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. […]
Tag Archives: Mystery & Suspense
Stories of murder, intrigue, expectation, and tension
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 […]
Director’s Spotlight: Alfred Hitchcock’s Young and Innocent (1937)
Synopsis: A screenwriter, Robert Tisdall (Derrick de Marney, Things to Come), becomes the prime suspect in the murder of an actress. After realizing that evidence is stacking up against him, Robert flees […]
Director’s Spotlight: Alfred Hitchcock’s Sabotage (1936)
Synopsis: London, England, has suffered a series of terrorist attacks. Scotland Yard sends an undercover agent, Detective Sgt. Ted Spencer (John Loder, Now, Voyager), to the city to investigate. Spencer’s investigation leads him […]
A Woman’s Face (1941)
Synopsis: A terribly disfigured criminal, Anna Holm (Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce), becomes involved in a plan to kill a young heir, but Anna has a change-of-heart after a surgeon (Melvyn Douglas, […]
Cohen and Tate (1988)
Synopsis: Two hit-men kill a couple, kidnap their kid, and take the child on a long road trip to meet the mafiosos who ordered the hit. Reaction & Thoughts: From […]
Director’s Spotlight: Alfred Hitchcock’s Secret Agent (1936)
Synopsis: At the height of World War I, British officials send three spies (John Gielgud, Chariots of Fire, Madeline Carroll, The 39 Steps, and Peter Lorre, The Man Who Knew […]
Director’s Spotlight: Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps (1935)
Synopsis: A Canadian vacationing in London, England, Richard Hannay (Robert Donat, Goodbye Mr. Chips), is drawn into a complicated web of international intrigue after he meets a mysterious woman at a […]
Winter Kills (1979)
Synopsis: Nearly twenty years after the assassination of USA President Kegan, a dying man admits to be the real killer. The President’s younger brother (Jeff Bridges, Starman) sets out to […]
