Presented by John Thursday - Private Eye (Thom Depres), this documentary contains many wonderful excerpts and trailers from some of those classic detective films of the 30s and 40s, many of which were based on novels. Includes Peter Lorre in “Mysterious Mr Moto” (1938) and “Mr Moto’s last warning” (1939), Basil Rathbone in “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” (1939), William Powell as Philo Vance in “The Kennel murder case” (1933), Ralph Byrd as Dick Tracy in “Dick Tracy meets gruesome” (1947), Ronald Colman as Bulldog Drummond and many more of your favourite stars and co-stars, sleuths and villains in all manner of mysteries and mayhem.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
316620
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Comic strip characters in motion pictures
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture trailers
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Excerpts
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - History
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Plots, themes, etc
Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers
Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers → Detective and mystery films
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White and Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)