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Blood on the Sun (1945)

Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowed by the propaganda of the time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Sylvia Sidney  •  Porter Hall  •  John Emery

Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowed by the propaganda of the time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Sylvia Sidney  •  Porter Hall  •  John Emery

The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orson Welles
CAST:  Rita Hayworth  •  Orson Welles  •  Everett Sloane  •  Glenn Anders

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orson Welles
CAST:  Rita Hayworth  •  Orson Welles  •  Everett Sloane  •  Glenn Anders

The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942)

After a long absense from the island, Chester Tuttle returns to Tahiti to find that little has changed. His large family, particularly his scheming Uncle Jonas, would rather dance and romance than earn a living. When Jonas loses the family plantation in a cockfight ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Vidor
CAST:  Charles Laughton  •  Jon Hall  •  Peggy Drake  •  Victor Francen

After a long absense from the island, Chester Tuttle returns to Tahiti to find that little has changed. His large family, particularly his scheming Uncle Jonas, would rather dance and romance than earn a living. When Jonas loses the family plantation in a cockfight ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Vidor
CAST:  Charles Laughton  •  Jon Hall  •  Peggy Drake  •  Victor Francen

Pacific Rendezvous (1942)

A code expert working for Naval Intelligence is assigned to decode enemy messages despite his desire for active duty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sidney
CAST:  Lee Bowman  •  Jean Rogers  •  Mona Maris  •  Carl Esmond

A code expert working for Naval Intelligence is assigned to decode enemy messages despite his desire for active duty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sidney
CAST:  Lee Bowman  •  Jean Rogers  •  Mona Maris  •  Carl Esmond

Tokyo Rose (1946)

Lotus Long plays the title role, an American-educated Japanese woman broadcasting enemy propaganda to American troops. Captured GI Pete Sherman is one of a group of POWS slated to be interviewed on Tokyo Rose's radio program. Instead of advising his comrades to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Byron Barr  •  Osa Massen  •  Donald Douglas  •  Richard Loo

Lotus Long plays the title role, an American-educated Japanese woman broadcasting enemy propaganda to American troops. Captured GI Pete Sherman is one of a group of POWS slated to be interviewed on Tokyo Rose's radio program. Instead of advising his comrades to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Byron Barr  •  Osa Massen  •  Donald Douglas  •  Richard Loo

Burma Convoy (1941)

A truck convoy traveling the Burma Road is menaced by a group of smugglers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noel M. Smith
CAST:  Charles Bickford  •  Evelyn Ankers  •  Frank Albertson  •  Cecil Kellaway

A truck convoy traveling the Burma Road is menaced by a group of smugglers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noel M. Smith
CAST:  Charles Bickford  •  Evelyn Ankers  •  Frank Albertson  •  Cecil Kellaway

Destination Unknown (1942)

Foreign spies and police pursue an attractive Dutch spy throughout Peking.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Taylor
CAST:  William Gargan  •  Irene Hervey  •  Sam Levene  •  Turhan Bey

Foreign spies and police pursue an attractive Dutch spy throughout Peking.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Taylor
CAST:  William Gargan  •  Irene Hervey  •  Sam Levene  •  Turhan Bey

Escape from Hong Kong (1942)

Three American vaudeville entertainers become involved with spies in Hong Kong, just before Pearl Harbor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Nigh
CAST:  Leo Carrillo  •  Andy Devine  •  Marjorie Lord  •  Don Terry

Three American vaudeville entertainers become involved with spies in Hong Kong, just before Pearl Harbor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Nigh
CAST:  Leo Carrillo  •  Andy Devine  •  Marjorie Lord  •  Don Terry

Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)

While Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his father in order to investigate a murder aboard a freighter in the harbor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. Bruce Humberstone
CAST:  Sidney Toler  •  Phyllis Brooks  •  Victor Sen Yung  •  Eddie Collins

While Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his father in order to investigate a murder aboard a freighter in the harbor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. Bruce Humberstone
CAST:  Sidney Toler  •  Phyllis Brooks  •  Victor Sen Yung  •  Eddie Collins

Passport to Suez (1943)

The Lone Wolf goes undercover in Egypt to foil a Nazi plot to bomb and disable the Suez canal, which is vital to England's war effort.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André de Toth
CAST:  Warren William  •  Ann Savage  •  Eric Blore  •  Robert Stanford

The Lone Wolf goes undercover in Egypt to foil a Nazi plot to bomb and disable the Suez canal, which is vital to England's war effort.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André de Toth
CAST:  Warren William  •  Ann Savage  •  Eric Blore  •  Robert Stanford

South Sea Woman (1953)

Marine Sergeant James O'Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft, scandalous conduct and destruction of property in time of war. He refuses to testify or plead guilty or not guilty to the charges. Showgirl Ginger Martin takes the stand ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Lubin
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Virginia Mayo  •  Chuck Connors  •  Arthur Shields

Marine Sergeant James O'Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft, scandalous conduct and destruction of property in time of war. He refuses to testify or plead guilty or not guilty to the charges. Showgirl Ginger Martin takes the stand ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Lubin
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Virginia Mayo  •  Chuck Connors  •  Arthur Shields

Somewhere I'll Find You (1942)

Brothers feud over a girl they both fall for while covering World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wesley Ruggles
CAST:  Clark Gable  •  Lana Turner  •  Robert Sterling  •  Patricia Dane

Brothers feud over a girl they both fall for while covering World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wesley Ruggles
CAST:  Clark Gable  •  Lana Turner  •  Robert Sterling  •  Patricia Dane

Betrayal from the East (1945)

A carnival showman tries to keep Japanese spies from sabotaging the Panama Canal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Berke
CAST:  Lee Tracy  •  Nancy Kelly  •  Richard Loo  •  Regis Toomey

A carnival showman tries to keep Japanese spies from sabotaging the Panama Canal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Berke
CAST:  Lee Tracy  •  Nancy Kelly  •  Richard Loo  •  Regis Toomey