One of the greatest adventure stories in Hollywood history gets a new interpretation in this action drama from Academy...
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2005
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Famed producer Dino De Laurentiis tries to steal the thunder from Jaws, then the top-grossing film of all-time, in this big...
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1976
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One of the final links between the Edgar Wallace-based German krimi genre and the Italian giallo thriller, this creepy...
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1972
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In this German detective thriller, swindlers using a false charity as a front send a hit man around London to murder wealthy...
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1972
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This strange comic-thriller was one the final entries in the West German "krimi" series based on the mystery novels of...
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1972
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1972
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The crime novels of Edgar Wallace have enjoyed enormous popularity in Germany, and this movie thriller marks approximately...
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1971
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Ramon (Francis DeWolff) is the Armenian merchant who lives in his mansion outside of London. He has augmented his income over...
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1968
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1968
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In this murder mystery, Scotland Yard investigate the deaths of two coeds at an exclusive girls' school. Clues involve a man...
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1968
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Based on an Edgar Wallace mystery, this puzzler centers on the attempts of a crook who goes to great lengths to steal...
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1967
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1967
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Based on an Edgar Wallace murder mystery this chiller centers on a Scotland Yard investigation of a series of puzzling deaths...
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1967
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Adapted from an Edgar Wallace story, the plot of The Creature with the Blue Hand concerns an innocent man who is accused of...
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1967
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The fine line between drama and real life is crossed with tragic results in this German horror mystery film that is set in...
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1967
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In this drama, based on an Edgar Wallace story, a thief is doing time in prison after a major heist goes awry. Meanwhile, the...
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1967
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Though based on an Edgar Wallace novel, Traitor's Gate was not part of the long-running British series of second features...
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1966
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In this drama, a former RAF pilot is hired to fly a suspicious package from France to England. Trouble ensues when the pilot...
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1966
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Although The Hunchback Of Soho is primarily a mystery, there are moments of levity, suspense, and horror that added to the...
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1966
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In this mystery, a beautiful mystery writer helps a Scotland Yard detective look into the murders of several important...
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1966
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This suspenseful crime drama finds a jealous husband hiring a killer to murder his supposedly unfaithful wife. Donald Edwards...
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1966
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Based on an Edgar Wallace story, this is the story of a psychopath known as "The Wizard." Thought to be dead by the Scotland...
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1965
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In this British crime drama a small-town detective gets tired of Scotland Yard's constant meddling and takes a...
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1965
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1965
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In this crime drama, a rivalry within a publishing house turns deadly when theft and blackmail get involved. ~ Sandra...
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1964
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Downfall is yet another hour-long entry in the seemingly endless series of British-filmed Edgar Wallace mysteries....
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1964
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When Vince Howard is released from prison, he impersonates his cellmate (still in prison) and goes to live with his...
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1964
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This crime thriller contains enough comedy and blood to interest almost any movie fan. Shady underworld thugs gather in a...
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1964
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In this crime drama a Yankee visiting England ends up arrested for murder. Not wanting to go to prison, he tries to convince...
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1964
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The innocuous title We Shall See obscures the fact that this British melodrama is perhaps the earliest "killer bee" effort....
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1964
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A surgeon seeks his revenge on his unfaithful wife's lover by convincing him that he must have a deadly heart operation. ~...
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1964
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In this medical drama, a doctor loses his medical license after his addiction to drugs is discovered. Trouble ensues when he...
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1964
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In this drama, a business magnate is caught cutting shady deals by a DA. For revenge, the evil industrialist hires a thug to...
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1963
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A police detective succumbs to a seductive beauty who convinces him to help murder her husband so she can collect on his...
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1963
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In this suspense film, two heirs visit the isolated estate of their benefactor and find themselves hunted by a strangler...
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1963
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Death Drums Along the River was the come-on American title for this 1963 remake of 1935's Sanders of the River. Both films...
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1963
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Attempts to Kill is a sprightly 57-minute entry in Merton Park Productions' "Edgar Wallace Mysteries" series. Derek Farr...
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1963
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Another of the long-running Merton Park "Edgar Wallace" series, the plot of the British Accidental Death is motivated by...
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1963
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1963
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The German The Squeaker is the third film version of the Edgar Wallace mystery novel of the same name. The title character is...
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1963
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The most carefully laid plans of mice and crooks.... A gang of criminals plots the robbery of a bookmaking joint....
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1963
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This quirky crime thriller stars Hansjörg Felmy as an intrepid Scotland Yard inspector tackling two seemingly disparate...
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1963
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In this mystery, two friends go to Africa, but only one returns. That one, believing his partner dead, assumes his pal's...
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1963
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This mystery is based on an Edgar Wallace tale and centers upon an enigmatic, seemingly supernatural abbot who lives in a...
