Mask of the Dragon (1951)

샌프란시스코의 '스페이드 & 어처' 탐정 사무실에 원덜리라는 미모의 아가씨가 나타나 사건을 의뢰한다. 그녀는 새스비라는 사내와 사랑에 빠진 여동생을 찾아달라고 부탁한다. 샘 스페이드(Sam Spade: 험프리 보가트 분)는 동료 탐정 어처(Iva Archer: 글래디스 죠지 분)를 보내 사건을 풀어보려 하지만 해결의 실마리는 커녕 어처의 죽음이 그에게 전해지고, 곧이어 새스비가 살해된다. 한편, 경찰은 어처의 처를 사랑했던 스페이드를 의심한다. 스페이드는 우선 원덜리를 방문, 자초지종을 다시묻는다. 그러자 그녀는 그제서야 본명을 브리지드 오쇼네시(Brigid O'Shaughnessy: 메리 애스터 분)라고 밝히면서 여동생 운운한 건 가짜였고, 새스비와 어처를 죽인 건 누군지 모르겠다고 고백한다. 그리고 둘 사이에 사랑이 시작된다. 어느날 여비서 에피(Effie Perine: 리 패트릭 분)가 퇴근한 후 스페이드는 마치 여자같은 조엘 카이로(Joel Cairo: 피터 로리 분)의 방문을 받는다. 그의 등장은 사건에 접근하는 전기를 마련해 주는데 그는 샘에게 검은 새의 조각상을 찾아달라고 나선 것이다. 그것도 거액의 사례비를 주겠다는 조건으로, 조각상의 가치에 의문이 생긴 샘 앞에 이번에는 거트맨(Kasper Gutman: 시드니 그린스트리트 분)이라는 인물이 나타나는데.

가까운 몇 년 후, 기업들이 모든 것을 제어, 감시하는 사회. 임신한 아내를 차에 태우고 밤길을 가던 루크 깁슨이 교통사고를 당한다. 극심한 뇌 손상에 보험 만료인 그는 가망 없는 환자들이 가는 F병동으로 배치되지만 호프 산업의 특별 수술 팀에 의해 가까스로 살아난다. 병실에서 깨어난 그는 아내의 죽음 소식을 듣지만 과거를 기억하지 못하고 그의 머리 속은 계속되는 광고 동영상과 환영으로 혼란스럽다. 의사를 찾아간 그는 머리 속에 싸이컴 두뇌 내장 칩이 장치되었다는 것을 알게 되고, 호프 산업의 총책임자 버질 커릴은 이런 그의 모든 일거수일투족을 감사한다. 루크는 바로 호프 산업의 프로젝트 660에 피실험자 중 한 사람이었던 것. 한편 인류를 조정할 새로운 방식인 두뇌 속의 컴퓨터를 해킹하는 비밀 조직의 리더 할은 위험에 처한 루크를 자신들의 은신처로 데려오고 호프 산업의 만행에 맞서자고 한다. 그들은 사이버 공감에 남은 그의 삶의 흔적을 더듬어 기억을 되찾아 주고자 노력하고, 루크는 자신의 과거를 훔쳐간 그들에게 복수하기로 하는데...

Ex-con Johnny is forced into pulling a heist he wants nothing to do with. Mob boss ‘Shrewd’ Eddie has one million is dirty cash stashed at his home, just waiting to be stolen. But what Johnny doesn’t know is that seven other very dangerous criminals also have plans to steal the money...

A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon.

A night club singer who is the daughter of a small-town crook is tried and convicted of murder.

With the help of their mentor Felix, a group of the best friends and first-time thieves steal a valuable statuette for a ruthless black market art dealer. After the amateurs botch the delivery of the objet d'art, the dealer kills Felix and forces the remaining four to "find" $1 million within a week's time or face certain death.

Wealthy widow Mrs. Bramson notices that her maid is distracted, and when she learns the girl's fiancé, Danny, is the reason, she summons him in. Mrs. Bramson's niece Olivia takes a liking to Danny, and comes to believe that he may have been involved in the disappearance of a local woman.

Leslie Calvin, the sole survivor of a submarine accident, goes to her relatives in order to recover emotionally. Unfortunately, she encounters various scam artists led by Mr. Sydney who intend to kill her and steal the family assets. Dr. George Grover helps Leslie to defeat Sydney.

Susan Hart, assistant to private detective Russ Ashton, is given a camera concealed in a hat box and assigned to take a picture of a woman. A gun is accidentally hidden in the box and the woman is killed. Susan is charged with murder, but Russ and his less-than-useful associate, Harvard, get on the case and prove that the fatal shot was fired by the killer from across the street.

Local journalist, Cameron Colley writes articles that are idealistic, from the viewpoint of the underdog. A twisted serial killer seems to have some motives. His brutal murders are also committed on behalf of the underdog. The stories begin to merge and Cameron find himself inextricably and inextricably implicated by the brutal killer. The arms dealer that Cameron plans to expose is found literally 'disarmed' before he can put pen to paper. The brewery chief, loathed by Cameron, who sold up at the expense of his workers, finds himself permanently unemployable. The police are convened of Cameron's guilt and so are half his friends and colleagues. Cameron is forced to employ all his investigative skills to find the real killer and his motive.

Young art gallerist Katarina's dad suddenly goes missing. It turns out that her dad, a prominent art dealer, is kidnapped in Egypt by his former smuggle partner, who has been released due to the Arab spring. To save her father, Katarina has to find the hidden statue that the kidnapper demands as ransom.

Harry, returning home after six years in an asylum, has vivid recollections of a party many years ago with six of his friends. The party ended with one of them, Raoul, disappearing. A gardener is digging in Harry's garden when a skeleton and a watch with the name "Raoul" is found. Harry invites his friends to a dinner to solve the mystery of Raoul's disappearance.

Prof. Erling and his financial backer Victor build a prototype time machine to snatch objects from the past. Latest find, a statuette, radiometrically dates to 5200 AD! When this draws colleague Richard Hedges to the island lab, Erling reveals that 20th-century objects put in the machine seem to be "traded" for analogous future objects by intelligent life. And on the sly, Victor's been trying to get a living visitor. Does the future need help, or is the present in danger?

Doctor and dedicated husband embarks on a murderous quest for vengeance against the men who raped his wife.

An agent searches for a psychopath guilty of robbery and murder, and falls in love with a murder victim's sister.

Danny, Shooter, Fatback, and the Kid. They learned a trade in the army. Killing.

Like the first entry in Columbia's "Ellery Queen" series, Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery depicts its amateur-criminologist hero as an oafish ignoramus. This time around, Chinese ventriloquist Gordon Cobb (Noel Madison), is murdered by a gang of jewel thieves. Baffled by the contradictory clues, Inspector Queen (Charles Grapewin) asks his son Ellery (Ralph Bellamy) to help out.

Ralph Bellamy makes the third of four appearances as "master detective" Ellery Queen in Columbia's Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime. The principal villain is crooked stockbroker John Mathews, whose Wall Street manipulations render Ray Jarden penniless. Mathews' chicanery seems particularly coldblooded, inasmuch as his daughter Marian is engaged to Jarden's son Walter. When the latter disappears, Mathews asks Ellery Queen to locate the young man.