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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 717 films · Page 13.
Crime, Drama, crime film, drama film
Children playing on Hampstead Heath in London come across the body of a young light-skinned woman who has been stabbed to death. Police Superintendent Robert Hazard and his assistant, Inspector Phil Learoyd, follow the lead of the woman's …
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action film, adventure film, detective film, drama film, historical film
The action takes place six months after the surrender of Germany, when the trial of Nazi criminals begins. Soviet scout-translator Captain Igor Volgin receives letters from his artist brother Nikolai, who had been missing since 1942. The l…
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Detective Film, crime film, mystery film
When several women are murdered and their forefingers severed, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called into action by Inspector Gregson, but Holmes is baffled by the crimes at the start. Wealthy widower Sir George Fenwick has a romantic …
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Crime, Detective Film, crime film, mystery film
Paleontologist Dr. Arthur Calgary visits the Argyle family to give them an address book that belongs to Jack Argyle. He is told that Jack was executed for the murder of his adoptive mother two years previously.
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Crime, Horror, crime film, drama film, horror film, thriller film
Michael Rogers is a wistful and aimless young aspiring photographer working as a chauffeur and living with his mother in London. From a working class background, Michael aspires to a life of luxury and is obsessed with the fine arts. Throu…
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Crime, comedy thriller, crime film, mystery film
While diving off the Miami coast seeking one of the 11 fabled Spanish galleons sunk in 1591, private investigator Tony Rome discovers a dead woman, her feet encased in cement (concrete), at the bottom of the ocean. Rome reports this to Lie…
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Drama, Horror, Mysterie, Thriller, drama film, horror film, science fiction film
Sir Geoffrey Radcliffe is sentenced to death for the murder of his brother Michael, a crime he did not commit. Geoffrey, his best friend Dr. Frank Griffin - the brother of the original invisible man - and Geoffrey's fiancée Helen form a pl…
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Detective Film, Splatstick, crime film, mystery film
The police raid a premises at night and find a priest at an open safe: he explains he is replacing the money for a parishioner. He is arrested and put in the cells but released when the Monsignor confirms who he is. Outside he meets the er…
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Erotic Thriller, Film Noir, crime film, detective film, mystery film
The story is narrated in first person by Porter Wren, a columnist and crime reporter for a New York City newspaper with a reputation as a good listener. One night, he attends an after work party hosted by publishing magnate Hobbs, who has …
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Film Noir, crime film, drama film, film noir
Private investigator Bradford Galt has moved from San Francisco to New York to escape a troubled past. He blames his former partner Tony Jardine for his problems. Complicating matters, he is hounded by New York police lieutenant Frank Reev…
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Detective Film, crime film, mystery film
John Davidson, a convicted thief in Dartmoor prison, embeds code revealing the hidden location of extremely valuable stolen Bank of England currency printing plates in the melody notes of three music boxes that he crafts to be sold at auct…
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Crime, Fantasy, Thriller, comedy horror, neo-noir
In 1953, Senator Larson Crockett has led a campaign that managed to make the majority of the country afraid of magic and even outlaw its use. In Los Angeles, private investigator H. Philip Lovecraft is hired by film star Kim Hudson to dig …
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Crime, mystery film, thriller film
Tony Randall begins the movie by talking directly to the audience. He explains that he will be starring as the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in a mystery set in London. As the movie begins, Poirot has arrived in London to see his tailor.
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Detective Film, Drama, Mysterie, crime film, drama film
Hercule Poirot is travelling on the Orient Express. While on the journey, Poirot meets a very close friend, Wolfgang Bouc, who works for the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. The train is stopped when a landslide blocks the line on…
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Blaxploitation, Detective Film, Secret Agent, action film, blaxploitation film, crime film, drama film, mystery film, neo-noir
Queens private detective John Shaft is contacted by his old friend Cal Asby, an insurance salesman and mortician, who tells him he's in trouble and asks him to come immediately. As soon as Shaft arrives, Asby is killed by a bomb planted in…
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Horror, crime film, horror film, mystery film
In 1845 in Paris, mad scientist Dr. Mirakle abducts young women and injects them with ape blood to create a mate for Erik, his talking sideshow ape. Pierre Dupin, a young, naive medical student and detective, Pierre's fiancée Camille L'Esp…
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detective fiction
The plot deals with a criminally insane playwright named Zachary Zander, who goes by his pen name Z. The episode takes the format of a normal episode of Psych, intermittent with original songs. "Psych: The Musical" takes place before the e…
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Action, Komödie, Police Film, action comedy film, crime film, mystery film, romantic comedy
Victoria Iphigenia "V.I" Warshawski (Kathleen Turner) is a Chicago-based, freelance private investigator who lives the part of the hard-boiled detective, but below the surface, she is a softy. One night, while she is drinking at her favori…
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Film Noir, crime film, drama film, film noir
Lieutenant Barney Nolan, a 16-year veteran of the police force, has had it with the world. He may have been a good detective once, but has become corrupt and vicious. In a secluded alley late one night he fatally shoots a bookmaker in the …
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Detective Film, crime film, mystery film
Writer Adrian Messenger believes a series of seemingly unrelated "accidental" deaths are linked murders. He asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, recently retired from MI5, to investigate, and provides a list of the victims' names. Soon after, …
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Film Noir, crime film, drama film
A military train guarded by American soldiers and Japanese police is robbed of its cargo of guns, ammunition, and smoke bombs. During the robbery, a U.S. Army sergeant guarding the train is shot and killed.
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Detective Film, Mysterie, mystery film
Hercule Poirot appears on David Frost's talk show with actor Bryan Martin. The two are joined by Martin's costar Jane Wilkinson, who is later revealed to be a Wilkinson impersonator named Carlotta Adams. Adams' impression of Wilkinson is s…
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Psychological Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film
Lori is an unhappy 15/16-year-old girl who lives with her single mother. She receives sexual attention from men, including her boss at a retail store and her mother's boyfriend Gary. Eric Komenko is an 18-year-old boy who has killed his pa…
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Thriller, detective film, mystery film
Set on a winter night in 1975, the film sees a mysterious woman named Evelyn arrive uninvited at a holiday gathering and tell the story of Tom, an aging hermit who rescues a stranded actress during a Colorado blizzard more than 20 years ea…
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