Mystery Movies
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his…
The Night My Number Came Up (1955)
British Air Marshal Hardie is attending a party in Hong Kong when he hears of a dream, told by a pilot, in which Hardie’s flight to Tokyo on a small…
Three Cases of Murder (1955)
Three stories of murder and the supernatural: A museum worker is introduced to a world behind the pictures he sees every day. When two lifelong friends fall in love with…
Dial Red O (1955)
The first of the five films where Bill Elliott played a detective lieutenant in the L.A Sheriff’s department, Dial Red “O” (the correct title with the number 0 (zero), as…
Murder Is My Beat (1955)
Mr. Dean’s body is found face down in the fireplace, burned beyond recognition. Nightclub-singer Eden Lane is convicted of the crime. She is escorted to prison by one of the…
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and…
Three Hours to Kill (1954)
After three years on the run, Jim Guthrie returns with the scar of a rope burn on his neck. In a flashback, we learn how he was framed for murder…
Black Widow (1954)
A young stage hopeful is murdered and suspicion falls on her mentor, a Broadway producer.
The Teckman Mystery (1954)
A fiction writer begins working on a biography of a pilot who went down during the test flight of a new plane and finds himself soon involved in a series…
The Stranger Came Home (1954)
Someone knocked out a man and left him for dead during a fishing trip in Portugal. That someone is either his fetching wife, or two business partners, all sporting guilty…
Rear Window (1954)
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Ring of Fear (1954)
Mystery writer Mickey Spillane tries to help Clyde Beatty deal with a plot to sabotage his circus.
Father Brown (1954)
Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.
On Trial (1954)
Prosecutor Etzel discovers that his father has sentenced a man, Leonardo Maurizius, on mere presumptions. He then makes it a point of honor to trace the sources of the case…
Hell’s Half Acre (1954)
A woman travels to Hawaii to find out if a man in prison there is actually her missing husband.
The Mad Magician (1954)
Don Gallico is an inventor of stage magic effects who aspires to become a star in his own right. Just before his first performance his act is shut down by…
Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
When several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the killer may be. All evidence points to Dupin, but soon it becomes apparent…
Make Haste to Live (1954)
A single mother in New Mexico senses her own death in the hands of a mysterious stalker.
Blackout (1954)
When a beautiful young woman suddenly offers inebriated Casey Morrow a lot of money for a quick and easy job, he doesn’t ask too many questions. But when the girl’s…
An Inspector Calls (1954)
An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or…
Night People (1954)
A US intelligence officer, stationed in Germany, is caught in a political dilemma when the Russians kidnap a young Army private, the son of prominent American businessman. In exchange for…
Girl on the Run (1953)
A hootchy-kootchy whodunit set at a small seedy carnival where a reporter tries to discover who killed his boss while his girlfriend inexplicably joins the burlesque show!
Violated (1953)
A Psycho stalks the streets of Greenwich Village, killing and cutting off their hair!
The Large Rope (1953)
After being framed for a murder he didn’t commit, Tom Penney (Donald Houston) serves his time and returns to his rural English home to establish a quiet life. When another…
The Glass Web (1953)
A manipulative diva blackmails a married man and insults her secret lover, leading to her murder. As the husband tries to cover his tracks, the lover sabotages him and suggests…
Jennifer (1953)
A young woman is hired to take care of an eerie old mansion, where she finds herself entangled with an enigmatic murderer.
Mexican Manhunt (1953)
Los Angeles, 1953. The author David L. “Dave” Brady wants to bring a missed ex-newspaperman back to Los Angeles. Therefore Dave has to travel to Mexico City. Dave gets involved…
Plunder of the Sun (1953)
An American insurance adjuster, stranded in Havana, becomes involved with an archaeologist and a collector of antiquities in a hunt for treasure in the Mexican ruins of Zapoteca.
I the Jury (1953)
After his best friend and war buddy is mysteriously gunned down, Mike Hammer will stop at nothing to settle the score for the man who sacrificed a limb to save…
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
As American policemen in London, Bud and Lou meet up with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
The Maze (1953)
A Scotsman abruptly breaks off his engagement to pretty Kitty and moves to his uncle’s castle in the Scottish highlands. Kitty and her aunt follow Gerald a few weeks later,…
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of…
The Net (1953)
A secret jet aircraft capable of traveling three times the speed of sound is being developed by a group of scientists. On the day of the test flight, one of…
My Cousin Rachel (1952)
A young man plots revenge against the woman he believes murdered his cousin, but his plans are shaken when he comes face to face with the enigmatic beauty.
The Voice of Merrill (1952)
A convicted female blackmailer is found murdered in her flat and suspicion falls on three men, all of whom the police believe may have had reason to wish her dead
The Ringer (1952)
An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him.
Paul Temple Returns (1952)
A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed “The Marquis.” There seems to be no other common thread between the victims, and Scotland Yard is…