Murder and Mystery

Ellery Queen (1975 TV series)

feeds@yuku.com (tmaone) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:45:27 GMT

Ellery Queen (1975)
Starring
Jim Hutton as Ellery Queen
David Wayne as Inspector Richard Queen

I remember thoroughly enjoying this mystery series when it originally ran from 1975 to 1976. I've seen it mentioned in several threads but don't think it has its own thread so I decided to start one.

I haven't seen this since its original run so I don't remember it well. I do...

Mystery/Thriller stories where the antagonist or perpetrator dies from a legal execution

feeds@yuku.com (Scathach80) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:08:49 GMT

I just wondered if anyone could think of mystery/thriller stories where the antagonist or perpetrator dies of a legal execution.

I remember a Continental Op story where he mentions this happening, as well as a reference in a Wimsey novel. The Saint Battles a Phantom reveals this happened to the "Big Fellow" from The Saint in New York.

The Stranger (1946): Welles, E.G. Robinson, Loretta Young

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Acula) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:37:21 GMT

Just watched this film and thought it had some great scenes, and I'm surprised it doesn't have more of a reputation. I think it may be the most Hitchcockian film of Welles career, and it also makes me think his film version of Dead Calm could have been great.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038991/

Wilson of the War Crimes Commission is seeking...

Ensemble parodies/spoofs/homages featuring multiple counterparts of sleuths

feeds@yuku.com (Scathach80) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:38:32 GMT

Much as spoofs of the horror genre will feature analogues of Dracula, the Frankenstein Monster, the Wolfman, Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers, etc., occasionally spoofs of the crime genre have featured analogs of various series. Obvious example; Murder By Death, with counterparts of Miss Marple, Charlie Chan, etc.

http://mikegrost.com/robotman.htm

The Testing of Robotman (1951). Writer: Joe...

No Orchids For Miss Blandish coming to DVD Feb 23

feeds@yuku.com (clore103051) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:49:42 GMT

With commentary by our own Tom Weaver with Richard Gordon. I've wanted to see this one for years being a fan of Aldrich's remake THE GRISSOM GANG. I'm hoping to get some info here on Jack LaRue who seems to have put a second nail in his career after floundering in supporting roles for a while after the similarly themed THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE caused such controversy.

Really looking forward to this Tom.

Breakheart Pass (1975): Only Western/Mystery Hybrid?

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Acula) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:39:56 GMT

Just got through watching this great Western which also plays for the first 3/4ths like a murder mystery...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072735/

When a military outpost is struck with a severe outbreak of diphtheria, the authorities send a train loaded with medical supplies and replacement soldiers. As the train is on its way however, a passenger is...

Can anybody figure out this one?

feeds@yuku.com (Wilber Gray) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:39:07 GMT

Remember seeing this movie on TV as a kid. The only thing I remember is a guy gets kidnapped, (don't know why but I think it was Robert Young) blinfolded and thrown on to the floor in back seat of a car. He gets driven around and thrown out of the car. When he gets thrown out, he find chalk on the sidwalk and tries to draw the stops and turns on the route to help the police. Any ideas what this might be?
thanks

The Local (2008)

feeds@yuku.com (oldmanster) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:13:02 GMT

Thought I'd throw this into the mix in case anyone is interested in a new, ultra-low budget noir film that I found by happenstance through Netflix and came away mightily impressed.

The Local is a very small idie, pretty much a one-man show by Dan Eberle, who wrote, edited, directed, and takes the lead in the film. Very straightforward story -- a former junkie-turned-clean who obviously has a history of violence he's trying keep submerged, takes a job muling dope for a nasty...

John Carradine's FU MANCHU (1952)

feeds@yuku.com (BijouBob8mm) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:11:07 GMT

Was reading the latest issue of Cinema Retro, which has a good article on THE FACE OF FU MANCHU. The piece discusses other screen incarnations of Sax Rohmer's devil doctor, including an unsold 1952 TV pilot starring John Carradine (which I'd never heard of before). Does anyone know if that film survives, or if there are any stills of Carradine in the role?

Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Acula) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:06:54 GMT

This is an interesting murder film, not a whodunnit by a whydunnit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflections_in_a_Golden_Eye_(film)

It is a tale of six central characters, their failures, obsessions and darkest desires. Set in a military camp, it tells the story of Captain Weldon Penderton and...

"The Silver Age" Detectives

feeds@yuku.com (Scathach80) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:25:08 GMT

People often think of around 1920 to around 1939 as the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. The Nicaraguan government seems to agree, since when they commemorated the founding of Interpol, they released stamps of famous fictional sleuths of literature (ones who had debuted in literature), and only three of them did not debut before 1920 and none debuted after 1939.

So, I tried to think of what would serve as the Silver Age of Detective Fiction, if any fictional sleuths had gained...

Scent of Mystery (1960): Smell-O-Vision

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Acula) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:26:45 GMT

Anybody seen this Smell-O-Vision feature? Is it worth tracking down?

Please Murder Me (1956)

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Acula) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:52:37 GMT

Just got through watching this great murder mystery noir flick starring Raymond Burr and Angela Lansbury.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049621/

A lawyer wins an a acquittal for his client, a woman accused of murder. After the verdict, he finds out that she indeed did commit the murder and manipulated him to win her acquittal. Guilt-ridden, and knowing...

How many TV/film adaptations of The Double Take did they make?

feeds@yuku.com (Scathach80) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:12:05 GMT

Has anyone made a list of how many times Roy Huggins adapted The Double Take for those TV series he worked on?

THE BARON (1966-67)

feeds@yuku.com (BijouBob8mm) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:44:27 GMT

A buddy of mine just picked up the ITC series THE BARON, starring Steve Forrest and Sue Lloyd. Centering on an international antique dealer working with British Intelligence, so far what I've seen has been a decent series of thrillers. (And some of the guest stars--Bernard Lee, Jeremy Brett, Edward Woodward, Sandor Eles and Yvonne Furneaux--make this a great slice of British television.)

The Crimson Rivers (2000)

feeds@yuku.com (oldmanster) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:27:28 GMT

My entry could just as well be placed in the Foreign Horrors, I suppose, but the majority of the film leans to police procedural even though the rationale is generally considered science fiction, and at least one major movie starring a major actor uses a similar riff on this theme -- the name of which I won't give away because that gives too much of this particular story away.

I learned a fair amount about this film from the imdb review -- which, by the way, plays entirely fair...

Lady In the Lake (1947)

feeds@yuku.com (Dr Acula) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:44:55 GMT

Just curious - does the first person camera that is used for this film work for the majority of the people here, or does the unusual effect work against it for you?

I think it worked for me as far as drawing me into the film, but it's unrelenting nature of the graphics get a little old after awhile.

THE RETURN OF MR. MOTO

feeds@yuku.com (SanzarQ) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 08:50:41 GMT

I stmbled across the fact that the film RETURN OF MR. MOTO (1965), starring Henry Silva, is offered as a special feature on one of the 4 Discs included in the Mr. Moto Vol 2. Collection. This is the only Mr. Moto feature I haven't seen. Could someone who owns this collection please advise which disc this bonus feature in included on? My guess is that it's on the disc which includes MR. MOTO TAKES A VACATION. Can someone confirm? Netflix rents all of the Mr. Moto features as...

Edgar Wallace / Scotland Yard epoisodes due out in the UK

feeds@yuku.com (Livius1) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:01:50 GMT

Next month there's a set containing a selection of Edgar Wallace mysteries, Scotland Yard, The Man from Interpol and Saber of London due out on DVD - link.
It's listed under the title Best of Classic British TV.

new thriller

feeds@yuku.com (junglejim) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:08:43 GMT

hey its a new movie that has been made but has not been release yet called Chainletter staring Niiki Reed from the movie Twilight. The plot of the movie is a killer that sends out chainletter texts to people then demand them to send to five other people,when you dont some thing would happen to you. So its a good movie but just has not been release i can't wait til it comes out.