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51. Angels in Disguise (1949)
Passed | 63 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The Bowery Boys investigate a murder, and all the evidence points to the involvement of the notorious Loop gang.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Mickey Knox
Votes: 280
52. Incident (1948)
Approved | 66 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Stockbroker Joe Downey(Warren Douglas), mistaken in the dark for gangster "Slats" Slattery (Robert Osterloh), is brutally beaten by a rival gangster, "Knuckles" Morgan (Meyer Grace), and ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Warren Douglas, Jane Frazee, Robert Osterloh, Joyce Compton
Votes: 112
53. Rhythm Parade (1942)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A nightclub performer, jealous about the talents of an aspiring singer, tries to sabotage her chances at a professional career.
Directors: Howard Bretherton, Dave Gould | Stars: Nils T. Granlund, Gale Storm, Robert Lowery, Margaret Dumont
Votes: 30
54. Range Renegades (1948)
Approved | 54 min | Western
After Marshal Jordan is honored by Jimmy, Cannonball and others for his forty years as a law officer, the Sawyer mine is blown up by Belle's foreman, Kern, following Sawyer's refusal to ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Jennifer Holt, Riley Hill
Votes: 29
55. Trigger Fingers (1946)
Passed | 56 min | Western
Blacksmith Pinto Peters (Raymond Hatton) calls on his old friend, Sam "Hurricane" Benton (Johnny Mack Brown), to help him clear his son, Jimmy (Riley Hill), of a murder charge. Hot-headed ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Jennifer Holt, Riley Hill
Votes: 28
56. Overland Trails (1948)
Passed | 58 min | Western
Johnny Murdock, who hasn't seen his father for some time, learns at Gold Flats that he has been killed by road agents, according to mining engineer Carter Morgan of Brandon Enterprises. He ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Virginia Belmont, Bill Kennedy
Votes: 13
57. Dark Alibi (1946)
Approved | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A public defender enlists Charlie to exonerate one of his clients, an ex-con falsely accused of bank robbery and murder, scheduled for execution in nine days.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Ben Carter, Benson Fong
Votes: 1,453
58. I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A dancer is pinned for murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene of the crime. His wife follows the trail of clues to the genuine killer.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Don Castle, Elyse Knox, Regis Toomey, Charles D. Brown
Votes: 878
59. Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)
64 min | Crime, Mystery
Charlie investigates murders connected with insurance fraud. This one is set in San Francisco's Chinatown.
Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Victor Sen Yung, Tanis Chandler
Votes: 769
60. The Hunted (1948)
Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Despite her pleas of innocence, an honest cop arrests his own girlfriend for her alleged part in a jewel robbery and he keeps hounding her after her release from prison, even though he still loves her.
Director: Jack Bernhard | Stars: Preston Foster, Belita, Pierre Watkin, Larry J. Blake
Votes: 669
61. I Was an American Spy (1951)
Approved | 85 min | Biography, Drama, War
During World War II, an American woman posing as an Italian cabaret owner spies on the Japanese in Manila but becomes the target of a suspicious Japanese intelligence officer.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Ann Dvorak, Gene Evans, Douglas Kennedy, Richard Loo
Votes: 280
62. Trouble Makers (1948)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Slip and Sach are in the sidewalk star-gazing business when they see a murder committed in a room at the El Royale Hotel, blocks away. In spite of the fussy-and-fidget objections of the ... See full summary »
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Frankie Darro
Votes: 288
63. Three of a Kind (1944)
Approved | 60 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Two vaudeville acrobats adopt the son of an actor friend.
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Billy Gilbert, Shemp Howard, Maxie Rosenbloom, Helen Gilbert
Votes: 59
64. Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950)
Approved | 62 min | Action, Comedy, Family
A crooked mayor and fight promoter conspire to sign slow-witted Humphrey to a contract. Their goal is to use Humphrey to get Joe Palooka to sign. As things develop, Humphrey becomes mayor.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Robert Coogan, Lois Collier
Votes: 49
65. The Shanghai Cobra (1945)
Approved | 64 min | Mystery
Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Death by cobra venom connects a number of murders. Charlie investigates.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Benson Fong, James Cardwell
Votes: 1,243
66. The Sky Dragon (1949)
Passed | 64 min | Crime, Mystery
On a plane trip, Charlie Chan and the passengers are drugged, and when they wake up a quarter million dollars is missing.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Roland Winters, Keye Luke, Mantan Moreland, Noel Neill
Votes: 388
67. Sarge Goes to College (1947)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A Marine Sergeant wounded in overseas combat service, requires an operation, and Navy psychiatrist Captain R. S. Handler, recommends to Marine Captain Russ Morgan and Colonel Winters that "... See full summary »
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Freddie Stewart, June Preisser, Frankie Darro, Warren Mills
Votes: 39
68. Campus Sleuth (1948)
Passed | 57 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When a magazine photographer is found dead on campus, a group of students decide to find out who committed the crime.
