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Tag Archives: Crime
Columbo: A Friend in Deed (Review)
It’s the season finale of Columbo, so what’s the perfect way to end the third series? By pitting Columbo against his own boss. This is going to be a tricky one… The First Murder In terms of the first murder, … Continue reading
Columbo: Swan Song (Review)
Hats off to Johnny Cash. Not only did he take on an acting role, and do an amazing job of it, the character he played here was a distorted version of himself. Tommy Brown is a big star in the … Continue reading
Columbo: Mind Over Mayhem (Review)
When I was a child, I saw this episode of Columbo and absolutely loved it. This might just be the episode that turned me into a Columbo fan. Rewatching it as an adult, I thought it was the weakest episode … Continue reading
Columbo: Publish or Perish (Review)
You can’t keep a good author down. Actually, Ken Franklin from Murder by the Book was a bad author, not a good one, and Jack Cassidy is back to play another murderer from the world of writing. This time, instead … Continue reading
Columbo: Double Exposure (Review)
You can’t keep a good crook down. Not content with escaping from prison once and disguising himself with a dodgy moustache as American Football manager Paul Hanlon, private investigator turned murderer Carl Brimmer has done it again. It’s no wonder … Continue reading
Columbo: Candidate for Crime (Review)
A dishonest politician? Surely not. They are all upstanding, honest people with only good intentions, right? The Motive Nelson Hayward (Jackie Cooper) is a candidate in an election, and looks likely to win, thanks to his genius of a campaign … Continue reading
Columbo: Any Old Port in a Storm (Review)
Well, isn’t this a cheeky little wine, but not presumptuous, with a farty bouquet and top notes of mahogany and beefburger. Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the pompous world of wine appreciation, almost entirely debunked in blind taste tests as … Continue reading
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Tagged Any Old Port in a Storm, Columbo, Crime, Donald Pleasance
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Columbo: Lovely But Lethal (Review)
We are back for the third season of Columbo and what’s this at the start? A bunch of quick clips of the episode we are about to watch. Spoilers! Then we are treated to the sight of a man with … Continue reading
Breakout (1959) Film Review
Each volume of The Edgar Wallace Mysteries on DVD contains a bonus film made by the same studio. For the first volume it was the thoroughly watchable but slightly depressing October Moth, and for the second volume it was The … Continue reading
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Tagged Breakout, Crime, Films, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries
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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Solo for Sparrow (Review)
Solo for Sparrow is one of the best known Edgar Wallace Mysteries films, simply because it has Michael Caine in the cast, in an early role before he was famous. After his success in Zulu and The Ipcress File, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, Michael Caine, Solo for Sparrow, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries
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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Time to Remember (Review)
This is Harry H. Corbett’s second appearance in The Edgar Wallace Mysteries series of British B movies, and it’s a very different role to Inspector Bruce in Marriage of Convenience. Corbett gave a straightforward performance as Bruce, verging on bland … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, Harry H. Corbett, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries, Time to Remember
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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Number Six (Review)
A few entries into this series of Edgar Wallace B Movies recently have not really been murder mysteries, and once again we are into the realms of a crime thriller here rather than a mystery. That gives us only two … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, Number Six, Sexism, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries
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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Flat Two (Review)
“I’m going away for a little vacation, the South of France, Italy, Greece, I would like to pay this debt myself before I go… it would make my vacation enjoyable, and much more enjoyable if you came with me, especially … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernard Archard, Crime, Flat Two, Jack Watling, John Le Mesurier, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries
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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Candidate for Murder
This entry in the Edgar Wallace Mysteries series of B movies isn’t really a mystery at all, and barely even features the police, but there are plenty of twists and turns along the way. Donald Edwards is a sad, twisted … Continue reading
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Tagged Anneke Wills, Candidate for Murder, Crime, The Edgar Wallace Mysteries, Thriller
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Columbo: Double Shock (Review)
The first season of Columbo very quickly hit upon the magic formula that makes the series work so well and sets it apart from any other crime drama: show us a murder perpetrated by somebody rich and/or powerful, place the … Continue reading
Columbo: The Most Dangerous Match (Review)
Ever heard of Magnus Carlsen? Viswanathan Anand? Vladamir Kramnik? Veselin Topalov? Probably not, and I certainly hadn’t until I went onto Wikipedia to check, but those are the most recent World Chess Champions at the time of writing. Now how … Continue reading
Columbo: A Stitch in Crime (Review)
One of the most effective tactics Columbo employs is to hound the person he thinks is the murderer until he or she gets flustered and makes a mistake. So what happens when the murderer is a man like Dr. Barry … Continue reading
Columbo: Requiem for a Falling Star (Review)
Actress Nora Chandler is being blackmailed by a biographer who has discovered a serious fraud in her background. Complicating matters further, her long-term faithful secretary, Jean Davis, is involved with the biographer, Jerry Parks, and is going to marry him. … Continue reading
