Edgar Wallace Mysteries

Partners in Crime

A film producer (Guy Doleman) devises a deadly plan to finance a project.

Clue of the New Pin

Rex Lander (Paul Daneman) is prime suspect in his rich uncle's murder, but there's no evidence to pin it on him.

Man in the Back Seat

Two young thugs rob a bookie leaving a dog-racing track with his winnings, but when they grab his case full of money the

The Fourth Square

The chief suspect in a series of jewel robberies is found dead.

Man at the Carlton Tower

A murderous jewelry heist attracts an ex-partner of the killer, a master criminal who's never been caught. His personal

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, dis

Seven Keys

An ex-con goes looking for his late cellmate's hidden loot.

Attempt to Kill

A rich man's secretary/fiancée is harassed by an assistant, who's sacked. Dangerous accidents start occurring and the a

House of Mystery

A young couple go to check out a house they're thinking of buying. A somewhat mysterious woman tells the couple several

Man Detained

A cracked safe seems like routine to the police, until the owner of the business is found dead the next morning and they

Never Back Losers

Wally Sanders, a horseracing jockey, loses a race and crashes his car to claim an insurance. Jim Matthews, a shrewd and

The Sinister Man

A body found in the River Thames is of an archaeology professor, murdered over three small fragments of an ancient text

Number Six

An international criminal arrives in London, and a detective is anxious to pin something on him for some unprovable murd

Time to Remember

Burglars rob a townhouse and most of them are caught at the scene, but valuable jewels seem to have vanished. An estate

Locker Sixty-Nine

A businessman's fraudulent dealings kills many people. His partner threatens to expose him if he has further dishonest d

Playback

A German immigrant seduces a young P.C. and talks him into an elaborate scheme.

Solo for Sparrow

A gang of thieves are implicated in a murder while executing a jewellery shop heist.

Death Trap

Carol Halston discovers her sister withdrew £7000 before she died. The money is now missing.

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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.

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 sophis

Incident at Midnight

A team of gangsters hide out in a late-night pharmacy to await a drugs transaction, little realising one of their hostag

On the Run

Model prisoner Frank Stewart, convicted for burgulary, escapes from prison with the help of Jock Mackay, an associates f

Return to Sender

Dino Steffano is charged with fraud and set to stand trial, rather than face imprisonment, he feels his best option is t

Ricochet

Solicitor Alan Phipps formulates a plan to blackmail his wealthy and unfaithful wife, Yvonne, and at the same time, get

The Double

A man who has been left for dead by the impostor who takes his place returns to bring him to justice.

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

To Have and to Hold

A CID detective is lured into a plot by girl who first pretends to fall in love with him, then that she's been killed an

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The Partner

Shady dealings and a duplicitious accountant put studio head Wayne Douglas and his new Oriental actress Lin in peril.

Accidental Death

Returning from a party the adopted daughter of Colonel Paxton and her boyfriend are surprised by an intruder. The colone

Five to One

Alan Roper is an intelligent young man on the fringes of big time crime. With his partner-in-crime, Lea, and his girlfri

Downfall

Harold Crossley is a barrister and respected intellectual, but proves no match to his scheming young wife.

The Verdict

Big-time racketeer Joe Armstrong is deported back to Great Britain from America to find himself facing a murder rap for

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

Who Was Maddox?

A publisher is nearly framed for murder, but he appears to have been goaded by the blackmailer who has also blackmailed

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 arra

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 pou

Never Mention Murder

Top surgeon Philip Teasdale plans to use his medical skills to bump off his wife's lover, but reckons without the greedy

The Main Chance

A disgraced ex-RAF pilot is enlisted into a smuggling scheme by an electronically sophisticated smuggler, who has a room

Game For Three Losers

Robert Hilary is a public figure, a businessman and a politician. Happily married, Hilary still lets his desire for his

Change Partners

Ben Arkwright, a co-director in the firm of Arkwright and Gallen, is having an affair with Anna, the strongly willed wif

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 compli

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 Es

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