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Freddie Stewart, June Preisser, Warren Mills, Noel Neill
Votes: 51
69. Down Texas Way (1942)
Approved | 57 min | Western
The sixth film of Monogram's eight-film series, "The Rough Riders," has U. S. Marshals Buck Roberts (Buck Jones) and Tim McCall (Tim McCoy) coming to a Texas town to visit their friend, U. ... See full summary »
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Luana Walters
Votes: 103
70. Fighting Fools (1949)
Approved | 69 min | Drama, Comedy
The gang teams up with a fighter to break up a fight-fixing racket.
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Frankie Darro
Votes: 287
71. Docks of New York (1945)
Approved | 62 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Glimpy finds a necklace next to a dead body in an alley. His discovery leads to the gang getting mixed up in murder, intrigue involving a European royal family, and a killer who is after ... See full summary »
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, William 'Billy' Benedict, Gloria Pope
Votes: 332
72. The Toughest Man Alive (1955)
Approved | 72 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A U.S. agent diguises himself as a gunrunner to smash an international smuggling ring.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Dane Clark, Lita Milan, Anthony Caruso, Ross Elliott
Votes: 41
73. Frontier Agent (1948)
Approved | 56 min | Western
This one begins after the Civil War when the Overland Telegraph Company is persuaded by rancher Jim Kerrigan to allow his own men to extend the line to Baxter Springs, guaranteeing to pay ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Reno Browne, Kenneth MacDonald
Votes: 25
74. Range Land (1949)
Approved | 56 min | Western
Sheldon has his gang robbing Allen of the gold bars from his stamp mill and then has them converted into nuggets at his worthless mine. Whip arrives at Sheldon's mine posing as an outlaw ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Reno Browne, Leonard Penn
Votes: 21
75. Silver Range (1946)
Passed | 53 min | Western
Range detectives Johnny Bronton and Tucson Smith are out to trap and bring to justice a band of smugglers who have been bringing silver across the Mexican border illegally. Their task is ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Jan Bryant, I. Stanford Jolley
Votes: 27
76. Flashing Guns (1947)
Passed | 59 min | Western
Rancher Amos Shelby has one day left to pay off a loan on his ranch, and sends son Freddie to tell banker Ainsworth that it will be paid on time. Freddie is forced to reveal to gambler ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Riley Hill, Jan Bryant
Votes: 28
77. Highway Dragnet (1954)
Passed | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Wrongly accused of killing a bar-girl he was seen with earlier, a Korean War vet flees from the police in the company of a woman photographer and her young female model.
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Richard Conte, Joan Bennett, Wanda Hendrix, Reed Hadley
Votes: 897
78. Dangerous Money (1946)
Approved | 66 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A treasury agent on the trail of counterfeit money confides to fellow ocean liner passenger Charlie Chan that there have been two attempts on his life.
Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Sidney Toler, Gloria Warren, Victor Sen Yung, Rick Vallin
Votes: 1,279
79. The Scarlet Clue (1945)
Approved | 65 min | Mystery
Charlie discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investigating several murders.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Ben Carter, Benson Fong
Votes: 1,563
80. The Red Dragon (1945)
Approved | 64 min | Mystery
Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with bullets that are not fired from a gun.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Sidney Toler, Fortunio Bonanova, Benson Fong, Robert Emmett Keane
Votes: 745
81. Blonde Dynamite (1950)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
With Louie away, Slip turns the Sweet Shop into an escort service that attracts the attention of bank robbers.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Adele Jergens, Gabriel Dell
Votes: 415
82. Bringing Up Father (1946)
Passed | 65 min | Action, Comedy
Maggie and her snooty society friends fool Jiggs and his buddies down at Dinty's tavern into not only signing a petition to close the bar, but they also trick them into taking the "temperaance" pledge to forsake all alcohol.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Joe Yule, Renie Riano, Tim Ryan, June Harrison
Votes: 46
83. Bowery Bombshell (1946)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Slip, Sach, Bobby, Whitey and Chuck unsuccessfully try to sell a dilapidated car to a street cleaner for a fabulous amount, so they can get enough money to save Louie's Malt Shop.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, William 'Billy' Benedict
Votes: 419
84. Let's Go Navy! (1951)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Family
The Bowery Boys join the Navy to catch some crooks who are posing as sailors.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Allen Jenkins, Tom Neal
Votes: 323
85. Smugglers' Cove (1948)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
