Puppets of Fate
'Escaped convict blackmails murderous doctor into helping him.' (British Film Catalogue)
'Escaped convict blackmails murderous doctor into helping him.' (British Film Catalogue)
Godfrey Tearle
Richard Sabine
Russell Thorndike
Dr Munro
Isla Bevan
Joan
Fred Groves
Arthur Brandon
John Turnbull
Inspector
Michael Hogan
Ben Welden
Kynaston Reeves
S. Victor Stanley
'Escaped convict blackmails murderous doctor into helping him.' (British Film Catalogue)
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
In 1840s London, Dr. Thomas Bolton [Boris Karloff] dares to dream the unthinkable: experimenting with anesthesia gases to make surgery pain-free. While doing so, his demonstration before a panel of his peers ends in a horrific mishap with his patient awakening under the knife; he is forced to leave his position in disgrace. To complicate matters, he becomes addicted to his own chemical experiments and gets involved with a criminal gang led by Black Ben [Francis de Wolff], and a ruthless killer Resurrection Joe [Christopher Lee]. Unfortunately, this shady partnership leads Dr. Bolton to further ruin, culminating in his unwitting participation in murder — for which he becomes the first victim of a blackmail scheme.
After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
Fresh out of prison, a former debt collector working for a gangland boss is told he has a terminal brain tumour. In an attempt to atone for his past he rescues a young girl from trafficking, forcing him into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with his boss.
Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the FBI rookie who coined the phrase ‘serial killer’.
Fresh out of prison after serving time for murder, Adam returns to his old stomping grounds to seek out a son who doesn't know him. Eli, the brother of the man he killed is looking for revenge. Mike, is trying to escape a life of crime living under the thumb of his gangster Uncle.
A con man who is on the run from law enforcement in the U.S. travels to Cambodia to collect his share in an insurance scam but discovers more than he bargained for.
When his young son is viciously murdered by a classmate, a grieving father with a history of violence kidnaps the child responsible, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by a powerful politician -- the father of the kidnapped boy.
The McCabe family's weekend getaway is turned upside down when a mysterious stranger knocks on their door.
Torture chambers, acid vats, greased chutes and gassing rooms were just some of the devices of death designed by the Torture Doctor, H.H. Holmes in his castle of horrors. Follows Holmes' entire life as a criminal mastermind.