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| 101 |  | Charlie Chan's Secret (1936) |  2.0760 5 reviews | NA | N/A | An ocean liner sinks off Honolulu and Allen Colby, heir to millions, is presumed dead...but local ...more about Charlie Chan's Secret starring Warner Oland and Rosina Lawrence | |
| 102 |  | Big Broadcast of 1937, The (1936) | 2.0730 1 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | A cream-of-the-crop gathering of 1930's radio stars, who lend themselves to a storyline about a ...more about Big Broadcast of 1937 starring Jack Benny and George Burns |
| 103 | | When Knights Were Bold (1936) | 2.0730 1 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | Happy-go-lucky soldier Guy De Vere must leave India and return to the family seat at Little ...more about When Knights Were Bold starring Jack Buchanan and Fay Wray |
| 104 | | Sky Parade (1936) | 2.0638 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Sky Parade starring Jimmie Allen and William Gargan |
| 105 | | Midnight at Madame Tussauds (1936) | 2.0593 2 reviews | NA | Thriller | N/A | Explorer Sir Clive bets that he can spend the night alone in Madame Tussauds Chamber of Horrors. ...more about Midnight at Madame Tussauds starring Lucille Lisle and James Carew |
| 106 |  | In His Steps (1936) | 2.0547 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about In His Steps starring Eric Linden and Cecilia Parker |
| 107 |  | Secret Agent (1936) | 2.0547 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance |
$6.49
| During the first world war, novelist Edgar Brodie is sent to Switzerland by the Intelligence ...more about Secret Agent starring John Gielgud and Peter Lorre |
| 108 | | Shadow of Chinatown (1936/II) | 2.0456 1 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Crime | N/A | ...more about Shadow of Chinatown |
| 109 |  | Juggernaut (1936) | 2.0182 1 reviews | NA | Mystery |
$2.94
| ...more about Juggernaut starring Boris Karloff and Joan Wyndham |
| 110 |  | Song of Freedom (1936) | 2.0151 7 reviews | NA | Drama |
$23.28
| ...more about Song of Freedom starring Paul Robeson and Esme Percy |
| 111 | | Piccadilly Jim (1936) | 1.9999 4 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | Jim's father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann at ...more about Piccadilly Jim starring Madge Evans and Eric Blore |
| 112 | | Song of the Saddle (1936) | 1.9999 1 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | Frank Sr. sells his supplies to Hook, but then Hook has the Bannion Boys bushwhack his wagon to get ...more about Song of the Saddle starring Dick Foran and Alma Lloyd |
| 113 | | Trailin' West (1936) | 1.9999 1 reviews | NA | N/A | Sent by President Lincoln to prevent an outlaw band from hampering the war effort, secret agent Red ...more about Trailin' West starring Dick Foran and Paula Stone | |
| 114 | | Treachery Rides the Range (1936) | 1.9999 1 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | The Indians need the Buffalo to survive and the Government has promised to keep the herds free from ...more about Treachery Rides the Range starring Dick Foran and Paula Stone |
| 115 |  | Ceiling Zero (1936) | 1.9969 5 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama | N/A | War veteran pilots Dizzy Davis, Texas Clark and Jake Lee are working in an airline. Dizzy is ...more about Ceiling Zero starring James Cagney and June Travis |
| 116 | | Man Behind the Mask, The (1936) | 1.9908 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | A young couple attend a masked ball before their planned (but secret) elopement. Suddenly ...more about Man Behind the Mask starring Hugh Williams and Jane Baxter |
| 117 | | Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand, The (1936) | 1.9816 1 reviews | NA | Action, Crime, Mystery | N/A | This Weiss Serials Production film, ("Presented" by George M. Merrick who also co-wrote the ...more about Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand starring Rex Lease and Mae Busch |
| 118 |  | Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936) | 1.9816 2 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy | N/A | Stage-producer J.J. Horbart, is going to put on a new show, but he doesn't know that his two ...more about Gold Diggers of 1937 starring Victor Moore and Dick Powell |
| 119 |  | Lion Man, The (1936) | 1.9725 1 reviews | NA | Adventure |
$4.99
| A British financier is among those murdered by a treacherous sheik. The man's son, who survived the ...more about Lion Man starring Kathleen Burke and Richard Carlyle |
| 120 | | Mummy's Boys (1936) | 1.9664 3 reviews | NA | N/A | ...more about Mummy's Boys starring Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey | |
| 121 | | Prisoner of Shark Island, The (1936) | 1.9634 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | A few short hours after President Lincoln has been assassinated, Dr. Samuel Mudd gives medical ...more about Prisoner of Shark Island starring Warner Baxter and Francis Ford |
| 122 |  | Shadow of Chinatown (1936) | 1.9634 1 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Crime |
$6.99
| Released both as a 15-chapter serial and as a condensed feature version (for theatres that didn't ...more about Shadow of Chinatown starring Bela Lugosi and Joan Barclay |
| 123 |  | General Died at Dawn, The (1936) | 1.9421 5 reviews | NA | Adventure |
$16.37
| In revolution-torn China, American mercenary O'Hara is entrusted with a perilous mission, to get ...more about General Died at Dawn starring Gary Cooper and Madeleine Carroll |
| 124 |  | Crimes of Stephen Hawke, The (1936) | 1.9177 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror |
$15.30
| The film begins in a BBC studio with the 100th edition of "In Town Tonight". Flotsam and Jetsom ...more about Crimes of Stephen Hawke starring Tod Slaughter and Marjorie Taylor |
| 125 | | Kelly of the Secret Service (1936) | 1.8995 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | A secret apparatus that controls bombs by remote control is stolen from a laboratory. A federal ...more about Kelly of the Secret Service starring Lloyd Hughes and Forrest Taylor |
