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1942 mystery films
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The list 1942 mystery films includes
Eyes in the Night, Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror, Mystery of Marie Roget, Crossroads and Castle in the Desert.
The list consists of 25 members.
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Midnight in Paris
1942 film
Overview: Monsieur La Souris is a 1942 French mystery crime film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Raimu, Aimé Clariond and Micheline Francey. It is based on the 1938 novel of the same title by Georges ...Release date: 14 October 1942Genre: Drama, Mystery, Comedy, CrimeDirector: Georges LacombeProducer: Roger RichebéWriter: Georges Simenon, Marcel Achard
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Eyes in the Night
1942 film by Fred Zinnemann
Overview: Eyes in the Night is a 1942 American crime mystery starring Edward Arnold, Ann Harding and Donna Reed. Directed by Fred Zinnemann, it is based on Baynard Kendrick's 1941 novel The Odor of Violets.Release date: 16 October 1942Genre: Crime, MysteryDirector: Fred ZinnemannProducer: Jack ChertokWriter: Baynard Kendrick, Guy TrosperA blind detective and his seeing-eye dog investigate a murder and discover a Nazi plot. 0
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The Corpse Vanishes
1942 film by Wallace Fox
Overview: The Corpse Vanishes is a 1942 American mystery horror film starring Bela Lugosi, directed by Wallace Fox, and written by Harvey Gates. Lugosi portrays a mad scientist who injects his aging wife (played ...Release date: 8 May 1942Genre: Sci-Fi, HorrorDirector: Wallace FoxCast: Bela Lugosi, Luana Walters, Tristram Coffin, Elizabeth Russell, Minerva Urecal, Angelo RossittoProducer: Jack Dietz, Sam KatzmanWriter: Sam Robins, Gerald Schnitzer 0
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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942 film by John Rawlins
Overview: Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror is a 1942 American mystery thriller film based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. The film combines elements of Doyle's short story "His ...
Release date: 18 September 1942Genre: Crime, Thriller, MysteryDirector: John RawlinsProducer: Howard BenedictWriter: Lynn Riggs, John BrightWhen a Nazi saboteur jeeringly predicts to the nation new depredations, via their radio 'Voice of Terror', the Intellegence Inner Council summons Sherlock ... 0
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Mystery of Marie Roget
1942 film by Phil Rosen
Overview: The Mystery of Marie Roget is a 1942 mystery film starring Patric Knowles. The story was adapted from the short story "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt" written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1842. The film, directed ...Release date: 23 April 1942Genre: Mystery, CrimeDirector: Phil RosenProducer: Michael Jacoby, Edgar Allan Poe 0
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Crossroads
1942 mystery film noir by Jack Conway
Overview: Crossroads is a 1942 American mystery film noir directed by Jack Conway and starring William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor and Basil Rathbone. Powell plays a diplomat whose amnesia about his past ...
Release date: 23 July 1942Genre: Drama, Mystery, Crime, Film-NoirDirector: Jack ConwayProducer: Edwin H. KnopfWriter: Guy Trosper, John H. KafkaAn amnesiac French diplomat is blackmailed for crimes that he committed before he lost his memory. 0
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Castle in the Desert
1942 film by Harry Lachman
Overview: Castle in the Desert is a 1942 film featuring the Chinese detective Charlie Chan. It was the eleventh film to feature Sidney Toler as the title character, and the last made by 20th Century Fox. The series ...Release date: 2 February 1942Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Comedy, CrimeDirector: Harry LachmanCast: Sidney Toler, Arleen Whelan, Richard Derr, Douglass Dumbrille, Henry Daniell, Edmund MacDonaldProducer: Earl Derr Biggers, John LarkinCharlie Chan investigates apparent poisonings at a mystery mansion in the Mojave Desert. 0
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The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942 film by William Nigh
Overview: The Strange Case of Doctor Rx is a 1942 black-and-white murder mystery/horror B film by Universal Studios directed by William Nigh and starring Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Anne Gwynne, Ray "Crash" ...Release date: 17 April 1942Genre: Mystery, Horror, ComedyDirector: William NighProducer: Alex Gottlieb, Clarence Upson YoungPrivate eye Jerry Church is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten acquitted are apparently strangled by a serial killer ... 0
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Street of Chance
1942 film by Jack Hively
Overview: Street of Chance is a 1942 American film noir mystery film directed by Jack Hively and starring Burgess Meredith as a man who finds he has been suffering from amnesia and Claire Trevor as a woman who ...Release date: 3 October 1942Genre: Film-Noir, Mystery, DramaDirector: Jack HivelyProducer: Garrett Fort, Cornell Woolrich 0
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Phantom Killer
1942 film by William Beaudine
Overview: Phantom Killer is a 1942 American romantic mystery film directed by William Beaudine, and starring Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury and John Hamilton. The film was a remake of Phil Rosen's The Sphinx.Release date: 2 October 1942Genre: Mystery, Drama, Crime, RomanceDirector: William BeaudineCast: Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury, John Hamilton, Warren Hymer, Mantan Moreland, J. Farrell MacDonaldProducer: A.W. HackelWriter: Karl Brown, Albert DeMondWell-known philanthropist and deaf-mute John G. Harrison is identified leaving the scene of several... 0
