The Greed of William Hart

The Greed of William Hart 1948

4.90

Hart and Moore are grave-robbers who provide cadavers to the medical students of 19th-century Edinburgh. When the supply becomes low and demand still great, the two decide to create their own supply, a plan that proves profitable when they stick to vagrants, prostitutes and drunkards. But when they poison likable Jamie, the townsfolk retaliate. NB: This film was originally written to be about Burke and Hare, but after it was completed, the British censors refused to allow its release on the grounds those names themselves were offensive; thus the entire soundtrack was recut so that new names - Hart and Moore - recorded by the film's actors, were cut into the previously recorded lines, replacing the offending "Burke" or "Hare", sentence by sentence.

1948

Murder at the Grange

Murder at the Grange 1952

6.00

A former police detective turned private investigator is approached by two elderly sisters, who say that someone is terrorising them, but it turns out that the man they believe is responsible is long since dead.

1952

The Curse of the Wraydons

The Curse of the Wraydons 1946

5.20

Tod Slaughter goes about the countryside strangling everybody. His evil scheme is to destroy the family who wronged him. He has a secret lab complete with a torture chamber, featured in the films climax. Probably the most maniacal portrayal Tod ever gave.

1946

Mysterious Mr. Nicholson

Mysterious Mr. Nicholson 1947

4.30

A change in a will, a murder and a mysterious letter. The police look to a former cat burglar to aid them in the investigation.

1947

King of the Underworld

King of the Underworld 1952

4.50

A sinister crook is implicated in blackmail, greed for emeralds, a secret formula and murder. Thee episodes from a 1952 British television series called "Inspector Morley, Late of Scotland Yard, Investigates" were joined together and released theatrically.

1952

Black Memory

Black Memory 1947

4.50

Cockney Danny Cruff is the son of a man wrongly accused of murder. Danny decides to solve the mystery himself by hobnobbing with London's underworld. To do this, he poses as a juvenile delinquent.

1947

A Ghost for Sale

A Ghost for Sale 1952

1

A manor caretaker relates the tale of a mad squire, and vanishes.

1952