Between the years 1960 and 1966 a total of 47 films based on Edgar Wallace stories were shot at Merton Park studios in London. Produced by Jack Greenwood (with the exception of "The Malpas Mystery") they all maintained a better standard than any other crime second feature of the period.
Below is a list of all the 47 films with active links to any Front of House stills, Film Posters or Press Books that I have in my Collection.
£20,000 Kiss,The (1963)
Alfred Burke, Dawn Addams, Michael Goodliffe, Richard Thorp, Anthony Newlands.
Directed by John Moxey
Alfred Burke stars as a police inspector unravelling the case of an extortion ring trying to blackmail an MP, which leads to murder.
Front of House Stills (Set of 8)
John Carson, Jacqueline Ellis, Derrick Sherwin, Richard Vernon
Directed by Geoffrey Nethercott
John Carson and Jacqueline Ellis star in a suspense story of former spies who set traps for each other.
John Carson, Anthony Bate, Justine Lord, Dandy Nichols
Directed by Alan Bridges
The ex-boyfriend of a woman now married to a wealthy man tries to implicate her in a robbery.
Story: “Lone House Mystery”
Derek Farr, Tony Wright, Richard Pearson, Freda Jackson, Patricia Mort
Directed by Royston Morley
Derek Farr stars as a Scotland Yard Inspector investigating murder attempts on a wealthy businessman. One suspect is his estranged wife, the other is a dismissed employee.
Story: “The Best Laid Plans of a Man in Love”
Alfred Burke, Zena Marshall, Oliver Johnston
Directed by Paul Almond
The founder of Venetia Beauty Preparations regrets going into partnership because the firm is now in the red. His partner suggests arson as a way out.
Michael Gough, Erika Remberg, Hans Barsody, John Justin
Directed by David Villiers
Jealous husband, Michael Gough, hires a man to murder his actress wife.
Zena Walker, Kenneth Cope, Basil Henson, Anthony Dawson
Directed by Robert Lynn
A thriller about a man forced by a strong-willed woman to contemplate killing his business partner- his lover's husband.
Paul Daneman, Bernard Archard, James Villiers, Catherine Woodville, Clive Morton
Directed by Allan Davis
Story about "perfect crime". James Villiers is a TV interviewer who tangles with murder.
Bernard Lee, Stanley Morgan, Finlay Currie, Lyndon Brook, Jennifer Danie, Patrick Cargill
Directed by Gerard Glaister
Bernard Lee stars as a determined Scotland Yard Inspector unravelling a series of murders.
Bernard Lee, Stanley Morgan, David Knight, Francis de Wolff, Richard Caldicot
Directed by Allan Davis
John Thaw, Ann Firbank, John Meillon, Peter Bowles
Directed by Patrick Dromgoole
Two young journalists devise a fake murder.
Albert Lieven, Barbara Shelley, Joan Meillon, Kenneth Cope, Leslie Sands
Directed by John Moxey
Money goes missing after a puzzling suicide.
Jeanette Sterke, Alan MacNaughton, Robert Brown, Jane Griffiths
Directed by Lionel Harris
A businessman loses his memory and can remember nothing except a feeling that he has killed someone.
Maurice Denham, Nadja Regin, Peter Barkworth, T.P. McKenna, Ellen McIntosh
Directed by John Moxey
Maurice Denham plays a famous criminal lawyer.
Jeremy Kemp, Rosemary Leach, Mike Pratt, Bernard Archard, Jean Marsh, Philip Locke
Directed by John Moxey
Jeremy Kemp plays an ex-convict carrying on a strange deception with a fellow jailbird's blind wife.
John Thaw, Lee Montague, Ingrid Hafner, Brian McDermott, Ewan Roberts
Directed by Gordon Flemyng
John Thaw leads a trio of young crooks who plan to rob an even bigger crook.
John Le Mesurier, Jack Watling, Bernard Archard, Barry Keegan
Directed by Alan Cooke
John le Mesurier is a barrister involved in a murder.
Story: “Four Square Jane”
Conrad Phillips, Natasha Parry, Delphi Lawrence, Paul Daneman
Directed by Allan Davis
Michael Gough, Mark Eden, Toby Robins. Rachel Gurney, Allan Cuthbertson
Directed by Gerry O'Hara
Anton Diffring, William Sylvester, Justine Lord, Tony Garnett, Martin Miller
Directed by Norman Harrison
An ex-surgeon and drug addict recognises a former Nazi in a chemist shop and works with the narcotics squad to catch him.
Eddie Byrne, Paul Daneman, Walter Brown, Penelope Horner, John Carson
Directed by Norman Harrison
A private detective finds his employer lying in a pool of blood but when the police arrive the body has vanished.
Gregoire Aslan, Edward de Souza, Tracy Reed, Stanley Meadows
Directed by John Knight
An ex-pilot is involved in diamond smuggling masterminded by an electronics genius who can kill people by remote control. Sir Carol Reed's daughter, Tracy, has the leading feminine role.
Story: “Face in the Night”
Maureen Swanson, Allan Cuthbertson, Geoffrey Keen, Sandra Dorne, Ronald Howard
Directed by Sidney Hayers
A mysterious doctor employs Maureen Swanson just after she comes out of jail. She is then offered a second job - to spy on her new boss.
