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- DirectorEdward BuzzellStarsEleanor PowellRed SkeltonBert LahrMiss Winters is a dancer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and is asked to secretly transport a prototype magnetic mine to Puerto Rico. She thinks that she is working for the US Government, but fails to see why she would be involved.
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsRed SkeltonEleanor PowellRichard AinleyA bumbling pants presser at an upscale hotel's valet service nurses an unrequited crush on a Broadway star. He gets more than he bargained for when she agrees to marry him, to spite her womanizing fiance, and encounters Nazi saboteurs.
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsRed SkeltonEsther WilliamsBasil RathboneA contrived misunderstanding leads to the breakup of a songwriter and his fiancée. She returns to work as a gym teacher at an all-girls school, but a legal loophole allows the man to enroll as one of her students.
- DirectorHarry BeaumontStarsRed SkeltonMarilyn MaxwellMarjorie MainLowly clerk Aubrey Piper has a fondness for exaggerating about himself to impress people. His fantastic tales of visiting China and working as a manager at his place of employment charm his blind date, quiet and lovely Amy Fisher. His false bragging and nearly burning down the Fisher home gets him in bad standing with Amy's family. But Amy is smitten and gladly accepts Aubrey's marriage proposal. Soon, Aubrey's spendthrift ways and show-off manners soon land the couple in financial and legal hot water.
- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsRed SkeltonJanet BlairDon McGuireStriving to be a whiz-bang salesman and screwing up at every turn, Red Skelton turns in a genius comic performance inevitably getting into big trouble, impossible situations and a wild chase involving dastardly crooks.
- DirectorEdward BuzzellStarsEsther WilliamsRed SkeltonRicardo MontalbanA swimsuit fashion designer is determined to protect her scatterbrained sister from a South American heartbreaker, but a case of mistaken identity complicates matters.
- DirectorJack DonohueStarsRed SkeltonArlene DahlAnn MillerA cameraman helps an heiress to get rid of her financial adviser, who wants to get her money.
- DirectorJack DonohueStarsRed SkeltonGloria DeHavenWalter SlezakA clumsy, accident-prone taxicab driver, who invented the elastic-glass, risks losing his valuable invention to a group of con-men led by a crooked lawyer but the pretty lady owner of the Yellow Cab Co. comes to his aid.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsLucille BallEddie AlbertCarl Benton ReidScatterbrained Sally Elliott tries to get a job as a Fuller brush girl and desperate for money she borrows her friend's kit without permission and her attempts at selling cosmetics door-to-door are disastrous. She and her fiance Humphrey get involved in a smuggling scheme and she becomes the prime suspect in first one and then a second murder. She and Humphrey find themselves dodging the police while trying to catch the real killers.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsKathryn GraysonRed SkeltonHoward KeelThree Broadway producers struggling to get backing for their show, hope one's sudden inheritance of a half interest in a Parisian fashion house is the answer. They travel to Paris only to learn the salon is in debt and requires their help.
- DirectorDon WeisStarsRed SkeltonJean HagenCharles DingleMagazine writer copes with modern life in the suburbs, stressing about the expenses. Then his editor assigns an article calling the suburbs the slums of tomorrow. His research yields interesting conclusions.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsRed SkeltonCara WilliamsJames WhitmoreA diamond cutter in search of his birth parents gets caught up with con men who want to get their hands on a rare diamond.
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsDick PowellDebbie ReynoldsAnne FrancisA Hollywood screenwriter takes in a runaway girl who's more woman than he can handle.
- DirectorEdward BuzzellStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxThe Marx Brothers come to the rescue in the Wild West when a young man, trying to settle an old family feud so he can marry the girl he loves, runs afoul of crooks.
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsRudy ValleeRosemary LaneHugh HerbertOwners and show girls of the bankrupt Club Ballé are mistaken for the Academy Ballet of America and are off to Paris to compete in an International Dance Exposition.
- DirectorLewis SeilerStarsFrank McHughJane WymanCora WitherspoonAn office clerk is harassed by his girlfriend's mother.
