A ruthless, crooked stockbroker is murdered at his luxurious country estate, and detective Philo Vance just happens to be there; he decides to find out who killed him.

Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime….

Two brothers, Jack and Tom, are in love with the same woman, Molly. While the two brothers go off to war and Molly does her part in the effort, Tom…

A woman’s life falls to pieces when she’s caught cheating on her husband.

An insane surgeon’s obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband’s hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer.

In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.