Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play One of the twentieth century&s most successful crime novelists Edgar Wallace&s thrillers have been widely adapted for film & television the most memorable of which are the Edgar Wallace Mysteries series made at Merton Park Studios during the first half of the 1960s A noir-esque series it updates some of the author s stories to more contemporary settings blending classic B-movie elements with a distinctly British feel Long-awaited & much sought after all 47 films will be released over seven volumes on DVD As special features they will also include the seven separate Edgar Wallace thrillers made by Independent Artists Ltd between 1959 & 1961 This series

Includes:: top-notch performances from Michael Caine Alfred Burke Barry Foster Hazel Court Patrick Magee Bernard Archard Michael Gough Jack Watling Harry H Corbett & Bernard Lee including scripts by Robert Banks Stewart (Callan) Man in a Suitcase co-creator Richard Harris Philip Mackie (The Naked Civil Servant) Lukas Heller (The Dirty Dozen) & Roger Marshall (The Sweeney) Noted directors include Sidney Hayers (The Avengers) Robert Tronson (Armchair Thriller) & Quentin Lawrence (Catweazle) A recording of the series memorable theme music Man of Mystery also spawned a Top Five UK hit for The Shadows Actors Bernard Lee Bernard Archard Maxine Audley Lee Montague Allan Cuthbertson Jack Hedley John Bentley Elvi Hale Alfred Burke Zena Marshall Michael Caine Alfred Burke Barry Foster & Hazel Court Certificate PGYear 1961 Screen 1661 Languages English
- Mono Subtitles None listed Duration 7 hours (approx)


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The thrillers of Edgar Wallace one of the twentieth century&s most successful crime novelists have been widely adapted for film & television
- the most memorable series being The Edgar Wallace Mysteries made at Merton Park Studios during the first half of the 1960s A noir-esque series it updates some of the author&s stories to more contemporary settings blending classic B-movie elements with a distinctly British feel Unseen for decades these dramas have been freshly transferred from the original film elements specifically for this release This third volume

Includes:: top-notch performances from Michael Caine Barry Foster Michael Gough Bernard Lee Jack Watling & Michael Goodliffe & features scripts by Philip Mackie Robert Banks Stewart & Lukas Heller


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A luminary cast features in this classy adaptation of Edgar Wallace&s thriller
- the best-known & most widely adapted play by the celebrated British crimesuspense writer Marking the directorial debut of Guy Hamilton later to direct a string of iconic James Bond films The Ringer is presented here in a br&-new transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio The Ringer is an elusive criminal reported dead in Australia but now thought to be alive in London Scotland Yard knowing the Ringer had left his sister in the care of unscrupulous lawyer Maurice Meister & that she had later been found drowned warn Meister that the Ringer is in London A police guard is set up around Meister&s house & surrounded by burglar alarms he waits for further news; no intruder could possibly enter As tension mounts it seems increasingly clear that the Ringer is one of the people in the close circle around Meister but which one? Actors Herbert Lom Mai Zetterling & Denholm Elliot Director Guy Hamilton Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1952 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 15 minutes (approx)
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Heading an international cast
- including German &krimi& veteran Heinz Drache
- Dam Busters star Richard Todd reprises his role as insurance investigator Harry Sanders in this rare crime adventure based on Edgar Wallace&s 1911 novel Sanders of the River Made in 1964 Coast of Skeletons was the second Sanders adaptation produced & co-written by legendary B-movie mogul Harry Alan Towers & is presented here in a br&-new transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio Dispatched to investigate the loss of a diamond dredger off southern Africa&s Skeleton Coast Harry Sanders encounters AJ Magnus the ship&s wealthy American owner He soon realises that the ruthless Magnus& true interest lies in the diamonds & gold from the sunken ships insured by Sanders& firm Actors Richard Todd Dale Robertson Heinz Drache & Marianne Koch Director Robert Lynn Certificate PGYear 1964 Screen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Duration 1 hour & 27 minutes (approx)


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play This crime thriller for Anglo-Amalgamated was Gerry Anderson&s directorial film debut & the only feature-length production to be made by AP Films co-founded by the legendary puppet pioneer in 1957 Released in 1960 between the making of Four Feather Falls & Supercar Crossroads to Crime features the talents of several of Anderson&s later Supermarionation collaborators including George Murcell David Graham Anderson&s future wife Sylvia & Barry Gray whose iconic themes famously complemented the Supermarionation series of the 1960s The film negative was physically edited in the 1960s to replace the original titles with ones for the Edgar Wallace Mystery series & it is from these film elements that this br&-new transfer has been made The original titles are included as a separate special feature PC Don Ross suspects that a gang of lorry hijackers operating from a transport cafe is behind a series of vehicle thefts When his suspicions are dismissed by his superiors Ross decides to conduct his own undercover investigation & sets out to collect vital evidence that could convict the gang Actors Anthony Oliver Patricia Heneghan & Miriam Karlin Director Gerry Anderson Certificate PGYear 1960 Screen 1331 Languages English Duration 57 minutes (approx) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Produced by Michael Balcon for Ealing Studios on the eve of the Second World War The Four Just Men recounts crime novelist Edgar Wallace&s tale of the clandestine band of vigilantes who have united to uphold democracy fight tyranny & protect British interests worldwide A patriotic remake of George Ridgeway&s silent of 1921
- also inspiring ITC&s cult series of 1959
- this innovative thriller sees the unconventional heroes thwarting a dictator&s plan to destroy the British Empire Originally released several months prior to the outbreak of hostilities in 1939 The Four Just Men was re-released in 1944 with a new coda reflecting the current wartime position Featured here in a br&-new transfer from original film elements of the 1944 re-issue The Four Just Men is showcased in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio Spirited out of a condemned cell where he has learnt of a plot to sabotage the Suez Canal James Terry is able to reveal two clues to his fellow members of the Four Just Men
- two vital clues pointing towards a dastardly plan to bring down the whole of the British Empire Actors Hugh Sinclair & Griffith Jones Director Walter Forde Certificate PGYear 1939 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 21 minutes (approx)


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play An atmospheric adaptation of The Ringer
- the play that earned global fame for English master of suspense Edgar Wallace & remains his best-known story
- this classic whodunit combines taut direction & inspired characterisation with Patrick Barr starring as a beleaguered Scotland Yard investigator John Longdon his hawkish superior & in an early film role as a particularly haughty secretary Patricia Roc Also notable as the first film produced at Ealing by Michael Balcon The Gaunt Stranger is presented here in a br&-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio Detective Inspector Alan Wembury teams up with Lomond a police doctor to try to find & The Ringer&
- a mysterious revenge-driven serial killer & master of disguise When a lawyer receives a bouquet with a note informing him that he&ll be dead in forty-eight hours Wembury & his men embark on a frantic quest to uncover the killer&s identity Actors Sonnie Hale Wilfred Lawson Louise Henry Alexander Knox Peter Croft & Patricia Roc Director Walter Forde Certificate PGYear 1938 Screen 1331 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 9 minutes (approx)


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Silent-era star John Stuart Linden Travers & Patricia Hilliard feature in this atmospheric British wartime thriller adapted from a story by Edgar Wallace
- one of the twentieth century&s most celebrated & prolific crime-writers The Missing Million is presented here in a br&-new transfer from the original film elements Rex Walton millionaire man-about-town mysteriously disappears on the eve of his wedding after an attempt at blackmail by infamous criminal The Panda His plucky sister Joan aids the police in their investigations but Rex&s disappearance sets in motion a chain of violent & incomprehensible events when blackmail turns to murder Age Rating PG
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