Top 24 Mystery Movies Editor's Choice from 1939

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate. Explore The Hound of the Baskervilles / IMDB / YouTube

An explosives manufacturer suspects a young man is out to kill him. He calls in new parents Nick and Nora to sort things out. Read about Another Thin Man / IMDB / YouTube

The master sleuth hunts his archenemy, Professor Moriarty, who is planning the crime of the century. More about The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / IMDB / YouTube

When an eccentric family meets in their uncle's remote, decaying mansion on the tenth anniversary of his death for the reading of his will, murder and madness follow. Learn about The Cat and the Canary / IMDB / YouTube

When a tycoon (Ernest Truex) is accused of murder, the private eye (James Stewart) tracking him finds himself roped in as an accessory and attempts to evade police, kidnapping a poetess (Claudette Colbert) along the way. Learn about It's a Wonderful World / IMDB / YouTube

A hotshot reporter and a young doctor team up to investigate a series of grisly murders and a mysterious sample of synthetic blood. Learn about The Return of Doctor X / IMDB / YouTube

While Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his father in order to investigate a murder aboard a freighter in the harbor. Look into Charlie Chan in Honolulu / IMDB / YouTube

Charlie's investigation of a phony psychic during the 1939 World Exposition on San Francisco's Treasure Island leads him to expose a suicide as murder. Read about Charlie Chan at Treasure Island / IMDB / YouTube

After a wealthy man is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate. A real escaped gorilla shows up at the mansion just as the investigators arrive. Check out The Gorilla / IMDB / YouTube

Mary Whitman, an old friend of Charlie's in Reno for a divorce, finds herself accused of murdering the woman her husband planned to marry after the decree became final. Get info on Charlie Chan in Reno / IMDB / YouTube

Nancy Drew, contest-reporter for the local newspaper, clears a young woman of murder charges. Find out about Nancy Drew... Reporter / IMDB / YouTube

Moto thwarts a ruthless band of international agents who try to foment an international incident by mining the entrance to the Suez Canal and blaming the British. Explore Mr. Moto's Last Warning / IMDB / YouTube

While in Paris for a reunion on the eve of World War II, Charlie finds that the murder of a hated businessman leads him to a conspiracy to smuggle arms to Germany. Explore City in Darkness / IMDB / YouTube

A quirky British Secret Service Agent named Major Hammond tries to discover who is using a secret weapon to steal experimental planes. Find out about Clouds Over Europe / IMDB / YouTube

Simon Templar, the Saint, travels to San Francisco to solve crime mysteries within the police department. Read about The Saint Strikes Back / IMDB / YouTube

Detective tries to solve the murder of antiques collector who was in possession of a famous jewel known as The Eye of the Daughter of The Moon. Read about The Mystery of Mr. Wong / IMDB / YouTube

A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl Captain J on a sheet of paper. She proves to be Princess Lin Hwa. Info on Mr. Wong in Chinatown / IMDB / YouTube

The Saint returns to London and with the help of an American pickpocket and a beautiful adventuress breaks a counterfeiting ring. Read about The Saint in London / IMDB / YouTube

Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father's will, but the murder of their chauffeur complicates matters. Check out Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase / IMDB / YouTube

Strange things happen at night at the St. Agil secondary school. Baume, Sorgue and Macroix - three of the school's pupils - discover a suspicious man on the premises. Shortly after this unsettling event, pupils begin to go missing. Learn about Les disparus de St. Agil / IMDB / YouTube

When a close friend of the Drew family is accused of murder in a rural community, Nancy, aided by boyfriend Ted, helps her lawyer father expose the real killers. Read about Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter / IMDB / YouTube

Retired performer Mike Morgan sells original illusions to fellow magicians, and although he believes in the supernatural, likes to expose sham psychics. This involves him in some mysterious murders. More about Miracles for Sale / IMDB / YouTube

An orphaned boarding school graduate secretly attends a prestigious ball, where she falls for the boyfriend of her snobbish cousin. More about First Love / IMDB / YouTube

Rare-book dealers Joel and Garda Sloane tie murder to the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript. Get info on Fast and Loose / IMDB / YouTube