Peter Lorre made film history with his startling performance as a psychotic murderer of children. Too elusive for the Berlin police, the killer is sought and marked by underworld criminals who are feeling the official fallout for his crimes. This riveting, 1931 German drama by Fritz Lang--an early talkie--unfolds against a breathtakingly expressionistic backdrop of shadows and clutter, an atmosphere of predestination that seems to be closing in on Lorre's terrified villain. M is an important piece of cinema's past along with a number of Lang's early German works, including Metropolis and Spies. (Lang eventually brought his influence directly to the American cinema in such films as Fury, They Clash by Night and The Big Heat.) M shouldn't be missed. This original 111-minute version is a little different from what most people have seen in the cinema. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
Mr. Moto is back in action in his second rip-roaring adventure!Mr. Moto heads to China on a quest for seven ancient scrolls that reveal the location of Genghis Khan's tomb - a cryptfilled with fabulous treasure! But Moto isn't the only one stalking the scrolls - so is a shadowy band of thieves. But when his ruthless rivals go too far, the mild-mannered detective's quest for antiquities becomes a passion for vengeance - because if he can't bring these villains to justice.he'll bring them to their knees!
Bumbling baby photographer Ronnie Jackson gets mistaken for a private detective and hired to find the missing Baron by Baroness Carlotta Montay. This is not a straight forward assignment however and Jackson soon finds himself involved in a murder and pursued by gangsters....
The 1934 version of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' was an international hit for Alfred Hitchcock and transformed him from a British filmmaker to a worldwide household name. The story centres on a British family who befriend a jovial Frenchman while vacationing in Switzerland. The Frenchman is soon mortally wounded and before he dies whispers a secret to Banks. Foreign agents witness this incident and kidnap Banks' daughter to prevent him from revealing this terrible secret. The acting a
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 Moto is already in Port Said investigating a conspiracy against the British and French governments. The dead man was his colleague impersonating him to throw the conspirators off his scent. Mr Moto recognises one of the conspirators as a British Secret Service agent and together they discover that the gang have mined the
When Harvard Law School graduate P. Cadwallader Jones (Dennis O'Keefe) bungles his first assignmentin the D.A.'s office, he is next assigned the tedious job of reviewing the closed case of a crooked city official(Peter Lorre) who vanished with a stolen $100,000.The cold case suddenly gets hot when the money begins to reappear, and a series of brutal murders ensues. There's plenty of fast-moving action in this crime melodrama laced with humour.
A four disc DVD set of classic detective films. With Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes; Peter Lorre as Mr Moto; Boris Karloff as Mr Wong and Ralph Byrd as Dick Tracy. Mr. Moto's Last Warning (Dir. Norman Foster 1939): 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 Moto is already in Port Said investigating a conspiracy against the British and French government
In My Favorite Brunette we witness Bob Hope's own unique brand of film comedy as he teams up with the great screen beauty Dorothy Lamour (who later co-starred with him in many of the classic Road To... movies along with Bing Crosby). Co-starring Peter Lorre and Lon Chaney Jr. Hope romps through this yarn playing a bumbling photographer turned private eye and finds himself involved with a spy caper the mob and a dangerous brunette.
Returning a lost wallet to its rightful owner gains honest Chuck Scott a job as a chauffeur for Eddie Roman. Roman is a local gangster who treats his wife as badly as he treats his enemies, and Chuck is soon plotting to help Lorna escape the clutches of her madman husband.
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Mechanic Dan Brady borrows out of his firm's till in order to take waitress Vera Novak out on a date intending to replace it on payday. When the accountant turns up earlier than expected Dan soon finds himself 0 out of pocket. Thereafter whenever he attempts to make good things just go from bad to worse.
A psychotic child murderer stalks a city and despite an exhaustive investigation fueled by public hysteria and outcry the police have been unable to find him. But the police crackdown does have one side-affect it makes it nearly impossible for the organized criminal underground to operate. So they decide that the only way to get the police off their backs is to catch the murderer themselves. Besides he is giving them a bad name.
World War II Morocco springs to life in Michael Curtiz's classic love story. Colourful characters abound in "Casablanca", a waiting room for Europeans trying to escape Hitler's war-torn Europe.
Value for money nostalgia box set of four of Hollywoods Golden Detectives - Sherlock Holmes Dick Tracy Mr Moto and Mr Wong. Terror by Night:The legendary Sherlock Holmes plunges us into this thrill ride of a murder mystery set on a speeding passenger train. Holmes has been entrusted to guard the transport of the 400-carat diamond Star of Rhodesia but when the gem is stolen the murders start to mount. Only the masterful Holmes can deduce which of the eccentric and suspicious passengers is the true criminal. Mr Moto's Last Warning:Peter Lorre returns as the clever and cunning international police detective Mr. Moto in this sixth installment of the popular series. Mr. Moto is on assignment in Egypt's Port Said determined to thwart a diabolical conspiracy that would destroy diplomatic relations between England and France and jump start World War II. Mercenary saboteurs led by the paranoid ventriloquist Fabian the Great and the duplicitous Eric Norvel plot to blow up an arriving fleet of French ships. Early on the evil renegades are convinced they've stopped Mr. Moto for good but they've actually murdered an imposter! Demonstrating his mastery of disguise Mr. Moto assumes the identity of a mild-mannered antiques dealer cannily strategizing against the scoundrels' every move. With the assistance of secret agent Richard Burke Mr. Moto employs his singular ingenuity to foil the deadly scheme. The Mystery of Mr Wong: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 into the heart of Chinatown and to the dreaded ""House of Hate"" to find the deadly gem before it can kill again. Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome:The world's most beloved comic-strip detective is vividly brought to life by Ralph Byrd in this brutal crime caper that's guaranteed to satisfy viewers with an appetite for action-packed adventure.
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