Movies and TvShows featuring "poverty-row" theme.
In 'White Zombie,' a newlywed couple arrives in Haiti for their honeymoon, only to become entangled in the machinations of a voodoo master who seeks to control the wife through telepathic mind control. As the husband fights to save his wife from the clutches of the voodoo master, he must navigate through a world filled with zombies, witchcraft, and dark forces. This classic horror film, set in the pre-code era, explores themes of love, power, and the supernatural.
An escaped, but framed, prisoner escapes prison during a cobalt explosion and soon discovers he has grown a special power that makes his body impervious to everything. Learning this, he seeks vengeance on the bad guys who framed him for jail.
In King of the Rocket Men, a science magazine reporter takes on the identity of a superhero known as the Rocket Man. Using a specially designed jet pack, he fights against a gang leader and his henchmen, who are planning to cause destruction and chaos. Along the way, he faces various dangers and challenges, including being held at gunpoint, torture, and being a hostage. With the help of his intelligence and bravery, he uncovers the gang leader's treachery and saves the day. Set in the 20th century, this action-packed movie serial is filled with adventure and suspense.
In a small town in California, a detective is drawn into the investigation of a crime that he believes is a frame-up. As he delves deeper into the case, he discovers a web of deception and lies. Along the way, he encounters a variety of characters including a portrait painter, a female doctor, a police detective, and a companion. The detective must navigate through the twists and turns of the case to uncover the truth and bring the real culprits to justice.
Nabonga is a 1944 action-adventure movie set in the African jungle. It follows the story of a young woman and her pet gorilla who embark on a thrilling journey filled with treasure, animal fights, and an airplane crash. This poverty-row film takes place in the 20th century, specifically the 1940s.
Desperate is a film-noir crime thriller about a couple who are falsely accused of a crime and must go on the run to clear their names. Their journey takes them on a cross-country chase, facing danger and deception at every turn. As they struggle to stay one step ahead of the police, they uncover a web of lies and corruption that reaches far beyond their initial frame-up.
In 'The Guilty', a war veteran and police detective gets caught up in a murder investigation that leads him to confront his own demons.
Blast of Silence is a gritty and atmospheric neo-noir crime thriller set in New York City. It follows the story of a hitman who returns to the city for a job during the Christmas season. As he navigates the dark streets and seedy underworld, he becomes entangled in a web of double-crosses, violence, and betrayal.
In The Ape (1940), a mad doctor is desperately searching for a cure to save a woman in a wheelchair. His experiments involve extracting spinal fluid from a gorilla, which leads to disastrous consequences.
The editor of a sleazy tabloid newspaper has been borrowing money from his lover, the wife of a rich theatrical producer, and promises to marry her when she gets a divorce. However, the husband refuses to grant her a divorce, and takes back all the money and jewelry he has given her. The editor sees her husband leaving her apartment and, seeing his opportunity, kills her, takes all his IOUs (and the jewelry) and frames the husband for the murder.
In this comedy horror movie set in 1950s New York City, a comedy duo finds themselves in a jungle inhabited by a mad scientist, a gorilla, and other peculiar characters. Their adventures include impersonations, dreams, and encounters in the South Sea Isle.
A veteran, Joe Hilton, returns from the war to find that his brother Jeffrey Hilton, a gangster, has been killed. His quest for revenge leads him to take over his brother's illegal operations but his sweetheart, Lynn Turner, persuades him to change his ways and return to the straight and narrow.
In Bowery at Midnight, a college professor named Geoffrey leads a secret life as a masked crime boss in the Bowery area of New York City. He uses his position at the college to recruit students for his criminal activities. Meanwhile, a criminologist named Terry investigates Geoffrey's activities and tries to bring him down. As the plot unfolds, viewers are taken on a thrilling journey filled with deception, romantic rivalry, drug addiction, and murder.
A reporter, on a train from Denver to San Francisco, witnesses a murder and finds himself entangled in a web of deceit and danger as he tries to uncover the truth.
The owner of a tavern is pressured by the local mob to go into business with them, and figures it's better all around if he does that rather than cause trouble. However, when he starts to see what kind of place his nice little neighborhood bar is turning into, and when one of the mob's goons tries to rape his daughter, he decides to fight them.
In 'The Ape Man,' a scientist named Dr. James Brewster transforms himself into a gorilla after a failed experiment. As he struggles with his new form, he becomes a monster wreaking havoc in the city. With his intelligence diminishing, Dr. Brewster must find a way to reverse the transformation before it's too late.
In this drama, a 50-year-old married man (played by John Halliday) goes with his wife (Belle Bennett) and son (Junior Durkin) to a nightclub in a fancy hotel in Detroit. He meets a gold-digger (Dorothy Burgess) there, singing the theme song of the picture, and eventually ends up going out with her on a subsequent occasion and falls in love with her. His wife finally finds out and this leads to her leaving him and getting a divorce in Paris. He is married to the gold-digger but finds life with her and her "jazz friends" to be too much for him. He begins to long for his old wife when he finds her in a nightclub with another man and becomes jealous.
Pals Pat Rogers and Slag Bailey try to collect a debt from Slag's recently deceased boxing promoter but wind up collecting his child, instead, and raising him as their own son.
A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing family.
A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is the suspect.