Herbert Plews

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.

A young model is set up with her own fashion business by a crooked financier, who sells worthless bonds.

Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.

A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.

A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.