to clear his name and protect a police captain from a ruthless gang.

  • Fog Island (1945)

    Fog Island (1945)

    Former associates gather on a fogbound island where a hidden fortune and old grievances await.

  • The Strangler (1964)

    The Strangler (1964)

    A city lives in fear as detectives pursue a killer and a troubled man’s private world begins to unravel.

  • Desperate Cargo (1941)

    Desperate Cargo (1941)

    A passenger flying boat falls into the hands of hijackers in this crime thriller starring Ralph Byrd, Carol Hughes, Julie Duncan and Jack Mulhall.

  • Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)

    Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)

    A missing scientist. A coded message. A secret worth killing for. Can Holmes outwit Moriarty before a vital invention falls into enemy hands?

  • Sherlock Holmes: Terror by Night (1946)

    Sherlock Holmes: Terror by Night (1946)

    A priceless diamond. A murder on the night train. A carriage full of suspects. Can Holmes catch the killer before the journey ends?

  • Sherlock Holmes: Dressed to Kill (1946)

    Sherlock Holmes: Dressed to Kill (1946)

    Three music boxes. One deadly secret. A ruthless woman determined to possess them all. Can Holmes decipher the melody before the killers strike again?