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Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Release: 1989-12-25
TMDB rating: 6.7
Based on the book by Agatha Christie
While on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the apparently natural death of a retired British major is actually the work of a murderer planning yet another killing.
TMDB ID: 578561
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
Release: 1987-11-15
TMDB rating: 7.4
Perry is suing a gutter trash newspaper that is running a story about a love affair between him and Della. The editor also has "dirt" files on an Army General, his banker and other "clients". All of them make little-concealed verbal threats to him at a party but the person that hated him most is a female reporter who the editor had just fired from the paper for attempting to write a serious story. She threatens him and soon after the editor is found, floating in his pool, shot. The reporter is arrested for the crime and Perry, who has a personal stake in this matter, with the aid of Della and Paul set out to solve the mystery. But the other suspects just want the case over with and will go to any lengths to protect their pasts and their secrets
TMDB ID: 89307
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
Release: 1987-05-24
TMDB rating: 7.6
Jordan White, a publisher friend of Perry, is called to a hotel where a guest, famous horror writer David Hall, has cleared out the hotel for a weekend and has called his "friends" - an actress, a fortune-teller, David's private assistant and the two remaining staff at the hotel to discuss business. They have come to the hotel as all of them are going to sue David over his new book - "The Resort" which characters are obviously based on Jordan and the guests. A practical joker, David plays tricks on them until he is thrown from the high tower of the hotel where Susan Warrenfield, the manager and owner of the hotel sees the fall and then Jordan at the tower causing the police to arrest Jordan. While Perry and Della try to solve the main mystery, Paul tries to find out who is trying to scare Susan away from the hotel. Could it really be a ghost or a more earthy visitor?
TMDB ID: 89463
A Caribbean Mystery
A Caribbean Mystery
Release: 1983-10-22
TMDB rating: 6.2
Based on the book by Agatha Christie
Aging Major Palgrave, an idiosyncratic but charming mystery writer, reveals to Miss Jane Marple that one of the guests at a luxurious Caribbean resort they're staying at is a Bluebeard-type wife murderer. Unfortunately, the Major succumbs to an apparently accidental overdose of alcohol and blood pressure medication before revealing the killer's identity. When it's discovered that the medicine belonged to another guest and the revealing photograph the Major was carrying is missing, Miss Marple realizes that the serial killer has struck again and more murders will follow.
TMDB ID: 6030
Nero Wolfe
Nero Wolfe
Release: 1979-12-19
TMDB rating: 8.3
Based on the book by Rex Stout
Gourmet Nero Wolfe interrupts his orchid-tending to take on the case of a lady tycoon who wants to know why she's under investigation by the FBI, only to find himself enmeshed in a puzzling murder-mystery. TV movie based on Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe series.
TMDB ID: 262056
Bear Island
Release: 1979-12-05
TMDB rating: 6.1
Based on the book by Alistair MacLean
A group of people converge on a barren Arctic island. They have their reasons for being there but when a series of mysterious accidents and murders take place, a whole lot of darker motives become apparent. Could the fortune in buried Nazi gold be the key to the mystery? Donald Sutherland and Vanessa Redgrave investigate
TMDB ID: 38629
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Release: 1976-10-24
TMDB rating: 6.2
Based on the book by Nicholas Meyer
Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attempts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solving a mystery involving the kidnapping of Lola Deveraux.
TMDB ID: 29578
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
Release: 1975-03-23
TMDB rating: 8.0
Based on the book by Manfred Lee, Frederic Dannay
When a famous fashion designer is found murdered, Inspector Richard Queen of the NYPD is baffled by her dying clue, prompting him to bring in his son, mystery writer Ellery Queen, to help in the investigation. This was the pilot film for the short-lived TV series.
TMDB ID: 1014201
The Female Instinct
The Female Instinct
Release: 1972-12-18
TMDB rating: 7.0
A spinster and her widowed sister, both authors of murder mystery novels, try to track down the killer of a former movie star. Pilot to TV series The Snoop Sisters.
TMDB ID: 892442
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The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk
Release: 1967-09-08
TMDB rating: 6.3
Based on the book by Edward Stratemeyer
The Hardy Boys become owners of the Chinese junk Hai Hau. They head to New York City and go spelunking to break up a gang of criminals.
TMDB ID: 750244
Double Confession
Double Confession
Release: 1950-04-30
TMDB rating: 6.2
Based on the book by John Garden
The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various unsuccessful attempts on his life while the police clear up the mystery.
TMDB ID: 36339
The Unsuspected
Release: 1947-10-11
TMDB rating: 6.7
Based on the book by Charlotte Armstrong
The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears.
TMDB ID: 29117
Death in High Heels
Death in High Heels
Release: 1947-07-18
TMDB rating: 5.0
Crime Mystery directed by Lionel Tomlinson.
TMDB ID: 249288
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Release: 1947-06-05
TMDB rating: 6.7
Based on the book by Earl Derr Biggers
Writer Kenneth Magee has bet that he can finish a story at rural resort Baldpate Inn, now closed for the winter. The owner has given him the "only" key to the front door. But there are six other keys, and peculiar characters, some of them up to no good, keep turning up as the mystery deepens.
TMDB ID: 208445
Nancy Drew… Detective
Nancy Drew… Detective
Release: 1938-11-19
TMDB rating: 6.5
Based on the book by Edward Stratemeyer
After a wealthy dowager who has made a substantial donation to her alma mater suddenly disappears, Nancy Drew sets out to solve the mystery.
TMDB ID: 47883
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Release: 1935-02-04
TMDB rating: 5.9
Based on the book by Charles Dickens
A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to possess her.
TMDB ID: 84718
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon
Release: 1931-05-23
TMDB rating: 6.4
Based on the book by Dashiell Hammett
A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon.
TMDB ID: 28257
The Dark Mirror
The Dark Mirror
Release: 1920-05-08
TMDB rating: 8.0
Based on the book by Louis Joseph Vance
New York society member Priscilla Maine is troubled by strange dreams in which she vividly sees members of the underworld involved in a murder. She confides this to her admirer, Dr. Philip Fosdick, who undertakes to solve the mystery.
TMDB ID: 337445
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
Release: 1919-10-19
TMDB rating: 6.5
Based on the book by Gaston Leroux
The intrepid reporter and amateur sleuth Joseph Rouletabille becomes involved in the investigation of a hideous crime committed in a room painted yellow, whose door was locked from the inside…
TMDB ID: 698211