(1930, Upgraded 4/3/21) Eric Von Stroheim, Betty Compson, Don Douglas. Strange drama about a crazed ventriloquist and ;his dummy, "Otto," which exudes a strange hold over him. Von Stroheim is SUCH an SOB. Lots of big staged musicical numbers that reek of nostalgia...

Armchair Fiction presents Mammoth Mystery Double Classics—featuring illustrated editions of two all-time mystery-crime standards, with 440 pages or more of whodunit thrills. “The Green Rust” by all time great mystery writer Edgar Wallace is our first classic story. The second tale is another great Edgar Wallace thriller, “The Clue of the Twisted Candle.”

(1929) William Powell, Florence Eldridge, Ullrich Haupt, Jean Arthur; Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young. Here are two solid Philo Vance mysteries for your enjoyment. Disc one:  The Greene Murder Case features a wealthy but disreputable family gathering for its once a year get-together at their spooky ancestral castle... Disc two: In The Bishop Murder Case, the corpse of a man called "Cock Robin" turns up on an archery range with an arrow through his heart...

Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic mystery-crime double novels. The first novel is “The Guilty Bystander” by hard-boiled expert Mike Brett.  The second novel is a the suspenseful "Blood of My Brotehr," by Stephen Marlowe...

(1940, Universal) Heather Angel, John “Dusty” King, Constance Collier, Walter Catlett, Tom Dugan.  Angel is terrific as a beautiful schoolteacher who, bored with life, takes off on an adventure.  Unfortunately, it lands her into a conversation with a gangster; and when he gets a little too friendly, she takes off in his car.  Unknown to her, there’s a dead body in the trunk...

(1952) John Bentley, Patricia Dainton, John Robinson, Valentine Dyall, Lockwood West.  Bentley is the Toff, a “Saint” style detective who falls upon a sinister plot while on a train.  It seems that a criminal known as “the Hammer” is looking to steal a secret formula for a new lightweight metal alloy that’s tougher than steel...

(1947) John Turnbull, Beatrice Campbell, Hylton Allen, Anthony Baird.  This is an odd little mystery with a very old-timey music score.  A movie usherette is hung out to dry (murdered!) following a fling with the theater manager.  Who is the killer?  That’s what...

(1929) Jameson Thomas, Jean Colin, Henry Victor, Jack Raine. This Forgotten Horrors style thriller is about the son of a murdered count who goes on a party cruise. Someone tries to kill him, but the

(1948, Upgraded 12/30/20) Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell, James Cardwell, Jack Webb.  Basehart portrays one of the most brutal, ingenious killers ever put on the screen in this story of the LA police and their hunt for him.  The opening drive-up scene is very memorable and will jolt you right out of your seat...

(1951, aka I DIMMA DOLD) Eva Henning, Sonja Wigert, Hjördis Petterson, Sven Lindberg, Georg Rydeberg, Erik Strandmark, Dagmar Ebbesen.  This Euro film noir opens with a bang—Henning shoots her philandering husband with three rapidly fired slugs from a pistol.  She flees the scene, driving madly through the fog as she reflects on her husband and their past...

(1953) Frank Lovejoy, Edmund O'Brien, William Talman, Jose Torvay.  This is truly one of the most gripping film noir classics you'll ever see. The plot concerns two vacationing businessmen who are held captive by a psychopath. The hitch-hiking killer puts his companions through sheer hell as they roll through the lonely highways of Mexico...

(1953) Frank Lovejoy, Edmund O'Brien, William Talman, Jose Torvay.  This is truly one of the most gripping film noir classics you'll ever see. The plot concerns two vacationing businessmen who are held captive by a psychopath. The hitch-hiking killer puts his companions through sheer hell as they roll through the lonely highways of Mexico...  

(1929, Paramount) Claudette Colbert, Edward G. Robinson, David Newell, Donald Meek, Alan Brooks, Nellie Savage.  Robinson leads a group of con artists who use a phony lady psychic to scam wealthy but gullible socialites...