Mystery Movies

Strange Affair (1944)

Strange Affair (1944)

Strange Affair (1944)
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78

Eminent psychiatrist Dr. Brenner invites cartoonist Bill Harrison and his wife, Jack, to a banquet honoring war refugees. Bill volunteers to pick up fellow psychiatrist Dr. Baumler at the train…

Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Strangers in the Night (1944)

Strangers in the Night (1944)

Strangers in the Night (1944)
IMDb: N/A
56

In this Gothic tale, a returning WW2 vet goes looking for a small-town girl whom he knows only from letters. It’s the pretext for an off-beat treatment of sexual frustration…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Canterbury Tale (1944)

A Canterbury Tale (1944)

A Canterbury Tale (1944)
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125

Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, War
When Strangers Marry (1944)

When Strangers Marry (1944)

When Strangers Marry (1944)
IMDb: N/A
67

A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Black Magic (1944)

Black Magic (1944)

Black Magic (1944)
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67

Chinese detective Charlie Chan solves a murder linked to the occult.

The Falcon in Mexico (1944)

The Falcon in Mexico (1944)

The Falcon in Mexico (1944)
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70

The Falcon travels to Mexico where he gets involved with murder and a mysterious painting.

Genre: Crime, Mystery
The Pearl of Death (1944)

The Pearl of Death (1944)

The Pearl of Death (1944)
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69

The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its owner since the days of the Borgias, is brought to London, thanks in…

The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)

The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)

The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
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95

A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Night of Adventure (1944)

A Night of Adventure (1944)

A Night of Adventure (1944)
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65

A lawyer tries to clear his wife’s lover of murder charges.

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944)

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944)

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944)
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66

To solve the murder of a man shot in a locked room, Chan must wade through a Fun House, the writings of an unscrupulous author, and chess pieces.

Ministry of Fear (1944)

Ministry of Fear (1944)

Ministry of Fear (1944)
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86

Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn’t seem so sane outside either. On his way back to London to rejoin civilization,…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
The Scarlet Claw (1944)

The Scarlet Claw (1944)

The Scarlet Claw (1944)
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74

When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec,…

Gaslight (1944)

Gaslight (1944)

Gaslight (1944)
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114

A newlywed fears she’s going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

The Halfway House (1944)

The Halfway House (1944)

The Halfway House (1944)
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95

A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness in the air as…

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The Whistler (1944)

The Whistler (1944)

The Whistler (1944)
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60

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…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
The Falcon Out West (1944)

The Falcon Out West (1944)

The Falcon Out West (1944)
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64

When a Texas playboy is murdered in a New York City nightclub the Falcon investigates. When he learns that the victim was slipped rattlesnake venom, the trail leads to Texas,…

Cecile Is Dead (1944)

Cecile Is Dead (1944)

Cecile Is Dead (1944)
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82

Cecile, a young girl who goes to the offices of the Judicial Police several times in a row to complain about nightly visits to the apartment she occupies with her…

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Genre: Crime, Mystery
Weird Woman (1944)

Weird Woman (1944)

Weird Woman (1944)
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64

After bringing his beautiful new wife Paula home to America from a remote island on which she was raised, Professor Norman Reed begins to feel the clash between his world…

Genre: Horror, Mystery
The Uninvited (1944)

The Uninvited (1944)

The Uninvited (1944)
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99

A brother and sister move into an old seaside house that has been abandoned for many years on the Cornwellian coast. They soon discover that it is haunted by the…

Voodoo Man (1944)

Voodoo Man (1944)

Voodoo Man (1944)
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62

A mad doctor (Bela Lugosi) and his helpers (John Carradine, George Zucco) lure girls to his lab for brain work, to help his wife.

Genre: Horror, Mystery
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)

Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)

Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)
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63

Charlie Chan is an agent of the US government working in Washington DC and he is assigned to investigate the murder of the inventor of a highly advanced torpedo. Aiding…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Phantom Lady (1944)

Phantom Lady (1944)

Phantom Lady (1944)
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87

A mystery woman is a murder suspect’s only alibi for the night of his wife’s death.

Nabonga (1944)

Nabonga (1944)

Nabonga (1944)
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71

When a treasure hunter seeks a downed airplane in the jungles of Africa, he encounters one of the passenger’s young daughter, now fully grown, and with a gorilla protector.

The Lodger (1944)

The Lodger (1944)

The Lodger (1944)
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84

In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.

The Spider Woman (1943)

The Spider Woman (1943)

The Spider Woman (1943)
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63

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called “pajama suicides”. He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider. Based on “The…

Calling Dr. Death (1943)

Calling Dr. Death (1943)

Calling Dr. Death (1943)
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63

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…

The Ghost Ship (1943)

The Ghost Ship (1943)

The Ghost Ship (1943)
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69

Captain Stone’s newly recruited officer, Tom Merriam, idolizes his senior who treats him like a friend. But when a couple of his crew members die mysteriously, Tom starts doubting Stone’s…

The Falcon and the Co-Eds (1943)

The Falcon and the Co-Eds (1943)

The Falcon and the Co-Eds (1943)
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67

The Falcon is called to a young woman’s school to investigate a murder. When he arrives, another victim is discovered.

Genre: Crime, Mystery
Find the Blackmailer (1943)

Find the Blackmailer (1943)

Find the Blackmailer (1943)
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55

A private eye is hired by a mayoral candidate to prevent any sort of adverse publicity. It seems that, somewhere in town, there’s a talking blackbird who insists upon saying…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943)

The Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943)

The Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943)
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60

A woman of twenty-one opens her grandfather’s will left to her thirteen years earlier, per his instructions. Murder soon follows.

Genre: Crime, Mystery
Flesh and Fantasy (1943)

Flesh and Fantasy (1943)

Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
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93

Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The second involves a psychic who predicts murder. The third…

Le Corbeau (1943)

Le Corbeau (1943)

Le Corbeau (1943)
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92

Remy Germain is a doctor in a French town who becomes the focus of a vicious smear campaign, as letters accusing him of having an affair and performing unlawful abortions…

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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
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68

During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime…

Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
The Seventh Victim (1943)

The Seventh Victim (1943)

The Seventh Victim (1943)
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71

After young Mary Gibson discovers that her older sister Jacqueline has disappeared, she leaves her boarding school and heads to New York City to track down her sibling. But Mary…

Genre: Horror, Mystery
The Fallen Sparrow (1943)

The Fallen Sparrow (1943)

The Fallen Sparrow (1943)
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94

Imprisoned during the Spanish Civil War, John “Kit” McKittrick is released when a New York City policeman pulls some strings. Upon returning to America, McKittrick hears that a friend has…

Ghosts on the Loose (1943)

Ghosts on the Loose (1943)

Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
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67

The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door “haunted” by mysterious men.

The Falcon in Danger (1943)

The Falcon in Danger (1943)

The Falcon in Danger (1943)
IMDb: N/A
69

Two industrialists disappear from an airplane while the plane is in the air. Also missing is $100,000. The Falcon investigates and discovers a plot against the government.

Genre: Crime, Mystery, War
Who Killed Who? (1943)

Who Killed Who? (1943)

Who Killed Who? (1943)
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8

A murder has occurred at Gruesome Gables, and the dog detective trying to find the killer has to deal with some suspicious suspects and a haunted house.

The Underground World (1943)

The Underground World (1943)

The Underground World (1943)
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8

Superman has to save Lois Lane from a cult of hawk-people in an homage to Edgar Rice Burroughs’s “At the Earth’s Core”.

The Leopard Man (1943)

The Leopard Man (1943)

The Leopard Man (1943)
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66

When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders.

Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery