Edgar Wallace Mysteries

Edgar Wallace Mysteries

Season 2

12 Episodes

Partners in Crime
E1

1. Partners in Crime

Jan 10, 1961
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A film producer (Guy Doleman) devises a deadly plan to finance a project.

Clue of the New Pin
E2

2. Clue of the New Pin

Jan 25, 1961
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Rex Lander (Paul Daneman) is prime suspect in his rich uncle's murder, but there's no evidence to pin it on him.

Man in the Back Seat
E3

3. Man in the Back Seat

Jun 1, 1961
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Two young thugs rob a bookie leaving a dog-racing track with his winnings, but when they grab his case full of money they discover that he has chained it to his wrist. They dash around town trying to find a way to separate the case from the wrist of the bookie, who the pair has by now beaten so badly he appears to be dead. They finally come up with what they think is a foolproof plan, but soon something happens that they weren't quite expecting.

The Fourth Square
E4

4. The Fourth Square

Jul 4, 1961
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The chief suspect in a series of jewel robberies is found dead.

Man at the Carlton Tower
E5

5. Man at the Carlton Tower

Jul 15, 1961
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A murderous jewelry heist attracts an ex-partner of the killer, a master criminal who's never been caught. His personal nemesis,a retired detective, joins Scotland Yard to crack the case, in turn recruiting the thief's estranged wife.

Clue of the Silver Key
E6

6. Clue of the Silver Key

Jul 27, 1961
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When a hired server is killed after a party for an artist and his fiancée, and soon after, the girl's hot tempered, disapproving old uncle is murdered too, the police look for a connexion. The clues available include a small, brightly painted key to the old man's safe, and some wigs found in an abandoned apartment near a crime site.

Seven Keys
E7

7. Seven Keys

Aug 1, 1961
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An ex-con goes looking for his late cellmate's hidden loot.

Attempt to Kill
E8

8. Attempt to Kill

Aug 12, 1961
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A rich man's secretary/fiancée is harassed by an assistant, who's sacked. Dangerous accidents start occurring and the assistant is suspected, but he's suddenly murdered just as he plans to meet with a Scotland Yard inspector.

House of Mystery
E9

9. House of Mystery

Aug 16, 1961
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A young couple go to check out a house they're thinking of buying. A somewhat mysterious woman tells the couple several stories of the fates that befell the house's previous owners.

Man Detained
E10

10. Man Detained

Oct 16, 1961
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A cracked safe seems like routine to the police, until the owner of the business is found dead the next morning and they find that a lot more money was in the safe than he had said. Where did he get it and why was it there?

Never Back Losers
E11

11. Never Back Losers

Oct 27, 1961
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Wally Sanders, a horseracing jockey, loses a race and crashes his car to claim an insurance. Jim Matthews, a shrewd and energetic insurance investgator, follows up the company's suspicion of foul play and stumbles deep into a web of corruption concering fixed horse races.

The Sinister Man
E12

12. The Sinister Man

Dec 13, 1961
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A body found in the River Thames is of an archaeology professor, murdered over three small fragments of an ancient text that could serve as a pretext for a red China-like country to invade a Nepal-like country.