Maxine Audley, Lee Montague, Allan Cuthbertson, Terence Alexander, Alfred Burke
Directed by Robert Tronson
Thriller set against the backdrop of a plush London hotel involving jewel robbery and murder.
Story: “A Debt Discharged”
Bernard Archard, Elvi Hale, Paul Stassino, Michael Coles, Victor Platt
Directed by Robert Tronson
A secretary is involved with a counterfeiting gang and murder.
Hazel Court, John Crawford, Paul Eddington, Vanda Godsell
Directed by Montgomery Tully
Story: “The Three Oak Mystery”
John Cairney, Harry H. Corbett, Jennifer Daniel
Directed by Clive Donner
Harry H. Corbett plays a police inspector who marries the girl of a jail-breaker.
Story: “The Green Ribbon”
Jack Hedley, Jacqueline Ellis, Patrick Magee, Richard Warner, Derek Francis, Stanley Morgan
Directed by Robert Tronson
A jockey dies after taking out a big insurance policy. Jack Hedley investigates.
Maxine Audley, Dudley Foster, Michael Coles
Directed by John Nelson Burton
Ivan Desny, Nadja Regin, Michael Goodliffe, Brian Bedford
Directed by Robert Tronson
A police secret agent is so secret that only one top Scotland Yard man knows his or her identity. A big-time crook realises Six is on to him, but he can't put a face to the number, either.
Emrys Jones, Sarah Lawson, Patrick Barr, Delphi Lawrence, Kevin Stoney
Directed by Robert Tronson
Model prisoner Frank Stewart, convicted for burglary, escapes from prison.
Story: “A Million Dollar Story”
Yoko Tani, Guy Doleman, Ewan Robert
Directed by Gerard Glaister
Yoko Tani plays an Oriental film actress caught up in a complex tax fiddle.
Story: “The Man who Knew”
Bernard Lee, John van Eyssen, Moira Redmond, Stanley Morgan
Directed by Peter Duffell
Bernard Lee investigates the murder of a businessman.
Margit Saad, Barry Foster, Victor Platt, Dinsdale Landen, George Pravda, Nigel Green
Directed by Quentin Lawrence
Barry Foster is the policeman led into a life of crime by a seductive girl.
Nigel Davenport, Yvonne Romain, Geoffrey Keen, William Russell, John Horsley
Directed by Gordon Hales
Nigel Davenport plays a swindling self-made tycoon who makes an agreement with the underworld to destroy the reputation of the lawyer who sent him to prison.
Story: “Angel of Terror”
Maxine Audley, Richard Leech, Alex Scott, Dudley Foster, Patrick Magee
Directed by John Moxey
Maxine Audley stars and Dudley Foster plays the mystery man.
Story: “Elegant Edward”
Jack Gwillim, Erica Rogers, Brian Smith
Directed by Max Varnel
The daughter of a wealthy industrialist disappears from her London hotel and an unknown gang demand £75,000 for her.
Maurice Denham, John Carson, Brian Peck, Anthony Bate
Directed by Gerard Glaister
An ex-convict is framed for murder when he is asked to rob a safe.
Story: “Jack O'Judgement”
Bernard Lee, Stanley Morgan, Alexander Knox, William Russell, Moira Redmond
Directed by Gerard Glaister
Private eye agrees to help the Yard smash a blackmail ring, in return for clearing his once shady record.
John Bentley, Patrick Allen, Jacqueline Ellis
Directed by Clive Donner
John Bentley investigates when an Oxford professor is murdered and an important archaeological find is lost.
Story: “The Gunner”
Anthony Newlands, Glyn Houston, Nadja Regin, Michael Coles, Allan Cuthbertson
Directed by Gordon Flemyng
Robbery turns to murder when an old lady is suffocated. Michael Caine appears as a gangster.
John Stratton, Pauline Munro, Griffith Jones, Gerald Harper, Michael Balfour
Directed by John Moxey
A murder is not the open-and-shut case it first seems to the investigator.
Story: “The Man who Bought London”
Yvonne Monlaur, Harry H. Corbett, Ernest Clark, Ray Barrett, David Lodge
Directed by Charles Jarrott
A woman wants to buy expensive property from a small-time estate agent. He decides to lean more about the deal and his curiosity leads him into big-time crime.
Story: “The Breaking Point”
Ray Barrett, Katharine Blake, Nigel Stock, William Hartnell, Patricia Bredin, Noel Trevarthen
Directed by Herbert Wise
A police sergeant has a fatal fascination for the opposite sex. Just how fatal he doesn't realise until he meets twin sisters one of whom is murdered.
Story: “The Big Four”
Cec Linder, Zena Marshall, Nigel Davenport, Paul Stassino
Directed by David Eady
A gangster deported to America is arrested in Britain for a murder he committed 20 years before. But, with the help of a friend, he plans to rig the jury at the Old Bailey.
Maurice Kaufmann, Faith Brook, Alex McIntosh, Hugh Paddick
Directed by Quentin Lawrence
The attractive wife of an airline captain is a hopeless psychopath. She manages to antagonise everyone she meets and someone lets loose a swarm of bees in her bedroom although it is known that she is allergic to the sting of a bee.
Bernard Lee, Jack Watling, Suzanne Lloyd, Finlay Currie, James Bree
Directed by Geoffrey Nethercott
A creepy thriller and with none of the characters being too honest it is hard to spot the killer!
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