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The Third Degree

An expose of the methods used by a police-department to extract a confession from a suspect, regardless of innocence or guilt, and the effect and cons

1919

Rokambol

The movie has been preserved incompletely, with no inscriptions.

1917

Moriturus

A doctor who cannot figure out what is wrong with his patient refers him to a detective, whom he hopes will be able to discern the cause of his myster

1920

Contraband Love

JP Paul Machin poses as a fugitive along the Cornish coast to gain the trust of a local smuggling ring. As he integrates into their world, he works to

1931

Too Many Crooks

A man tries to burgle his own safe on the same night that a professional criminal attempts it.

1930

His Brother's Keeper

Rex Radcliffe, vice president of the Northern Atlantic Railroad, is opposed by company president William Harding in his desire to put over a deal that

1921

Kiss or Kill

Henry Warner (Herbert Rawlinson) is so broke that he has sold his overcoat and now his landlady won't leave him alone about the rent. When he sees a w

1918

The Hindoo's Curse

Adventurers Guy Randall and Jack Lowell flee English Army headquarters in India after being caught cheating. They follow their servant, Sukim, to a Hi

1912

Gang War

Saxophone player Clyde meets a woman named Flowers, and teaches her to dance. He later discovers that gangster boss "Blackjack" is also in love with h

1928

Wenn Tote sprechen

After finding her sister dead, Maria tries to find out who or what is to blame.

1917

At the Eleventh Hour

Much ado about a necklace - short film based on the story "The String of Pearls"

1912

The Frontier of the Stars

East Side gangster Buck Leslie attempts to stop a fight between chemist Gregory and a tough and is pursued by detective Phil Hoyt to a tenement roof w

1921

Sherlock Brown

The secret formula for the world's most powerful explosive has been stolen from the U.S. government. William Brown, a clerk who aspires to be a detect

1922

The Book of Murder

Much-married and once successful writer Henry T. Aythecliff, now heavily in debt, summons his three ex-wives to his mansion, planning to extort a siza

1974

The House of the Arrow

In Dijon, Inspector Hanaud investigates Betty Harlowe after her uncle, Boris Waberski, accuses her of poisoning her wealthy aunt for an inheritance. W

1930

The Wildcat of Paris

A girl from Paris' underworld fights for love and survival during a time of international turmoil.

1918

C.O.D.

A man assists a woman to dispose of the body of her stepfather....

1932

The Callbox Mystery

The Callbox Mystery (1932) is a British quota quickie crime film about a detective investigating murders linked to a mysterious callbox, likely involv

1932

Come Into My Parlour

A barber who mistakenly believes he has killed a burglar and seeks shelter in the home of a manicurist.

1932

The Mystery Mind

A murderous gang of mysterious creepy killers mark a young heiress for death. They are led by a ghostly voice known only as the "The Mystery Mind."

1920