The Best Of Edgar Wallace (and Bryan Edgar Wallace)
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- DirectorKarl ForestMartin FricKarel LamacStarsLissy ArnaKarl Ludwig DiehlFritz RaspScotland Yard receives anonymous letters at regular intervals, which contain precise details about planned jewel thefts or wanted criminals. Inspector Elford believes that the informant is the so-called Zinker.
- DirectorKarel LamacMartin FricStarsPaul RichterMaria MatrayCarl Walther MeyerA shifty lawyer is threatened with death within two days by a criminal who supposedly died in Australia.
- DirectorE.W. EmoStarsGeorg AlexanderCamilla HornGerda MaurusJenny confronts her cousin Harry: Did he embezzle her fortune? No. But he escapes with married lover Germaine only to return quickly because her husband pursues them. Jenny is convinced Harry is his own double and arrests him at gunpoint.
- DirectorWilliam NighStarsNoah BeeryAstrid AllwynEdwin MaxwellPolice try to solve a murder on board an ocean liner.
- DirectorWalter SummersStarsBela LugosiHugh WilliamsGreta GyntInsurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call.
- DirectorNorman LeeStarsLeslie BanksLilli PalmerRomilly LungeA murder is found to be connected to a false heir and a secret underground torture chamber.
- DirectorFranz Peter WirthStarsSusanne von AlmassyHerbert TiedeFranz SchafheitlinA shifty lawyer receives a threat that he will die within two days, only the threat comes from a criminal who supposedly died in Australia.
- StarsJohn WilderGeorge HilsdonBernard LeeMystery crime stories with sometimes different cops and many now-famous faces.
- DirectorHarald ReinlStarsJoachim FuchsbergerSiegfried LowitzElfie von KalckreuthScotland Yard and an American playboy investigate a criminal gang led by a mysterious man in a frog-like mask.
- DirectorJürgen RolandStarsRenate EwertKlausjürgen WussowKarl-Georg SaebischA strange, red circle appears on the neck of a man saved from the guillotine. What is its mysterious meaning? Tragically, it turns out to be something of a family curse, as each generation thereafter bears the same sign, which in turn leads to blackmail and murder.
- DirectorKarl AntonStarsHeinz DracheIngrid van BergenBenno SterzenbachA maniac is loose in London, decapitating his victims and sending the heads to Scotland Yard.
- DirectorHarald ReinlStarsJoachim FuchsbergerKarin DorFritz RaspA creepy German-made Wallace thriller about the ghost of a hanged man who returns to fulfill his promise. All of his accusers must die.
- DirectorÁkos RáthonyiStarsJoachim FuchsbergerWilliam LucasSabine SesselmannA Chinese detective breaks up a drug smuggling ring and tries to find the "Daffodil Killer". The drug smugglers had devised the ingenious method of smuggling heroin from Hong Kong in the stems of daffodils.
- DirectorHarald ReinlStarsKarin DorHellmut LangeSiegfried LowitzA ring of counterfeiters is flooding the country with phony money, and suspicion falls upon a wealthy playboy who may--or may not--have amnesia.
- DirectorJürgen RolandStarsKlausjürgen WussowKarin DorEddi ArentAn English businessman comes home to London, only to find visitors to his home being killed by arrows from "the Green Archer."
- DirectorJosef von BákyJürgen RolandOttokar RunzeStarsJoachim FuchsbergerBrigitte GrothumMarianne HoppeA girl is almost murdered, but no explainable motive can be found until a 20 year old murder is uncovered and linked to the case.
- DirectorAlfred VohrerStarsJoachim FuchsbergerKarin BaalDieter BorscheWealthy, heavily-insured men are being murdered at an alarming rate. Scotland Yard investigates and finds clues that lead to a ring of blind men, led by a mysterious "reverend."
- DirectorAlfred VohrerStarsJoachim FuchsbergerBrigitte GrothumElisabeth FlickenschildtInspector Wade hunts down The Shark, a criminal equipped with a wetsuit and a speargun.
- DirectorHelmuth AshleyStarsChristopher LeeAdrian HovenMarisa MellRival gangsters from Chicago move to London and attempt to extort money from rich Britons.
- DirectorAlfred VohrerStarsHeinz DracheSabine SesselmannEddi ArentA woman arrives at a lonely mansion and finds herself mixed up with a lunatic who has built his own torture chamber, which is already crowded with victims - and he plans to make her his next one.
- DirectorAlfred VohrerStarsHeinz DracheCorny CollinsKlaus KinskiWhen a wealthy man dies, his relatives look forward to inheriting all his money. He leaves a provision in his will that they all must spend a week together in his castle. At the castle, the relatives soon begin to be killed off one by one.
- DirectorFranz Josef GottliebStarsJoachim FuchsbergerBrigitte GrothumPinkas BraunA Chinese cult bent on taking over the world uses an idol called The Golden Reptile that they believe can give them the power to achieve their goal.
- DirectorRainer ErlerStarsPeter PasettiEva Maria MeinekeHermann LenschauA crooked lawyer believes himself to be the target of a mysterious underworld assassin known as "The Ringer" - but what does the Ringer look like?
- DirectorFranz Josef GottliebStarsJoachim FuchsbergerGrit BoettcherDieter BorscheSeveral employees on a nobleman's estate show up at a former abbey, reputed to be haunted, to search for a hidden treasure. Howver, a mysterious hooded figure begins killing off those who may have figured out where the treasure is hidden.
- DirectorAlfred VohrerStarsHeinz DracheBarbara RüttingGünter PfitzmannScotland Yard investigates a series of murders where the victims have died by snake venom poisoning.
- DirectorRobert LynnStarsRichard ToddDale RobertsonHeinz DracheHarry Sanders returns to England after losing his job as a police inspector in West Africa. However, he soon returns to the continent to investigate the offshore diamond operation of a shady American tycoon.
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsAlbert LievenGary RaymondMargot TroogerA businessman organises a caper to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
- DirectorAlfred VohrerStarsJoachim FuchsbergerHeinz DracheSophie HardyThe sister of the criminal named "Hexer" is murdered. Scotland Yard Inspector Higgins believes that the criminal will surface to take his revenge and plans to set a trap to finally capture him. However, bodies soon start piling up.
- DirectorFranz Josef GottliebStarsHarald LeipnitzJudith DornysRudolf ForsterMobsters conspire to loot another criminal's treasure secured in an enormous booby-trapped vault.
- DirectorHarald ReinlStarsJoachim FuchsbergerKarin DorRichard HäusslerA serial-killer is murdering the ladies of a night club. Detective Gray is seeking for the killer but can only find a lot of gangsters. And the killer is about to act again...
- DirectorHarald ReinlStarsKarin DorHarald LeipnitzSiegfried LowitzA hooded serial killer finds a novel way to murder his victims--he lashes them to death with a whip. The police try to track him down before any more murders occur.
- DirectorAlfred VohrerStarsHeinz DracheBarbara RüttingBrigitte HorneyArthur Milton aka Der Hexer (The Magician/Ringer) must return to London after his calling card was left at the scene of a murder he did not commit.
- DirectorCyril FrankelStarsStewart GrangerSusan HampshireCathleen NesbittScotland Yard Superintendent Cooper-Smith investigates the suspicious looking Emberday estate where the Emberday family and an order of nuns reside.
- DirectorAlfred VohrerStarsGünther StollPinkas BraunMonika PeitschA woman is kidnapped and her identity is stolen by criminals attempting to collect her inheritance.
- DirectorWerner JacobsJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsChristopher LeeLeo GennAnthony NewlandsA circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.
- DirectorJeremy SummersStarsRobert CummingsMargaret LeeRupert DaviesA naive young American playboy in Hong Kong finds himself caught up in the middle of an international crime.
- DirectorAlfred VohrerStarsJoachim FuchsbergerUschi GlasGrit BoettcherPolice try to track down a hooded serial killer who murders his victims with a combination of acid and poison gas.
- DirectorAlfred VohrerSamuel M. ShermanStarsHarald LeipnitzKlaus KinskiCarl LangeScotland Yard is after a homicidal maniac called The Blue Hand, which is what he uses to kill his victims.
