I love a mystery, especially if there are plenty of well-crafted twists and turns along the way and everything is wrapped up neatly by the end; unfortunately, I Love A Mystery, based on a popular radio series of the day, is a tad TOO convoluted for its own good, the story becoming very muddled and the characters' machinations stretching plausibility to breaking point.
The basic plot sees a pair of private detectives, Jim Packard (Jim Bannon) and Doc Long (Barton Yarborough), trying to work out who is plotting to kill wealthy playboy Jefferson Monk (George Macready). Their investigations involve an ancient Oriental secret society, a mummy with a mouldy head, a one-legged man carrying a head-sized valise, a strange globe-hopping musician playing Tchaikovsky, several murders, a scheming wheelchair-bound wife (Nina Foch), and a mysterious brunette femme fatale (Carole Mathews), with flashbacks, and flashbacks within flashbacks, only serving to make matters even more confusing.
The basic plot sees a pair of private detectives, Jim Packard (Jim Bannon) and Doc Long (Barton Yarborough), trying to work out who is plotting to kill wealthy playboy Jefferson Monk (George Macready). Their investigations involve an ancient Oriental secret society, a mummy with a mouldy head, a one-legged man carrying a head-sized valise, a strange globe-hopping musician playing Tchaikovsky, several murders, a scheming wheelchair-bound wife (Nina Foch), and a mysterious brunette femme fatale (Carole Mathews), with flashbacks, and flashbacks within flashbacks, only serving to make matters even more confusing.