(1967) Dana Andrews, Jeanne Valérie, Salvo Randone, John Elliot.   A master criminal in a wheelchair summons a number of other hustlers together for illicit purposes.  His ace in the hole is that he holds a blackmail card over all of them.  The plan is to pull off an elaborate caper and knock over a high-roller jewelry store, which houses one of the world’s most valuable sets of ancient jewels...

Armchair Fiction presents classic mystery-crime double novels.  The first thriller is John N. Makris’ great tale of crime and murder, “Nightshade.”  This is a tale of a seductress, here lovers, and her loyal pawn.  This double novel’s second tale is another great tale of mystery & murder, “Once is Enough” by David Wright O’Brien.  There was a gun in his hand and a corpse on the floor...

(1947, Updated 03-20-25) Ronald Howard, Maxwell Reed, Hector Ross, Anne Crawford, Christine Norden, Syd James.  In this superb film noir gem, Ross and Howard play young men who join the police force.  Ross succeeds; Howard fails.  Howard soon ends up on the wrong side of the law when he falls in with a shady nightclub owner, brilliantly played by Reed.  

Ronald Howard, Michael Gough, Elizabeth Sellers, Marie Ney. Gough plays a man who was captured by jungle natives and held captive for two years. Later, after returning to civilization and his wife,

NIGHT TRAIN FOR INVERNESS (1960) Norman Wooland, Jane Hylton, Dennis Waterman, Valentine Dyall, Silvia Francis.  Some of these little Brit thrillers of the ‘50s and ‘60s are real gems.  In this nail-biting film, Wooland, an ex-con just out of jail, kidnaps his son, whom his wife has previously kept from him.  Wooland and his son, along with his disgruntled girlfriend (marvelously played by Hylton) board an all-night express train.  Unknown to them...

(1932) Pierre Renoir, Georges Térof, Winna Winifried, G. A. Martin, Michel Duran, directed by Jean Renoir.  A diamond merchant is found dead, murdered, inside a car near a gloomy, muddy, foggy French crossroads...

(1935, Reliable) Richard Talmadge, Thelma White, Robert Frazer, Mildred Harris, Robert Walker, George Chesebro.  A wild Talmadge action film involving a stolen necklace and a gang of ruthless jewel thieves.  Watch for the rooftop race with the crooks at the film’s harrowing climax...

Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic mystery-crime double novels.  The first novel is “The Naked Storm” by well-known science fiction and suspense writer C. M. Kornbluth.  The second novel is a true classic of nail-biting suspense, “The Man Outside” by Alexander Blade.  

Armchair Fiction presents classic mystery-crime double novels. The first novel is “Naked Fury” by heralded mystery writer Day Keene.  It’s a tale of power hungry men and dangerous women.  The second novel is a murder mystery set in the steamy jungles of Cuba, “Murder in Baracoa” by Paul E. Walsh.  He received a telegram of Death...

Here's a great collection of trailers from the golden age of mystery-crime pictures.  Here's the list:  Broadway Big Shot (1942), Manhattan Shakedown (1939), Boss of Big Town (1943), Hidden Menace (1940), Gentleman from Dixie (1941), Inside the Law (1942), Gallant Lady (1942), Detective Kitty O’Day (1944), Adventures of Kitty O’Day (1944), Incident (1948), I’ll Name the Murderer (1936), Notorious (1946)...

Here's a great collection of trailers from the golden age of mystery-crime pictures.  Here's the list:  Big Town (1932), Amateur Crook (1937), Special Inspector (1939), What Price Vengeance (1937), Let’s Get Tough (1942), Shadows Over Chinatown (1946), The Chinese Cat (1944), Behind the Mask (1946), The Missing Lady (1946, Shadow), Pearl of Death (1944, Holmes), Pursuit to Algiers (1945, Holmes)...

(1960, Anamorphic Widescreen) Adrian Hoven, Renate Ewert, Hans von Borsody, Jochen Brockmann.  This cool Krimi offering is available with English subtitles for the first time.  Inside a smoky nightclub called “the Green Spider” a beautiful singer finishes her song, then the band takes over, playing a raucous jazzy tune.  Lost in all the noise is the sound of a gunshot...

Grant Withers, Dorothy Tree. Murder and mystery surround the theft of a precious gem at a big social party. Naturally, Mr. Wong is called in to investigate. Boris is fun to watch. From 16mm.