The best George Brent’s mystery movies

George Brent

George Brent

15/03/1904- 26/05/1979
Today we present the best George Brent’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 George Brent’s movies.

The Spiral Staircase

The Spiral Staircase
7.3/10
In 1916, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions". One night, during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced.

From Headquarters

From Headquarters
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaMystery
  • Release: 06/11/1933
  • Character: Lt. Jim Stevens
When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates.

Miss Pinkerton

Miss Pinkerton
6/10
Scion of the once-rich Mitchell family, Herbert Wynn is found shot to death. Nurse Adams, bored by hospital routine, is recruited by the police to ferret out clues as she tends to Wynn's elderly aunt Julia. Jokingly given the 'rank' of Miss Pinkerson, after the famous detective agency, Adams probes into the mystery, but not before a second death.

South of Suez

South of Suez
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaMystery
  • Release: 16/11/1940
  • Character: John Gamble
Greedy diamond mine owner Eli Snedeker, resentful that his ex-foreman John Gamble stopped him from taking over kindly, but drunken, mine owner Roger Smythe's mine just as he was about to strike it rich, kills Smythe and blames it on Gamble. Grabbing the diamonds, Gamble flees Africa to England where he changes his name and begins a new life. What he hasn't counted on, though, is meeting and falling in love with Smythe's daughter Katherine, who falls in love with him but can't marry him until she can deal with her hatred of John Gamble, the man she believes killed her father.

The Corpse Came C.O.D.

The Corpse Came C.O.D.
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyMystery
  • Release: 02/06/1947
  • Character: Joe Medford
Rival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and the box she receives with a dead man inside.

Charlie Chan Carries On

Charlie Chan Carries On
6.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 11/04/1931
  • Character: Capt. Ronald Keane
Charlie steps in to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel. Settings include London, Nice, San Remo, Honolulu and Hong Kong. Fast-paced with lots of wisecracking.

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