| 126 |  | Poor Little Rich Girl (1936) | 1.8873 4 reviews | G | Adventure, Musical, Family | N/A | Little Barbara gets lost and is then picked up by entertainers who make her part of their act. ...more about Poor Little Rich Girl starring Shirley Temple and Alice Faye |
| 127 |  | Desire (1936) | 1.8721 5 reviews | NA | Crime, Romance, Comedy | N/A | Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses US engineer Tom, who is driving on his ...more about Desire starring Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper |
| 128 | | Night Mail (1936) | 1.8721 1 reviews | NA | Documentary, Short | N/A | ...more about Night Mail |
| 129 | | Where There's a Will (1936) | 1.8721 1 reviews | NA | N/A | ...more about Where There's a Will starring Will Hay and Norma Varden | |
| 130 |  | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936) | 1.8675 3 reviews | NA | Horror, Crime |
$5.16
| ...more about Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street starring Tod Slaughter and Stella Rho |
| 131 |  | King of the Pecos (1936) | 1.8538 1 reviews | NA | Western |
$7.15
| Profiteer Alexander Stiles (Cy Kendall) lays claim to a million acres of range in the Pecos River ...more about King of the Pecos starring Yakima Canutt and John Wayne |
| 132 |  | Pennies from Heaven (1936) | 1.8538 2 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy |
$13.99
| While imprisoned on a false charge, a singer meets an inmate on death row. The inmate tells the ...more about Pennies from Heaven starring Bing Crosby and Madge Evans |
| 133 |  | It's Love Again (1936) | 1.8447 1 reviews | NA | N/A | Elaine Bradford (Jessie Matthews) is a young singer and dancer, looking for her big break. Peter ...more about It's Love Again starring Jessie Matthews and Robert Young | |
| 134 | | Brides Are Like That (1936) | 1.8264 3 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | Fred, the wealthy owner of apple groves, has sent his nephew to college, but the only job that his ...more about Brides Are Like That starring Ross Alexander and Anita Louise |
| 135 | | Brown Wallet, The (1936) | 1.8173 1 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime | N/A | A bankrupt publisher thinks all his troubles are over when he stumbles across a Brown Wallet ...more about Brown Wallet starring Patric Knowles and Nancy O'Neil |
| 136 | | I Married a Doctor (1936) | 1.8173 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about I Married a Doctor starring Louise Fazenda and Josephine Hutchinson |
| 137 |  | Two Against the World (1936) | 1.8173 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Martha Carstairs was charged with murder twenty years earlier. Now, as her daughter Edith is about ...more about Two Against the World starring Humphrey Bogart and Beverly Roberts |
| 138 |  | Winterset (1936) | 1.8173 3 reviews | NA | Drama |
$3.48
| Immigrant radical Bartolomeo Romagna is falsely condemned and executed for a payroll robbery. Years ...more about Winterset starring Margo (I) and Eduardo Ciannelli |
| 139 | | Gay Desperado, The (1936) | 1.8127 3 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy |
$24.24
| Opera singer Chivo is currently playing a singing cowboy, and Mexican bandito Braganza kidnaps him ...more about Gay Desperado starring Ida Lupino and Leo Carrillo |
| 140 |  | Ace Drummond (1936) | 1.7807 2 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure |
$5.40
| This 13 chapter serial is based on the comic strip character Ace Drummond created by Eddie ...more about Ace Drummond starring Noah Beery Jr. and Guy Bates Post |
| 141 | | Darkest Africa (1936) | 1.7807 1 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure | N/A | ...more about Darkest Africa starring Clyde Beatty and Manuel King |
| 142 | | Windbag the Sailor (1936) | 1.7807 1 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | Will Hay plays a bragging sea captain whose maritime experience actually extends to navigating a ...more about Windbag the Sailor starring Will Hay |
| 143 |  | Lonely Trail, The (1936) | 1.7716 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Western | N/A | Though he fought for the North in the Civil War, John is asked by the Governor of Texas to get rid ...more about Lonely Trail starring John Wayne and Ann Rutherford |
| 144 | | Crown vs. Stevens (1936) | 1.7625 1 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime | N/A | When an ex-dancer marries a man for his money she is suprised find he is a real skinflint. She owes ...more about Crown vs. Stevens starring Beatrix Thomson and Patric Knowles |
| 145 |  | Winds of the Wasteland (1936) |  1.7442 1 reviews | NA | Western |
$2.99
| The arrival of the telegraph put Pony Express riders like John Blair and his pal Smoky out of work. ...more about Winds of the Wasteland starring John Wayne and Phyllis Fraser |
| 146 | | Laburnum Grove (1936) | 1.6894 1 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | ...more about Laburnum Grove starring Edmund Gwenn and Cedric Hardwicke |
| 147 | | No Limit (1936) | 1.6894 1 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | George Shuttleworth is convinced that he has the talent to win the Isle of Man TT races, despite ...more about No Limit starring George Formby and Florence Desmond |
| 148 | | Last Journey, The (1936) | 1.6438 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | Bob Holt's last journey as a Railway engine driver before his retirement, a journey disturbed by ...more about Last Journey starring Godfrey Tearle and Eve Gray |
| 149 |  | Lawless Nineties, The (1936) | 1.6438 1 reviews | NA | Western | N/A | Federal agent John Tipton heads for Wyoming to supervise the vote on whether to join the Union. One ...more about Lawless Nineties starring John Wayne and Ann Rutherford |
| 150 | | Tudor Rose (1936) | 1.6164 1 reviews | NA | Drama, History | N/A | A dramatization of Lady Jane Grey's short life, from her forced marriage (which she resisted) to ...more about Tudor Rose starring Cedric Hardwicke and Nova Pilbeam |
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