The best Dorothy Vaughan’s mystery movies

Dorothy Vaughan

Dorothy Vaughan

05/11/1890- 15/03/1955
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Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent
7.4/10
The European war was only beginning to erupt across national borders. Johnny Jones, an American crime reporter dispatched by his New York publisher to put a fresh spin on the drowsy dispatches emanating from overseas, has a nose for a good story—which promptly leads him to the crime of fascism and Nazi Germany's designs on European conquest. In attempting to learn more about a seemingly noble peace effort, Jones walks into the middle of an assassination, uncovers a spy ring and—not entirely coincidentally—falls in love.

Lured

Lured
7/10
Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes her friend has been murdered by a serial killer who uses personal ads to find his victims. Temple hatches a plan to catch the killer using Sandra as bait, and Sandra agrees to help.

The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai
7.5/10
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 23/05/1948
  • Character: Mrs. Alvin
Around Christmas time, a woman tries to prove the innocence of her dancer husband jailed for a crime she just knows he didn't commit.

Up Goes Maisie

Up Goes Maisie
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyMystery
  • Release: 01/02/1946
  • Character: Landlady (Uncredited)
A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks, who want to steal his ideas.

Take One False Step

Take One False Step
6.4/10
Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested.

Hot Steel

Hot Steel
5/10
  • Genre: DramaMystery
  • Release: 24/05/1940
  • Character: Mrs. Morrison
Matt Morrison gets his old college chum Frank Stewart a job at the steel foundry where he works. Trouble quickly ensues.

The Incredible Stranger

The Incredible Stranger
6.4/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 20/06/1942
  • Character: Mrs. Brewster (uncredited)
In December 1892, a silent mysterious and very private man, for whom a new house has just been built, arrives in the small town of Bridgewood to keep a promise.

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