What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
In “What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?” After a widow disappears, Aunt Alice takes a job as a housekeeper …. For the woman that she suspects has been robbing, and murdering, her housekeepers! To find the truth …
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke
In ‘Sherlock Holmes Faces Death‘ (1943), Holmes and Watson are hot on the heels of a murderer. Someone has killed a number of officers in their retirement home. They check in to the mansion-like home with its mysterious clock-tower, underground crypt and incredible human chess-board.
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The Death Kiss
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.
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The Night Walker
The Thin Man
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.
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Prelude to Murder
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?
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One Body Too Many
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.
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Another Thin Man
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 …
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Sherlock Holmes: The Woman In Green (in Color)
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?
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Clue [murder mystery]
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.
