Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic mystery-crime double novels. The first thriller is “Laughter Came Screaming” by hard-boiled mystery specialist Henry Kane.  The second tale is another good one, “The Extortioners” by Ovid Demaris...

LADY IN THE DEATH HOUSE (1944, PRC) Lionel Atwill, Jean Parker, Douglas Fowley, Marcia May Jones.  This is a PRC one-week wonder with Parker on death row for murdering the man who blackmailed her family.  She claims the whole thing was a set-up.  In a strange twist of fate, her fiancé, (who’s a doctor who is conducting experiments on reviving the dead!) also happens to be the executioner at the prision...

(1942, Warners) Faye Emerson, Julie Bishop, Frank Wilcox, Jackie Gleason, Roland Drew.  Emerson is a struggling actress who’s almost broke and desperately needs money.  So she agrees to help three crooks in their bank robbery scheme...

Armchair Fiction presents extra-large editions of classic mystery-crime double novels. The first novel is “Kiss and Kill” by veteran mystery writer Richard Deming.  The second novel is a classic Johnny Liddell tale of nail-biting suspense, “The Dead Stand-In” by another well-known mystery writer, Frank Kane.  

(1952) Tod Slaughter, Patrick Barr, Tucker McGuire, Ingeborg von Kusserow.  Tod is up to his nefarious plans once again as he plans an elaborate scheme for blackmail.  Barr plays the detective who’s out to bring him to justice.  There’s murder and mayhem aplenty in this curious film.  Tod has some priceless bits of dialogue, complimented here and there with his maniacal laughter...

THE KILLER IS ON THE TELEPHONE—WIDESCREEN EDITION (1972) Telly Savalis, Anne Heywood, Giorgio Piazza, Osvaldo Ruggieri.  Beautiful Anne Heywood plays a woman whose husband was murdered five years before.  She is stalked, though, by the killer (Savalis) who wants to rub her out and end her threat as a potential witness against him... 

(1933, Warners, Upgraded 11/11/21) William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette, Ralph Morgan, Robert McWade, Robert Barrat, Paul Cavanough. There's no doubt that William Powell was one of the best screen detectives in the history of film, and here's a fine example. Powell is Philo Vance trying to solve a murder centered around seven suspects and a dead...

(1938, Aka QUEEN OF CRIME) Jack Hulbert, Genevieve Tobin, Noel Madison, Francis Sullivan, Arthur Wonter. In this great Edgar Wallace thriller, Hulbert is a slick policeman out to nab Tobin and her criminal gang. Watch for the great scene where her gang robs a bank in the black of the night only to find the building encircled by police. Later, the gang heists a train loaded with gold bullion. When the police pursue, the train seemingly vanishes...

(1952, Upgraded 10/25/22) John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Lee Van Cleef, Neville Brand, Jack Elam. Terrific action drama about an ex-con who's nailed for an armored car robbery he didn't commit. He sets out to find the mastermind of the crime, which leads him...