Edgar Wallace Mysteries
NR
7.7
1959
Drama
, Mystery
The Edgar Wallace Mysteries was a British second-feature film series, produced at Merton Park Studios for Anglo-Amalgamated. There were 46 films in the series, made between 1960 and 1965. The films were loose adaptations of Edgar Wallace's books and stories. Very few used his original titles, and there was no attempt to set them in the period in which Wallace wrote, probably to obviate the need for elaborate costumes and sets. A 1962 article in Scene magazine quotes £22,000 as the budget for an episode then in production.
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- Cast:
- John Carson , Alfred Burke , Allan Cuthbertson , Bernard Lee , Bernard Archard , Marianne Stone , Michael Caine
Episode 4 : Dead Man's Chest
October. 01,1965
It all began as a hoax, a stunt, a trick on the part of two cynical young journalists to spite society and thwart the Establishment. The idea was to expose the frailty of circumstantial evidence, and they planned to fake a murder. But the plan went disastrously wrong. Starring John Thaw, Ann Firbank, John Meillon, Peter Bowles and John Abineri. Directed by Patrick Dromgoole.
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Episode 3 : Strangler's Web
August. 03,1965
What appears to be a cut-and-dried case of murder of an aging onetime showgirl on Hampstead Heath by her lover is complicated by several factors, including a far more respectable paramour, and her insistence that a great inheritance was due her that nobody can verify. A police detective and a solicitor for the defence unravel the mystery.
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Episode 2 : Change Partners
July. 01,1965
Ben Arkwright, a co-director in the firm of Arkwright and Gallen, is having an affair with Anna, the strongly willed wife of Ricky Gallen, Ben's partner. Trouble arises. Starring Zena Walker, Kenneth Cope, Basil Henson and Anthony Dawson. Directed by Robert Lynn.
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Episode 1 : Game For Three Losers
April. 10,1965
Robert Hilary is a public figure, a businessman and a politician. Happily married, Hilary still lets his desire for his new secretary get the better of him. Starring Michael Gough, Mark Eden, Toby Robins and Allan Cuthbertson. Directed by Gerry O'Hara.
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