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The Death Kiss (1932) starring Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Adrienne Ames

The Death Kiss

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In The Death Kiss, A leading man, a womanizer, is killed while shooting a film. Most of the women at the studio end up being suspects. When one is arrested, it is a writer that decides to demonstrate her innocence.

The Death Kiss
The Night Walker (1964) by William Castle, starring Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Hayden Rorke

The Night Walker

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The Night Walker (1964) by William Castle, starring Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Hayden Rorke

In The Night Walker, a woman’s inventor husband is killed in an explosion. Or is he? Someone is trying to drive her mad. Who is it? And why?

The Night Walker
The Thin Man - an excellent murder mystery starring Myrna Loy and William Powell

The Thin Man

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Synopsis of The Thin Man

Between cocktails and the first course of a society dinner, urbane,dry-witted detectives and sophisticates Nick and Nora Charles will show the police the holes in their investigation. They’ll unmask a brutal murderer and solve the mystery behind the disappearance of The Thin Man.

The Thin Man

Prelude to Murder

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Sherlock Holmes – Prelude to Murder (aka Dressed to Kill) (1946) starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce

Holmes: Somehow, the tune… is the key to the mystery. It must be the tune. Otherwise, why use three musical boxes to convey the message? Why not collar boxes, or shoe boxes? 

Prelude to Murder

One Body Too Many

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One Body Too Many (1944) starring Jack Haley, Jean Parker, Bela Lugosi

One Body Too Many – insurance salesman Jack Haley stumbles onto an eccentric millionaire’s will, and the murder mystery among his relatives.

One Body Too Many

Another Thin Man

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In Another Thin Man, Nick and Nora (and their dog Asta) visit the estate of Colonel MacFay. He’s being threatened by a mysterious man wanting revenge for a past wrong. When MacFay is murdered, that man is the obvious suspect. Too obvious …

Another Thin Man

Sherlock Holmes: The Woman In Green (in Color)

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Sherlock Holmes: The Woman In Green (1945) starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke, Henry Daniell

The Woman in Green is a very enjoyable Sherlock Holmes murder mystery. There are serial murderrs, with the corpse having been mutiliated. Who’s behind it? Why?

Sherlock Holmes: The Woman In Green (in Color)

Clue [murder mystery]

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Clue (1986) starring Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd …

Clue is a comedy/murder mystery based on the famous board game. A so-so comedy, wasting a lot of good comedic talent.

Clue [murder mystery]

Murder on the Orient Express [1974]

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Murder on the Orient Express (1974) starring Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Michael York, directed by Sidney Lumet

Synopsis of Murder on the Orient Express

Famous detective Hercule Poirot is on the Orient Express, but the train is caught in the snow. When one of the passengers is discovered murdered, Poirot immediately starts investigating the Murder on the Orient Express.

Murder on the Orient Express [1974]

Psycho [Alfred Hitchcock]

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Psycho (1960) starring Vera Miles, Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh in the infamous shower scene in “Psycho“

Psycho is Alfred Hitchcock’s landmark masterpiece of the macabre. It stars Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates, a quiet young man who runs a roadside motel … with his mother. Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), is on the run after stealing from her boss. She stays there, but the ill-fated traveler’s journey ends in the notorious “shower scene”. First a private detective, then Marion’s sister (Vera Miles) search for her. The horror and the suspense mount to a climax where the mysterious killer is finally revealed.

Psycho [Alfred Hitchcock]
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