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Pacific Rendezvous
1942 American film directed by George Sidney
Overview: Pacific Rendezvous is a 1942 American mystery film directed by George Sidney. It stars Lee Bowman and Jean Rogers.Release date: 21 May 1942Genre: Drama, War, AdventureDirector: George SidneyProducer: Harry Kurnitz, George OppenheimerAnxious to see some naval action in the Pacific during WWII, Lt. Bill Gordon makes the mistake of telling his new girlfriend... 0
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Dr. Renault's Secret
1942 film by Harry Lachman
Overview: Dr. Renault's Secret is a 1942 American horror mystery film. The story was written by William Bruckner and Robert Metzler. It is loosely based on the 1911 novel Balaoo by Gaston Leroux. The production ...Release date: 19 October 1942Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror, Mystery, RomanceDirector: Harry LachmanCast: J. Carrol Naish, Shepperd Strudwick, Lynne Roberts, George Zucco, Carmen Beretta, Eugene BordenProducer: Sol M. WurtzelWriter: William Bruckner, Robert F. MetzlerDr. Larry Forbes visits the château of Dr. Robert Renault, uncle of his fiancée Madelon, who is idolized by Renault's assistant, a strange émigré from ... 0
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A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
1942 film by James P. Hogan
Overview: A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen is a 1942 American mystery film directed by James P. Hogan and written by Eric Taylor. It is based on the 1940 play A Good Samaritan by Ellery Queen. The film stars ...Release date: 7 May 1942Genre: MysteryDirector: James P. HoganProducer: Frederic Dannay, Manfred Lee 0
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X Marks the Spot
1942 film by George Sherman
Overview: X Marks the Spot is a 1942 American film noir crime film directed by George Sherman and Damian O'Flynn, Helen Parrish, and Dick Purcell. It is a remake of the 1931 film of the same name.Release date: 4 November 1942Genre: Mystery, Drama, CrimeDirector: George ShermanProducer: Mauri Grashin, Richard Murphy 0
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The Undying Monster
1942 film by John Brahm
Overview: The Undying Monster, also known as The Hammond Mystery, is a 1942 American mystery horror film directed by John Brahm and written by Lillie Hayward and Michel Jacoby, based on Jessie Douglas Kerruish's ...
Release date: 27 November 1942Genre: Horror, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerDirector: John BrahmProducer: Bryan Foy, William GoetzWriter: Lillie Hayward, Michael JacobySurviving members of an aristocratic English family are threatened by a legendary monster when they venture out on chilly, foggy nights. 0
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The Panther's Claw
1942 film by William Beaudine
Overview: The Panther's Claw is a 1942 American mystery film directed by William Beaudine and distributed by Producers Releasing Corporation. It is a loose sequel to two Columbia Pictures films of the 1930s, The ...Release date: 3 March 1942Genre: MysteryDirector: William BeaudineProducer: Lester Cutler, T.R. WilliamsWriter: Fulton Oursler, Martin MooneyThe police arrest a man climbing over the wall of a cemetery after midnight. He claims that he is being... 0
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Blue, White and Perfect
1942 film by Herbert I. Leeds
Overview: Blue, White and Perfect is a 1942 American mystery film directed by Herbert I. Leeds and starring Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes, and Helene Reynolds. It is part of Twentieth Century Fox's Michael Shayne ...Release date: 6 January 1942Genre: Drama, Mystery, Crime, RomanceDirector: Herbert I. LeedsProducer: Sol M. WurtzelWriter: Borden Chase, Samuel G. EngelDetective Michael Shayne boards a Hawaii-bound ocean liner on the trail of stolen industrial diamonds and a Nazi smuggling ring. 0
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Patrouille blanche
1942 film
Overview: White Patrol (French: Patrouille blanche) is a 1942 French mystery thriller film directed by Christian Chamborant and starring Sessue Hayakawa, Junie Astor and Paul Azaïs. Production began in 1939 but ...Genre: Mystery, AdventureDirector: Christian Chamborant 0
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A Close Call for Ellery Queen
1942 film by James P. Hogan
Overview: A Close Call for Ellery Queen is a 1942 American mystery film directed by James P. Hogan and written by Eric Taylor and Gertrude Purcell. It is based on the 1939 novel The Dragon's Teeth: A Problem in ...Release date: 29 January 1942Director: James P. HoganProducer: Larry DarmourWriter: Manfred Lee, Frederic Dannay 0
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The Living Ghost
1942 film by William Beaudine
Overview: The Living Ghost is a 1942 American mystery-drama film directed by William Beaudine and produced by Monogram Pictures. Starring James Dunn and Joan Woodbury, the film incorporates elements of the horror ...Release date: 27 November 1942Genre: Mystery, Horror, Crime, Adventure, ActionDirector: William BeaudineProducer: A.W. HackelWriter: Howard Dimsdale, Joseph HoffmanWise-cracking ex-detective Nick Trayne is called in to try to find the whereabouts of wealthy kidnap victim Walter Craig... 0
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