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1963
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Curse of the Yellow Snake is a riproaring entry in Germany's series of low-budget films based on the works of Edgar Wallace....
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1963
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20,000 Pound Kiss was the 45th of 47 British second features based on the works of Edgar Wallace, all released between 1960...
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1963
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Based on a novel by Edgar Wallace, this crime drama centers on two car thieves who inadvertently interfere with a kidnapping...
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1963
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When a private eye cannot convince the police to investigate the murder of his boss, he takes up the case complete with...
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1963
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In this mystery, a real estate agent begins looking for a jewel thief's stashed loot. He must find it before the robber's...
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1962
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Bernard Lee, better known as "M" in the James Bond movies, makes one of his periodic appearances as novelist Edgar Wallace's...
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1962
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This West German production is the second film based on the Edgar Wallace novel of the same name (the first was the 1940...
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1962
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In this British crime drama, the sister of a suicide victim begins to question the real reason for her sibling's death after...
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1962
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In this mystery, based on an Edgar Wallace story, a wicked seductress uses her wiles on a weak-willed cop and persuades him...
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1962
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Based on a tale by Edgar Wallace, this taut crime drama centers on the exploits of an heiress who finds herself the intended...
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1962
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An innocent architect stands accused of killing a professional gambler in this crime drama. Now only his lawyer can save...
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1962
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During the 1960s, there were two series of theatrical programmers based on the works of mystery maven Edgar Wallace; one...
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1962
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Ricochet originated as an hour-long episode of the TV anthology series Dick Powell Theatre. Van Heflin plays a tough Marine...
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1962
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An insurance investigator looks into the mystery surrounding the "accidental" death of a jockey. He finds that the death was...
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1961
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In this mystery, based on a story by Edgar Wallace, Scotland Yard looks into a ring of counterfeiters. He soon discovers...
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1961
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In this Edgar Wallace mystery, a burglar, arrested for possessing counterfeit money, is forced by the police to pose as a...
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1961
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In this remake of the British thriller, a young TV journalist assists Scotland yard with the strange murder of a reclusive...
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1961
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1961
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In this mystery, a young countess almost loses her life. Investigators soon discover that the attempt is linked to a murder...
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1961
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Even while a series of British second features based on the works of Edgar Wallace was flourishing in the 1960s, Germany was...
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1961
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Based on an Edgar Wallace mystery, this suspenseful drama centers on an attorney who is determined to prove that his client...
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1961
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In this drama, based on a story by Edgar Wallace, a movie mogul and a beautiful Asian actress set up a major swindle. ~...
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1961
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In this detective film, a Chinese detective breaks up a drug smuggling ring and tries to find the "Daffodil Killer." The...
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1961
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A business partner, desperate to milk some kind of profit from his failing cosmetics business, turns to arson with deadly...
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1961
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In this mystery, an Oxford archaeologist is murdered while investigating the Kytang Wafers, a valuable find. Not only is he...
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1961
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In this Edgar Wallace mystery, the trouble begins when a Rhodesian jewel thief kills a policeman and simply disappears. Now...
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1961
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In this adaptation of an Edgar Wallace mystery, two youthful hoods try to rob a bookie as he is leaving the track with his...
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1961
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In this drama, based on a story by Edgar Wallace, a prominent business man is robbed and killed. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1961
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The luscious Hazel Court is the main attraction of The Man Who Was Nobody. She plays a sexy private detective, summoned to...
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1960
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Originally titled Die Toten Augen von London, this German melodrama is the second film version of Edgar Wallace's The...
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1960
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In this drama, a prison inmate escapes and discovers that his partner has married the very cop that arrested him and has...
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1960
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1951
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The leaves of the Calendar begin to fall rapidly when avaricious Wenda (Greta Gynt) jilts newly-impoverished horse owner...
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1948
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In this mystery, a millionaire vanishes right before he is to marry. To find him, his sister hires a detective who is, after...
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1942
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In this mystery, a detective trying to crack a forgery ring gets one of its members to go to prison to help him. When he...
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1941
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Will Fyffe makes another appearance as Mr. Reeder, the seemingly absent-minded Scotland Yard sleuth created by Edgar Wallace....
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1940
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Filmed in England, Flying Squad was the final effort of veteran silent-film director Herbert (Peter Pan) Brenon. The script...
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1940
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1940
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In this 15-episode serial, Detective Spike Holland must solve the mystery of Garr Castle. He does so after he is hired to...
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1940
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Long after the company went out of business in the US, Grand National Pictures thrived in England, turning out such...
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1939
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A stage play by the astonishingly prolific Edgar Wallace was the source for the British melodrama Case of the Frightened...
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1939
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The eponymous Four Just Men of this film are British World War I comrades, who reunite in peacetime to bring disaster to...
