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1. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
TV-14 | 25 min | Drama, Mystery
Series of unrelated short stories covering elements of crime, horror, drama, and comedy about people of different backgrounds committing murders, suicides, thefts, and other sorts of crime caused by certain motivations, perceived or not.
Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Harry Tyler, Lillian O'Malley, John Williams
Votes: 19,378
2. Studio One (1948–1958)
60 min | Drama
A pinnacle of the Golden Age of Television, "Studio One" presented a wide range of memorable dramas and received eighteen Emmy nominations and five wins during its prestigious nine-year run on CBS.
Stars: Betty Furness, Paul Branson, Charlton Heston, Mary Sinclair
Votes: 331
3. Suspense (1949–1954)
25 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Live plays featuring people who were in dangerous and threatening situations.
Stars: Rex Marshall, Robert Emhardt, Robert H. Harris, John Baragrey
Votes: 360
4. A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (1987)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A gentleman sleuth solves mysteries and falls in love with a detective novelist.
Stars: Harriet Walter, Edward Petherbridge, Richard Morant, Rowena Cooper
Votes: 332
5. Lights Out (1946–1952)
30 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
"Lights Out" was a US narrated horror short story series.
Stars: Frank Gallop, Jack La Rue, Mercer McLeod, Leslie Nielsen
Votes: 206
6. Clouds of Witness (1972)
Drama, Mystery
Lord Peter's brother, the Duke of Denver is accused of murdering their sister Mary's fiancé. It's up to Lord Peter and his faithful man Bunter to untangle all the clues and the ... See full summary »
Stars: Ian Carmichael, Glyn Houston, Mark Eden, Rachel Herbert
Votes: 383
7. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973–1974)
30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
"Orson Welles' Great Mysteries" was a United Kingdom hosted anthology mystery and supernatural series, hosted by Orson Welles.
Stars: Orson Welles, Christopher Lee, Dean Stockwell, Joan Collins
Votes: 235
8. The Nine Tailors (1974)
209 min | Mystery
The title refers to the nine strokes of a church bell to announce the death of a man. In this adaptation of Dorothy L. Sayers's intricate, nostalgic, and atmospheric novel of the same name,... See full summary »
Stars: Ian Carmichael, Glyn Houston, Elizabeth Proud, Patrick Jordan
Votes: 389
9. Five Red Herrings (1975)
198 min | Crime, Mystery
Solve the mystery with Lord Peter Wimsey, based on the book by Dorothy L Sayers.
Stars: Ian Carmichael, Glyn Houston, Roy Boutcher, David Rintoul
Votes: 310
10. Murder Must Advertise (1973–1974)
198 min | Mystery
When one of the copy writers of Pym's Advertising Agency meets his death by falling down a spiral staircase, a new "writer" joins the staff to investigate the matter.
Stars: Ian Carmichael, Mark Eden, Rachel Herbert, Paul Darrow
Votes: 351
11. Haunted Honeymoon (1940)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A dead body is discovered in the newly-purchased home of a gentleman sleuth and his mystery-novelist bride.
Directors: Arthur B. Woods, Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Constance Cummings, Leslie Banks, Seymour Hicks
Votes: 884
12. Actor's Studio (1948–1950)
30 min | Drama
Produced by the ABC as its television network was just getting off the ground, this program was one of the first dramatic series television to attract top-name actors and actresses. ... See full summary »
Stars: Marc Connelly, George Keane, Don Hanmer, Nancy Franklin
Votes: 95
13. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1972–1973)
177 min | Crime, Mystery
When one of the members of the Bellona Club passes away, Lord Wimsey is brought in to determine the time of death for testamentary purposes.
Stars: Ian Carmichael, Terence Alexander, Anna Cropper, Donald Pickering
Votes: 338
14. The Silent Passenger (1935)
75 min | Crime, Mystery
A blackmailer with many enemies is murdered and his body placed in a trunk. A gentleman sleuth sets out to prove the innocence of a falsely accused man.
Director: Reginald Denham | Stars: John Loder, Peter Haddon, Austin Trevor, Aubrey Mather
Votes: 161
15. Busman's Honeymoon (1957 TV Movie)
88 min | Mystery
Lord Peter Wimsey persuades novelist Harriet Vane to marry him, but their honeymoon is interrupted by murder.
Director: Brandon Acton-Bond | Stars: Peter Gray, Sarah Lawson, Charles Lloyd Pack, Arthur Goullet
16. Startime (II) (1959–1960)
90 min | Drama
Stars: Eric House, Barry Morse, Mary Savidge, Norman Welsh
17. Busman's Honeymoon (1947 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey and mystery novelist Harriet Vane have married; but they have to solve a murder mystery before they can get on with married life.
Stars: Harold Warrender, Ruth Lodge, Ronald Adam, Nellie Bowman
18. The Man Born to Be King (1961 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A play for Easter about the last days on Earth of Jesus Christ.
