The best Frank Puglia’s mystery movies

Frank Puglia

Frank Puglia

09/03/1892- 26/10/1975
Today we present the best Frank Puglia’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Frank Puglia’s movies.

The Man Who Laughs

The Man Who Laughs
7.6/10
Gwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in revenge for Gwynplaine's father's treachery. Gwynplaine is adopted by a travelling showman and becomes a popular idol. He falls in love with the blind Dea. The king dies, and his evil jester tries to destroy or corrupt Gwynplaine.

My Favorite Brunette

My Favorite Brunette
6.7/10
Baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, on death row in San Quentin, tells reporters how he got there: taking care of his private-eye neighbor's office, Ronnie is asked by the irresistible Baroness Montay to find the missing Baron. There follow confusing but sinister doings in a gloomy mansion and a private sanatorium, with every plot twist a parody of thriller cliches.

City in Darkness

City in Darkness
6.5/10
Chan goes to Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I. There he investigates the murder of a munitions manufacturer who was supplying arms to the enemy. At the end Charlie preaches to us about the dangers of peace conferences.

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
5.8/10
Captain Drummond is travelling to Switzerland to marry his girlfriend. However, when a cargo containing dangerous explosives goes missing from its place, Drummond is forced to delay his plans.

Fatal Lady

Fatal Lady
7/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 15/05/1936
  • Character: Felipe (uncredited)
On her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the death of a male acquaintance. Released, although thoroughly shaken-up, Marion attempts to perform but loses her voice onstage. Humiliated, but driven to sing, she travels to South America under the assumed name of Maria Delasano, and works in an opera company under the tutelage of Feodor Glinka, who wants her to shun men and save herself for her art. Mary resists the persistent attentions of wealthy young Phil Roberts, who follows the company in hopes of marrying her. ...

Charlie Chan in Panama

Charlie Chan in Panama
7.1/10
Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the Pacific after maneuvers in the Atlantic.

We Have Our Moments

We Have Our Moments
6.2/10
A trio of American crooks board a ship bound for Europe, intending to get rid of $100,000 in stolen dough. With detective John Wade breathing down their necks, the crooks stash the loot in the trunk belonging to vacationing schoolmarm Mary Smith.

Mystery of the White Room

Mystery of the White Room
6/10
A doctor (Bruce Cabot) and a nurse (Helen Mack) solve an operating-room murder.

Meet the Wildcat

Meet the Wildcat
6.2/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 22/10/1940
  • Character: Chief of Police
Ralph Bellamy and Margaret Lindsay, stars of Columbia's "Ellery Queen" series, let their hair down and went "screwball" in the Universal comedy-mystery Meet the Wildcat. Bellamy plays a New York gumshoe on the trail of an art thief. His investigation is confounded by the presence of snoopy girl reporter Lindsay.

The Fatal Hour

The Fatal Hour
5.4/10
  • Genre: MysteryThriller
  • Release: 15/01/1940
  • Character: Harry 'Hardway' Lockett
When a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime Suspect: Frank Belden Jr., whose father is a businessman well known for both his success and dishonesty. Mr. Wong faces increasing danger and is nearly executed himself as the investigation develops in treachery and complexity. As Mr. Wong follows the trail of dead bodies, he uncovers a jewel smuggling ring on the San Francisco waterfront and a case much larger than the death of a police officer.

Secret Agent of Japan

Secret Agent of Japan
6.7/10
World War II espionage drama, starring Preston Foster and Lynn Bari.

Who Is Hope Schuyler?

Who Is Hope Schuyler?
5.5/10
A girl reporter is trying to tack down the lady-in-the-title, as a key witness in a graft trial, which involves three murder and that many failed attempts. A prosecuting attorney in the district attorneys office is aiding her in solving the mystery of the missing lady.

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
6.3/10
In despair after breaking up with his girlfriend, a man hires a thug he has never seen to kill him. However, he changes his mind when he falls in love with another woman--but he can't stop the man trying to kill him because he doesn't know who he is.

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