Mystery Movies

City in Darkness (1939)

City in Darkness (1939)

City in Darkness (1939)
IMDb: N/A
75

Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating the murder of a munitions manufacturer who was supplying arms to the enemy, even…

The Cat and the Canary (1939)

The Cat and the Canary (1939)

The Cat and the Canary (1939)
IMDb: N/A
73

Ten years after the death of millionaire Cyrus Norman, his will is to be read out to his six relatives, including Joyce Norman and Wally Campbell. Organized by Norman’s lawyer,…

The Body Vanished (1939)

The Body Vanished (1939)

The Body Vanished (1939)
IMDb: N/A
46

A Scotland Yard inspector and his reporter friend arrive on vacation in a small village and are immediately involved in what is claimed to be a murder but the body…

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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Fast and Furious (1939)

Fast and Furious (1939)

Fast and Furious (1939)
IMDb: N/A
73

Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel’s pal, Mike Stevens…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)
IMDb: N/A
60

Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father’s will, but the murder of their chauffeur complicates matters.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Dick Tracy’s G-Men (1939)

Dick Tracy’s G-Men (1939)

Dick Tracy’s G-Men (1939)
IMDb: N/A
302

A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can…

Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
IMDb: N/A
85

Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime….

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
IMDb: N/A
72

Charlie Chan’s investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a world of magick and mysticism peopled with a stage magician, a phoney spiritualist, and…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Island of Lost Men (1939)

Island of Lost Men (1939)

Island of Lost Men (1939)
IMDb: N/A
63

A Chinese general’s daughter tracks her father to a slave-labor tyrant’s jungle empire.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Miracles for Sale (1939)

Miracles for Sale (1939)

Miracles for Sale (1939)
IMDb: N/A
71

A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.

Genre: Mystery
Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)

Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)

Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
IMDb: N/A
71

A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl “Captain J”…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
The Saint in London (1939)

The Saint in London (1939)

The Saint in London (1939)
IMDb: N/A
72

Suave soldier of fortune Simon Templer gets mixed up with a gang of counterfeiters who’ve murdered and robbed an European count of 1,000,000 pounds. He is aided reluctantly by Scotland…

Genre: Drama, Mystery
Nancy Drew… Trouble Shooter (1939)

Nancy Drew… Trouble Shooter (1939)

Nancy Drew… Trouble Shooter (1939)
IMDb: N/A
68

When a close friend of the Drew family is accused of murder in a rural community, Nancy, aided by boyfriend Ted, helps her lawyer father expose the real killers.

Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)

Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)

Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
IMDb: N/A
70

Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
The Gorilla (1939)

The Gorilla (1939)

The Gorilla (1939)
IMDb: N/A
68

When an escaped circus gorilla appears to have gone on a murderous rampage, a threatened attorney calls on the detective trio of Garrity, Harrigan and Mullivan to act as bodyguards….

Genre: Comedy, Mystery
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
IMDb: N/A
80

On his uncle’s death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from Canada to take charge of his ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire, and finds that Sherlock Holmes is there…

The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)

The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)

The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)
IMDb: N/A
68

Detective James Lee Wong must find the “Eye of the Daughter of the Moon,” a priceless but cursed sapphire stolen in China and smuggled to America. His search takes him…

The Saint Strikes Back (1939)

The Saint Strikes Back (1939)

The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
IMDb: N/A
64

Suave private detective Simon “The Saint” Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after being accused of corruption and dismissed from…

Genre: Crime, Mystery
Q Planes (1939)

Q Planes (1939)

Q Planes (1939)
IMDb: N/A
82

In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared…

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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Nancy Drew… Reporter (1939)

Nancy Drew… Reporter (1939)

Nancy Drew… Reporter (1939)
IMDb: N/A
68

While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew’s daughter Nancy intercepts a real story…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Fast and Loose (1939)

Fast and Loose (1939)

Fast and Loose (1939)
IMDb: N/A
80

The Sloanes tie murder to the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript.

Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (1939)

Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (1939)

Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (1939)
IMDb: N/A
71

A Japanese man claiming to be Mr. Moto, of the International Police, is abducted and murdered soon after disembarking from a ship at Port Said in Egypt. The real Mr….

The Mysterious Miss X (1939)

The Mysterious Miss X (1939)

The Mysterious Miss X (1939)
IMDb: N/A
65

After being mistaken for Scotland Yard detectives, two vaudevillians (Michael Whalen, Chick Chandler) try to solve a murder in a Midwestern town.

Genre: Mystery
Lying Lips (1939)

Lying Lips (1939)

Lying Lips (1939)
IMDb: N/A
68

A nightclub singer refuses to “date” customers, so she’s framed for the murder of her aunt.

Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery
Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)

Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)

Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)
IMDb: N/A
67

While Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his father in order to investigate a murder aboard a freighter in the harbor.

There’s That Woman Again (1938)

There’s That Woman Again (1938)

There’s That Woman Again (1938)
IMDb: N/A
72

Bill Reardon, a private detective, is working on a case involving stolen items from a local jewelry store. The case takes a different turn when Bill’s prying wife wants to…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1938)

Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1938)

Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1938)
IMDb: N/A
58

The invention of a machine that can cause remote explosions brings the attention of Scotland Yard and Bulldog Drummond.

Nancy Drew… Detective (1938)

Nancy Drew… Detective (1938)

Nancy Drew… Detective (1938)
IMDb: N/A
66

After a wealthy dowager who has made a substantial donation to her alma mater suddenly disappears, Nancy Drew sets out to solve the mystery.

Genre: Comedy, Mystery
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)

The Mad Miss Manton (1938)

The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
IMDb: N/A
80

When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves them wrong.

The Lady Vanishes (1938)

The Lady Vanishes (1938)

The Lady Vanishes (1938)
IMDb: N/A
96

On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss…

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Mr. Wong Detective (1938)

Mr. Wong Detective (1938)

Mr. Wong Detective (1938)
IMDb: N/A
70

A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two subsequent murders.

Fugitives for a Night (1938)

Fugitives for a Night (1938)

Fugitives for a Night (1938)
IMDb: N/A
63

A faded star is suspected of killing a studio executive.

Genre: Mystery, Romance
Barefoot Boy (1938)

Barefoot Boy (1938)

Barefoot Boy (1938)
IMDb: N/A
63

A spoiled boy sent to the country to grow-up. He has to deal with life, friends and crooks.

Fast Company (1938)

Fast Company (1938)

Fast Company (1938)
IMDb: N/A
75

Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.

Yellow Jack (1938)

Yellow Jack (1938)

Yellow Jack (1938)
IMDb: N/A
83

A fairly accurate historical account of Walter Reed’s search for the cause of “Yellow Jack” or Yellow Fever and those who risked their lives in the pursuit.

Four Men and a Prayer (1938)

Four Men and a Prayer (1938)

Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
IMDb: N/A
85

The sons of a disgraced British officer try to clear his name.

There’s Always a Woman (1938)

There’s Always a Woman (1938)

There’s Always a Woman (1938)
IMDb: N/A
81

An investigator for the District Attorney’s office quits to open his own detective agency. However, business is so bad that he finally decides to give it up and go back…

Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Mr. Moto’s Gamble (1938)

Mr. Moto’s Gamble (1938)

Mr. Moto’s Gamble (1938)
IMDb: N/A
72

Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into cold-blooded murder! Assisted by detective-in-training Lee Chan, Moto sets out to track down the killer…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Boys’ School (1938)

Boys’ School (1938)

Boys’ School (1938)
IMDb: N/A
98

In a college, three friends form a secret society. Their objective – going to America. One night, after one of their secret meetings, one of them sees a man coming…

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Dangerous to Know (1938)

Dangerous to Know (1938)

Dangerous to Know (1938)
IMDb: N/A
70

Racketeer Steve Recka, art patron and political power-maker, rules his town and Madame Lan Ying, his beautiful friend and hostess (read:mistress), with an iron hand. He meets Margaret Van Kase,…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery