Posts Tagged ‘sequel’

The Pearl of Death (1944)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Horror | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Basil Rathbone | Nigel Bruce | Dennis Hoey | Evelyn Ankers | Miles Mander | Ian Wolfe | Charles Francis | Holmes Herbert | Richard Nugent | Mary Gordon | Rondo Hatton | J.W. Austin | Wilson Benge | Billy Bevan | Harry Cording
Directors: Roy William Neill
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When a pearl with a sinister reputation for causing misfortune to its owners is stolen from a museum by a master criminal because of Sherlock Holmes’ show-boating, he is naturally obliged to find it. Soon, he learns of a series of brutal murders that seemed to have been commited by a malevolent man mountain known only as the Creeper. Now, Holmes must deal with the seemingly overwhelming menace of this man and his boss in order to retrieve the pearl.

The Woman in Green (1945)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Basil Rathbone | Nigel Bruce | Hillary Brooke | Henry Daniell | Paul Cavanagh | Matthew Boulton | Eve Amber | Frederick Worlock | Tom Bryson | Sally Shepherd | Mary Gordon | John Burton | Harold De Becker | Leslie Denison | Tony Ellis
Directors: Roy William Neill
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Holmes and Watson investigate a series of bizarre and apparently unconnected murders, and the death of a possible suspect. The trail leads to a society of hypnotists and a mysterious, glamoruos woman. The fiendish Dr Moriarty, though reported hanged in Montevideo, is belived to be involved.

The Spider Woman (1944)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Basil Rathbone | Nigel Bruce | Gale Sondergaard | Dennis Hoey | Vernon Downing | Alec Craig | Arthur Hohl | Mary Gordon | Teddy Infuhr | Wilson Benge | John Burton | Harry Cording | Stanley Logan | John Roche | John Rogers
Directors: Roy William Neill
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Alarmed by a series of baffling suicides of prominent gamblers popularly dubbed “The Pajama Murders” by the newspapers, Holmes fakes his own death and assumes the identity of Rajni Singh, a retired Indian military man with a paralyzed arm. After losing a large sum in a casino and writing a bad check to cover his losses, he appears to try to take his own life. He is prevented by the mysterious and sophisticated Andrea Spedding with an offer of a loan with his life insurance policy as collateral. Shortly thereafter, there is an attempt on his life with a rare but deadly spider with the only other clue a child’s footprint. A resurfaced Holmes consults arachniolgists in an effort to solve the mystery.

Terror by Night (1946)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Basil Rathbone | Nigel Bruce | Alan Mowbray | Dennis Hoey | Renee Godfrey | Frederick Worlock | Mary Forbes | Skelton Knaggs | Billy Bevan | Geoffrey Steele | Gilbert Allen | Harry Cording | Boyd Davis | Gerald Hamer | Leyland Hodgson
Directors: Roy William Neill
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Holmes is hired by Roland Carstairs to prevent the theft of the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond owned by Carstairs’ mother, Lady Margaret. Believing the diamond will be stolen on a train trip from London to Edinburgh, Holmes deftly switches diamonds with Lady Margaret while in her compartment. Soon after, Roland is murdered and the fake diamond is stolen. Red herrings abound as Holmes, aided by Dr. Watson and Inspector Lestrade, discover the murderer’s hiding place and deduce that long-time foe Moriarty’s henchman Colonel Sebastian Moran is somehow involved in the crime.

