The best Russell Hopton’s mystery movies

Russell Hopton

Russell Hopton

18/02/1900- 07/04/1945
We present our ranking of the best Russell Hopton’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Russell Hopton.

Star of Midnight

Star of Midnight
6.7/10
When a dancer disappears from a theater, Clay Dalzell is asked to investigate, leading him on a trail of murder and deception.

The Saint Strikes Back

The Saint Strikes Back
6.2/10
Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after being accused of corruption and dismissed from the force. Convinced of the man's innocence, Templar takes it upon himself to vindicate the memory of Val's father. To do so he must take on the city's most dangerous criminal gang, while also battling hostile members of the police department.

Curtain at Eight

Curtain at Eight
5.6/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 01/10/1933
  • Character: Terry Mooney
An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a stage actor.

A Night of Adventure

A Night of Adventure
6.2/10
A lawyer tries to clear his wife's lover of murder charges.

Death from a Distance

Death from a Distance
5.1/10
  • Genre: MysteryThriller
  • Release: 03/07/1935
  • Character: Det. Lt. Ted Mallory
While a distinguished astronomer is giving a lecture in a planetarium, a shot rings out and one of the audience members is found dead. A tough detective and a brassy female reporter lock horns as they both try to break the case.

Discarded Lovers

Discarded Lovers
4.7/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 02/01/1932
  • Character: Bob Adair
In this murder mystery, sexy blonde film star Irma Gladden is found dead in her car after shooting the last scene in her film, "Falling Star" at Eminent Studios. The suspects are numerous due to her free and easy lifestyle and messy romantic affairs. Among them are Grace Sibley the jealous wife of her director, Warren Sibley, her drunken actor husband, Andre Leighton, her screenwriter boyfriend, Rex Forsythe, and her first husband, Robert Worth. Also on hand to help solve the mystery are visiting reporter Bob Adair, Irma's secretary, Valerie Christine, and policemen Captain Sommers and Sergeant Delaney.

Secret of the Blue Room

Secret of the Blue Room
6.4/10
  • Genre: HorrorMystery
  • Release: 20/07/1933
  • Character: Max, Chauffeur
According to a legend, the mansion's "blue room" is cursed -- everyone who has ever spent the night in that room has met with an untimely end. The three suitors of the heroine wager that each can survive a night in the forbidding blue room.

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