Edgar Wallace - Man of Mystery.
by alexanderdavies-99382 | created - 31 Aug 2020 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicDespite being a highly prolific writer in his day, crime writer Edgar Wallace has become confined to relative obscurity. His books have been adapted numerous times, particularly in Germany where he has a large following. Wallace was working on the story treatment for "King Kong" (1933) when he suddenly passed away.
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1. King Kong (1933)
Passed | 100 min | Adventure, Horror
A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.
Directors: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher
Votes: 90,940 | Gross: $10.00M
Some of his output remains in the finished film.
2. The Terror (1938)
64 min | Crime, Mystery
A criminal mastermind robs gold, frames his gang, keeps loot. Freed gang searches for ex-boss for revenge and their share.
Director: Richard Bird | Stars: Wilfrid Lawson, Bernard Lee, Arthur Wontner, Linden Travers
Votes: 281
Effective mystery film, quite atmospheric.
3. The Human Monster (1939)
Approved | 73 min | Drama, Horror
Insurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call.
Director: Walter Summers | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Hugh Williams, Greta Gynt, Edmon Ryan
Votes: 1,528
4. The Frightened Lady (1940)
75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
"Mark's Priory," the Lebanons' family seat, is a house of terror to Ilsa Crane, Lady Lebanon's niece and secretary. The strange behavior of two sinister footmen, Gilder and Brooks, adds ... See full summary »
Director: George King | Stars: Marius Goring, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Helen Haye, Felix Aylmer
Votes: 357
A good film with a snappy pace.
5. The Flying Squad (1940)
64 min | Crime, Drama
Dedicated young Inspector Bradley of Scotland Yard is on the trail of Mark McGill, murderous ringleader of a smuggling organization in London. Hindering his investigation is pretty Ann ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Phyllis Brooks, Sebastian Shaw, Jack Hawkins, Manning Whiley
Votes: 121
Average.
6. The Secret Four (1939)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The four men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots.
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Hugh Sinclair, Griffith Jones, Francis L. Sullivan, Frank Lawton
Votes: 188
A gripping film.
7. Edgar Wallace's White Face the Fiend (1932)
Passed | 70 min | Mystery, Crime, Drama
A doctor finds a man murdered in a seedy part of London. A police investigation reveals that the killer is a blackmailer known as "White Face" who is also a master of disguise. The doctor ... See full summary »
Director: T. Hayes Hunter | Stars: Hugh Williams, Gordon Harker, Norman McKinnel, Renee Gadd
8. Murder on Diamond Row (1937)
Approved | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An out-of-favor Scotland Yard inspector (Edmund Lowe) hunts a killer diamond fence--The Squeaker (Sebastian Shaw).
Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Sebastian Shaw, Ann Todd, Tamara Desni
Votes: 267
This could have been better.
9. The Phantom Strikes (1938)
58 min | Drama, Mystery
The ex-partner of a master criminal is protected by the police after his life is threatened. The criminal--a master of disguise--tracks down and kills him anyhow, in spite of the police protection.
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Sonnie Hale, Wilfrid Lawson, Louise Henry, Alexander Knox
Votes: 136
Marginally better than the 1952 version.
10. Chamber of Horrors (1940)
Approved | 79 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A murder is found to be connected to a false heir and a secret underground torture chamber.
Director: Norman Lee | Stars: Leslie Banks, Lilli Palmer, Romilly Lunge, Gina Malo
Votes: 711
Decidedly uninspired.
11. The Missing Million (1942)
84 min | Crime, Thriller
A millionaire disappears after a blackmail attempt by criminal, The Panda. His sister tries to help the police find him and deal with an aftermath of murder and mystery.
Director: Philip Brandon | Stars: Linden Travers, John Warwick, Patricia Hilliard, John Stuart
Votes: 93
Confusingly plotted and badly directed.
12. Coast of Skeletons (1965)
Not Rated | 90 min | Adventure, Drama
Harry Sanders returns to England after losing his job as a police inspector in West Africa. However, he soon returns to the continent to investigate the offshore diamond operation of a shady American tycoon.
Director: Robert Lynn | Stars: Richard Todd, Dale Robertson, Heinz Drache, Marianne Koch
Votes: 286
13. Five Golden Dragons (1967)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A naive young American playboy in Hong Kong finds himself caught up in the middle of an international crime.
