5F0138_Comedy & Crime (1930-1939)
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- DirectorKarl HartlStarsHans AlbersHeinz RühmannMarieluise ClaudiusHans Albers and Heinz Rühmann play two confidence tricksters. They manage to stop a night train for nefarious purposes, and impersonate Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Romantic involvement with two young British female travelers ensues, but the plot deepens into the disappearance of rare Mauritius postage stamps which they undertake to recover, in their role as Holmes and Watson..Marieluise Claudius (black white)
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyJames StewartPrivate detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora are back home at last and hoping for a quiet New Year when there is a murder. The obvious suspect is his wife, Nora's cousin, Selma.Myrna Loy (black white)
- 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.Claudette Colbert (black white)
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJune MarloweTwo guys end up in prison after attempting to sell beer to a policeman during Prohibition.Oliver Hardy (black white)
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsEdward G. RobinsonMary AstorHelen VinsonWhen Prohibition ends, a beer baron sees the writing on the wall, quits the rackets, and tries to break into California society.Mary Astor (black white)
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsRobert MontgomeryMaureen O'SullivanEdward ArnoldFarmers take in an injured racketeer and try to reform him.Maureen O Sullivan (black white)
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsClaire TrevorBrian DonlevyAlan DinehartBonnie Brewster and Packy Campbell are rival reporters who board a ship in Vancouver to go after a smuggling ring which brings in illegal aliens.Claire Trevor (black white)
- DirectorFritz HollStarsHeinz RühmannVictor JansonFranz SchafheitlinA writer who is an amateur detective recovers a painting stolen from an Amsterdam patron by three bumbling foreign crooks.Senta Foltin (black white)