Stars: John Colicos, Chris Wiggins, Peter Brockington, W.B. Brydon
19. Eye Witness (1953– )
30 min | Drama
Live dramatic-anthology emphasizing supernatural and strange twists of fate. Each show had a different host who would appear at the beginning of the show; this host would then appear on the... See full summary »
Stars: Lee Bowman, Eva Marie Saint, Brian Keith, Nita Talbot
20. Ziadna stopa po zlocine (1989 TV Movie)
65 min | Crime
Director: Pavol Haspra | Stars: Michal Docolomanský, Zuzana Frenglová, Lubo Gregor, Eva Kríziková
21. In die dagen (1968 TV Movie)
Drama, Family
Director: Jan Matterne | Stars: Piet Bergers, Raymond Bossaerts, Lou de Vel, Nicole Delvaux
22. He That Should Come (1948 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Stars: Oliver Burt, Geoffrey Dunn, Glyn Lawson, Maurice Bannister
23. Vrazda potrebuje reklamu (1964 TV Movie)
105 min | Comedy, Crime
Director: Eva Sadková | Stars: Josef Chvalina, Eduard Cupák, Jana Drbohlavová, Eva Foustková
24.
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (1987)
Episode:
Strong Poison: Episode One
(1987)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lord Peter Wimsey investigates after the novelist Harriet Vane is accused of poisoning her former lover.
Director: Christopher Hodson | Stars: Harriet Walter, Edward Petherbridge, Richard Morant, Paul Hastings
Votes: 298
25.
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (1987)
Episode:
Gaudy Night: Episode One
(1987)
154 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Peter is on a governmental mission, Harriet attends a reunion at Oxford and is recruited to find the author of a rash of vicious poison pen letters there.
Directors: Michael Simpson, Michael Simpson | Stars: Harriet Walter, Edward Petherbridge, Richard Morant, Sheila Burrell
Votes: 224
26.
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (1987)
Episode:
Have His Carcase: Episode One
(1987)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
While on a walking tour of the West Country, Harriet stumbles on the body of a bearded man with his throat cut on a rocky outcropping near the sea.
Director: Christopher Hodson | Stars: Harriet Walter, Edward Petherbridge, Richard Morant, Rowena Cooper
Votes: 208
27.
Actor's Studio (1948–1950)
Episode:
Mr. Mummery's Suspicion
(1950)
Drama
Mr. Mummery is out to catch a cook who disappeared after poisoning her guests.
Stars: Marc Connelly, George Keane, Ann Shaw, Philippa Bevans
28.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Our Cook's a Treasure
(1955)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
A serial-murderess maid is on the loose in the city. Ralph becomes suspicious of his wife Ethel's housemaid Mrs. Sutton.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Everett Sloane, Beulah Bondi, Janet Ward
Votes: 1,258
29.
Eye Witness (1953– )
Episode:
Dilemma
(1953)
Drama
A young woman is confronted by a man who insists he is her husband, though she claims her husband is thousands of miles away. Is she losing her mind, or is she the victim of a plot?
Stars: Lee Bowman, Dorothy Donahue, Gene Lyons
30.
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973–1974)
Episode:
The Inspiration of Mr. Budd
(1973)
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
How did Mr. Budd become a top-class West End hairdresser after such humble origins in a suburban barbershop? Well, one day, a stranger came in for a shave and a haircut.
Directors: Peter Sasdy, Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Hugh Griffith, Donal Donnelly, Glynn Edwards
Votes: 23
31.
Lights Out (1946–1952)
Episode:
The Leopard Lady
(1950)
Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Director: William Corrigan | Stars: Martin Brandt, Sid Cassel, Frank Gallop, A.J. Herbert
32.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
Mr. Mummery's Suspicion
(1951)
60 min | Drama
A female cook is known to have been poisoning her patrons, and Mr. Mummery, an elderly man who doesn't quite trust his young wife, begins to suspect that she has jut hired the killer chef. ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Magner | Stars: Roland Young, Faith Brook, Francis Compton, Josephine Brown
Votes: 20
33.
Suspense (1949–1954)
Episode:
Suspicion
(1949)
Not Rated | 30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Everyone's in a tizzy over the arsenic poisoner who's still at large; police think the murder might be a woman. In the Thomas household, doting old George acts surprised to find his weed ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Ernest Truex, Sylvia Field, Viola Roache, Dorothy Sands
Votes: 64
34.
Murder Must Advertise (1973–1974)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1973)
49 min | Mystery
A copywriter at an advertising firm is killed in a fall downstairs, and the owner engages Wimsey to investigate.
Director: Rodney Bennett | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Mark Eden, Rachel Herbert, Peter Pratt
Votes: 34
35.
Murder Must Advertise (1973–1974)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1973)
49 min | Mystery
Wimsey becomes casually involved with flirtatious, promiscuous Dian de Momerie, who's involved in dealing drugs to an upper class clientèle.
