Category: Suspense

2671. THE LADY CONFESSES (1945-USA). With MARY BETH HUGHES, HUGH BEAUMONT. Vicki McGuire and Larry Craig are planning to be married. One evening, a surprise visitor shows up at Vicki’s […]

2675. SHAKE HANDS WITH MURDER (1944-USA). With IRIS ADRIAN, FRANK JENKS, DOUGLAS FOWLEY. Patsy Brent and Eddie Jones are unlikely partners in a not- very-lucrative business. For a $5 fee, […]

2596. STRANGLER OF THE TOWER (1966-Germany). This stark and shocking thriller is set in London and opens with an attractive woman taking a cab to a mysterious-looking building. Her name […]

2601. JIGSAW (Gun Moll) (1949-USA). With FRANCHOT TONE, JEAN WALLACE, MARC LAWRENCE, MYRON McCORMICK. This taut mystery drama is most effective as a biting expose of racism and religious intolerance, […]

2602. COTTAGE TO LET (1941-England). With LESLIE BANKS, ALASTABR SIM, JOHN MILLS, MICHAEL WILDING. Do not be misled by the lightheaded implication of this film’s title. It actually is a […]

2604. THE HIDDEN ROOM (Obsession) (1949-England). With ROBERT NEWTON, SALLY GRAY, NAUNTON WAYNE. Directed by EDWARD DMYTRYK. This extremely well-handled suspense thriller tells the story of a cheated-on husband who […]

2608. THE INNER CIRCLE (1946-USA). With ADELE MARA, WARREN DOUGLAS, WILLIAM FRAWLEY, RICARDO CORTEZ, VIRGINIA CHRISTINE, EDWARD GARGAN. Handsome private investigator Johnny Strange of “Action Incorporated” is a man on […]

2614. MEET SEXTON BLAKE! (1944-England). With DAVID FARRAR. More than 2,000 Sexton Blake mystery stories have been published since he was created as a rival to Sherlock Holmes in 1893. […]

2629. ROOM TO LET (1949-England). With JIMMY HANLEY. The scenario of this subtly chilling crime drama opens in turn-of-the-20th-century England. It tells the intriguing story of Mrs. Musgrave, a wheelchair-bound […]

2630. RIOT SQUAD (1941-USA). With RICHARD CROMWELL, RITA QUIGLEY and SPARKY (the dog). Boyishly handsome heartthrob Richard Cromwell is perfectly cast in this spiffy crime drama as Dr. Tom Brandon, […]