The Bowery Boys run into a smuggling operation when Slip checks out a manor he mistakenly believes he's inherited
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Martin Kosleck
Votes: 349
86. You're Out of Luck (1941)
Approved | 60 min | Mystery
An elevator operator and a janitor team up to solve two murders that may be connected to an illegal gambling operation.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Frankie Darro, Kay Sutton, Mantan Moreland, Vickie Lester
Votes: 91
87. Captain Tugboat Annie (1945)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Drama
On the day that the U.S. government relaxes wartime restrictions and allows tugboats to return to work, Alec Severn, the proprietor of Secoma Towing & Salvage, desperately searches for ... See full synopsis »
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Jane Darwell, Edgar Kennedy, Charles Gordon, Mantan Moreland
Votes: 25
88. South of Monterey (1946)
Passed | 63 min | Western
The Cisco Kid (Gilbert Roland) hears of a land-swindling scheme devised by the police Commandante (Martin Garralaga) and the tax collector (Harry Woods) in a small western town. Cisco's ... See full summary »
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Gilbert Roland, Martin Garralaga, Frank Yaconelli, Marjorie Riordan
Votes: 58
89. Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (1949)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Gangsters frame Joe on a drunk charge and a murder rap so they can put their own fighter into a big event. Joe investigates in an attempt to prove his innocence.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Lina Romay, David Bruce
Votes: 48
90. Man from Sonora (1951)
Passed | 54 min | Western
Duke, Pete and , later,Spencer ambush ex-Ranger Johnny Mack Brown and steal his horse. In Silver Springs, town banker Fred Allison is forced to borrow heavily from livery stable owner Ed ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Phyllis Coates, Lyle Talbot, House Peters Jr.
Votes: 66
91. Johnny Rocco (1958)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Gangster and police look for a gangster's son who witnessed a murder.
Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Richard Eyer, Stephen McNally, Coleen Gray, James Flavin
Votes: 80
92. Outlaws of Stampede Pass (1943)
Passed | 58 min | Western
Tom Evans (Jon Dawson), nephew of U.S. Marshal Sandy Hopkins (Raymond Hatton), has just trailed his cattle to Yucca City, where he intends to sell to Ben Crowley (Harry Woods), owner of ... See full summary »
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Ellen Hall, John Dawson
Votes: 42
93. Don't Gamble with Strangers (1946)
Approved | 68 min | Drama
Two card sharks, pretending to be brother and sister, clean out a small-town banker, then take over a crooked gambling joint.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Kane Richmond, Bernadene Hayes, Peter Cookson, Gloria Warren
Votes: 67
94. The Fighting Ranger (1948)
Approved | 57 min | Drama, Western
Texas Ranger Johnny Brown shoots fugitive Sinclair after a long chase, and before the latter dies he accuses his cousin Hack of framing him for a murder, so he can inherit the ranch of his ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Christine Larson, Marshall Reed
Votes: 26
95. Partners of the Trail (1944)
Approved | 57 min | Western
Kate Hilton, returning to her ranch in Springfield via stagecoach after learning of the murder of her father, meets U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie. The stage is held up and robbed of the... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Craig Woods, Christine McIntyre
Votes: 62
96. Fence Riders (1950)
Approved | 57 min | Western
Whip and sidekick Winks take a hand in helping a ranch owner fight off rustlers. This gets Whip made foreman where he becomes an obstacle to the man behind the rustling who is after the ... See full summary »
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Whip Wilson, Andy Clyde, Reno Browne, Riley Hill
Votes: 19
97. Six Gun Gospel (1943)
Passed | 59 min | Western
Shipments of gold from Goldville are being hijacked by a gang secretly headed by Ace Benton, the town's leading citizen. Benton is also trying to acquire all the town property, as he knows ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Inna Gest, Eddie Dew
Votes: 30
98. Gun Smoke (1945)
Approved | 57 min | Western
U.S. Marshals Nevada Jack McKenzie and Sandy Hopkins come upon an overturned stagecoach with the driver and the passenger dead. They learn that the passenger, Hinkley, an archaeologist, has... See full summary »
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Jennifer Holt, Riley Hill
Votes: 57
99. The Jade Mask (1945)
Approved | 66 min | Mystery
Eccentric scientist Harper lives in a spooky mansion with all the trimmings: hidden lab, secret panels, inscrutable butler, and greedy relatives with unusual talents. When Harper seems to ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Edwin Luke, Hardie Albright
Votes: 1,323
100. Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947)
Passed | 63 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Mistaken for a detective, Slip takes on the case of a missing woman, which turns out to be bogus.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell
Votes: 362