Director: Jeremy Summers | Stars: Robert Cummings, Margaret Lee, Rupert Davies, Klaus Kinski
Votes: 554
14. Face of the Frog (1959)
89 min | Crime, Thriller
Scotland Yard and an American playboy investigate a criminal gang led by a mysterious man in a frog-like mask.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Siegfried Lowitz, Elfie von Kalckreuth, Jochen Brockmann
Votes: 1,269
15. The Red Circle (1960)
92 min | Thriller, Crime
A strange, red circle appears on the neck of a man saved from the guillotine. What is its mysterious meaning? Tragically, it turns out to be something of a family curse, as each generation ... See full summary »
Director: Jürgen Roland | Stars: Renate Ewert, Klausjürgen Wussow, Karl-Georg Saebisch, Thomas Alder
Votes: 686
16. The Avenger (1960)
Approved | 99 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A maniac is loose in London, decapitating his victims and sending the heads to Scotland Yard.
Director: Karl Anton | Stars: Heinz Drache, Ingrid van Bergen, Benno Sterzenbach, Ina Duscha
Votes: 388
17. The Terrible People (1960)
92 min | Crime, Horror, Drama
A creepy German-made Wallace thriller about the ghost of a hanged man who returns to fulfill his promise. All of his accusers must die.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, Fritz Rasp, Dieter Eppler
Votes: 599
18. Der grüne Bogenschütze (1961)
93 min | Crime, Drama
An English businessman comes home to London, only to find visitors to his home being killed by arrows from "the Green Archer."
Director: Jürgen Roland | Stars: Klausjürgen Wussow, Karin Dor, Eddi Arent, Harry Wüstenhagen
Votes: 864
19. The Devil's Daffodil (1961)
86 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Chinese detective breaks up a drug smuggling ring and tries to find the "Daffodil Killer". The drug smugglers had devised the ingenious method of smuggling heroin from Hong Kong in the stems of daffodils.
Director: Ákos Ráthonyi | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, William Lucas, Sabine Sesselmann, Penelope Horner
Votes: 636
20. The Forger of London (1961)
93 min | Crime, Drama
A ring of counterfeiters is flooding the country with phony money, and suspicion falls upon a wealthy playboy who may--or may not--have amnesia.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Karin Dor, Hellmut Lange, Siegfried Lowitz, Mady Rahl
Votes: 627
21. The Strange Countess (1961)
95 min | Adventure, Crime, Thriller
A girl is almost murdered, but no explainable motive can be found until a 20 year old murder is uncovered and linked to the case.
Directors: Josef von Báky, Jürgen Roland, Ottokar Runze | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum, Marianne Hoppe, Rudolf Fernau
Votes: 747
22. Secret of the Red Orchid (1962)
Not Rated | 84 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Rival gangsters from Chicago move to London and attempt to extort money from rich Britons.
Director: Helmuth Ashley | Stars: Christopher Lee, Adrian Hoven, Marisa Mell, Pinkas Braun
Votes: 694
23. The Door with Seven Locks (1962)
96 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A woman arrives at a lonely mansion and finds herself mixed up with a lunatic who has built his own torture chamber, which is already crowded with victims - and he plans to make her his next one.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Heinz Drache, Sabine Sesselmann, Eddi Arent, Pinkas Braun
Votes: 856
24. The Inn on the River (1962)
92 min | Crime, Drama
Inspector Wade hunts down The Shark, a criminal equipped with a wetsuit and a speargun.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Klaus Kinski
Votes: 1,027
One of the best ones from the German films.
25. Der Fluch der gelben Schlange (1963)
98 min | Thriller
A Chinese cult bent on taking over the world uses an idol called The Golden Reptile that they believe can give them the power to achieve their goal.
Director: Franz Josef Gottlieb | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum, Pinkas Braun, Doris Kirchner
Votes: 273
26. Der Zinker (1963)
Unrated | 93 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Scotland Yard investigates a series of murders where the victims have died by snake venom poisoning.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Heinz Drache, Barbara Rütting, Günter Pfitzmann, Jan Hendriks
Votes: 992
27. The Indian Scarf (1963)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a wealthy man dies, his relatives look forward to inheriting all his money. He leaves a provision in his will that they all must spend a week together in his castle. At the castle, the relatives soon begin to be killed off one by one.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Heinz Drache, Corny Collins, Klaus Kinski, Gisela Uhlen
Votes: 1,119
28. Room 13 (1964)
82 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A serial-killer is murdering the ladies of a night club. Detective Gray is seeking for the killer but can only find a lot of gangsters. And the killer is about to act again...
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, Richard Häussler, Walter Rilla
Votes: 530
29. The Mysterious Magician (1964)
95 min | Crime, Mystery
The sister of the criminal named "Hexer" is murdered. Scotland Yard Inspector Higgins believes that the criminal will surface to take his revenge and plans to set a trap to finally capture him. However, bodies soon start piling up.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Heinz Drache, Sophie Hardy, Siegfried Lowitz
Votes: 1,615
30. The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Mobsters conspire to loot another criminal's treasure secured in an enormous booby-trapped vault.
Director: Franz Josef Gottlieb | Stars: Harald Leipnitz, Judith Dornys, Rudolf Forster, Werner Peters
Votes: 493
31. Mark of the Tortoise (1964)
90 min | Crime, Action, Thriller
The nephew of a murdered millionaire decides to track down his uncle's killer. He faces many life-threatening dangers as he tries to break into the inner circle of the sinister criminal "The Tortoise."
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Hildegard Knef, Götz George, Richard Münch, Heinz Reincke
Votes: 279
32. Death Drums Along the River (1963)
83 min | Adventure
A British colonial policeman in Africa investigates a murder in a hospital up river.
Director: Lawrence Huntington | Stars: Richard Todd, Marianne Koch, Albert Lieven, Walter Rilla
Votes: 421
33. Das Verrätertor (1964)
80 min | Crime, Drama
A businessman organises a caper to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Albert Lieven, Gary Raymond, Margot Trooger, Catherine Schell
Votes: 417
34. Again the Ringer (1965)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Arthur Milton aka Der Hexer (The Magician/Ringer) must return to London after his calling card was left at the scene of a murder he did not commit.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Heinz Drache, Barbara Rütting, Brigitte Horney, Margot Trooger
Votes: 875
35. The Sinister Monk (1965)
87 min | Mystery, Thriller
A hooded serial killer finds a novel way to murder his victims--he lashes them to death with a whip. The police try to track him down before any more murders occur.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Karin Dor, Harald Leipnitz, Siegfried Lowitz, Siegfried Schürenberg
Votes: 742
36. Der Bucklige von Soho (1966)
90 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A woman is kidnapped and her identity is stolen by criminals attempting to collect her inheritance.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Günther Stoll, Pinkas Braun, Monika Peitsch, Siegfried Schürenberg
Votes: 593
37. The Trygon Factor (1966)
M/PG | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Scotland Yard Superintendent Cooper-Smith investigates the suspicious looking Emberday estate where the Emberday family and an order of nuns reside.
Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Stewart Granger, Susan Hampshire, Cathleen Nesbitt, James Culliford
Votes: 474
38. Creature with the Blue Hand (1967)
GP | 87 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Scotland Yard is after a homicidal maniac called The Blue Hand, which is what he uses to kill his victims.
Directors: Alfred Vohrer, Samuel M. Sherman | Stars: Harald Leipnitz, Klaus Kinski, Carl Lange, Ilse Steppat
Votes: 888
39. The College Girl Murders (1967)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Police try to track down a hooded serial killer who murders his victims with a combination of acid and poison gas.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Uschi Glas, Grit Boettcher, Konrad Georg
Votes: 1,040
40. The Horror of Blackwood Castle (1968)
PG | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Scotland Yard must discover why people are being murdered by a monstrous dog at Blackwood Castle.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Heinz Drache, Karin Baal, Horst Tappert, Siegfried Schürenberg
Votes: 673
41. The Zombie Walks (1968)
88 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A serial killer who calls himself "The Laughing Corpse" dresses up in a skeleton costume and kills his victims with a poison-filled scorpion-shaped ring.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Hubert von Meyerinck, Siw Mattson, Wolfgang Kieling
Votes: 572
42. Gorilla Gang (1968)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Scotland Yard goes after a gang that drowns its victims for their insurance money.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Horst Tappert, Uschi Glas, Uwe Friedrichsen, Hubert von Meyerinck
Votes: 466
43. The Man with the Glass Eye (1969)
PG | 87 min | Crime, Drama
A pool-hall is used as the front for a white slavery ring.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Horst Tappert, Karin Hübner, Hubert von Meyerinck, Stefan Behrens
Votes: 451
44. Double Face (1969)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
After a businessman's unfaithful wife is seemingly killed in a car accident, he is led by several unscrupulous characters to believe that she is actually alive.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Christiane Krüger, Günther Stoll, Annabella Incontrera
Votes: 1,013
45. The Devil Came from Akasava (1971)
84 min | Adventure, Thriller
A mineral is discovered which can turn metal to gold or humans into zombies. When the mineral is stolen, secret agents are sent in to get the mineral back!
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Fred Williams, Soledad Miranda, Horst Tappert, Ewa Strömberg
Votes: 722
46. Angels of Terror (1971)
89 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An Australian woman arrives in London to search for her sister, and finds her involved with a heroin-smuggling gang that is under attack from an unknown rival who is methodically assassinating them with a shot to the head.
Director: Harald Philipp | Stars: Uschi Glas, Hansjörg Felmy, Werner Peters, Harry Riebauer
Votes: 557
47. What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)
R | 107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A teacher who is having an affair with one of his students is reluctant to present an alibi when his lover witnesses the first in a series of murders connected to their school.
Director: Massimo Dallamano | Stars: Fabio Testi, Karin Baal, Cristina Galbó, Joachim Fuchsberger
Votes: 5,922
48. Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972)
Unrated | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A woman, a survivor of a failed murder attempt by the so-called "Half-Moon Killer", and her husband try to find a connection between herself, six other women, and the killer.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Antonio Sabato, Uschi Glas, Pier Paolo Capponi, Rossella Falk
Votes: 2,690
49. Die Katze von Kensington (1996 TV Movie)
80 min | Crime, Thriller
Director: Peter Keglevic | Stars: Joachim Kemmer, Julia Bremermann, Leslie Phillips, Eddi Arent
Votes: 46
50. Das Karussell des Todes (1996 TV Movie)
46 min | Crime
Director: Peter Keglevic | Stars: Joachim Kemmer, Julia Bremermann, Leslie Phillips, Eddi Arent
Votes: 32
51. The Black Abbot (1963)
95 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Several employees on a nobleman's estate show up at a former abbey, reputed to be haunted, to search for a hidden treasure. Howver, a mysterious hooded figure begins killing off those who may have figured out where the treasure is hidden.
Director: Franz Josef Gottlieb | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Grit Boettcher, Dieter Borsche, Charles Regnier
Votes: 858
52. Der Zinker (1931)
64 min | Drama
Scotland Yard receives anonymous letters at regular intervals, which contain precise details about planned jewel thefts or wanted criminals. Inspector Elford believes that the informant is the so-called Zinker.
Directors: Karl Forest, Martin Fric, Karel Lamac | Stars: Lissy Arna, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Fritz Rasp, Peggy Norman
Votes: 122
53. The Ringer (1932)
88 min | Drama, Mystery
A shifty lawyer is threatened with death within two days by a criminal who supposedly died in Australia.
Directors: Karel Lamac, Martin Fric | Stars: Paul Richter, Maria Matray, Carl Walther Meyer, Wera Engels
Votes: 56
54. Der Doppelgänger (1934)
88 min | Drama
Jenny confronts her cousin Harry: Did he embezzle her fortune? No. But he escapes with married lover Germaine only to return quickly because her husband pursues them. Jenny is convinced Harry is his own double and arrests him at gunpoint.
Director: E.W. Emo | Stars: Georg Alexander, Camilla Horn, Gerda Maurus, Theo Lingen
Votes: 42
55. Mystery Liner (1934)
Passed | 62 min | Adventure, Mystery
Police try to solve a murder on board an ocean liner.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Noah Beery, Astrid Allwyn, Edwin Maxwell, Gustav von Seyffertitz
Votes: 511
56. Der Hexer (1956 TV Movie)
110 min | Crime
A shifty lawyer receives a threat that he will die within two days, only the threat comes from a criminal who supposedly died in Australia.
Director: Franz Peter Wirth | Stars: Susanne von Almassy, Herbert Tiede, Franz Schafheitlin, Arnulf Schröder
Votes: 23
57. The Terror (1928)
85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Guests at an old English manor house are stalked by a mysterious killer known only as 'The Terror.'
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: May McAvoy, Louise Fazenda, Edward Everett Horton, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 69 | Gross: $1.22M
58. Dead Eyes of London (1961)
Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Wealthy, heavily-insured men are being murdered at an alarming rate. Scotland Yard investigates and finds clues that lead to a ring of blind men, led by a mysterious "reverend."
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Baal, Dieter Borsche, Wolfgang Lukschy
Votes: 1,310
Made with some style.
59. The Squeaker (1930)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective poses as an ex-convict to expose the head of a benevolent society as a fence.
Director: Edgar Wallace | Stars: Percy Marmont, Anne Grey, Gordon Harker, Trilby Clark
Votes: 42
60. Criminal at Large (1932)
70 min | Drama, Mystery, Crime
Remade in 1940, this is an Edgar Wallace tale about the secretary and niece of an ancient family living in a mysterious family mansion. The chauffer then the crooked doctor are burgh found strangled. ...
Director: T. Hayes Hunter | Stars: Emlyn Williams, Cathleen Nesbitt, Norman McKinnel, Gordon Harker
Votes: 14
61. Psycho-Circus (1966)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.
Directors: Werner Jacobs, John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Christopher Lee, Leo Genn, Anthony Newlands, Heinz Drache
Votes: 1,472
62. Rùzový Hubert (1985 TV Movie)
68 min | Comedy, Crime
Lord Henry Chelford, hiding behind a dignified face and the uncertain step of an old man the signs of former worldliness; his younger brother Richard Chelford, radiating manly confidence, ... See full summary »
Director: Zdenek Kubecek | Stars: Milos Kopecký, Petr Stepánek, Zlata Adamovská, Jirí Kodet
Votes: 30
63. The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle (1963)
Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A strangler is loose on a British estate, and he not only strangles his victims but brands an "M" onto their foreheads before he decapitates them.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Karin Dor, Harry Riebauer, Rudolf Fernau, Hans Nielsen
Votes: 552
64. Das 7. Opfer (1964)
93 min | Crime, Mystery
(1964) Hansjorg Felmy, Ann Smyrner, Hans Nielson, Walter Rilla. Mystery at the track! A well-known thoroughbred is slain by a rival horse owner. Soon jockeys are being murdered by a ... See full summary »
Director: Franz Josef Gottlieb | Stars: Hansjörg Felmy, Ann Smyrner, Hans Nielsen, Wolfgang Lukschy
Votes: 199
65. Das Phantom von Soho (1964)
92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A murder mystery involving several high-profile Londoners being bumped off near a Soho nightclub by a masked killer.
Director: Franz Josef Gottlieb | Stars: Dieter Borsche, Barbara Rütting, Hans Söhnker, Peter Vogel
Votes: 389
66. The Mad Executioners (1963)
92 min | Crime, Horror
A group of vigilantes hang wrong-doers.
Director: Edwin Zbonek | Stars: Hansjörg Felmy, Maria Perschy, Dieter Borsche, Wolfgang Preiss
Votes: 378
67. Das Ungeheuer von London-City (1964)
90 min | Crime, Horror
Then the spirit of Jack the Ripper seems to be very much alive in 1960s London as a series of brutal slayings by the Monster of London City has Scotland Yard baffled. In a macabre ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin Zbonek | Stars: Hansjörg Felmy, Marianne Koch, Dietmar Schönherr, Hans Nielsen
Votes: 264
68. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
GP | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An American expatriate in Rome attempts to unmask a serial killer he witnessed in the act of an attempted murder - and is now hunting him and his girlfriend.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi
Votes: 24,080 | Gross: $0.42M
69. Der Todesrächer von Soho (1972)
81 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A London slasher pack the suitcases of his victims before stabbing them to death in this adaptation of Edgar Wallace's 'Secret of the Black Suitcases.'
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fred Williams, Barbara Rütting, Elisa Montés
Votes: 408
70. The Green Archer (I) (1940)
Passed | 285 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on the way to prison, while his brother Abel Bellamy takes control of the estate for his own nefarious plans.
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Victor Jory, Iris Meredith, James Craven, Robert Fiske
Votes: 197
71. The Feathered Serpent (1976–1978)
30 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A young boy named Tozo must prevent Nasca, the bloodthirsty high priest of Teshcata, from seizing control of the Aztec civilisation.
Stars: Patrick Troughton, Diane Keen, Brian Deacon, Richard Willis
Votes: 40
72. The Ringer (1952)
78 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A criminal master of disguise nicknamed The Ringer is out for deadly revenge against a treacherous London lawyer who is under police protection.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Herbert Lom, Donald Wolfit, Mai Zetterling, Greta Gynt
Votes: 319
Disappointing. Too lightweight in story treatment.
73. Flying Fifty-Five (1939)
72 min | Drama
An exciting tale of double crossing and blackmail between father and son in the horse racing world.
Director: Reginald Denham | Stars: Derrick De Marney, Nancy Burne, Marius Goring, John Warwick
Votes: 73
74. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
60 min | Drama
This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum
Votes: 245
75. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
76. Die Edgar-Wallace-Story (1963 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
Director: Artur Müller | Stars: Bryan Edgar Wallace, Patricia Marion Caldecott Wallace, Penelope Wallace
77. Edgar Wallace - Whiteface (2002 TV Movie)
Crime
Director: Wolfgang F. Henschel | Stars: Gunter Berger, Mariella Ahrens, Eddi Arent, Rosalind Baffoe
Votes: 27
78. The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder (1969–1971)
52 min | Drama, Crime
Mr J.G. Reeder is an employee of The Department of Public Prosecutions, unassuming in appearance but blessed with a razor-sharp mind. He solves mysteries under the watchful eye of his larger-than-life boss, Sir Jason Toovey.
Stars: Hugh Burden, Willoughby Goddard, Mona Bruce, Gillian Lewis
Votes: 122
79. Urge to Kill (1960)
59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When to women are brutally murdered, the local townsfolk quickly assume a strangely behaving young man is the culprit, but a policeman thinks otherwise.
Director: Vernon Sewell | Stars: Patrick Barr, Howard Pays, Terence Knapp, Ruth Dunning
Votes: 165
80. Clue of the Twisted Candle (1960)
61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An unscrupulous businessman frames a rival for murder, then is himself found murdered in a locked room.
Director: Allan Davis | Stars: Bernard Lee, David Knight, Francis De Wolff, Colette Wilde
Votes: 108
81. The Man Who Was Nobody (1960)
58 min | Drama, Mystery
Marjorie Stedman (Hazel Court) investigates the disappearance of a man whom had fraudulently obtained a high-price diamond.
Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: Hazel Court, John Crawford, Lisa Daniely, Paul Eddington
Votes: 75
82. Marriage of Convenience (1960)
58 min | Drama, Mystery
An escaped convict discovers his girlfriend has married the detective who arrested him.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Harry H. Corbett, John Cairney, John Van Eyssen, Jennifer Daniel
Votes: 71
83. Clue of the New Pin (1961)
58 min | Crime, Drama
TV journalist Tab Holland assists Scotland yard with the murder of a reclusive millionaire whose corpse is discovered locked in a vault. The key to the vault is mysteriously found on the table beside the corpse.
Director: Allan Davis | Stars: Paul Daneman, James Villiers, Katherine Woodville, Bernard Archard
Votes: 99
84. Partners in Crime (1961)
54 min | Crime, Mystery
A company-owner arrives home from a night out with his wife, disturbs a burglar, and is shot.
Director: Peter Duffell | Stars: Bernard Lee, Moira Redmond, John Van Eyssen, Stanley Morgan
Votes: 44
85. The Fourth Square (1961)
57 min | Drama
The Police investigate a theft of emerald jewelry which had led to a murder.
Director: Allan Davis | Stars: Conrad Phillips, Natasha Parry, Delphi Lawrence, Paul Daneman
Votes: 98
86. Man at the Carlton Tower (1961)
57 min | Mystery
When a hotel becomes the scene of a murder and robbery, investigators take to the streets in pursuit of the suspect.
