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A Scream In The Dark - 1943
A reporter turned Cop teams up with the daughter of a Police Chief to solve some cases but get involved in blackmail and murder, in this twisty crime caper
Quality: 6.5/10
Stars: Robert Lowery, Marie McDonald, Edward Brophy
Abandoned - 1949
baby-adoption racket
Quality: 6.5/10 (not great quality but rare)
Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Gale Storn, Raymond Burr, Marjorie Rambeau, Jeff Chandler
Allotment Wives - 1945
Quality: 8/10 (region free Euro PAL dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Kay Francis, Paul Kelly, Otto Kruger
Adventure Island - 1947
Travellers find themselves marooned on an island with a maniacal self-instated ruler, in this exciting adventure
Quality: 8/10, US, in colour
Stars: Rory Calhoun, Rhonda Fleming, Paul Kelly, Alan Napier
An Act Of Murder - 1948
A hardline Judge is tempted toward mercy-killing because of his wife's terminal cancer
Quality: 8.5/10
Stars: Frederic March, Edmund O'Brien, Florence Eldridge
And One Was Beautiful - 1940
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Robert Cummings, Laraine Day, Jean Muir
Angel On The Amazon - 1948
An expedition exploring the Amazon jungle comes across a jungle goddess who lives among the animals and fears none of them - and apparently has found the secret of eternal youth
Quality: 9/10, US
Stars: George Brent, Vera Ralston, Brian Aherne
The Arnelo Affair - 1947
Anne Parkson feels neglected by her lawyer-husband Ted. She falls in love with night-club owner Tony Arnello, a dodgy character who is a client of her husband's
Quality: 9/10
Stars: John Hodiak, George Murphy, Francis Gifford, Eve Arden, Dean Stockwell
Assignment In Brittany - 1943
A French Captain poses as a Nazi to pinpoint a U-boat base off the coast of France, while assuming the identity of a look-a-like French citizen
Quality: 9/10 occasional logo
Stars: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Susan Peters, Margaret Wycherly
Bedtime Story - 1941
A playwright attempts to stop his wife from retiring so she can star in his next play
Quality: 7/10, US romantic comedy
Stars: Fredric March, Loretta Young, Robert Benchley
Dir: Alexander Hall
Behind Locked Doors - 1948
A well-known judge has become a fugitive from the police, with a large reward on his head. A reporter believes that the judge is hiding in a private sanitarium, so she seeks out a private investigator and asks him to pretend to be insane, so that he can get inside the sanitarium and look for the judge
Quality: 8.5/10
Stars: Lucille Bremer, Richard Carlson, Douglas Fowley
Blackmail - 1947
A private detective is approached by a wealthy businessman to stop a blackmail scheme against him. The crook finds out and his days are numbered
Quality: 7/10
Stars: William Marshall, Adele Mara, Ricardo Cortez, Stephanie Bachelor
The Black Raven - 1943
Quality: 7/10
Stars: George Zucco, Wanda McKay, Noel Madison
Blues In The Night - 1941
Quality: 9/10 (region free dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, Richard Whorf, Jack Carson, Lloyd Nolan
The Brighton Strangler - 1945
After receiving an injury in the Blitz, an actor becomes the part he was playing on stage - the Brighton Strangler
Quality: 8.5/10, US production
Stars: John Loder, June Duprez
Bury Me Dead - 1947
A newly married young woman is possessed by the evil spirit of her husband's deceased first wife. The possession turns her into a scheming killer!
