Showing posts with label Mystery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mystery. Show all posts
Friday, June 5, 2020

The Circus Queen Murder (1933)

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“It’s a well known fact that cannibals differ from the rest of us in their dietary customs.”  5 June 2020 Police commissioner Thatcher ...
Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Lured (1947)

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"There's a homicidal maniac loose somewhere in the vast honeycomb of London.", 9 December 2015 A homicidal maniac is l...
Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Poirot "Mrs. McGinty's Dead" #11.1 (2008) (TV)

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"But I am afraid, Madame, that your female intuition; it has taken the day off." , 6 April 2011 James Bentley has been arre...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942)

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Very little to recommend - even for fans of classic Universal horror , 25 February 2010 Private Detective Jerry Church (Patric Knowles) ...
Saturday, March 12, 2011

The Uninvited (1944)

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"Mists gather here... and sea fog... and eerie stories..." , 4 August 2009 I've watched at least three movies recently tha...
Thursday, March 10, 2011

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

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"You go and fetch the bobbies." , 15 May 2009 A team of archaeologists uncover a real treasure – the Crown of the Queen of She...

Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)

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"It's most unusual to shoot oneself in the back and without a gun." , 14 May 2009 Mr. Moto's Gamble has a fairly strai...
Wednesday, March 9, 2011

The Death Kiss (1932)

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A reunion for Lugosi, Manners, and Van Sloan , 29 April 2009 It's a plot device that's been used many times since, but The Death...
Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)

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"I'll bet if you walk in your sleep, you need a bicycle." , 3 January 2009 Lloyd Nolan is Michael Shayne, a private eye hi...

A Blueprint for Murder (1953)

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A nice performance from Jean Peters , 1 January 2009 After the mysterious death of his niece, Cam Cameron (Joseph Cotton) begins to suspec...

Sherlock Holmes "The Case of the Cunningham Heritage" #1.1 (1954) (TV)

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Nice introduction to the series , 11 December 2008 "The Case of the Cunningham Heritage" is a nice introduction to the 1954 se...
Saturday, December 11, 2010

Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)

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"Spider does not spin web for single fly." , 29 November 2008 Charlie Chan arrives in Shanghai to help an old friend with opiu...

Bones "The Santa in the Slush" #3.9 (2007) (TV)

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Nothing says "Merry Christmas" like the rat-chewed body of Santa Claus! , 26 November 2008 What an excellent way to kick-off t...
Friday, December 10, 2010

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

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"Mr. Holmes, you're the one man in all England who can help me." , 25 November 2008 Of the half dozen or so different ta...

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

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"Do as the legend tells and avoid the moor when the forces of darkness are exalted." , 23 November 2008 From what I understand...

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988) (TV)

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"It's an ugly, dangerous business, Watson." , 22 November 2008 This version of The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third ...
Thursday, December 9, 2010

Murder Over New York (1940)

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"I'll never go on a case like this again without a gat." , 19 November 2008 On his way to a police convention in New York,...

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) (TV)

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A rock solid effort , 18 November 2008 This 1983 version of The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock Holmes' most famous mystery, is ...

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)

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"In the name of all the flocking blind cripples, I beseech you" , 17 November 2008 I've seen a number of different film ad...
Monday, December 6, 2010

Castle in the Desert (1942)

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No phone! No lights! No motor cars! , 1 August 2008 While I admit that the Chan films of Warner Oland are, as a group, superior to those...