The Original Mystery Incorporated

After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to...

Runtime

1h 39m

Director

Fritz Lang

Cast

Joan Bennett, Michael Redgrave, Anne Revere

A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.

Runtime

1h 41m

Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Cast

Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker

New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to fi...

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Alexander Mackendrick

Cast

Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

Runtime

1h 32m

Director

Louis Malle

Cast

Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly

A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.

Runtime

1h 51m

Director

Orson Welles

Cast

Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia