Mystery Movies of 1940
Rebecca
Based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier, the classic psychological thriller Rebecca was Alfred Hitchcock's first American film. Joan Fontaine plays the unnamed narrator, a young woman who works as a companion to ... [ Mystery movie - 1940 ]
Slightly Honorable
The successful producer-director combination of Walter Wanger and Tay Garnett served up another winner with Slightly ... [ Mystery movie - 1940 ]
The Fatal Hour
The Fatal Hour was the fourth entry in Monogram's "Mr. Wong" series, based on the gentlemanly oriental detective created by Hugh Wiley. Boris Karloff returns as Wong, supported by Grant Withers as dyspeptic police captain Street and Marjorie ... [ Mystery movie - 1940 ]
Up in the Air
In this fast paced mystery, an eager page boy for a radio station tries to convince ... [ Mystery movie - 1940 ]
Doomed to Die
In his final "Mr. Wong" mystery, Boris Karloff ... [ Mystery movie - 1940 ]
Midnight Limited
Mignight Limited takes place during an eventful nonstop train trip from New York ... [ Mystery movie - 1940 ]
The Man with Nine Lives
Man with Nine Lives (released in England as Behind the Door) is the second of Columbia's unofficial "Mad Doctor" series starring Boris Karloff. This time, Boris is obsessed with the notion that he can come up with a cure for cancer. To do ... [ Mystery movie - 1940 ]
Murder in the Night
Originally released in England in 1938 as Murder in Soho, this moody melodrama was advertised in America as "The rapid-fire story of an underworld mobster with a social bee in his bonnet and a rod on ... [ Mystery movie - 1940 ]
The Haunted House
In the late 1930s-early 1940s, Monogram Pictures hoped to create a popular screen team in the form of ... [ Mystery movie - 1940 ]
Phantom of Chinatown
In the last of Monogram's "Mr. Wong" whodunits, Keye Luke takes over from Boris Karloff ... [ Mystery movie - 1940 ]
The Invisible Killer
Invisible Killer was the second effort from Producers Distributing Corporation, the enterprising poverty-row movie ... [ Mystery movie - 1940 ]