- DirectorElliott NugentStarsElissa LandiCary GrantLynne OvermanMan marries opera singer, winds up taking back seat to her career.
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsW.C. FieldsKathleen HowardJean RouverolA henpecked New Jersey grocer makes plans to move to California to grow oranges, despite the resistance of his overbearing wife.
- DirectorMartin GabelStarsRobert CummingsSusan HaywardAgnes MooreheadA publisher insinuates himself into the mouldering mansion of the centenarian lover of a renowned but long-dead poet to find his lost love letters.
- DirectorSeth HoltStarsSusan StrasbergAnn ToddRonald LewisA wheelchair-bound young woman returns to her father's estate after 10 years, and although she's told he's away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the estate.
- DirectorDouglas SirkStarsGeorge SandersLucille BallCharles CoburnBritish police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops.
- DirectorHerbert MasonStarsMichael RedgraveSally GrayPaul LukasA passerby witnesses a murder through the windows of a passing train, then tries to track down the killer.
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsJoan CrawfordJack PalanceGloria GrahameAfter an ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged playwright and marries her, he plots with his mistress to murder her.
- DirectorRonald NeameStarsHugh WilliamsGreta GyntLeo BieberPhilippa Shelley races against time to clear her husband Nicholas Talbot of a murder he did not commit. While she works on getting proof, the prosecution is doing all it can to force a conviction.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsDirk BogardeMargaret LockwoodKay WalshEdward "Teddy" Bare is a delusional psychotic with a lust for wealth, older women and murder. Having committed what he thinks is the perfect murder of his elderly wife; Teddy sets his sights on new targets when her fortune goes elsewhere.
- DirectorStephen ClarksonStarsBarbara MurrayGordon JacksonPamela AlanA Teacher is murdered at an all girls school. Police investigate and discover that the staff room is full of suspects.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsJohn BentleyDinah SheridanJack LiveseyA husband-and-wife detective team look into the murder of one of her friends, whose father has been kidnapped. They find themselves up against a sinister crime organization headed by a mysterious figure known only as "Z".
- DirectorJeffrey DellStarsEdward UnderdownMaxwell ReedNatasha ParryA killer known as 'The Dark Man' commits double murder. This is witnessed by the young aspiring actress Molly Lester. The Dark Man tries everything to put Molly out of the way. Detective Inspector Viner of Scotland Yard investigates the murders.
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsDoris DayRex HarrisonJohn GavinIn London, a recently-wed American woman's sanity comes into question after she claims to be the victim of a threatening stalker.
- StarsJeremy ClydePhil DavisLinal HaftPrivate detective Sexton Blake and Tinker find themselves on the trail of worshipers of an ancient Egyptian cult
- DirectorWalter FordeStarsGordon HarkerElizabeth AllanMervyn JohnsAgainst a background of Christmas and the pending arrival of another baby for the landlord, a group of pub locals lead by bookie Joe Harris set out to prove that former customer Eddie Graves is not guilty of the murder for which he is due to be hanged in the morning.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsJohn BentleyPatricia DaintonGrey BlakeThe Temples investigate a series of gruesome murders attributed to a mysterious figure known as "The Marquis".
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsJohn BentleyDinah SheridanMargaretta ScottA maniac is murdering the patients of a doctor who specializes in nervous disorders. A detective is called in to catch the killer.