Quality: 8/10 (new upgrade copy)
Stars: Cathy O'Donnell, June Lockhart, Hugh Beaumont, Mark Daniels, Greg McClure
Captive Wild Woman - 1943
An insane scientist doing experimentation in glandular research becomes obsessed with transforming a female gorilla into a human
Quality: 9/10
Stars: JohnCarradine, Evelyn Ankers, Milburn Stone
Dir: Edward Dmytryk
The Cat Creeps - 1946
A black cat is suspected of being possessed by the spirit of a elderly murdered woman
Quality: 6/10, fairly ropey
Stars: Noah Beery Jr., Lois Collier, Paul Kelly
The Catman Of Paris - 1946
After an official is clawed to death in Paris 1896, rumours that this was the work of a terrible cat-like beast are investigated
Quality: 7.5/10, occasional feint logo
Stars: Carl Esmond, Lenore Aubert, Adele Mara
The Cheaters - 1945
An eccentric wealthy family facing bankruptcy schemes to steal an inheritance, but an alcoholic ex-actor they take in for Christmas charity complicates their plan
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Joseph Schildkraut, Billie Burke, Eugene Pallette, Ona Munson
China Sky - 1945
Quality: 9/10 (region free Euro PAL dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Randolph Scott, Ruth Warrick, Ellen Drew, Anthony Quinn
The Cockeyed Miracle - 1946
A man comes back from heaven to make up for the financial errors he made that caused harm to his family
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Frank Morgan, Keenan Wynn, Cecil Kellaway, Audrey Totter
Counter Espionage - 1942
The Lone Wolf tracks down Nazi spies in London during the German bombing
Quality: 9/10, US
Stars: Warren William, Eric Blore, Hillary Brooke
Crack-Up - 1946 + The Gangster - 1947
Quality: 7.5/10 (region free dvd-r disc only)
C/U Stars: Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall
T/G Stars: Barry Sullivan, Belita, Joan Lorring, Charles McGraw
Dance Girl Dance - 1940
Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball
Cry Of The Werewolf - 1944
A young woman raised by gypsies hides a deadly secret which she will do anything to protect
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Nina Foch, Stephen Crane, Osa Massen
Dangerous Blondes - 1943
A crime novelist and his wife try to solve a real fashion industry murder
Quality: 9/10, occasional logo (region free dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Evelyn Keyes, Allyn Joslyn, Edmund Lowe, Anita Louise, Ann Savage
The Dark Past - 1948
An escaped psychopathic killer who takes the family and neighbours of a Police psychologist hostage, reveals a recurring nightmare to the doctor
Quality: 9/10
Stars: William Holden, Nina Foch, Lee J. Cobb, Adele Jergens
Dark Waters - 1944
A woman returns to the USA after a German u-boat sank her ship, and finds out that someone wants to kill her for her inheritance
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Merle Oberon, Franchot Tone, Thomas Mitchell, Fay Bainter, Elisha Cook Jr.
The Devil And Miss Jones - 1941
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn
The Enchanted Cottage - 1945
A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his accident. Gradually they find happiness together
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Herbert Marshall, Mildred Natwick
Escape In The Fog - 1945
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Otto Kruger, Nina Foch, William Wright
Eve Knew Her Apples - 1945
Radio singing star Eve Porter wants a holiday during her show's summer hiatus, but her manager has booked her extra work, so she goes on the run, getting into all sorts of trouble in this comedy musical
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Ann Miller, William Wright, Robert B. Williams
Exposed - 1947
Quality: 8/10 (minor video fault)
Stars: Adele Mara, Mark Roberts, Lorna Gray, Robert Armstrong
The Face Behind The Mask - 1941
A horribly disfigured watchmaker is unable to make any money because of his severe disability so turns to crime
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Peter Lorre, Evelyn Keyes, Don Beddoe, George E. Stone
Flesh and Fantasy - 1943
Quality: 8.5/10 (region free Euro PAL dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Edward G Robinson, Charles Boyer, Barbara Stanwyck, Betty Field, Robert Cummings
Fun On A Week-End - 1947
An unemployed couple sleeping on the beach decide to crash posh houses in Florida and even though they are broke, they host some glamorous parties
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Eddie Bracken, Priscilla Lane, Tom Conway
Gaslight - 1944
Ten years after her aunt was murdered in their London home, a woman returns from Italy in the 1880s to resume residence with her new husband. His obsessive interest in the home rises from a secret that may require driving his wife insane. Remake of the 19840 British classic
Quality: 9/10, US
Stars: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotton
Dir: George Cukor
Girl In 313 - 1940
A police agent infiltrates a gang of female jewel thieves and falls for one of them
Quality: 7/10
Stars: Florence Rice, Kent Taylor, Lionel Atwill, Kay Aldridge
Girls Of The Road - 1940
A story of the great-depression era about women hobos, tramps, job-seekers, fugitives and runaways running from or toward something as they hitch-hiked their way across the United States. Recommended
Quality: 9/10 occasional logo
Stars: Ann Dvorak, Helen Mack, Lola Lane, Ann Doran, Marjorie Cooley
The Girl Who Dared - 1944
Light-hearted but suspensefully plotted old dark house crime mystery
Quality: 7/10
Stars: Lorna Gray, Peter Cookson, Grant Withers, Veda Ann Borg, Willie Best
Government Girl - 1943
Quality: 9/10 (region free Euro PAL dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Olivia De Havilland, Anne Shirley, Sonny Tufts, Jess Barker
Guest In The House - 1944
