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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 717 films · Page 14.
Detective Film, crime film, mystery film
thumb|The full film In London, Vivian Vedder verifies that a carpenter has completed a coffin for her recently deceased mother's body, which she is transporting to Scotland by train. She boards the train that evening, as do Lady Margaret C…
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Mysterie, crime film, drama film, mystery film
Prominent London psychoanalyst Dr. Leo Whitset is discovered injured from a gunshot wound in his home by his housekeeper, and as he lies dying he whispers, "blame no one but me". These words lead the coroner to rule the death a suicide, a …
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Thriller, drama film
In 1938, a British policeman travels to France to investigate the death of one of his colleagues. He becomes interested in a family of wealthy Britons living in a luxurious French coastal resort, who were heavily involved with the dead man…
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Drama, drama film
Young and self-confident Danny Masters is the teen-aged son of the late Harry Masters, the "greatest escape artist except for Houdini". Danny himself is an accomplished magician and escape artist. He leaves home to join Uncle Burke and Aun…
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Crime Comedy, Detective Film, Parodie, comedy film, crime film, parody film
The film begins in a theatre, where a pianist begins to play a piano accompaniment to the actual film being shown in the theater. Holmes has just restored a stolen artifact to three French nuns, and is later called on a case by Dr. Mortime…
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Fantasy, Treasure Hunting, drama film, fantasy film
When Prosper and Boniface's parents die, their aunt Esther plans to adopt six-year-old Bo and send 12-year-old Prosper away to boarding school. But before she can separate the two, Prosper takes Bo to Venice, the city about which their mot…
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Detective Film, comedy film, crime film, mystery film
While Miss Marple and Mr Stringer are soliciting donations for a charity ("The Reformed Criminals Assistance League"), they call on Mr Enderby, a rich recluse. He tumbles down the long entrance staircase, apparently the victim of a fatal h…
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Film Noir, Police Film, crime film, drama film, film noir
In order to convict a counterfeiting ring, two United States Treasury agents are chosen to go undercover and infiltrate the Vantucci gang in Detroit. Dennis O'Brien and Anthony Genero are the agents, and they are to start at the bottom and…
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Crime, Mysterie, mystery film
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are in Canada attending a conference on the occult, when Lord Penrose receives a message that his wife Lady Penrose has been murdered in the small village of La Mort Rouge. Holmes and Watson are about to retu…
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Horror, Sci-Fi, mystery film, science fiction film
Unaccountable, deadly malfunctions begin occurring at a top-secret government facility located under the New Mexico desert, where a space station is being constructed. Dr. David Sheppard, from the Office of Scientific Investigation (OSI) i…
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Detective Film, crime film, mystery film
left|thumb|Nigel Bruce, Evelyn Ankers and Basil Rathbone in Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) Holmes is called into the "Inner Council" of British Intelligence by Sir Evan Barham, to assist in stopping Nazi saboteurs operating…
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Detective Film, crime film, mystery film, science fiction film, spy film
Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) pretends to be a Nazi spy to aid scientist Dr. Franz Tobel (William Post Jr.) and his new invention, a bombsight, in escaping a Gestapo trap in Switzerland. Holmes and Franz fly to London, where Holmes plac…
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Crime Comedy, comedy film, mystery film
Maurice Pogue has retrograde amnesia, which prevents him from remembering anything that happened to him the day before. He realizes from a recording he made for himself the previous night – to keep himself in the know – that he is a privat…
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Action, Crime, film noir
Dick Tracy, a supremely intelligent police detective, must solve a series of brutal murders in which the victims, all from different social and economic backgrounds, are viciously slashed to pieces by the one known as Splitface. Suspects a…
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Thriller, thriller film
Tony Aaron is a police investigator living in Brighton on the south coast of Great Britain at the end of the 1950s. He has been assigned to watch the house of Powers, a local criminal, along with Frank, his colleague and friend. Tony leave…
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Drama, buddy film, comedy drama
Jo is a taxi driver in Chinatown, San Francisco who, with his nephew Steve, is seeking to purchase a cab license. Jo's friend Chan Hung was the go-between for the transaction but has disappeared, taking Jo's money. The two men search for C…
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Crime, Sherlock Holmes television program, drama television program, giallo
In November 1903, young women are being killed in London, each with a silk stocking stuffed down her throat. Watson seeks help from the retired and disenchanted Holmes, who determines that the victims are well-born ladies, not prostitutes.…
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Drama, Film Noir, Thriller, drama film
Before the opening credits, a recent widow is sitting in a life insurance office. Expecting to be compensated for her husband's death, the widow is informed that she is not entitled to full death benefits because the insurance company has …
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Detective Film, comedy film, crime film, mystery film
An old wooden-walled warship, HMS "Battledore", has been purchased by a trust for the rehabilitation of young criminals. Shortly after joining the board of the trust, Miss Marple witnesses the sudden death of a fellow trustee, who has just…
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Crime, Drama, Thriller, crime film, drama film
Detective Inspector Jack Regan and Detective Sergeant George Carter become embroiled in a deadly political scandal. One of the leading members of the British government, Charles Baker, is about to secure a huge deal with OPEC (Organisation…
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Crime Comedy, Drama, comedy drama, crime film, drama film, neo-noir
Eddie Ginley works at a bingo hall in Liverpool, England, but dreams of becoming a stylish private investigator like those he has read about and seen in films. After finally placing an advertisement in a local newspaper announcing his dete…
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Horror comedy, LGBTQ-related film, Splatter Film, comedy horror, slasher film
The private detective Jack Chandler tries to track down Samantha, a teenage runaway. He runs into a cult of Egyptian chainsaw-worshipping prostitutes led by "The Stranger".
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Komödie, Secret Agent, comedy film, crime film
The glamorous assassin Irma Eckman, disguised as an air stewardess, kills the oil tycoon Henry Keller with a booby-trapped cigar aboard his private jet, parachuting away before the plane explodes. She is picked up by a speedboat driven by …
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Crime Comedy, comedy film
Private detective Jake Masters is with his girlfriend Renee when he gets a call about a new case. The New York City Police Department is hunting for an eccentric millionaire, Jason Dominic, in connection with the murder of a cocktail waitr…
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