Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

6.1

The Shadow

Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is put up against his archenemy Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "the power to cloud men's minds", The Shadow comes blazing to the rescue with explosive results.

1994-07-01 | en

6.0

The Whistler

A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife's death and secretly pays an assassin to kill him. But then he finds out that his wife isn't dead at all. And now the assassin is on his trail, with no way to call off the hit.

1944-03-30 | en

5.8

Mysterious Mr. Moto

The Japanese detective rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard.

1938-09-17 | en

6.0

The Mark of the Whistler

A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, who is now in prison because of a conflict with him over the money in that account.

1944-10-09 | en

5.8

The Power of the Whistler

A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then tries to help him remember who he is based on items in his pockets.

1945-04-19 | en

5.5

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

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.

1939-01-20 | en

5.8

The Thirteenth Hour

In this drama, a trucker's business is nearly destroyed after he is wrongfully accused of killing a policeman with whom he recently quarreled.

1947-02-06 | en

5.9

Mysterious Intruder

A private detective is hired to find a young heiress but finds himself accused of murder.

1946-04-11 | en

5.9

The Secret of the Whistler

A deranged artist who may have murdered his wife is investigated by the Whistler.

1946-11-07 | en

0.0

Missing Millions

A girl seeks revenge after a Wall Street broker had falsely accused her father and sent him unjustly to prison.

1922-09-17 | en

6.0

Boston Blackie

Boston Blackie is a former prison inmate campaigning to outlaw Warden Benton's infamous "Water Cross" torture. Benton, however, is successful in his attempt to have Blackie arrested and returned to the prison, but his evil schemes are ultimately thwarted by Mary Carter, Blackie's girlfriend, who manages to alert the governor. Considered a lost film.

1923-05-06 | en

6.5

Calling Dr. Death

Losing his memories of the last few days, neurologist Dr. Steele is told that his wife has been brutally murdered. Steele, aware of his conniving wife's infidelity, believes he may have been the killer and enlists the aid of his pretty nurse Stella to hypnotize him into recovering his lost memories.

1943-12-17 | en

5.8

Mr. Moto Takes a Chance

In the jungle near Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Mr. Moto poses as an ineffectual archaeologist and a venerable holy man with mystical powers to help foil two insurgencies against the government.

1938-06-11 | en

5.9

The Return of the Whistler

When a woman goes missing on the eve of her wedding, her fiancee hires a detective to track her down

1948-03-18 | en

6.3

Just Before Dawn

In the 7th film of the "Crime Doctor" series based on the radio program, Dr. Robert Ordway is summoned to take attend a diabetic, and gives an injection of insulin taken from a bottle in the patient's pocket. The man dies and Ordway discovers that what he thought was insulin was really poison. Oops! Two other people are murdered before Ordway discovers who replaced the insulin with poison and what the motive was

1946-03-07 | en

5.5

Alias Boston Blackie

It is the Christmas Holidays and reformed thief, Boston Blackie goes to Castle Theater to pick up players who will perform for prisoners that are still in prison. He takes a girl with him who has a brother already in prison. She has visited the prison twice in the month, so is not suppose to visit again. However when the group is completed the girl is included as well as Inspector Farrady. One of the clowns in the show is kidnapped and replaced by a con who wants to get even with two ex-partners. Boston Blackie figures out that a con has replaced one of his clowns but is unable to stop him. Blackie's clothes are stolen and a murder is committed. Of course, the Inspector immediately suspects Blackie of being involved. Now it is Blackie's job to find the killer, exonerate himself and help the girl free her brother.

1942-04-02 | en

6.5

Dead Man's Eyes

Artist David Stuart is blinded by a jealous model whose portrait he is painting. His fiance's father generously offers his eyes for a sight restoring operation. There's only one hitch: Stuart has to wait until after the man dies. Not surprisingly, when the benefactor dies a very premature death, suspicion falls on the artist.

1944-11-10 | en

6.5

Pillow of Death

Attorney Wayne Fletcher and his secretary have an affair. When Wayne's wife is found smothered to death, he becomes the prime suspect. As the police investigate the murder, a psychic with questionable motives tries to contact the deceased woman. Soon, Wayne begins seeing visions of his dead wife, and other people involved with the case begin to be killed, one by one.

1945-12-14 | en

6.3

The Frozen Ghost

When a man dies of a heart attack, a stage and radio mentalist believes he has willed him to die because he was angry with the man. Riddled with guilt, the mentalist cancels further shows, breaks off his engagement to his female partner, who can read minds while in a hypnotic trance, and takes refuge in the eerie wax-museum-cum-home of another woman friend.

1945-06-01 | en

5.6

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

Blackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend.

1943-03-18 | en

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