- DirectorJohn ArgyleStarsAnthony HulmeJoy SheltonTamara DesniNovelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, meets a newspaper woman called "Steve." Together they investigate a gang of diamond robbers.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsLaurence PaynePatricia DaintonJane GriffithsA married composer finds that his affair with his wife's half-sister has resulted in her death.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsHugh BeaumontTrudy MarshallRalph DunnMichael Shayne accepts an assignment to investigate a gang of pari-mutual race tickets counterfeiters over the protests of his secretary, Phyllis Hamilton, who wants him to join her on a vacation. Shayne contacts Mayme Martin who offers him information, and sends his friend Tim Rourke to get it. Tim arrives to find Inspector Rafferty there as Mayme has been murdered. Shayne has gone to the race track to see Jim Payson and Al Hardeman, the operators. Two thugs, Joe and Punk, take shots at Shayne and he is wounded. He later learns that a printer, Madden and his engraving foreman Edwards served time for counterfeiting Irish sweepstake tickets and Shayne thinks he has the case solved... until Madden and Edwards turn up murdered.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsHugh BeaumontCheryl WalkerPaul BryarA private detective, who has been shot, stumbles into the office of Michael Shayne (Hugh Beaumont), and dies before Shayne can question him. Shayne finds a baggage ticket in his hand. He claims it and finds the checked-bag contains the loot from a robbery. Now, he has about fifty minutes left of the running time to find the crooks, bring them to justice and return the money to the rightful owners. And needs all of it.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsHugh BeaumontCheryl WalkerRalph DunnIn the second of the PRC "Michael Shayne" series,civic crusader Burton Stallings hires private detective Michael Shayne to locate the former's missing step-daughter Helen. Shayne discovers that Stallings himself has had Helen confined in an asylum in order to obtain her money.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsHugh BeaumontCheryl WalkerLyle TalbotPrivate eye tries to find a killer.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsHugh BeaumontKathryn AdamsCy KendallA newspaper reporter, Tim Rourke (Paul Bryar) keeps writing articles attacking the police department for its failure to solve a chain of murders, and this nearly leads to the reporter's death. He calls in private-detective Michael Shayne (Hugh Beaumont), and Shayne turns up a blonde and a blackmailer.
- DirectorHerbert I. LeedsStarsLloyd NolanHeather AngelDoris MerrickOne of the "Michael Shayne" detective series, Time to Kill was based on The High Window, by Raymond Chandler. Private dick Mike Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) is hired by wealthy Mrs. Murdock (Ethel Gryffies) to retrieve a stolen rare coin she is convinced her daughter-in-law has stolen. Shayne uncovers a gang of counterfeiters and a surfeit of coins as he stumbles his way into and out of evidence and gangsters, and romance.
- DirectorHerbert I. LeedsStarsLloyd NolanMarjorie WeaverPhil SilversPrivate detective Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) is serving on the jury trying Lillian Hubbard (Janis Carter) for the murder of Harley Forsythe. A witness with information that could clear Lillian is killed by a knife hurled from inside the courtroom. Shyane hides the knife in the ensuing confusion. He slips out of the jury room that night and, with the aid of reporter Judy Taylor (Marjorie Weaver), traces the knife to a professional blade-slinger, Count Edmond Telmachio (Alexander Lockwood). Shayne finds the Count murdered in a warehouse and a brooch discovered on his body now points the finger of suspicion at nightclub singer Rita Darling (Joan Valerie) and the owner of the club where she works, George Dolphin(Don Costello). Rita was the fiancée of Forsythe and Dolphin is in love with her. The trial begins the next day, with Shayne back in the jury box, after giving the information he picked up to defense counsel John Logan (Richard Derr). The trial takes a surprise twist when Shayne is permitted to cross examine everyone, including the defense lawyer, who has been in love with Miss Hubbard for years.
- DirectorLewis AllenStarsJoel McCreaGail RussellHerbert MarshallA secretive widower hires a governess for his children, a willful boy and impressionable girl. Strange occurrences and the governess's curiosity lead her to unlock the secrets of the mysterious and uninhabited brownstone next door.
- DirectorHerbert I. LeedsStarsLloyd NolanMarjorie WeaverHelene ReynoldsA man believed to be dead and buried escapes from his grave and returns to the scene of the crime seeking revenge.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsErrol FlynnBrenda MarshallRalph BellamyA respected investment advisor has a double life as a mystery writer and becomes involved in the real murder of a shady client.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsClaudette ColbertJames StewartGuy KibbeeWhen a tycoon (Ernest Truex) is accused of murder, the private eye (James Stewart) tracking him finds himself roped in as an accessory and attempts to evade police, kidnapping a poetess (Claudette Colbert) along the way.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsSimone SimonTom ConwayKent SmithAn American man marries a Serbian immigrant who fears that she will turn into the cat person of her homeland's fables if they are intimate together.