Mystery crime stories with sometimes different cops and many now famous faces. A valuable diamond is purchased by a manabouttown who then disappears and his cheque bounces. Richard horatio edgar wallace april 1, 1875february 10, 1932 was a prolific british crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and countless articles in newspapers and journals. It was shown on us television as the edgar wallace mystery theatre, with. Home series the edgar wallace mystery theatre official order season 1 episode 5 clue of the new pin the locked door of a vault, with the key lying on a table beside a dead man, presents superintendent carver with a baffling case of murder, for he must find how the murderer managed to lock the door and replace the key on the table.
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Recently released from prison, arthur payne meets a benevolent stranger on a train who says he may be able to help him. Struggling with debt, he left south africa, returned to london, and began writing thrillers to. An up and coming politician is caught in a compromising photograph taken by a maid, who turns out to. Home series the edgar wallace mystery theatre official order season 1 episode 6 the fourth square bill lawrence, a young lawyer, turns detective when one of his clients, nina stewart, becomes caught up in a murder and a burglary. The edgar wallace mystery theatre 1960 in 1960 a crime series based on the novels of edgar wallace was created which certainly stands the test of time. Many of the videos have been preserved digitally and are available for free here at the.
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Edgar wallace mysteries premium collection of 20 best. There were 46 films in the series, made between 1960 and 1965. Whatever they are, they are sometimes excellent, sometimes routine, the same as any other long running series. Episode and series guides for the edgar wallace mystery theatre. The edgar wallace mystery theatre i believe that the imdb listing of this series needs some edits to make it more accurate. The films were loose adaptations of edgar wallace s books and stories. Region 2 this dvd may not be viewable outside europe. Later, channel 4 and bravo rescreened the films through to the 1990s, later being reshown on talking pictures tv from 2018. With his marriage failing, a man hires a german assassin to murder his wife, who he suspects is having an affair.
With bernard lee, alexander knox, moira redmond, william russell. As he piles on the psychological pressure, the criminals begin to look for ways to betray each other and escape with a fortune in diamonds. Premiered at wyndhams theatre, london, 1926, and scheduled for. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during the second boer war, for reuters and the daily mail. The edgar wallace mystery theatre tv show australian tv.
A noiresque series, it updates some of the authors stories to more. The collection contains all kinds of narrative, educational, documentary, advertising, instructional and government films and videos from all over the world. There were 47 films in the series, made between 1960 and 1965. In britain, it was shown by itv in 1968 under the title tales of edgar wallace.
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