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Murder is News (1937) – A radio reporter does a story on the infidelity and divorce of a wealthy and powerful businessman. The man invites the reporter to his mansion for a chat, but when he gets there, he finds that the businessman has been murdered--and that now he himself is on the killer's hit list.
Portrait of Jennie (1948) – In Depression-era New York, an impoverished painter has a chance encounter with an enigmatic, old-fashioned little girl in Central Park who inspires him and changes his destiny.
After Midnight with Boston Blackie (1943) – Blackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend.
Trapped (1949) – Secret Service agents make a deal with a counterfeiting inmate to be released on early parole if he will help them recover some bogus moneymaking plates, but he plans to double cross them.
The Fatal Witness (1945) – John Bedford fights with his aunt Lady Elizabeth Ferguson, who believes he stole her emerald brooch. Then she is murdered. Scotland Yard is on the case and thinks her nephew was behind it. But it turns out that John has an airtight alibi.
Tomorrow at Seven (1933) – People in an old, dark mansion are menaced by a maniac called "The Black Ace."
Prison Mutiny (1943) – Playboy Johnny Gray is framed and sent to prison after his stolen car is found at a holdup committed by Rico, and while the latter is not suspected, his henchman Harry, Creeper and Red are convicted with Johnny.
Hells House (1932) – Jimmy idolizes bootlegger Matt, and when he refuses to implicate his friend, he is sent to reform school. He befriends Shorty, a boy with a heart condition, and escapes to let the world know about the brutal conditions.
House across the Bay (1940) – An aircraft designer falls for the wife of an imprisoned gangster. All goes well until the gangster gets out of prison.
World for Ransom (1954) – In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime syndicate that kidnaps a nuclear physicist with the aim of selling him to the highest bidder.
Road House (1948) – A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.
Jamaica Inn (1939) – In Cornwall, 1819, a young woman discovers she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit.