The Best B-Pictures Of The 1930s
This list is dedicated to those pictures that are not much talked about or sometimes even sneered at. Most of these movies were made on a small budget but can be very entertaining nevertheless. That is, if you generally dig B-pictures of the sci-fi or horror genre, for example. Some of the entries might be considered trash, but I assure you that you will find only the hilarious ones here. So, if you are in the mood for a somewhat different movie that does not necessarily follow mainstream rules, chances are that you will find here what you are looking for.
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PS: The movies are sorted by year and not necessarily by my preference. This list is by no means complete as I will add new worthwhile films as I stumble across them.
As usual, don't hesitate to leave a comment if you feel up to it.
PS: The movies are sorted by year and not necessarily by my preference. This list is by no means complete as I will add new worthwhile films as I stumble across them.
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- DirectorRowland V. LeeStarsWarner OlandO.P. HeggieJean ArthurThe villainous master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu sets out to destroy the people he holds responsible for the death of his family.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsPhillips HolmesGrant MitchellLucille PowersAn ex-convict comes home to a collegiate son who wants nothing to do with him.
- DirectorFrank TuttleStarsWilliam PowellWilliam 'Stage' BoydEugene PalletteA ruthless, crooked stockbroker is murdered at his luxurious country estate, and detective Philo Vance just happens to be there. He decides to find out who killed him.
- DirectorEdward SlomanStarsWilliam 'Stage' BoydLilyan TashmanIrving PichelAn elderly woman installs a horn in her crypt in case she's buried alive.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsEvelyn BrentIrene RichLouise FazendaThe story of eight women and how they served their country during World War I.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsLionel AtwillFay WrayLee TracyA wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.
- DirectorWilliam Cameron MenziesMarcel VarnelStarsEdmund LoweIrene WareBela LugosiWhen delusional madman Roxor kidnaps a scientist in hopes of using his death ray to achieve world dominance, he is opposed by Chandu, a powerful hypnotist and yogi.
- DirectorJ. Walter RubenStarsRicardo CortezKaren MorleyAnita LouiseJenny Wren is found dead after threatening to blackmail some prominent men, and it's up to a detective to find out what happened to Jenny.
- DirectorRichard OswaldStarsPaul WegenerMaria KoppenhöferBlandine EbingerA crazed scientist murders his wife, walls her up, then flees. A reporter sets out to track him down.
- DirectorBenjamin StoloffStarsBen LyonBarbara WeeksKenneth ThomsonA man (Nat Pendleton) tries to hide aboard a moving train after murdering a jewelry magnate.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsJohnny WeissmullerNeil HamiltonC. Aubrey SmithA trader and his daughter set off in search of the fabled graveyard of the elephants in deepest Africa, only to encounter a wild man raised by apes.
- DirectorCharles BrabinCharles VidorStarsBoris KarloffLewis StoneKaren MorleyEnglishmen race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan before the sinister Fu Manchu does.
- DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsZasu PittsJames GleasonBen LyonA group of amateur detectives sets out to expose The Crooked Circle, a secretive group of hooded occultists.
- DirectorJohn G. AdolfiStarsJoan BlondellWallace FordGuy KibbeeGangsters posing as police officers offer a woman a chance to make money if she helps them out.
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsWarner BaxterMiriam JordanJohn BolesA murder victim is brought back to life by a scientific experiment. However, the effects only last for six hours, and he must find his killer in that time.
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsHelen TwelvetreesRicardo CortezJill EsmondPoster writes a gossip column for the Morning Gazette. He will write about anyone and everyone as long as he gets the credit. He gets most of his information from his gal, Peggy who is a showgirl. When Bill sees Tony stab Angelo Spinelli to death in a speak easy, he puts it front page of the Gazette. But on the night that he goes out with heiress Mildred, he slips the diamond that came from Peggy's finger on Mildred's finger and announces his engagement - while tattling about her friends in his column. This gets him in dutch with Mildred and Peggy. At the same time, the cops cannot find Tony, but Tony is looking for Poster to thank him for the publicity.
- DirectorWilliam J. CowenStarsWalter HustonLupe VelezConrad NagelThis remake of West of Zanzibar (1928) made four years later tries to outdo the Lon Chaney original in morbidity. From a wheelchair a handicapped white man rules an area of Africa as a living god. He rules the local natives through superstition and stage magic and he rules the few white people through sadism, keeping them virtual prisoners. He lives for the day he can avenge himself horribly on the man who stole his wife and crushed his spine. Strong and macabre stuff in a nearly forgotten horror film.
- DirectorRoy William NeillStarsH.B. WarnerWalter ByronBette DavisRonald Quayle escapes from prison. He was sent there for murdering his father, based on the testimony of his stepmother, Caroline. An explosion disfigures him, but plastic surgery gives him an opportunity to return to England and investigate his father's murder under a new identity. As Robert Crockett he romances his stepmother, ultimately trapping her by creating the appearance of a double-cross among her accomplices, now guests at her house.
- DirectorErnest B. SchoedsackStarsRobert ArmstrongHelen MackFrank ReicherThe showman who brought Kong to New York returns to Skull Island and finds Kong's son, a spunky 12-footer with a winning personality and his dad's awesome strength.
- DirectorT. Hayes HunterStarsBoris KarloffCedric HardwickeErnest ThesigerAn Egyptologist returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsLionel AtwillFay WrayGlenda FarrellThe disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.
- DirectorFrank R. StrayerStarsLionel AtwillFay WrayMelvyn DouglasWhen corpses drained of blood begin to show up in a European village, vampirism is suspected to be responsible.
- DirectorVictor HalperinStarsCarole LombardRandolph ScottAlan DinehartA serial black widow murderess returns to life in the body of a young woman to exact revenge on a former lover, a phony spiritualist who betrayed her.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsJean HersholtWynne GibsonStuart ErwinA doctor who is also a "mentalist" confesses to a murder. The only problem is that the murder he's confessed to hasn't happened yet--although dead bodies are now starting to turn up all over the place. A reporter sets out to solve the "mystery".
- DirectorWesley RugglesErnest B. SchoedsackStarsIvan F. SimpsonLouise CarterC. Aubrey SmithA mother wishes for the return of her dead son--a wish that is granted by the severed paw of a dead monkey.
- DirectorStuart WalkerStarsCarole LombardCharles LaughtonCharles BickfordA nightclub singer marries the rich owner of a rubber plantation. When she returns with him to his estate in Malaysia, she finds out that he is cruel, vicious and insanely jealous. She and the plantation's overseer develop a mutual attraction, but are terrified at what will happen if her husband finds out.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Bette DavisFrank McHughTo share expenses, unemployed Alabama moves in with also unemployed Bill and Toodles. Bill is hired by a gangster's mistress and ultimately becomes the gangster's bodyguard. Alabama unknowingly applies for a stenographer's job at Mr. Weber's (the gangster's) business. Bill is forced to fly a plane carrying narcotics into the U.S. but fights back.
- DirectorTay GarnettStarsPat O'BrienRalph BellamyBetty CompsonA group of people are stuck on a schooner in the middle of the Pacific with no wind.
- DirectorIrving PichelStarsStuart ErwinDorothy WilsonWarner OlandSinister forces compete to find the million dollars in gold hidden by recently deceased gangster Joe Valerie in his family's old dark house 15 years earlier,
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsLeslie HowardDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Paul LukasA British prisoner of war becomes imprisoned alongside his best friend from home, unaware that while he was captured, the friend began an affair with his wife.
- DirectorRoy William NeillStarsAdolphe MenjouDonald CookGreta NissenSuave, lip-reading DA Thatcher Colt plans to get away from the big city for a while. So he and his secretary, Miss Kelly hop on a train for an Upstate NY town called Gilead. They expect a calm oasis, but when a small time circus rolls into town they soon find themselves caught up in a sordid tale of marital infidelity, murder, cruelty to animals, and cannibalism.
- DirectorErnest B. SchoedsackStarsRobert ArmstrongHelen MackRoland YoungAn American in London stumbles on a criminal ring.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsWilliam PowellMargaret LindsayRuth DonnellyA down-and-out private eye falls for a woman he has been hired to frame.
- DirectorPaul SloaneStarsJohn HallidayCharles RugglesShirley GreyAn ocean liner is found at sea with everyone on board dead. An investigation is begun to find out what happened.
- DirectorAlexander HallGeorge SomnesStarsClive BrookGeorge RaftHelen VinsonElegant Colin Grant and his associates are successful jewelry thieves, even unmasked to their victims, their perfect alibis making it impossible for the Comissioner police to arrest them. Things are running smoothly until Nick Mason enters the scene--and flirts with Colin's love interest.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsClaire DoddAlice WhiteOsgood PerkinsInspector Marotte, attending an auction of rare collectible books previously owned by the recently murdered M. Le Duc de Poisse, hopes he can catch his old nemesis Prahec, a murderer and book thief.
- DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsMary AstorLyle TalbotJohn Halliday"The Terror", a killer whose identity is unknown, occupies an English country house that has been converted into an inn.
- DirectorEdwin L. MarinStarsWynne GibsonOnslow StevensRichard 'Skeets' GallagherFormer lovers get together to clear themselves when the police suspect them of murder.
- DirectorAlan CroslandStarsWarren WilliamMary AstorAllen JenkinsAn agitated and desperate man spares no expense in insisting that Mason represent him against a neighbor's howling dog and act as executor of his will.
- DirectorWalter SummersStarsRalph RichardsonAnn ToddJoyce KennedyDrummond leads a black-shirted platoon of men from his former unit against foreign interlopers trying to pull England into dangerous overseas entanglements.
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsRonald ColmanLoretta YoungWarner OlandAlgy, Bulldog Drummond's right-hand-man, is getting married. Bulldog attends; on the way home, in the fog, he enters the (apparently deserted) mansion of Prince Achmed in search of a phone. He finds none, but he does find a body - which disappears when he summons a bobby. Bodies keep disappearing as Drummond keeps summoning the authorities, particularly his long-suffering upstairs neighbor, Captain Nielsen; the ever faithful Algy also finds his wedding night disrupted by, among other things, some emergency code-breaking. And of course, there's a beautiful woman (there's always a beautiful woman in the case), Lola, who turns out to be the daughter of the dead man who started all this.
- DirectorD. Ross LedermanStarsLyle TalbotAnn DvorakGordon WestcottBob "three star" is the hotshot pilot for Trans America Lines. When he is not flying for the airlines, he can get into trouble doing aerobatics over the field. His main squeeze is Judy Wagner, a stewardess for the airlines. Tom Wagner, her younger brother has just started flying for the line. Tom and Bob are to fly on a secret mission to carry a scientist with a new high explosive mixture to Washington. Unfortunately, Jason, secretary to Mr. Lackey, is working for a secret foreign power and hears about the flight. This causes Bob to get jumped before the flight so another pilot, George, volunteers to take Bob's place. When the plane explodes in flight, there is a race between government agents to get the mixture back and the bad guys to get the mixture out of the country.
- DirectorGeorge ArchainbaudStarsEdna May OliverJames GleasonBruce CabotA pretty young music teacher is bludgeoned to death in Hildegarde's school, where she's reunited with Oscar, but the autopsy report says she was dying from poison too.
- DirectorRoy William NeillStarsDonald CookGenevieve TobinHardie AlbrightEight people are invited to dinner in a fashionable penthouse apartment. After they are wined and dined, a voice on the radio informs them that they will be murdered unless they manage to outwit the ninth guest: Death.
- DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsWarren WilliamMargaret LindsayLyle TalbotThe Stamm family gives a small party prior to daughter Bernice's marriage to socialite Monty, but all of the guests seem to be against the match.
- DirectorCedric GibbonsJames C. McKayJack ConwayStarsJohnny WeissmullerMaureen O'SullivanNeil HamiltonThe idyllic life of Tarzan and Jane is challenged by men on safari who come seeking ivory, and come seeking Jane as well.
- DirectorRalph MurphyStarsGertrude MichaelPaul CavanaghHenrietta CrosmanMenace is a very fast-paced dark house murder mystery with a plot centering around three people who are targeted for death because of their alleged guilt in the tragic death of a psychopath's brother.
- DirectorBrian Desmond HurstStarsNorman DrydenJohn KeltYolande TerrellA young man is driven mad by his obsession with the repulsive diseased eye of the old man who cares for him.
- DirectorStuart WalkerStarsHenry HullWarner OlandValerie HobsonAfter botanist Wilfred Glendon travels to Tibet in search of a rare flower, the Mariphasa, he returns to a London haunted by murders that can only be the work of bloodthirsty werewolves.
- DirectorTod BrowningStarsLionel BarrymoreElizabeth AllanBela LugosiWhen a nobleman is murdered, a professor of the occult blames vampires, but not all is what it seems.
- DirectorWilliam HamiltonEdward KillyStarsGene RaymondMargaret CallahanEric BloreA writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things he gets, as there are some very strange goings-on at the establishment.
- DirectorRoy William NeillStarsMelvyn DouglasGail PatrickTala BirellOnce a jewel thief always a jewel thief? Yes and no. Yes if you consider the fact that Michael Lanyard also known as the Lone Wolf once retired from the "trade" but relapses back into his old habits when he is tempted by the emerald pendant of beautiful socialite Marcia Stewart. The trouble (?) is that he falls for the belle and he soon gets more interested in getting the girl than the jewels that adorn her. What he wants now is to return the pendant but a rival gang interfere and force him to take part in a big-time caper. Bad for them, Michael exposes them and hands them over to justice. Michael and Marcia will live happily ever after. Well, all things considered, once a thief...not always a thief!
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsWarren WilliamMargaret LindsayDonald WoodsPerry interrupts his vacation plans when an ex-girlfriend, now newly married, asks him to help her with murder and bigamy charges.
- DirectorArchie MayoStarsWarren WilliamGenevieve TobinPatricia EllisA con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found with a surgical knife in his heart by Mason.
- DirectorLewis D. CollinsStarsHelen TwelvetreesDonald CookBerton ChurchillDetective Ellery Queen's vacation is interrupted when murder strikes next door to his oceanside cabin.
- DirectorEdwin L. MarinStarsPaul LukasAlison SkipworthDonald CookAfter socialite Lynn Llewellyn receives an anonymous threat, he is poisoned at his uncle's casino, and although he recovers, his wife is murdered by the same killer.
- DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsLew AyresMae ClarkePaul KellyEddie Howard, a fast-thinking, two-fisted bodyguard, is hired by nightclub-owner Tim Martin to protect him from chiseling gangsters operating an extortion-racket. But Eddie meets and falls in love with Laura Grant, Tim's sweetheart, and complications quickly arise.
- DirectorAlbert S. RogellStarsRalph BellamyTala BirellWiley PostA mysterious ray that immobilizes all motors and engines threatens the security of the country.
- DirectorLloyd CorriganStarsEdna May OliverJames GleasonLola LaneA schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a sea-plane gets sick and dies.
- DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsWilliam BoydJames EllisonPaula StoneAn evil ranch foreman tries to provoke a range war by playing two cattlemen against each other while helping a gang to rustle the cattle.
- DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsWilliam BoydJames EllisonWilliam FarnumWhen the outlaw El Toro saves Hoppy's life, Hoppy agrees to find his missing grandson.
- DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsWilliam BoydJames EllisonJean RouverolCattle rustler Nevada dreams of living like an emperor in the West. Hoppy and the Bar 20 boys aim to put an end to his dream.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsBoris KarloffRicardo CortezEdmund GwennAfter hapless pianist and ex-con John Elman is framed for murder, he is resurrected by a scientist after his execution.
- DirectorLambert HillyerStarsOtto KrugerGloria HoldenMarguerite ChurchillWhen Countess Marya Zaleska appears in London, mysterious events occur that lead Dr. Von Helsing to believe that the Countess must be a vampire.
- DirectorWilliam C. McGannAlan CroslandStarsRicardo CortezJune TravisJane BryanA bedridden eccentric millionaire, anticipating his own murder, hires Mason to help him rewrite his will, and the lawyer ends up defending the caretaker's cat.
- DirectorRobert FloreyStarsFrances DrakeReginald DennyGail PatrickA public relations man for a movie studio uses an early form of television to help solve a murder.
- DirectorWilliam HamiltonEdward KillyStarsJames GleasonHelen BroderickLouise LatimerAfter Hildegarde proves that the accidental riding death on a Central Park bridle path is really murder, she's faced with a plethora of red herrings and a real killer.
- DirectorBen HolmesStarsJames GleasonZasu PittsOwen Davis Jr.A priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on the case.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsBoris KarloffAnna LeeJohn LoderDr. Laurience, a brilliant but unstable scientist experimenting with transferring minds, becomes vengeful when his magnate patron withdraws his support.
- DirectorBenjamin StoloffStarsWalter AbelMargot GrahameWallace FordFord Adams regains consciousness in Boston, bloody and suffering from amnesia. Information he eventually uncovers (with the help of Marie Smith) connects him to a well-known producer--who's just been murdered.
- DirectorFrank WisbarStarsSybille SchmitzAribert MogCarl de VogtA beautiful young drifter comes to a small village and battles Death itself to save the man she loves.
- DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsHarry BaurRoger KarlCharles DoratThe Golem, a giant creature created out of clay by a rabbi, comes to life in a time of trouble to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
- DirectorWilliam ClemensStarsWarren WilliamClaire DoddWini ShawPerry marries Della but a beautiful woman interrupts their honeymoon night and demands Perry take her case at gunpoint.
- DirectorWilhelm ThieleStarsDorothy LamourRay MillandAkim TamiroffChristopher Powell is in Malaysia with his fiancée and her father, capturing wild animals. While out hunting, he is attacked by a tiger, and his native guides run away, leaving him for dead. But the tiger is the pet of Ulah, a beautiful young woman who grew up by herself in the jungle. She rescues Chris and takes him back to her cave, where she nurses him to health and falls in love with him. When he eventually returns to camp, she follows. The fiancée is jealous, and the natives don't like Ulah or her pet tiger either, all of which leads to a lot of trouble.
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsBeatrix ThomsonPatric KnowlesGlennis LorimerWhen an ex-dancer marries a man for his money she is suprised find he is a real skinflint. She owes a lot of money to a loan-shark who is after her. However, her husband does carry a lot of insurance ...
- DirectorLouis KingStarsDonald WoodsKay LinakerCarlyle Moore Jr.Jim Larrabie and Bob Gordon, two reporters, are sent to prison on bogus charges after exposing the corrupt practices of J.W. Moett and Dudley. The two suffer extreme cruelty due to the sadistic behavior of the warden and guards.
- DirectorSam NewfieldMack V. WrightStarsRobert LivingstonRay CorriganMax TerhuneHackett, the executive of the local Cattleman's association which also runs the local orphanage is using the Association police to rustle cattle and embezzle its funds.
- DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsWilliam BoydJames EllisonMuriel EvansHoppy has to bust up a gang of outlaws with the help of his sidekicks Shanghai and Johnny. As usual, he walks through the fusillade unscathed.
- DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsWilliam BoydJames EllisonOnslow StevensAn evil gang is involved in both cattle rustling and the robbing of stagecoaches. Hopalong Cassidy, Hoppy, must stop them without help from the sheriff who turns out be a major outlaw himself.
- DirectorRay TaylorStarsRobert LivingstonRay CorriganSyd SaylorWhen a group of World War 1 buddies head west to farmstead, they run into trouble.
- DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsWilliam BoydJames EllisonGeorge 'Gabby' HayesRanch owner Sally Jordan is engaged in a fence war with rancher Big John Trumbull. Hoppy and Johnny, along with trusty sidekick Windy, side with Sally Jordan. They control a huge cattle stampede by using dynamite.
- DirectorNate WattStarsWilliam BoydGeorge 'Gabby' HayesGail SheridanA crusading newspaper editor recruits his old friend Hoppy to take the job of marshal in a town rife with vice and murder directed at helpless miners.
- DirectorChristy CabanneStarsHarry CareyHoot GibsonTom TylerAfter serving 25 years in prison for robbery, Dean Payton returns to his hometown to see his daughter Sally, who is unaware that he is her father. He befriends Cal Yates, the now semi-retired assistant sheriff who originally caught him, and Chuck Wilson, a young rancher who has eyes for Sally. Wanted criminal Al Goss holds up the local bank and makes his getaway, taking Sally hostage. Showing he still has what it takes, Payton takes off into the hills on horseback, along with Yates and Wilson, to try to track Goss down.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsRobert LivingstonRay CorriganMax TerhuneThe three Mesquiteers try to recover the gold stolen by a gang in its effort to ruin the banker/mayor who ordered them to leave town.
- DirectorNorman FosterStarsPeter LorreVirginia FieldThomas BeckOn a freighter going from San Francisco to Shanghai Mr. Moto solves mysteries caused by a gang of smugglers.
- DirectorLloyd CorriganStarsBoris KarloffWarren HullJean RogersThe inventor of a new top-of-the-line burglar alarm system is kidnapped by a gang in order to get him to help them commit robberies.
- DirectorNorman FosterStarsPeter LorreThomas BeckPauline FrederickSeven maps, when found and put together, reveal the location of the treasures of Genghis Khan.