A manipulative young woman moves in with her fiancé's family and turns a happy household against itself in this unusual Noir entry
Quality: 7.5/10, logo
Stars: Anne Baxter, Ralph Bellamy, Aline MacMahon, Ruth Warrick, Marie McDonald
Hi Diddle Diddle - 1943
When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer, while placating a jealous wife
Quality: 8/10, US
Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Martha Scott, Pola Negri
Dir: Andrew L Stone
The Invisible Woman - 1940
An attractive model with ulterior motives, volunteers for tests on an invisibilty machine
Quality: 8.5/10
Stars: Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, John Howard
It Happens Every Spring - 1949
A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood and sets out to exploit the phenomenon, in this jolly good sci-fi comedy
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Ray Milland, Jean Peters, Paul Douglas
Johnny O'Clock - 1947
Quality: 9/10 (region free Euro PAL dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Lee J. Cobb, Ellen Drew, Nona Foch, Thomas Gomez
Johnny Stool Pigeon - 1949
Quality: 6/10 not great but watchable, just (logo/region free Euro PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Howard Duff, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea
Keeping Company - 1940
Quality: 8/10 logo
Stars: Frank Morgan, Ann Rutherford, John Shelton
Lady In The Dark - 1944
Quality: 9/10 (logo/region free dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Ray Milland, Ginger Rogers, Warner Baxter, John Hall
The Enchanted Forest - 1945
A lost child is found in the woods and raised by an old Hermit who raises him to appreciate the joys nature
Quality: 8.5/10, US
Stars: Edmund Lowe, Brenda Joyce, William Severn, Harry Davenport
Lady Luck - 1946
A girl marries a gambler and tries to get him on the straight and narrow but things don't go according to plan, in this cracking RKO comedy
Quality: 9/10 (logo)
Stars: Robert Young, Barbara Hale, Frank Morgan
Larceny - 1948
Quality: 7/10 (region free Euro PAL dvd-r disc only)
Stars: John Payne, Joan Caulfield, Dan Duryea, Shelley Winters, Dorothy Hart
The London Blackout Murders - 1943
A man helps the authorities uncover a Nazi spy ring in wartime London
Quality: 8/10, slight motion sync issue
John Abbott, Mary McLeod, Lloyd Corrigan
Love Letters - 1945
Allen Quinton writes a fellow soldier's love letters which can only end in tragedy
Quality: 7.5/10 (region free Euro PAL format, disc only)
Stars: Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotton, Ann Richards
The Man Who Returned To Life - 1942
A man is forced to flee from town where he is suspected of murdering the girl who attempted to force him to marry her on the eve of his wedding to another girl. He flees and assumes a new identity but returns to save the life of the man accused of killing him
Quality: 9/10
Stars: John Howard, Lucile Fairbanks, Ruth Ford
Main Street After Dark - 1945
Quality: 6.5/10 (region free Euro PAL format, disc only)
Stars: Edward Arnold, Selena Royle, Audrey Totter, Tom Trout
Moonrise - 1948
Quality: 9/10 (region free Euro PAL dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Dane Clark, Gail Russell, Ethel Barrymore, Allyn Joslyn, Rex Ingram
Mr Soft Touch - 1949
When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, a War hero steals the money from the club's safe and hides out, while the mob is on his tail
Quality: 9/10 (region free EURO PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, John Ireland
The Mysterious Doctor - 1943
The inhabitants of a Cornish village are terrorised by a headless ghost
Quality: 7.5/10, US production
Stars: John Loder, Eleanor Parker, Bruce Lester
The Mysterious Mr Valentine - 1946
Janet is caught up in a huge mess that involves murder, blackmail, adultery and theft.
Steve is the PI who helps solve the case. Lots of action and great fun!
Quality: 7/10
Stars: Linda Sterling, William Henry, Virginia Christine, Thomes E Jackson, Barbara Woodell
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes - 1948
Wonderful fantasy drama - great film. Not best quality but a must-see
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: Edward G Robinson, Gail Russell, John Lund, Virginia Bruce, William Demarest
No Minor Vices - 1948
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Dana Andrews, Lilli Palmer, Louis Jourdan
The North Star - 1943
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston, Farley Granger, Ann Harding
Not Wanted - 1949
Quality: 7.5/10 (region free EURO PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Sally Forrest, Keefe, Braselle, Leo Penn, Dorothy Adams
One Touch Of Venus - 1948
Great fantasy comedy about a young window dresser who kisses a statue of Venus, which comes to life in the form of Ava Gardner. However, the problems begin when Venus falls in love with him
Quality: 8.5/10
Stars: Robert Walker, Ava Gardner, Dick Haymes, Eve Arden
One Million BC - 1940
Quality: 8.5/10 (region free EURO PAL format dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Lon Chaney Jr
The Peterville Diamond - 1943
Fun comedy of errors where a girl buys herself a diamond ring to try and get some attention from her neglectful husband
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Anne Crawford, Donald Stewart, Renee Houston, William Hartnell
Pitfall - 1948
An insurance investigator falls for the charms of sexy femme fatale Mona, while her boyfirend languishes in jail - but it's only a matter of time before his luck runs out. Absolute classic Noir!
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Raymond Burr, Jane Wyatt
Dir: André De Toth
Random Harvest - 1942
An amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-war life
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn, Susan Peters