Pursuit to Algiers (1945)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Basil Rathbone | Nigel Bruce | Marjorie Riordan | Rosalind Ivan | Morton Lowry | Leslie Vincent | Martin Kosleck | Rex Evans | John Abbott | Gerald Hamer | William 'Wee Willie' Davis | Tom Dillon | Frederick Worlock | Sven Hugo Borg | Wilson Benge
Directors: Roy William Neill
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Holmes and Watson are recruited in a serpentine fashion to escort the heir to a European throne back to his native country following his father’s assassination. Because the prince has been educated in Great Britain, Holmes persuades him to masquerade as Watson’s nephew Nicolas on a ocean liner bound for Algiers. Unfortunately the ship is filled with red herrings as well as real assassins, and Holmes is challenged to outwit them all and deliver his charge to his destination. Among the suspects are a knife-throwing circus performer, two shadowy archaeologists, a hulking deaf mute, an enigmatic ship’s steward, a chanteuse with a mysterious song case, and a gun-toting British dowager.

The Scarlet Claw (1944)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Basil Rathbone | Nigel Bruce | Gerald Hamer | Paul Cavanagh | Arthur Hohl | Kay Harding | Miles Mander | David Clyde | Ian Wolfe | Victoria Horne | Harry Allen | Ted Billings | Bill Cartledge | Charles Francis | Olaf Hytten
Directors: Roy William Neill
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A village in Canada has an old legend about a phantom that years ago killed three villagers. Many residents are afraid that the monster has come back, because some of them have seen strange luminous shapes, and then some sheep were found with their throats slashed. Their worst fears seem to be confirmed when Lady Penrose is found killed in the same way. Meanwhile, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are in Quebec, attending a meeting of the Royal Canadian Occult Society, where they are involved in a sharp debate with Lord Penrose about his village’s legend. Not long after Lord Penrose receives word of his wife’s death, Holmes receives a letter that the dead woman had written before she died, begging for his help and protection. When Holmes goes to the village to investigate, he finds himself hunting a determined murderer who is also a master of disguise.

The House of Fear (1945)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Horror | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Basil Rathbone | Nigel Bruce | Aubrey Mather | Dennis Hoey | Paul Cavanagh | Holmes Herbert | Harry Cording | Sally Shepherd | Gavin Muir | Florette Hillier | David Clyde | Richard Alexander | Wilson Benge | Hobart Cavanaugh | Alec Craig
Directors: Roy William Neill
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In a gloomy mansion in the west of Scotland the seven members of the Good Comrades Club are dining. One of them receives a curious death threat, an envelope containing seven orange pips. He dies the next night in a car crash. At his funeral another member receives an envelope with six pips, and ten days later his body is recovered from the sea. Sherlock Holmes is called in.

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: John Ortiz | Steven Pasquale | Johnny Lewis | Reiko Aylesworth | David Paetkau | Chelah Horsdal | Tim Henry | David Hornsby | Liam James | Ty Olsson | Juan Riedinger | Ian Whyte | Victoria Bidewell | Shareeka Epps | Ariel Gade
Directors: Colin Strause
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The iconic monsters from the two film franchises wage a brutal battle in an unsuspecting Colorado town.

Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Romance
Countries: Hong Kong
Actors: Jet Li | David Chiang | Paul Fonoroff | Ka-Kui Ho | Siu Chung Mok | Xin Xin Xiong | Donnie Yen | Shi-Kwan Yen | Rosamund Kwan
Directors: Hark Tsui
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In this sequel, martial arts expert Wong Fei-Hung faces Kung, a mercenary rival with skills to equal his own. In addition, Canton is convulsed by a struggle between the local representatives of the Chinese government and Europeans who want to control China, and Wong ends up in the middle of this fight. He is again assisted by young Chung, and again must protect Aunt Yee, his young, Westernized aunt-by-adoption with whom Wong has fallen in love. He also ends up with school-full of small children to protect!

Bugs Bunny’s 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Mel Blanc | Arthur Q. Bryan | Shepard Menken | Bill Roberts | Lennie Weinrib | June Foray
Directors: Friz Freleng
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Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are rival book salesmen from Rambling House. They each go their separate ways to sell books to folks, Daffy finds himself encountering Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig. Bugs gets forced by Sultan Yosemite Sam to tell stories to his bratty son, Prince Abba-Dabba. The stories are shown through clips of old Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.