The Edgar Wallace Mysteries Collection - 20-DVD Box Set ( "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Clue of the Twisted Candle / "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Marriage of Convenience / "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" The Man Who Was Nobody / "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Partners in Crime / "The Edgar )

The Edgar Wallace Mysteries Collection - 20-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

$88.99

Original Title: "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Clue of the Twisted Candle / "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Marriage of Convenience / "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" The Man Who Was Nobody / "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Partners in Crime / "The Edgar
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
2932 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Box Set
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1960-1965 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Allan Davis
Clive Donner
Montgomery Tully
Peter Duffell
Robert Tronson
Gerard Glaister
Royston Morley
Paul Almond
David Villiers
Alan Cooke
Charles Jarrott
Gordon Flemyng
Quentin Lawrence
Norman Harrison
John Llewellyn Moxey
Gordon Hales
Lionel Harris
Max Varnel
Herbert Wise
Geoffrey Nethercott
David Eady
Alan Bridges
John Nelson-Burton
John Knight
Gerry O'Hara
Robert Lynn
Patrick Dromgoole

Written By:
Philip Mackie
Edgar Wallace
Robert Banks Stewart
James Eastwood
Richard Harris
Lukas Heller
Lindsay Galloway
Arthur La Bern
Roger Marshall
John Roddick
Jimmy Sangster
Donal Giltinan
Lewis Davidson
George Baxt

Actors:
Bernard Lee ..... Superintendent Meredith
David Knight ..... Lexman
Francis De Wolff ..... Ramon Karadis
Harry H. Corbett ..... Inspector Bruce
Hazel Court ..... Marjorie Stedman
Bernard Lee ..... Inspector Mann
Paul Daneman ..... Rex Lander
Conrad Phillips ..... Bill Lawrence
Maxine Audley ..... Lydia Daney
Derek Farr ..... Det. Insp. Minter
Bernard Archard ..... Det. Inspector Verity
Jack Hedley ..... Jim Mathews
John Bentley ..... Superintendent Wills
Alfred Burke ..... Mitchell Logan
Michael Gough ..... Donald Edwards
Bernard Lee ..... Det. Supt. Meredith
John Le Mesurier ..... Warden
Ivan Desny ..... Charles Valentine
Yvonne Monlaur ..... Suzanne
Anthony Newlands ..... Reynolds
Margit Saad ..... Lisa Shillack
Eddie Byrne ..... Simon York
Albert Lieven ..... Paul Heindrik
Maurice Denham ..... Theo Gaunt
Anton Diffring ..... Dr. Erik Leichner
Dawn Addams ..... Maxine Hagen
Emrys Jones ..... Frank Stewart
Nigel Davenport ..... Dino Steffano
Maxine Audley ..... Yvonne Phipps
Jeanette Sterke ..... Mary Winston
Jack Gwillim ..... Rolf Neilson
Ray Barrett ..... Henry Fraser
Yôko Tani ..... Lin Siyan
John Carson ..... Paul Lanson
Lee Montague ..... Larry Hart
Maurice Denham ..... Sir Harold Crossley
Cec Linder ..... Joe Armstrong
Maurice Kaufmann ..... Evan Collins
Jeremy Kemp ..... Vince Howard
John Carson ..... Tim Ford
Maxine Audley ..... Liz Teasdale
Grégoire Aslan ..... Potter
Michael Gough ..... Robert Hilary
Zena Walker ..... Anna Arkwright
John Stratton ..... Lewis Preston
John Thaw ..... David Jones

Synopsis:

"The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Clue of the Twisted Candle: A man is murdered in a room with no windows and a steel lined door which locks only from the inside. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Marriage of Convenience: A young woman going to her wedding is waiting for her fiancée, a hood in custody, who is allowed by the police to go to his wedding. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" The Man Who Was Nobody: A slick young man buys a jewel with a cheque that bounces. He then disappears and both the police and a lawyer try to find him. The lawyer hires a female detective to track down the missing man, but when his body is found in the Thames the case is by no means over. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Partners in Crime: British crime film directed by Peter Duffell and starring Bernard Lee, Moira Redmond and John Van Eyssen, loosely based on the 1918 novel 'The Man Who Knew' by Edgar Wallace. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Clue of the New Pin: TV journalist Tab Holland assists Scotland yard with the murder of a reclusive millionaire whose corpse is discovered locked in a vault. The key to the vault is mysteriously found on the table beside the corpse. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" The Fourth Square: The Police investigate the theft of emerald jewellery which had led to murder. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Man at the Carlton Tower: The police investigate the murder of an officer, killed during a jewel robbery. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Clue of the Silver Key: When a hired server is killed after a party for an artist and his fiancée, and soon after, the girl's hot tempered, disapproving old uncle is murdered too, the police look for a connexion. The clues available include a small, brightly painted key to the old man's safe, and some wigs found in an abandoned apartment near a crime site. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Attempt to Kill: A wealthy business man fires one of his employees and becomes the victim of murder attempt. The fired man becomes the prime suspect, but it appears that he himself has been murdered. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Man Detained: A petty burglar sets a chain of events in motion when he steals some money that the owner doesn't want the authorities to know about. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Never Back Losers: Wally Sanders, a horseracing jockey, loses a race and crashes his car to claim an insurance. Jim Matthews, a shrewd and energetic insurance investgator, follows up the company's suspicion of foul play and stumbles deep into a web of corruption concering fixed horse races. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" The Sinister Man: When a corpse is found in the Thames, the only clue is that the dead man was killed by a karate or judo expert. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Backfire!: Arson is the way out for a failing cosmetics company. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Candidate for Murder: With his marriage failing, a man hires a German assassin to murder his wife, who he suspects is having an affair. Things seem to go to plan at first, until the assassin decides not to kill the woman, but rather kidnap her, while still collecting his fee for the job. The husband wants proof of the murder (a body) before he pays. Things go wrong for both men when proof is not forthcoming. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" The Share Out: A gang of high class corporate thieves use blackmail to induce their victims to sell property at knock-down prices. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Flat Two: A victim's boyfriend sneaks into a blackmailer's flat to sort him out, but another man's already there, and both don't realise the crook has been murdered before they got there. The police soon arrive, tipped off in advance. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Number Six: An international criminal arrives in London, and a detective is anxious to pin something on him for some unprovable murders of former lovers. The villain starts to suspect servants and henchmen of being a police spy known as 'Number Six'. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Time to Remember: A gang of jewel thieves rob a house which has just become empty following the recent death of it's rich lady owner. The robbery is not a complete success and one of the gang hides the jewels in the house as he's about to be captured. Later the house is put up for sale and events lead the estate agent to conclude that the jewels may still be there. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Solo for Sparrow: A group of crooks accidentally kill an elderly shop assistant while stealing the keys to the jewellery shop where she works. When his superiors think that the case is better handed over to Scotland Yard, the local detective inspector, Sparrow, decides to go solo to investigate the crime himself. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Playback: A young policeman becomes involved with a glamorous German woman in London, to his cost. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Locker Sixty Nine: A shady business man has perpetrated a fraud that has resulted in the death of a large number of people. His business partner has evidence of the fraud and threatens the fraudster with exposure in the event of any further dishonest dealing. But when the fraudster suddenly receives death threats he decides to fake his own murder in a plan both to get his hands on the evidence. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Death Trap: A young woman commits suicide. Her sister is not ready to let the death go without someone answering a few questions. Namely, was it really suicide, and where is the large amount of money her sister withdrew from the bank the day before her death. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" The Set Up: Recently released from prison, Arthur Payne meets a benevolent stranger on a train who says he may be able to help him. A few days later, a second stranger arrives at Payne's houseboat, and Payne reluctantly agrees to carry out a no-risk jewel theft for a fee. When the staged burglary turns to murder, Payne realises he's been set up and he goes on the run. All the evidence points towards Payne being the murderer, but one irrefutable fact troubles Inspector Jackson. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Incident at Midnight: In a late night chemist a shot bank robber has been taken for treatment, and to rendezvous with the gang leader. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" The £20,000 Kiss: An up and coming politician is caught in a compromising photograph taken by a maid, who turns out to be part of a sophisticated blackmail ring. When the girl is found murdered, he holds an incriminating old dueling pistol. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" On the Run: An ex-con escapes from jail to clear himself about a robbery charge. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Return to Sender: A fraudster is arrested for stealing a large sum of money from his partners. When he learns that a particularly brilliant barrister will lead the prosecution against him he sets out to undermine the credibility of the barrister. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Ricochet: Solicitor Alan Phipps formulates a plan to blackmail his wealthy and unfaithful wife, Yvonne, and at the same time, get revenge against her boyfriend, John Brodie, by setting him up to appear that he is the blackmailer and for Yvonne to kill him. But Brodie, anticipating this predictament, has a hidden agenda behind all this to get the last laugh at Phipps. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" The Double: A man who has been left for dead by the impostor who takes his place returns to bring him to justice. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" The Rivals: A pair of hoodlums steal a car in which there is a ransom letter directed to a wealthy man whose daughter has just been kidnapped. The two gangsters stole the abductor's car and when they find the note, they decide to take advantage of the situation and collect the money. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" To Have and to Hold: A young woman is harassed by a man and seeks help from the police. The officer who visits her falls in love with her, but shortly after she is murdered. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" The Partner: A tax avoidance scheme by a film producer leads to murder and the theft of £300,000. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Accidental Death: Returning from a party the adopted daughter of Colonel Paxton and her boyfriend are surprised by an intruder. The colonel, however, instantly remembers him as a war comrade. Starring John Carson, Jacqueline Ellis, Derrick Sherwin and Richard Vernon. Directed by Geoffrey Nethercott. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Five to One: Alan Roper is a smart young man on the fringes of big time crime. With his partner-in-crime, Lea, and his girlfriend Pat, he's planning his biggest job yet - the robbery of a betting shop owned by a man he hates. Starring Lee Montague, Ingrid Hafner, John Thaw and Brian McDermott. Directed by Gordon Flemyng. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Downfall: Harold Crossley is a barrister and respected intellectual, but proves no match to his scheming young wife. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" The Verdict: Joe Armstrong, a big-time racketeer, is deported back to Great Britain from America to find himself facing a murder rap for a killing he had committed twenty years before. Starring Cec Linder, Nigel Davenport, Zena Marshall and Paul Stassino. Directed by David Eady. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" We Shall See: Alva Collins is the attractive wife of a captain in a civil airline. She is neurotic, vicious and unstable but only her brother knows that she is a hopeless psychopath whose condition can only deteriorate. Starring Maurice Kaufmann, Faith Brook, Alec Mango and Hugh Paddick. Directed by Quentin Lawrence. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Who Was Maddox?: Philip Teasdale, an eminent heart surgeon, is having his attractive artist wife watched by a private detective - not for purposes of divorce, but for a nasty form of revenge. Starring Maxine Audley, Dudley Foster, Michael Coles and Pauline Yates. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Face of a Stranger: In prison, two inmates are getting out soon. One, soon getting out, has been sent up for a heist of several thousand pounds, still not recovered. The other, getting out before him, pumps the other for details of his home life, so he he can assume the other's identity and get to the loot first. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Act of Murder: A happily married couple plan a vacation in the city to see several stage plays, as the wife is an ex-actress. They arrange to temporarily swap residences with an older couple who want to visit the country. The older couple are actually part of a team of antiques thieves but are interrupted by a friend of the actress-wife. When the cottage couple find there is no city residence, and are told they are probably being robbed, they return home to find everything intact....except their pets and plants were poisoned. Someone seems to be taking advantage of the situation to upset their lives. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Never Mention Murder: When a surgeon discovers that his wife has a lover he plans murder. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" The Main Chance: A disgraced ex-RAF pilot is enlisted into a smuggling scheme by an electronically sophisticated smuggler, who has a room full of computers and recording devices. The pilot is to take stolen diamonds from across the Channel, but he plans a carefully crafted double cross instead. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Game for Three Losers: 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. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Change Partners: 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. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Strangler's Web: 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. "The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre" Dead Man's Chest: 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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