1930s comedy mystery films

The Thin Man

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1934 IMDB Rating: 7.9

A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.

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It's a Wonderful World

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1939 IMDB Rating: 6.9

Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail...

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Raffles

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1930 IMDB Rating: 6.4

A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman". When he meets a woman and falls in love he decides to "retire" from t...

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Trade Winds

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1938 IMDB Rating: 6.3

After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sam, a skirt chasing detective, is following her and must outwit him to escape imprisonment.

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Miss Pinkerton

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1932 IMDB Rating: 6

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...

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The Stolen Jools

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1931 IMDB Rating: 5.7

Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.)

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