The best Willie Best’s mystery movies

Willie Best

Willie Best

27/05/1913- 27/11/1962
Today we present the best Willie Best’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 Willie Best’s movies.
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The Ghost Breakers

The Ghost Breakers
7/10
After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located on Black Island near the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her trunk—wise-cracking Larry Lawrence, a radio announcer who helps Mary get to the bottom of the voodoo magic, zombies and ghosts that supposedly curse the spooky estate.

Private Detective

Private Detective
5.9/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 09/12/1939
  • Character: Norton's Valet
A female private eye joins forces with a police detective to investigate the suspicious murder of a millionaire.

Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter

Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyMystery
  • Release: 17/06/1939
  • Character: Apollo Johnson
Nancy Drew clears her Uncle Matt of murder charges when she exposes the real murderers. She and Ted find themselves in many dangerous positions such as trying to fly an airplane after the pilot parachuted out and being face-to-face with the murderer.

Dangerous Money

Dangerous Money
6.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 12/10/1946
  • Character: Chattanooga Brown
A treasury agent on the trail of counterfeit money confides to fellow ocean liner passenger, Charlie Chan, that there have been two attempts on his life.

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.

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
6.5/10
All work and no play makes Mr. Moto a busy detective! Mr. Moto heads to Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. But the action heats up and the suspense soars when the precious treasure begins its perilous journey to America and Mr. Moto must race against time to unmask a cunning thief who will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what he wants!

Slightly Honorable

Slightly Honorable
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyMystery
  • Release: 22/12/1939
  • Character: Art, Elevator Operator
A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.

Murder on a Honeymoon

Murder on a Honeymoon
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMystery
  • Release: 22/02/1935
  • Character: Willie (as Sleep 'n' Eat)
A schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane gets sick and dies. The third and final film with Edna May Oliver and James Gleason as the astute schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers and the New York Police Inspector Oscar Piper busy solving crimes.

Maisie Gets Her Man

Maisie Gets Her Man
6.2/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 01/06/1942
  • Character: Sam (Uncredited)
Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with a bagful of hard cash robbed by a goon. With Skelton in prison, how will Sothern prove their innocence?

The Shanghai Chest

The Shanghai Chest
5.9/10
Charlie attempts to solve a triple murder in which a dead man's finger prints show up at all three murder sites.

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

Mr. Moto in Danger Island
6.7/10
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find themselves involved in murders by thrown daggers, the frame-up of an overstressed Army colonel, and a pirate gang led by an unknown boss who has inside knowledge of the ensuing investigation.

The Smiling Ghost

The Smiling Ghost
6.4/10
Elinor Bentley Fairchild's previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt hires Lucky Downing to become engaged to her for a month to break the curse. But Lucky becomes a target of what appears to be the ghost of one of the former fiances.

The Monster Walks

The Monster Walks
4.1/10
Ruth Earlton has come home to her ancestral mansion to claim her inheritance. Accompanied by her boyfriend, she discovers that her father died suddenly under suspicious circumstances. Now it's her turn, as her deranged and relentless uncle targets her for death with the help of his wife and son, plus a very unhappy ape.

The Red Dragon

The Red Dragon
6.3/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 01/08/1945
  • Character: Chattanooga Brown
Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with bullets that are not fired from a gun.

Half Past Midnight

Half Past Midnight
5.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 01/03/1948
  • Character: Andy Jones
A detective encounters a woman in a nightclub. He finds that she is being blackmailed by a dancer who is murdered that very night. Of course, the woman becomes the main suspect. She and the gumshoe team up and begin searching for the real killer.

Super-Sleuth

Super-Sleuth
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMystery
  • Release: 16/07/1937
  • Character: Warts, Martin's manservant
A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.

The Hidden Hand

The Hidden Hand
6.1/10
Peter Thorne is a young attorney who works for an eccentric old woman, Lorinda Channing, who uses her insane brother, John Channing, to frighten her other relatives because they are after her money. Further complications arise when another murderer arrives on the scene and plants the blame on John Channing.

Murder on a Bridle Path

Murder on a Bridle Path
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyMystery
  • Release: 17/04/1936
  • Character: 'High-Pockets'
When the body of Violet Feverel is discovered on the Central Park bridle path, Inspector Oscar Piper is about to declare her death accidental from a thrown horse, until his friend and amateur detective Hildegarde Withers locates the horse and discovers blood on the horse.

Whispering Ghosts

Whispering Ghosts
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyMystery
  • Release: 17/05/1942
  • Character: Euclid White Brown
A detective (Milton Berle) who solves cases on the radio investigates the decade-old murder of a sea captain.

The Girl Who Dared

The Girl Who Dared
6/10
A group of people are invited to a party at a creepy mansion where legend has it a ghost appears once a year.

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