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1. Dangerous Crossing (1953)
Approved | 75 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
When a beautiful bride boards an ocean liner with her new husband, he goes into hiding, and she becomes the target of a murder conspiracy.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Jeanne Crain, Michael Rennie, Max Showalter, Carl Betz
Votes: 2,421
2. The Man with a Cloak (1951)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1848 NYC, a Frenchwoman visits exiled former French Marshal Thevenet to ask for his financial help in behalf of his French grandson but Thevenet's house staff schemes to kill him and take his fortune.
Director: Fletcher Markle | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Calhern, Leslie Caron
Votes: 1,310
3. The Burning Court (1962)
110 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A group of people visit a weird old man who is a student of the black arts. The man lives in an ancient, cursed castle. Soon people in the group start being killed off.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Nadja Tiller, Jean-Claude Brialy, Perrette Pradier, Edith Scob
Votes: 418
4. Suspense (1949–1954)
25 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Live plays featuring people who were in dangerous and threatening situations.
Stars: Rex Marshall, Robert Emhardt, Robert H. Harris, John Baragrey
Votes: 357
5. Studio One (1948–1958)
60 min | Drama
A pinnacle of the Golden Age of Television, "Studio One" presented a wide range of memorable dramas and received eighteen Emmy nominations and five wins during its prestigious nine-year run on CBS.
Stars: Betty Furness, Paul Branson, Charlton Heston, Mary Sinclair
Votes: 328
6. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room murders, and mysteries concerning the supernatural.
Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Eric Pohlmann, Doris Nolan
Votes: 309
7. The Man in Black (1950)
80 min | Thriller
A yogi seemingly dies while simulating death and his evil second wife, and her daughter, try to force his daughter into insanity for control of his estate.
Director: Francis Searle | Stars: Betty Ann Davies, Sheila Burrell, Sidney James, Anthony Forwood
Votes: 289
8. Climax! (1954–1958)
Unrated | 60 min | Drama
This was an anthology series that presented a different story and different set of characters on each episode. It ran from 1954 to 1958 and featured Casino Royale of James Bond fame, which led to two theatrical movies of the same name.
Stars: William Lundigan, Art Gilmore, Mary Costa, Michael Rennie
Votes: 259
9. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
10. Colonel March Investigates (1953)
70 min | Mystery
Three episodes of "Colonel March of Scotland Yard" edited together for theatrical release.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Richard Wattis, Sheila Burrell
Votes: 170
11. Treacherous Crossing (1992 TV Movie)
PG | 88 min | Drama, Mystery
In 1947, a passenger on an ocean liner says her husband went missing right after they boarded together, but all evidence shows she's traveling alone.
Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: Lindsay Wagner, Angie Dickinson, Grant Show, Joseph Bottoms
Votes: 130
12. City After Midnight (1957)
Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Drama
A series of daring robberies has taken place on Rue des Anges, a quiet street in the town of La Bandelette. Standing by an open window in his study, Sir Maurice Lawes sees a gendarme beaten... See full summary »
Director: Compton Bennett | Stars: Phyllis Kirk, Dan O'Herlihy, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Petula Clark
Votes: 121
13.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Sorcerer
(1955)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A psychologist is found dead in a seemingly sealed room. Inspector March needs to decide who had the most reason to kill him, and how did they accomplish the task.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Phil Brown, Gerard Heinz
Votes: 115
14. Danger (1950–1955)
30 min | Drama
Live psychological and murder mystery dramas, and one of the first U.S. television dramas to make effective use of background music.
Stars: Dick Stark, Edward Binns, Richard Kiley, Joseph Anthony
Votes: 102
15.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
At Night All Cats Are Gray
(1954)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A French model asks for Colonel March's help just hours before she's found murdered.
Director: Phil Brown | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Christopher Lee, Fanny Rowe
Votes: 94
16.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
Present Tense
(1955)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
March's niece witnesses her husband die in a plane crash. Soon after she begins to complain she can hear his voice in the night and others in the house become convinced her husband has returned as a ghost.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Mary Parker, Phil Brown
Votes: 91
17.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Abominable Snowman
(1955)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Members of a Britsh mountain climbing club are seemingly terrorized by an abominable snow man after film of tracks belonging to the creature are released. March struggles to accept the ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Doris Nolan, Ivan Craig
Votes: 91
18.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
Error at Daybreak
(1956)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A shady businessman collapses on an oceanside jetty, the apparent victim of a heart attack, but a vacationing March discovers blood and a needle near the body.
Director: Phil Brown | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Robert Brown, Patricia Marmont
Votes: 74
19.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Case of the Kidnapped Poodle
(1955)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Colonel March is called in to investigate the theft of a valuable diamond as well as a poodle. As he continues his investigation he begins to think both incidents may be connected.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Doris Nolan, Michael Shepley
Votes: 69
20.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Invisible Knife
(1955)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
March must solve the mystery of how a man could be stabbed to death by an invisible knife.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Hubert Gregg, Henryetta Edwards
Votes: 68
21.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Talking Head
(1955)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A 12 year old boy insists his dead father told him to kill his mother's new fiancée.
Director: Paul Dickson | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Hugh Williams, Hugh Griffith
Votes: 67
22.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Silver Curtain
(1956)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
How did Davos end up with a knife in his back? The murder happened behind the "silver curtain" of spray from a fountain. He was alone with Jerry Winton in a dead end alley, but Winton didn't do it. Can Col. March unravel the mystery?
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Eric Pohlmann, Anton Diffring, Christine Pollon
Votes: 66
23.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Headless Hat
(1955)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Colonel March is on holidays in France when he meets an old friend from the French police who tells him of a murder at the docks. The French suspect he was a smuggler who had English ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Eric Pohlmann, Betty Paul, Marne Maitland
Votes: 65
24.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
Death in Inner Space
(1956)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
At an isolated château outside Paris, a scientist insists he's received radio waves emanating from the planet Mars.
Director: Phil Brown | Stars: Boris Karloff, Karel Stepanek, Peter Illing, Rosalie Crutchley
Votes: 64
25.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Devil Sells His Soul
(1956)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Colonel March uses hypnosis to crack the case of a stabbing murder.
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Patrick Barr, Ann Hanslip
Votes: 63
26.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Second Mona Lisa
(1955)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
'The Second Mona Lisa,' painted six months after the first, is targeted by rival collectors.
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Alan Wheatley, Eric Pohlmann, Robert Ayres
Votes: 63
27.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Strange Event at Roman Fall
(1956)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman is accused of killing her reclusive mystery writer husband.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Philip Friend, Rachel Kempson
Votes: 62
28.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
Death in the Dressing Room
(1956)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Javanese dancer is murdered after alerting Colonel March of danger.
Director: Donald Ginsberg | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Sheila Burrell, Richard Wattis
Votes: 60
29.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The New Invisible Man
(1956)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A major insists he saw a pair of gloves shoot a man dead.
Director: Donald Ginsberg | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Anthony Forwood, Patricia Owens
Votes: 59
30.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
Hot Money
(1956)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A bank robber accuses a prominent attorney of committing the crime.
Director: Donald Ginsberg | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, John Hewer
Votes: 58
31.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Silent Vow
(1956)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Colonel March and Inspector Goron are present in a café when a customer dies from poisoned wine.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Eric Pohlmann, Zena Marshall, Anton Diffring
Votes: 57
32.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
Death and the Other Monkey
(1956)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A biologist is convinced that his test monkey was not only stolen but replaced.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Percy Marmont, Gudrun Ure
Votes: 56
33.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Stolen Crime
(1956)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man demands to be arrested for murdering his wealthy wife, whose death is attributed to natural causes.
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Glyn Houston, Josephine Douglas
Votes: 56
34.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
Murder Is Permanent
(1956)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The owner of a beauty salon is found stabbed to death.
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Elspet Gray, Margaret Halstan
Votes: 55
35.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Deadly Gift
(1956)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A pretty barmaid receives an unusual Christmas gift, a music box from a thief dead for ten years.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Sandra Dorne, George Coulouris
Votes: 55
36.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Missing Link
(1955)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Scotland Yard is baffled by the attempted theft of a museum's prized exhibit of the skull of 'Damascus Man.'
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Stuart Lindsell, Helen Cherry
Votes: 54
37.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
Passage at Arms
(1955)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A French fencing team are involved in a London murder case.
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Eric Pohlmann, Rachel Gurney
Votes: 52
38.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Case of the Lively Ghost
(1955)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A phony spiritualist believes she's truly summoned a real ghost.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Virginia Downing, Genine Graham
Votes: 51
39.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
Episode:
The Case of the Misguided Missal
(1955)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A 15th century prayer volume disappears from a sealed casket inside the locked safe belonging to an Oxford Don.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts, Jane Griffiths, John Arnatt
Votes: 51
40. Encounter (1952–1961)
60 min | Drama
An anthology television series aired from Toronto, Canada, and carried by both CBC and ABC. In Canada, the series was known as "General Motors Presents". The one-hour dramas were either ... See full summary »
Stars: Austin Willis, Barry Morse, Katharine Blake, James Doohan
Votes: 45
41.
Suspense (1949–1954)
Episode:
The Adventure of the Black Baronet
(1953)
30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called upon to solve the case of Colonel Jocelyn Dalcy, who was found stabbed to death while visiting at the home of Sir Reginald Lavington.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Martyn Green, Basil Rathbone
Votes: 29
42. The Unforeseen (1958–1960)
30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An anthology series that appeared twice a week initially. Each episode was a short play covering the inexplicable, the supernatural, the occult or science fiction. Each episode had it's own writer, director, and actors.
Stars: Barry Morse, Ron Hartmann, Eric Clavering, Chris Wiggins
Votes: 28
43. Detective (1964–1969)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Anthology series featuring adaptations of detective stories.
Stars: Rupert Davies, Ralph Michael, Barbara Couper, Esmond Knight
Votes: 27
44. Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960– )
60 min | Mystery
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries, was a series of seven television specials from March to November 1960, hosted by Joseph Welch on NBC, and sponsored by Dow Chemical. Welch died on October 6, 1960, bringing the series to an end.
Stars: Joseph N. Welch, Robert Flemyng, Louis Edmonds, Helen Hayes
Votes: 23
45.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
The Devil in Velvet
(1952)
60 min | Drama
A professor goes back in time to the 17th Century to save a woman from poisoning.
Director: Paul Nickell | Stars: Whit Bissell, Phyllis Kirk, Joan Wetmore, Anne Seymour
Votes: 17
46. La dama dei veleni (1979– )
180 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Witchcraft? Poisoning? Death by burning? What the devil is going on?
Stars: Ugo Pagliai, Susanna Martinková, Warner Bentivegna, Paola Bacci
Votes: 13
47. Storyboard (1961)
30 min | Drama
Anthology series of short plays.
Stars: Robert Arden, Chuck Julian, Alan Tilvern, Michael Alexander
Votes: 7
48. Retro Static Radio (2020 Podcast Series)
Comedy, Crime, Drama
An audio anthology series adapting a variety of audio shows from the golden age of radio.
Stars: A.J. Carey, Megan Klodnicki, Zach Cassidy, Sean Klodnicki
49. Tre colpi di fucile (1982 TV Movie)
Crime, Mystery
Director: Daniele D'Anza | Stars: Giampiero Albertini, Alberto Lupo, Mariano Rigillo
50. L'occhio di Giuda (1982– )
Drama
Stars: Adolfo Celi, Daniela Poggi, Gianni Garko, Carlo Hintermann