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1. The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The Falcon and reporter Ann Riordan try to solve a string of murders after an ex-wrestler, released from jail, goes looking for his girl friend.
Director: Irving Reis | Stars: George Sanders, Lynn Bari, James Gleason, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 1,192
2. Brother Orchid (1940)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sothern, Donald Crisp
Votes: 3,191
3. All Through the Night (1942)
Approved | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Runyonesque Broadway gamblers turn patriotic when they stumble onto a cell of Nazi saboteurs.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, Karen Verne, Jane Darwell
Votes: 4,938
4. Kid Galahad (1937)
Passed | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Wayne Morris
Votes: 3,936
5. The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
Approved | 87 min | Crime, Drama
A brilliant Park Avenue doctor becomes a criminal in order to do research into the criminal mind.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Claire Trevor, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 2,986
6. The Gay Falcon (1941)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
The Falcon investigates jewel thieves who are working with hard up socialites to defraud insurance companies. First of the Falcon series.
Director: Irving Reis | Stars: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins, Nina Vale
Votes: 1,230
7. The Saint in London (1939)
Passed | 72 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The Saint returns to London and with the help of an American pickpocket and a beautiful adventuress breaks a counterfeiting ring.
Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: George Sanders, Sally Gray, David Burns, Gordon McLeod
Votes: 995
8. King of the Underworld (1939)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After the killing of her husband by friendly fire during a police raid, Dr. Carole Nelson tries to find gangster Joe Gurney to clear her name with the medical board.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Kay Francis, James Stephenson, John Eldredge
Votes: 1,598
9. A Date with the Falcon (1942)
Approved | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A scientist has discovered how to make synthetic diamonds and a criminal gang (closely pursued by the Falcon) are out to discover the formula.
Director: Irving Reis | Stars: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, James Gleason, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 1,032
10. The Saint in Palm Springs (1940)
Approved | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Inspector Fernack asks Simon to watch over an old friend who's carrying $200,000 worth of postage stamps, but the friend is killed, and the stamps stolen.
Director: Jack Hively | Stars: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Paul Guilfoyle, Jonathan Hale
Votes: 808
11. The Footloose Heiress (1937)
Approved | 59 min | Comedy, Romance
For the fifth time, this time on her eighteenth birthday, headstrong and defiant heiress Kay Allyn is determined to get married, this time to layabout Jack Pierson. While her father, J.C. ... See full summary »
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Craig Reynolds, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel, William Hopper
Votes: 265
12. The Stork Pays Off (1941)
Passed | 68 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Gangster Deak Foster and his three henchmen, Brains Moran, Ears-to-the-Ground Hinkle and Photofinish Farris, take over what they think is a night club run by a rival, Stud Rocco, only to ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Victor Jory, Rochelle Hudson, Maxie Rosenbloom, Horace McMahon
Votes: 38
13. Three Men on a Horse (1936)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Romance
A meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses is virtually kidnapped by a trio of gamblers.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Frank McHugh, Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee, Carol Hughes
Votes: 515