Mystery, Comedy, Crime
In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable Stalker take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.
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SIMILAR MOVIES
État critique
Laim und die Zeichen des Todes
Hell Is a City
Fatal Frames
Escape from Death
The Killer Wore Gloves
Bloodrage
Elsewhere
In Dreams
Madhouse
Frog-g-g!
The Terror of the Tongs
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
Ladies in Black
Hitch Hike to Hell
Tales of Terror
The Lodger
The Unsuspected
Suckers
Deadly Inheritance
SIMILAR MOVIES
État critique
IMDB 6 | Oct , 2003
Laim und die Zeichen des Todes
IMDB 6 | Apr , 2017
Inspector Lukas Laim has the rope from which a corpse is hanging from the bridge on Prater Island cut. There are strange red marks on its stomach. The dead man is a notary from Grünwald who is well known in the city as a patron of Jewish art. And the marks on his stomach are in Hebrew and mean "retribution". Retribution for what? And why the Hebrew writing? Shortly afterwards, Laim learns of a blackmail letter to his mother, signed with the Hebrew word "Shilem". The blackmailers demand 80,000 euros so that the public does not find out that Laim's grandfather made his fortune in the course of Aryanization.Hell Is a City
IMDB 6.5 | Apr , 1960
Set in Manchester, heartland of England's industrial north, Don Starling escapes from jail becoming England's most wanted man. Ruthless villain Starling together with his cronies engineered a robbery that resulted in the violent death of a young girl. Detective Inspector Martineau has been assigned to hunt him down and bring him in. From seedy barrooms, through gambling dens the trail leads to an explosive climax high on the rooftops of the city.Fatal Frames
IMDB 3.7 | Feb , 1996
Alex Ritt, a music video director comes to Italy to direct a video for pop sensation Stefania Stella. He soon encounters a mysterious killer who videotapes his victims for the police. As the horrible murders continue, Ritt is unknowingly pushed into the killer's games and he soon becomes a target of the police. The video-killer is on the loose and Ritt must find out the truth before it's too late.Escape from Death
IMDB 4.2 | Jan , 1989
Anne is convinced she has found her husband's corpse, but Dr. Mark can only find out that the man has gone home. When he comes back, his wife does not trust Mark, who believes she suffers from schizophrenia.The Killer Wore Gloves
IMDB 4.6 | Aug , 1974
At Heathrow Airport, a man is razored to death in a toilet cubicle. A young woman, Peggy Foster, is concerned about the disappearance of Michael, her photographer boyfriend, who has been in Vietnam for months. In order to pay the rent, she reluctantly sub-lets her garret flat to a man called John Kirk Lawford. The new tenant wears sunglasses indoors and acts suspiciously. Peggy is lured to an abandoned airfield by a call from Michael but is shot at by a sniper. Back at her apartment block she is shocked to find that a man has apparently committed suicide by jumping from her balcony. While the police question Peggy, a stranger turns up and announces himself as John Kirk Lawford! Shirley, secretary to Peggy's lascivious publisher, is killed by a black-gloved intruder and the mystery deepens...Bloodrage
IMDB 4 | May , 1980
A sexually frustrated young man kills hookers.Elsewhere
IMDB 5.8 | Jan , 2009
A teen girl disappears after trying to meet men online in order to escape her small town. Apparently, only her best friend worries enough to investigate the mystery.In Dreams
IMDB 5.5 | Jan , 1999
A suburban housewife learns that she has psychic connections to a serial killer, and can predict this person's motives through her dreams.Madhouse
IMDB 6.2 | May , 1974
A horror movie star returns to his famous role after spending years in a mental institution, but the character seems to be committing murders independent of his will.Frog-g-g!
IMDB 5.3 | Mar , 2004
Chemical waste seeps into a small town's water supply, causing the birth of a mutant FROGGG which is instinctively driven to mate with its genetic match - human women. Sexy EPA super-agent Dr Barbara Michaels tracks the Froggg's every move, fighting off corrupt good-ol'-boy politicians and drunken rednecks at every turn. No one in town believes her, or the evidence, until the shocking climax when the Froggg is finally brought to justice... or IS it...?The Terror of the Tongs
IMDB 5.7 | Mar , 1961
In 1910, Hong Kong, under the rule of the British Empire, is a prosperous and bustling city, but, hidden in the shadows of its many narrow streets, the hideous members of the Red Dragon gang, a branch of the evil Chinese secret society of the Tongs, lurk and murder those who oppose to their tyranny, which thrives on vice, crime and the fear of the weakest.Waxwork II: Lost in Time
IMDB 5 | May , 1992
The survivors of the first Waxwork must use a portal through time to defeat the evil that has followed them and turned their lives upside down.Ladies in Black
IMDB 6.7 | Oct , 2018
Adapted from the bestselling novel by Madeleine St John, Ladies in Black is an alluring and tender-hearted comedy drama about the lives of a group of department store employees in 1959 Sydney.Hitch Hike to Hell
IMDB 5 | Jan , 1977
Howard is mild-mannered and slightly simple-minded, with a habit of picking up teenage hitchhikers while driving his delivery routes. Sometimes the girls admit to being runaways, and if they claim to hate their mothers it drives Howard into a violent frenzy; his sister ran away from home years ago and was never heard from again, causing his desperate, addled mother to tighten her hold on him. Howard never remembers raping his victims or strangling them with wire coat hangers, though his boss does notice missed deliveries and late arrivals.Tales of Terror
IMDB 6.6 | Jul , 1962
Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 2) A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. 3) A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences.The Lodger
IMDB 6.4 | Jan , 1944
In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.The Unsuspected
IMDB 6.6 | Oct , 1947
The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears.Suckers
IMDB 5.7 | Dec , 1999
A fiercely dishonest car salesman hires a new employee who owes a serious debt to loan sharks.Deadly Inheritance
IMDB 5 | Jan , 1968
There are a number of inheritors to a fortune who are getting killed by a mysterious somebody whom we do not see. Each death is novel, but not terribly graphic. Who did it?