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Maxine Audley, Lee Montague, Allan Cuthbertson, Terence Alexander
Votes: 37
87. Clue of the Silver Key (1961)
59 min | Mystery
The police investigate the murder of a wealthy old man.
Director: Gerard Glaister | Stars: Bernard Lee, Lyndon Brook, Finlay Currie, Jennifer Daniel
Votes: 102
88. Attempt to Kill (1961)
59 min | Crime
A wealthy business man fires one of his employees and becomes the victim of murder attempt. The fired man becomes the prime suspect, but it appears that he himself has been murdered.
Director: Royston Morley | Stars: Derek Farr, Tony Wright, Richard Pearson, Freda Jackson
Votes: 78
89. Man Detained (1961)
59 min | Drama, Mystery
A petty burglar sets a chain of events in motion when he steals some bullion that the owner hasn't declared to the authorities.
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Bernard Archard, Elvi Hale, Paul Stassino, Michael Coles
Votes: 81
90. Never Back Losers (1961)
61 min | Drama
Two rival gangs are trying to fix horse races and a jockey is attacked and left for dead in a stage-managed car crash. An insurance investigator makes routine inquires into the "accident" ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Jack Hedley, Jacqueline Ellis, Patrick Magee, Richard Warner
Votes: 119
91. The Sinister Man (1961)
61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a corpse is found in the Thames, the only clue is that the dead man was killed by a karate or judo expert.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: John Bentley, Patrick Allen, Jacqueline Ellis, John Glyn-Jones
Votes: 96
92. Backfire! (1962)
61 min | Mystery, Thriller
Arson is the only way out for a failing cosmetics company.
Director: Paul Almond | Stars: Alfred Burke, Zena Marshall, Oliver Johnston, Noel Trevarthen
Votes: 82
93. Candidate for Murder (1962)
60 min | Crime, Drama
The professional killer Kersten arrives in England and is hired by Donald Edwards to murder his wife Helene. But Helene's lover Robert Vaughan discovers the plot and he trails Kersten and Edwards to a country cottage.
Director: David Villiers | Stars: Michael Gough, Erika Remberg, Hans von Borsody, John Justin
Votes: 94
94. The Share Out (1962)
61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A gang of high class corporate thieves use blackmail to induce their victims to sell property at knock-down prices.
Director: Gerard Glaister | Stars: Bernard Lee, Alexander Knox, Moira Redmond, William Russell
Votes: 80
95. Flat Two (1962)
60 min | Crime, Drama
When Louba, a crooked casino owner blackmails a young female gambler, her boyfriend breaks into Louba's flat to confront him, only to find himself interrupting a burglary and being accused on murder.
Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: John Le Mesurier, Jack Watling, Bernard Archard, Barry Keegan
Votes: 83
96. Number Six (1962)
59 min | Drama
The police have never been able to charge Mr Valentine but that doesn't mean he is a honest man. A policeman sets out to finally bring him to justice.....
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Ivan Desny, Nadja Regin, Michael Goodliffe, Brian Bedford
Votes: 59
97. Time to Remember (1962)
58 min | Drama
A gang of jewel thieves rob a house which has just become empty following the recent death of it's rich lady owner. The robbery is not a complete success and one of the gang hides the jewels in the house as he's about to be captured.
Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Yvonne Monlaur, Harry H. Corbett, Robert Rietty, Ernest Clark
Votes: 94
98. Locker Sixty Nine (1962)
56 min | Drama, Mystery
A shady business man has perpetrated a fraud that has resulted in the death of a large number of people. His business partner has evidence of the fraud and threatens the fraudster with ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Harrison | Stars: Eddie Byrne, Paul Daneman, Walter Brown, Penelope Horner
Votes: 72
99. Playback (1962)
62 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young policeman becomes involved with a glamorous German woman in London, to his cost.
Director: Quentin Lawrence | Stars: Margit Saad, Barry Foster, Victor Platt, Dinsdale Landen
Votes: 87
100. Solo for Sparrow (1962)
56 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A group of crooks accidentally kill an elderly shop assistant while stealing the keys to the jewelry shop where she works.
Director: Gordon Flemyng | Stars: Anthony Newlands, Glyn Houston, Nadja Regin, Michael Coles
Votes: 125
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