- DirectorLouis KingStarsJohn BarrymoreJohn HowardLouise CampbellCaptain Drummond travels to Switzerland in order to marry his girlfriend but the disappearance of a dangerous cargo of explosives makes him delay his plans.
- DirectorNorman LeeStarsJohn LodgeDorothy MackaillVictor JoryBulldog Drummond goes up against foreign agents trying to steal plans for a top-secret aircraft.
- DirectorKurt NeumannStarsEdmund LoweMadge EvansPaul LukasRival reporters pose as honeymooners on a European train to track a munitions magnate.
- DirectorErnest B. SchoedsackStarsJack HoltMae ClarkePaul HurstA newspaperman Paul Cluett (Jack Holt) gets rival reporter Linda Lawrence (Mae Clark) to admit that she is investigating a story in Morocco that guns are being smuggled illegally.
- DirectorWilhelm ThieleStarsGeorge MurphyRita JohnsonVirginia FieldA newspaperman, his canine companion, and an adventurous socialite investigate an umbrella-wielding murderer who is terrorizing London.
- DirectorCharles C. ColemanStarsRosalind KeithCharles QuigleyRita HayworthUndercover agent Mark Owens is sent to aid the Border Patrol in the trans-border town of Hernandez in breaking up a well-organized band of smugglers. Since the town is also noted for a place for obtaining quick marriages on the Mexico side, Mark obtains the job of pilot on "The Honeymoon Express." He does not realize that he has been recognized as a G-Man by "Hot Cake" Joe, operator of a sandwich stand and an informant for the smugglers. Reporter Nancy Rawlings, assigned to the airport on the American side of the border, sees Mike running the matrimonial express in his flamboyant uniform, and thinks he is ridiculous enough to make a good story. Her suspicions are aroused when he refuses to be photographed. She is further convinced he is a smuggler when she sees him accepting money from Kurt Feldon, suspected head of the smugglers. Feldon has accepted Mike as a genuine pilot for wedding parties and is paying him to steer customers to his café. Learning the truth from Joe, Feldon orders his henchman/flyer Blast Reardon to get rid of Mike. Blast, with a gang moll as his accomplice, charters Mike to fly them across the border to get married. A waitress at the airport, who Nancy has bribed to watch Mike's activities, tips her off about the flight and Nancy hides in the plane. Once in the air, Blast forces Mike to land at the smuggler's hideout, where he is imprisoned.
- DirectorEdward KillyStarsConstance WorthVinton HayworthLeslie FentonTommy Baldwin and Joe Dugan are entrusted to carry a fabulous diamond. If they succeed, they will be well paid. If they fail, they will be well buried. When they go to pick up the diamond, there is a great gun battle, a cannister of knock out gas, and the diamond is stolen. The police round up everyone that they can find in the area and search them, but the diamond is not found. Strangely, everyone who was rounded up that night and released boards the steamship Asiatic the next day traveling from Shanghai to San Francisco. Tommy and Joe only have the trip to find out who snatched the diamond, and they suspect the seven people from the night before. But as the trip progresses, the bodies begin to pile up and the clues are few.
- DirectorWilliam ClemensStarsDonald WoodsAnn DvorakAnne NagelAn improbable stuttering bishop from Australia asks for Perry's help in proving the identity of the legitimate heir to a millionaire.
- DirectorLouis KingStarsJohn BarrymoreJohn HowardLouise CampbellThe girlfriend of Captain Drummond has been kidnapped by an enemy of Drummond who seeks revenge. But Drummond and his friend Colonel Nielsen at once follow his trail...
- DirectorMilton CarruthStarsWilliam GarganJean RogersDick PurcellA gang is sabotaging planes so that when they crash, the corpses can be robbed.
- DirectorWilliam NighStarsWeldon HeyburnInez CourtneySelmer JacksonA tough district attorney has been cleaning up the town, and has already imprisoned twelve dangerous criminals. As he is about to name the target for his next investigation, he is murdered in the midst of a crowd. The police have many suspects and hardly any clues, so two reporters decide to investigate for themselves.
- DirectorJames P. HoganStarsRay MillandGuy StandingHeather AngelCaptain Drummond becomes a prisoner when he intends to protect a beautiful heiress of an espionage organization.
- DirectorChristy CabanneStarsPreston FosterFrank JenksCarol HughesA detective must solve a case where a girl was murdered in a room--and all the doors and windows were locked from the inside.