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Atlantic Flight (1937)
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Famous pioneer aviator Dick Merrill was front-page news in the 1930s, so it's understandable that he was summoned to Hollywood to star in his own film. In "Atlantic Flight" he's top-billed as a pilot who undertakes a dangerous mission to transport medicine to an ailing friend. Monogram.

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Murder at Midnight (1931)
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other title: 谋杀夜
Wealthy Mr. Kennedy shoots his secretary, Channing, during a parlor game, but it turns out the gun was loaded with real bullets. Luckily, criminologist Phillip Montrose is on hand to help the police. When Kennedy quickly ends up dead as well, the police think it's a tidy murder-suicide, but the family lawyer knows of a letter that voiced Kennedy's suspicions about someone who was out to get him. Soon, the cops are on the trail of a ruthless and clever killer who is one step ahead of even Montrose.

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Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
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other title: 黄先生在唐人街
A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl "Captain J" on a sheet of paper. She proves to be Princess Lin Hwa, on a secret military mission for Chinese forces fighting the Japanese invasion. Mr. Wong finds two captains with the intial J in the case, neither being quite what he seems; there's fog on the waterfront and someone still has that poison-dart gun...

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Jitterbugs (1943)
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马尔科姆·圣克莱尔 actor: 斯坦·劳莱 / 奥列佛·哈台 …
other title: 偷龙转凤 / Dick und Doof - Die Wunderpille …
The two-man Laurel and Hardy Zoot Suit Band find themselves fronting a scam for "gasolene pills" in wartime oil-short America. They are however soon on the side of the angels helping recover $10,000 for an attractive young lady whose family have themselves been swindled.

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Outlaw Justice (1932)
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阿曼德·谢弗 actor: 杰克·霍克西 / 多萝西·格利佛 …
other title: 法外正义
Fleeing from the law, Panamint Jack hides out at the Taggart ranch. Learning of the Taggarts' financial problems, he robs the crooked Faro Black to retrieve Bob Taggart's IOU's. Escaping from Faro's men he meets another outlaw who directs him to the missing Sheriff. This is the man that Jack supposedly killed. But when he finds him, Faro and his men arrive and he is captured.