Michael Caine
Paddy Mooney
Edgar Wallace (1959)
Season 4
The Edgar Wallace Mysteries was a British second-feature film series, produced at Merton Park Studios for Anglo-Amalgamated. There were 46 films in the series, made between 1960 and 1965. The films were loose adaptations of Edgar Wallace's books and stories. Very few used his original titles, and there was no attempt to set them in the period in which Wallace wrote, probably to obviate the need for elaborate costumes and sets. A 1962 article in Scene magazine quotes £22,000 as the budget for an episode then in production.
Released March 1, 1959
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Keywords: imdb.reference-to-edgar-wallace, imdb.english-criminal, imdb.homicide, imdb.murder
Network: Super RTL
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S4E1 - 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.
Dec. 4, 1962, midnight
S4E2 - 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.
Dec. 18, 1962, midnight
S4E3 - Incident at Midnight
A team of gangsters hide out in a late-night pharmacy to await a drugs transaction, little realising one of their hostages is not all they seem.
Jan. 28, 1963, midnight
S4E4 - On the Run
Model prisoner Frank Stewart, convicted for burgulary, escapes from prison with the help of Jock Mackay, an associates for his boss Wally Lucas, who plans to track down Stewart to know the location of stolen bonds.
March 12, 1963, midnight
S4E5 - Return to Sender
Dino Steffano is charged with fraud and set to stand trial, rather than face imprisonment, he feels his best option is to nobble The Prosecuting Barrister.
March 26, 1963, midnight
S4E6 - 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.
April 1, 1963, midnight
S4E7 - The Double
A man who has been left for dead by the impostor who takes his place returns to bring him to justice.
April 15, 1963, midnight
S4E8 - 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.
May 11, 1963, midnight
S4E9 - 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 and is now actually a heretofore unknown twin sister, and ultimately a murderous betrayal.
June 15, 1963, midnight
S4E10 - Episode 10
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S4E11 - Episode 11
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S4E12 - Episode 12
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Network: Super RTL
Released: March 1, 1959
Last Air Date: June 1, 1966, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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