Dead of Winter (1987)
Synopsis: A struggling actress (Mary Steenburgen, Melvin and Howard) is asked to do a screen test at an isolated mansion, but this isn’t what it looks like. Reaction & Thoughts: […]
Tag Archives: Mystery & Suspense
Stories of murder, intrigue, expectation, and tension
The Bette Davis Project: Dead Ringer (1964)
Synopsis: Twenty years ago, Edith (Bette Davis) married twin sister Margaret’s (also Davis) boyfriend. Still angry about the betrayal, Margaret kills Edith and assumes her identity, but Margaret begins to […]
Director’s Spotlight: Alfred Hitchcock’s Jamaica Inn (1939)
Synopsis: In Cornwall, England, during the first half of the 19th century, a young Irish woman, Mary (Maureen O’Hara, The Black Swan), slowly realizes that her aunt’s husband (Leslie Banks, The […]
Director’s Spotlight: Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Synopsis: A British socialite (Margaret Lockwood, Night Train to Munich) on vacation in Europe, befriends a charming elderly governess (Dame May Whitty, Mrs. Miniver) on a train. When the governess disappears, […]
Against All Odds (1984)
Synopsis: An unemployed football player (Jeff Bridges, Winter Kills) is hired to find the girlfriend (Rachel Ward, Fortress) of a shady night club owner (James Woods, Best Seller). Things get […]
Out of the Past (1947)
Synopsis: An ex-private detective (Robert Mitchum, Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison) with a shady past is now enjoying a quiet life in a small town, but old associates reappear and the […]
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
Synopsis: An ex-con (Jack O’Halloran, Superman) hires gumshoe Phillip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum, Out of the Past) to find his girlfriend. Marlowe also agrees to assist another client with a ransom […]
My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)
Synopsis: Julia Ross (Nina Foch, An American in Paris) in an American woman living in London, England, who answers a lady’s (Dame May Whitty, Mrs. Miniver) newspaper ad for a personal secretary. […]
Fortress (1985, TV-Movie)
Synopsis: Rachel Ward (Against All Odds) plays an Aussie teacher who is kidnapped along with her students by a posse of criminals. However, the nasty kidnappers don’t count on the […]
The Naked Face (1984)
Synopsis: Roger Moore (For Your Eyes Only) plays a Chicago psychiatrist, Dr. Judd Stevens, who suddenly becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation. Reaction & Thoughts: Based upon Sidney Sheldon’s […]
The Bette Davis Project: The Scapegoat (1959)
Synopsis: A lonely British scholar, John Barrett (Sir Alec Guinness, The Bridge on the River Kwai), meets a French nobleman, Jacques De Gué, (also played by Guinness), who is his exact lookalike. […]
52 Pick-Up (1986)
Synopsis: After a secret affair with a sex worker, a respected, wealthy businessman, played by Roy Scheider (Jaws), finds himself in hot waters with a group of nasty blackmailers. Reaction […]