Director: Rodney Bennett | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Mark Eden, Rachel Herbert, Bridget Armstrong
Votes: 31
36.
Murder Must Advertise (1973–1974)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1973)
50 min | Mystery
Dian and Major Milligan crash the Duchess of Denver's cocktail party and later agree to a drug-dealing alliance with Wimsey utilizing his Bredon identity.
Director: Rodney Bennett | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Mark Eden, Rachel Herbert, Gabrielle Brune
Votes: 32
37.
Murder Must Advertise (1973–1974)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1973)
48 min | Mystery
After Dian has her throat slit, Wimsey is able to discover how the gang of drug pushers are able to use Pym's to hide their operation and distribute the cocaine.
Director: Rodney Bennett | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Mark Eden, Rachel Herbert, Paul Darrow
Votes: 30
38.
Five Red Herrings (1975)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1975)
49 min | Crime, Mystery
An obnoxious artist in southern Scotland alienates everyone around him and his dead body is found at the foot of a seacoast cliff.
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Glyn Houston, Russell Hunter, Donald Douglas
Votes: 35
39.
Five Red Herrings (1975)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1975)
50 min | Crime, Mystery
Wimsey concludes that the painting done by CAmpbell was done elsewhere by his murderer and one of the art community's artist is the killer.
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Glyn Houston, Russell Hunter, Roy Boutcher
Votes: 33
40.
Five Red Herrings (1975)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1975)
50 min | Crime, Mystery
Some of Wimsey's five red herrings who were formerly missing surface and a key witness comes forward,
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Glyn Houston, John Junkin, Clive Graham
Votes: 31
41.
Five Red Herrings (1975)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1975)
49 min | Crime, Mystery
Farren resurfaces and is questioned by Wimsey, who re-enacts the elaborate circumstances of Campbell's murder accompanied by the local police and one of the suspects in hopes of discovering the identity of the murderer.
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Glyn Houston, Russell Hunter, Donald Douglas
Votes: 34
42.
Clouds of Witness (1972)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1972)
45 min | Drama, Mystery
When the Duke of Denver learns his sister's fiancé is a card cheat, the engagement is broken and his subsequent murder's blamed on the Duke.
Director: Hugh David | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Mark Eden, Glyn Houston, Rachel Herbert
Votes: 37
43.
Clouds of Witness (1972)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1972)
44 min | Drama, Mystery
Winsey's search for his future brother-in-law;s murder leads him to a misanthropic farmer who's pathologically jealous of his younger wife.
Director: Hugh David | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Glyn Houston, Mark Eden, Rachel Herbert
Votes: 39
44.
Clouds of Witness (1972)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1972)
42 min | Drama, Mystery
Lord Wimsey investigates his sister's flirtation with Bolshevism and a romantic involvement with a Communist activist.
Director: Hugh David | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Glyn Houston, Mark Eden, Rachel Herbert
Votes: 32
45.
Clouds of Witness (1972)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1972)
45 min | Drama, Mystery
Lord Peter almost loses his life in the bog but is rescued and recovers in Grimthorpe farmhouse, where he stumbles onto some crucial evidence.
Director: Hugh David | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Glyn Houston, Mark Eden, Rachel Herbert
Votes: 32
46.
Clouds of Witness (1972)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1972)
45 min | Drama, Mystery
The Duke does not wish Mrs. Grimthorpe to be called as an alibi witness in his murder trial, but if Peter does not bring a vital piece of evidence, he will have to.
Director: Hugh David | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Glyn Houston, Mark Eden, Rachel Herbert
Votes: 34
47.
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1972–1973)
Episode:
Execution Day
(1973)
44 min | Crime, Mystery
Wimsey finally meets Ann Doland, and through examining one of her paintings realizes that her ill-fated romance is the key to solving the poison murder of General Fentiman.
Director: Ronald Wilson | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Mark Eden, Derek Newark, Anna Cropper
Votes: 31
48.
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1972–1973)
Episode:
Mr. Oliver
(1973)
45 min | Crime, Mystery
Fentiman believes he is being followed by the shadowy figure of Mr. Oliver, and Ann Doland seeks to settle the estate when plans are made for exhumation.
Director: Ronald Wilson | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Derek Newark, Mark Eden, Terence Alexander
Votes: 29
49.
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1972–1973)
Episode:
Mysterious Circumstances
(1973)
44 min | Crime, Mystery
Wimsey is tasked by a solicitor to discover which of two aged, estranged siblings died first when both pass away on Armistice Day.
Director: Ronald Wilson | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Derek Newark, John Welsh, John Quentin
Votes: 32
50.
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1972–1973)
Episode:
That Damned Dorland Woman
(1973)
44 min | Crime, Mystery
The General's death is attributed to a lethal overdose of digitalis and as the primary beneficiary is Ann Dorland, suspicion falls on her.
Director: Ronald Wilson | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Mark Eden, Terence Alexander, Anna Cropper
Votes: 31