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1) Charade
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Regina finds herself pursued through the streets of Paris by several men in search of the fortune that her murdered husband stole from them. As her world becomes entangled with suspense, murder and plots twists, she finds herself leaning on a suave, charming stranger whose motives are unclear.
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Stuart Palmer's immortal crime-solving school teacher Hildegarde Withers came to the screen courtesy of a series of mysteries from RKO Pictures. Memorably played by character great Edna May Oliver in three features, Hildegarde was ably paired with her flirty foil of Inspector Piper in the person of James Gleason. Gleason would go on to anchor the series, appearing in all six, alongside Helen Broderick for one and Zasu Pitts for the final two. --Amazon.com....
7) The thin man
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The thin man: "The start of it all! Nick and Nora Charles invite you to bring your own alibi to Dashiell Hammett's jaunty whodunit about a missing inventor that made William Powell and Myrna Loy the champagne elite of sleuthing"--Container.
After the thin man: "New Year's Eve and a new mystery surrounding the philandering husband of Nora's cousin. Round up the usual suspects, including James Stewart in an early screen role."--Container.
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These three classic Charlie Chan mysteries made by famed B-movie titans Monogram pictures gives us two different Charlies in the persons of Sidney Toler (The Red Dragon) and Roland Winters (The Feathered Serpent, The Sky Dragon), but both styles of supersleuth must tackle truly draconian mysteries and murder. The Red Dragon finds Charlie (Toler) and Number Three Son Tommy (Benson Fong) cracking codes and uncovering killers down in Mexico City. The...
10) Another thin man
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"And baby makes three. Meet Nick, Jr. (and join the boithday bash throuwn by some of da boys) in this breezy outing that takes the Charleses to the Long Island estate of an industrialist who turns out to be a murder target."--Container.
11) Murder, she said
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"Who's that in the frilly cap and apron, toting a tea tray? Not a pert French maid, but spinster sleuth Miss Marple in disguise. And it's not Darjeeling that's caught her interest -- it's murder! Margaret Rutherford makes her first appearance in this sly, engaging mystery based on Agatha Christie's 4:50 from Paddington. Comfily ensconced in her railway carriage, Miss Marple sees a strangulation aboard a passing train, then follows a trail of baffling...
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Now back in San Francisco after their holiday in New York, Nick and Nora Charles find themselves trying to solve another mystery. Nora's cousin Selma is accused of having murdered her husband, but for Nick it's clear that she is not the murderer and he starts to investigate, supported by Nora and Asta.
13) Conflict
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"Richard Mason [is] married to nagging Katherine but in love with her sunny sister. Shortly after a fifth-year wedding celebration at the home of a friend, Richard decides to remove the obstacle to his happiness. He kills Katherine, carefully leaving no evidence of his guilt. Or at least he thinks he killed her -- until mysterious events cause Richard to fear Katherine is very much alive"--Container.
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A fast-food tycoon, his ex-wife and a gourmet magazine publisher are involved in a fast and funny murder mystery. The publisher is ordered by his doctor to give up his favorite dishes to lose weight, and one by one the creators of those dishes are murdered--in the manner of their specialties!
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"A jockey heads for that great post position in the sky during a major race. Mystery writer Paula Bradford is sure it's murder. Her ex-husband Dr. Lawrence Bradford is sure she's nuts until a dead body at the doctor's doorstep makes him suspect #1. Then the exes are off to the races tracking clues and risking their lives discovering whodunit -- and rediscovering why they got hitched in the first place"--Container.
16) Crossfire
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"Years of police work have taught Detective Finlay that where there's crime, there's motive. But he finds no usual motive when investigating the beating death of a man. The man was killed because he was a Jew. 'Hate', Finlay says, 'is like a gun.' ... Finlay is a laconic army sergeant assisting in the investigation of G.I. suspects and Montgomery [is] a vicious bigot, a topic rarely before explored in films: anti-Semitism in the U.S."--Container....
18) Marlowe
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"Five hundred bucks doesn't come easily for private eye Philip Marlowe. But when it comes by way of a bribe, it might as well be five cents. He rejects Winslow Wong and his offer of cash... and Wong promptly karates the detective's office into a junk pile. A colorful whodunit with the grim task of sleuthing a case of missing persons, blackmail and ice pick murders in a sprawling 60's L.A. so hard-boiled somebody's got to crack. And when that happens,...
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"A debonair lawyer is suspected in the murder of a nosy newspaper columnist. Aided by a classy, sassy and marriage-minded partner, he untangles the Manhattan maze of double-crosses, disguises, and misdirections all without disarranging his dinner jacket or bruising his gin"--Container.
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