Mystery
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Madonna of the Seven Moons | 1945 | Phyllis Calvert, Stewart Granger
Phyllis Calvert stars as a woman who outwardly appears demure and self effacing, but who lives a wild secret life…
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The Lady Vanishes | 1979 | Cybill Shepherd, Elliott Gould
A watchable remake of the much-love Hitchcock classic. Miss Froy (Angela Lansbury in high camp mode) goes missing on a…
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Fear in the Night | Hammer 1972 | Joan Collins, Peter Cushing
British B movie starring Ralph Bates as a teacher in an adulterous affair with headmaster’s wife Joan Collins. Together they…
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The Saint In London | 1939 | George Sanders, Sally Gray
George Sanders slips into Simon Templar guise for a second time, to track down a gang of counterfeiters who have…
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Uncle Silas | 1947 | Jean Simmons, Derrick De Marney
Atmospheric period melodrama starring Jean Simmons as a 17-year-old who goes to live with her uncle (Derrick de Marney) and…
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The House That Dripped Blood | Amicus 1971 | Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing
The third compendium horror film from Hammer rivals Amicus offers a script by Robert ‘Psycho’ Bloch and an impressive cast…
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Chase a Crooked Shadow | 1958 | Richard Todd, Anne Baxter
If Hitchcock had been a B-movie director, the result might have looked something like this. The plot is certainly worthy…
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The Big Sleep | 1978 | Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles
It’s heresy to suggest that a Michael Winner remake of a film starring Bogart and Bacall could be at least…
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The Vicious Circle | 1957 | John Mills, Derek Farr
Thriller starring John Mills as a Harley Street doctor who is framed for the murder of a film star. Written…
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Appointment with Death | 1988 | Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall
Brilliant detective Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) investigates the murder of a woman (Piper Laurie) who had blackmailed her lawyer into…
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