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1939
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In this eerie British thriller, a Scotland Yard detective looks into the mysterious drownings of five blind people. A...
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1939
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1939
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In this mystery a Scotland Yard investigator and a police doctor unite to find "The Ringer" a mysterious killer and master of...
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1939
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Previously filmed in 1928, the old Edgar Wallace novel The Terror was dusted off for another cinematic go-round ten years...
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1939
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Crimefighting Englishman Reeder is assisted by a young man in his efforts to expose a counterfeiting gang. ~ Rovi...
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1938
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1938
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Following a string of mysterious robberies, Scotland Yard assigns its best detective, Inspector Elk, to bring the crooks to...
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1938
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In this comedy, based on a tale by Edgar Wallace, a luckless gambler is assisted by a kindly lord at the racetrack. Later the...
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1938
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In this drama, a gangster finds the woman of his dreams, but before he can have her he must frame her fiance. Meanwhile the...
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1938
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In this crime drama, a police inspector pursues a Lord's secretary suspected of stealing his gold bullion. She is the prime...
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1938
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1937
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Raised by her wealthy relatives, young October (Constance Cummings) balks when her guardians hand-pick her prospective...
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1937
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Based on an Edgar Wallace novel, this is an involved story of the consequences within the underworld of a big-time diamond...
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1937
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Max Miller, seller of horse racing information, begins a new job as a trainer for a new horse stable owner. His good fortune...
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1936
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In this drama, a Secret Service agent must prevent a notorious international crook for taking an important treaty....
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1936
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In this British comedy, a poor college porter suddenly becomes an earl and must protect his newly inherited estate from...
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1936
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Blackmail is the basis of this crime drama based on a novel by Edgar Wallace. The trouble begins when the leader of a ring of...
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1936
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1935
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Born to Gamble was one of the more palatable efforts of M.H. Hoffman's poverty-row Liberty Films. The four protagonists are...
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1935
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Based on the book by Edgar Wallace and produced by London Film Productions, the adventure drama Sanders of the River is an...
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1935
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A rather nifty little science fiction-thriller/murder mystery from Poverty Row company Monogram, Mystery Liner was based on a...
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1934
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This British Edgar Wallace derivation was originally released as The Man Who Changed His Name. That ripe old barnstormer...
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1934
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Reporter Helmore investigates the mystery in which actress Stamp-Taylor is accused of killing a fence. ~ Rovi...
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1934
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Its title inspired by Albert Chevalier's world-famous music-hall ballad, My Old Dutch is a treacly tale of mother love....
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1934
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An Edgar Wallace yarn was the basis for the uncharacteristic Warner Bros. melodrama Return of the Terror. Hoping to escape...
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1934
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Three adventurous young men find themselves duped by a double dealer in this thriller. The story begins after the young lads...
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1934
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"How would you like to star opposite the tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood?" Enticed by these words, brunette leading...
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1933
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1933
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This suspenseful, exciting mystery is based upon an Edgar Wallace story and centers upon the search for $1 million in buried...
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1933
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White Face was one of the last cinematic endeavors of the prolific novelist Edgar Wallace, who died several months before the...
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1933
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Based on a stage play by Edgar Wallace, The Old Man is nowhere near as benign as its title. The eponymous character is a...
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1932
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The racetrack provides the setting for this melodrama that centers upon the owner of a racehorse who is jilted by a...
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1932
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1932
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In this mystery, a master of disguises commits a series of crimes. He is so good, that no one knows what he really looks...
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1932
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Der Hexer was based on The Sorcerer, a detective story by workhorse British author Edgar Wallace. The original story was a...
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1932
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The Criminal at Large in this quota quickie murders his victims in the dark of night. There seems to be a pattern to the...
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1932
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1932
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1932
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Der Zinker (To Squeal) was based on The Squeaker, a mystery play by Edgar Wallace. The hero is a Scotland Yard detective who...
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1931
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An Edgar Wallace story was at the base of this turgid British comedy-drama. Music-hall favorite Maisie Gay stars as a...
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1931
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1931
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Dr. Bruce Smith (Basil Gill) refuses to violate his Hippocratic oath of secrecy by testifying in a divorce case. This earns...
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1930
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This suspenseful crime drama is the first talkie to be based on a novel by Edgar Wallace (he also directed the film). It...
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1930
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Previously filmed in 1915 and 1922, The Crimson Circle was based on a novel by Edgar Wallace. The story concentrates on the...
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1930
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One of the first talkie adaptations of an Edgar Wallace story, The Yellow Mask is set in motion by the skullduggery of...
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1930
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1929
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1928
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1928
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1928
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The first screen version of Edgar Wallace's The Green Archer starred the Pathé company's popular team of Allene Ray and...
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1925
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