Mystery Movies
The Chinese Ring (1947)
Soon after a Chinese princess comes to the US to buy planes for her people, she is murdered by a poison dart fired by an air rifle.
Out of the Past (1947)
Jeff Bailey seems to be a mundane gas station owner in remote Bridgeport, California. He is dating local girl Ann Miller and lives a quiet life. But Jeff has a…
Bury Me Dead (1947)
A woman watches her own funeral, then sets out with her lawyer to learn who was in the casket.
The Unsuspected (1947)
The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears.
Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
A con man tries to blackmail a Mexican gangster.
Uncle Silas (1947)
Following her father’s death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and schemes to murder his niece for her vast inheritance.
Jenny Lamour (1947)
Paris, France, December 1946. Jenny Lamour, an ambitious cabaret singer, and Maurice, her extremely jealous pianist husband, become involved in the thorough investigation of the murder of a shady businessman,…
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as ‘Gruesome’, has found out about a scientist’s secret formula for a gas that temporarily…
High Tide (1947)
A car accident traps two men inside a car near the water. With the tide coming in, they discuss the circumstances that led up to the accident.
Dark Passage (1947)
A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.
Lured (1947)
Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she’s approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes…
The October Man (1947)
Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is…
Cry Wolf (1947)
A woman uncovers deadly secrets when she visits her late husband’s family.
Crossfire (1947)
A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?
Death in High Heels (1947)
The Unfaithful (1947)
Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It’s later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had…
Dancing with Crime (1947)
When his best friend is murdered inside a London dancehall, a cab driver and his girlfriend involve themselves in the investigation and discover a major criminal operation hiding behind the…
Dark Delusion (1947)
Spoiled socialite Cynthia Grace is suffering from a blood clot. Not unexpectedly, Tommy Coalt falls in love with Cynthia, much to her parents’ dismay. Soon he’s drawing up plans to…
Moss Rose (1947)
When a music-hall dancer is murdered, a moss rose marks the page of a Bible next to her body. Luckily, another chorus girl saw a gentleman leaving the lodgings. She…
Three on a Ticket (1947)
A private detective, who has been shot, stumbles into the office of Michael Shayne (Hugh Beaumont), and dies before Shayne can question him. Shayne finds a baggage ticket in his…
The Guilty (1947)
Two friends land in hot water when they begin dating twins and one of the women ends up dead.
My Favorite Brunette (1947)
Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate…
Undercover Maisie (1947)
Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to use her as an undercover…
Backlash (1947)
In a series of flashbacks, shows that attorney John Morland has given a lift to a hitchhiker who turns out to be a murderer. As a result, Morland himself is…
Boomerang! (1947)
When a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner in a quiet Connecticut town, the citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the…
The Beast with Five Fingers (1947)
Locals in an Italian village believe evil has taken over the estate of a recently deceased pianist where murder has taken place. The alleged killer: the pianist’s severed hand.
The Brasher Doubloon (1947)
Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock hires Marlowe to find an old rare coin, the Brasher Doubloon, that belonged in her deceased husband’s collection. Marlowe begins investigating, but quickly finds himself entangled…
The Thirteenth Hour (1947)
In this drama, a trucker’s business is nearly destroyed after he is wrongfully accused of killing a policeman with whom he recently quarreled.
Blind Spot (1947)
A struggling writer becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation when his publisher is found dead in a manner mirroring one of the writer’s proposed mystery storylines.
The Red House (1947)
An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.
Dead Reckoning (1946)
War heroes Rip Murdock and Johnny Drake are sent to Washington, D.C, to receive top honors for their service. Johnny, seemingly terrified by the publicity that awaits him, jumps off…
Lady in the Lake (1946)
Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he’s called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it’s not to…
The Falcon’s Adventure (1946)
A society sleuth rescues a kidnapped woman, then is framed for murder.
Green for Danger (1946)
In the midst of Nazi air raids, a postman dies on the operating table at a rural hospital. But was the death accidental?
The Trap (1946)
When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number…
The Verdict (1946)
After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.
Nocturne (1946)
In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it was a suicide but police detective Joe Warne isn’t so sure.
The Dark Mirror (1946)
A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one’s the killer.