Category: Suspense

718. TERROR BY NIGHT (1946-USA). With BASIL RATHBONE, NIGEL BRUCE, ALAN MOWBRAY. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are hired to guard the fabulous “Star Of Rhodesia” diamond, at which they […]

720. SILVER BLAZE (Murder At The Baskervilles) (1941-ENGLAND) FROM the stories of SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE. With ARTHUR WONTNER, LYN HARDING, IAN FLEMING. Two years after solving the mystery of […]

62. I’D GIVE MY LIFE (1936-USA). With SIR GUY STANDING, FRANCES DRAKE. An absorbing drama of murder, courage and sacrifice. A decent lad murders his father, the biggest crook in […]

645. INVISIBLE GHOST (1941-USA). With BELA LUGOSI, CLARENCE MUSE. Darkness and shadows, death, murder and hypnotic commands! Bela does what comes naturally as a wealthy man under the control of […]

599. THE RETURN OF CHANDU (1934-USA). With Bela Lugosi, Ciara Kimball Young, MARIA ALBA. An early adventure of Raymond Chandler, known in the East as “Chandu The Magician.” The Princess […]

567. A STUDY IN SCARLET (1933-USA). WITH Reginald owen, alan mowbray, anna MAY WONG, JUNE CLYDE. Based on the story by SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Sherlock Holmes and Watson solve […]

489.CHARLIE CHAN in “MEETING AT MIDNIGHT” (Black Magfc) (1944-usa). With SIDNEY TOLER, MANTAN MORELAND. One of the better Charlie Chan mysteries, based on the famous character by EARL DERR BIGGERS. […]

49. VAMPYR (1932-Denmark). Directed by CARL DREYER. One of the earliest, and certainly the most successful, vampire-based horror films. An extremely sophisticated approach to the supernatural, told in a slow […]

422. LAW OF THE UNDERWORLD (1938). With CHESTER MORRIS, ANNE SHIRLEY, WALTER ABEL, JACK CARSON. Fine 1930’s gangster movie and very typical. 61 minutes.

425. SEXTON BLAKE AND THE HOODED TERROR (1938-England). With GEORGE CURZON, TOD SLAUGHTER. Detective Blake battles “The Black Quorum” and “The Snake” in the best Sherlockian tradition. The corpses begin […]