Clue of the New Pin (1961)
The Latest Edgar Wallace Mystery Thriller!
Género : Crimen
Tiempo de ejecución : 58M
Director : Allan Davis
Sinopsis
TV journalist Tab Holland assists Scotland yard with the murder of a reclusive millionaire whose corpse is discovered locked in a vault. The key to the vault is mysteriously found on the table beside the corpse.
Un rico industrial llamado Henrik Vanger (Sven-Bertil Taube) contrata al periodista Mikael Blomqvist (Michael Nyqvist) para que averigüe qué fue de su sobrina Harriet, que desapareció sin dejar rastro hace 40 años. Adaptación al cine de la primera parte de la trilogía "Millenium" del escritor sueco Stieg Larsson.
En París, durante una tranquila noche de verano, los vecinos de la calle Morgue son despertados por los gritos de una mujer. Cuando llega la policía, tiene que forzar la puerta de la casa de donde han salido los gritos de auxilio.
Esperando poder distanciarse de la acusación de difamación que pesa sobre él, el periodista Mikael Blomkvist se traslada a una isla remota en el norte de Suecia donde la muerte aún no resuelta de una joven atormenta a su tío cuarenta años después. Alojado en una cabaña de la isla donde el asesino puede estar aún rondando, la investigación de Blomkvist le lleva a dibujar los secretos y mentiras de esta poderosa y rica familia junto a una rara aliada, la tatuada y hacker punki, Lisbeth Salander...
Famous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An excellent blend of intrigue and betrayal, set against the backdrop of wealth, this film is loaded with twists and turns and surprises at every corner.
Stuck in a room with two hit-men, three students must keep their wits about them in order to survive the night.
Debido a una tormenta, unos viajeros que pretenden llegar en automóvil a Shrewsbury, se ven obligados a refugiarse en un viejo caserón. Los habitantes del lugar, dos hermanos y un mayordomo mudo, les dan cobijo, pero la casa encierra algunos misterios.
Barcelona, España. Adrián Doria, un joven y exitoso empresario acusado de homicidio, se reúne una noche con Virginia Goodman, una abogada experta en interrogatorios, con el propósito de urdir una estrategia de defensa.
Cinco chicas problemáticas se ven obligadas a acogerse a un programa experimental de enseñanza, impartido por la enigmática Madame Duret (Uma Thurman) en el internado Blackwood. Pronto empiezan a mostrar talentos singulares que no sabían que poseían, y a tener extraños sueños, visiones y lagunas de memoria. Cuando la frontera entre realidad y sueño comienza a hacerse demasiado difusa, todas comprenden al fin el motivo por el que han sido llamadas a Blackwood. Aunque puede que ya sea tarde...
The intrepid reporter and amateur sleuth Joseph Rouletabille becomes involved in the investigation of a hideous crime committed in a room painted yellow, whose door was locked from the inside…
'Elizabeth Harvest' es una historia de ciencia ficción que reimagina el cuento de Barba Azul, en el que un hombre violento acostumbrado a matar a sus esposas se enfrenta a una nueva esposa que no está dispuesta a sufrir el mismo destino que sus predecesoras.
Erika Toda joins a law firm headed by Serizawa-san, on the first case she meets Enomoto Kei of Tokyo total security who unlocks Serizawa who has accidentally been trapped in a vault. Form thereon the trio solve 10 cases related to the locked room. Enomoto always makes a small scale model and thinks technically in terms of security and locks to solve cases, while Serizawa assists by hinting some circumstantial evidences. Serizawa is always ready to take credit of new found fame.
During a rainstorm at a remote manor house, Richard Crayell plays host to several guests. At nine o'clock sharp, he excuses himself from the card table to take his medicine, promising to return soon. When he doesn't, Claire goes in search of him, and finds his door locked from the inside.
Eight year old Federico lives with his father in a meagre apartment in Mexico City. His father devotes his days to sleep and work, keeping young Federico away from a carefully-guarded, locked door, behind which lies his mother.
En un futuro próximo, un policía está investigando el caso más difícil de su carrera. Pronto se da cuenta de que su vida depende de la solución al problema.
Treasury agents go after a ring of counterfeiters operating out of a traveling carnival.
The final entry in Michael and Johnny Mak's Long Arm of the Law series, Underground Express once again tells a story of gangsters versus police, focusing on the difference between how both factions act depending if they're coming from Hong Kong or Mainland China. There's some decent action that delivers a high body count, but the rushed production and editing that was obviously and clumsily done to avoid a Category III rating regulates this to being just another average Hong Kong cops and robbers flick.
Just out of jail and vowing to go straight, former jewel thief Boston Blackie, undertakes the reformation of a pretty blonde who has stolen a necklace from a cabaret dancer. He learns that the jewel belongs to the mother of the blonde girl, and the blonde's philandering father gave it as a gift to the cabaret girl. Now, Blackie must find a way to return the necklace to the owner's safe without arousing the suspicions of the girl's family.
Interpol investiga una serie de extraños asesinatos cuyas víctimas son traficantes y pornógrafos.
A colourful feature about young criminals (Ominato Masao, Tachibana Kaoru, Tatesawa Sadoru), sex scenes and their bitter ends. Onishi again is using almost no dialogue, that does not make it easy to watch this film, but it makes so much sense. While killing and suffering or seldom enjoying nice and peaceful moments, what should they talk about?