- DirectorAlfred VohrerStarsHorst TappertUschi GlasUwe FriedrichsenScotland Yard goes after a gang that drowns its victims for their insurance money.
- DirectorAlfred VohrerStarsHeinz DracheKarin BaalHorst TappertScotland Yard must discover why people are being murdered by a monstrous dog at Blackwood Castle.
- DirectorAlfred VohrerStarsJoachim FuchsbergerHubert von MeyerinckSiw MattsonA serial killer who calls himself "The Laughing Corpse" dresses up in a skeleton costume and kills his victims with a poison-filled scorpion-shaped ring.
- DirectorZdenek KubecekStarsMilos KopeckýPetr StepánekZlata AdamovskáLord Henry Chelford, hiding behind a dignified face and the uncertain step of an old man the signs of former worldliness; his younger brother Richard Chelford, radiating manly confidence, concern for the family tradition and its immaculate shield; the Lord's young, fragile fiancee, Jane Harper, her generous aunt in all things, nephew Arthur, a London barrister and a man without scruples, Lord's secretary, the attractive blonde Mary Brown, Dr Freeman, a doctor always on the verge of boldly correct handling of situations. There is also the old butler, knowing all his master's wishes and their true content. These are just some of the players in the plot, the gears of which are to be set in motion by Detective Sergeant Putler of Scotland Yard.
- StarsSimon WilliamsJeremy ClydeCatherine AlricSir Anthony Rose, a penniless nobleman, steals back stolen property with the help of his valet, Paul.
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsHerbert LomDonald WolfitMai ZetterlingA criminal master of disguise nicknamed The Ringer is out for deadly revenge against a treacherous London lawyer who is under police protection.
- DirectorRiccardo FredaStarsKlaus KinskiChristiane KrügerGünther StollAfter a businessman's unfaithful wife is seemingly killed in a car accident, he is led by several unscrupulous characters to believe that she is actually alive.
- DirectorAlfred VohrerStarsHorst TappertKarin HübnerHubert von MeyerinckA pool-hall is used as the front for a white slavery ring.
- DirectorMassimo DallamanoStarsFabio TestiKarin BaalCristina GalbóA teacher who is having an affair with one of his students is reluctant to present an alibi when his lover witnesses the first in a series of murders connected to their school.
- DirectorHarald PhilippStarsUschi GlasHansjörg FelmyWerner PetersAn Australian woman arrives in London to search for her sister, and finds her involved with a heroin-smuggling gang that is under attack from an unknown rival who is methodically assassinating them with a shot to the head.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsAntonio SabatoUschi GlasPier Paolo CapponiA woman, a survivor of a failed murder attempt by the so-called "Half-Moon Killer", and her husband try to find a connection between herself, six other women, and the killer.
- DirectorWerner KlinglerStarsJoachim HansenSenta BergerHans ReiserA killer who uses a knife is knocking off guests at a hotel in London's Soho district. A police detective is sent to investigate.
- DirectorHarald ReinlStarsKarin DorHarry RiebauerRudolf FernauA strangler is loose on a British estate, and he not only strangles his victims but brands an "M" onto their foreheads before he decapitates them.
- DirectorFranz Josef GottliebStarsHansjörg FelmyAnn SmyrnerHans Nielsen(1964) Hansjorg Felmy, Ann Smyrner, Hans Nielson, Walter Rilla. Mystery at the track! A well-known thoroughbred is slain by a rival horse owner. Soon jockeys are being murdered by a mysterious killer. Scandals, blackmail, and drugs abound in this fine Wallace thriller. 16mm.
- DirectorFranz Josef GottliebStarsDieter BorscheBarbara RüttingHans SöhnkerA murder mystery involving several high-profile Londoners being bumped off near a Soho nightclub by a masked killer.
- DirectorEdwin ZbonekStarsHansjörg FelmyMaria PerschyDieter BorscheA group of vigilantes hang wrong-doers.
- DirectorEdwin ZbonekStarsHansjörg FelmyMarianne KochDietmar SchönherrThen the spirit of Jack the Ripper seems to be very much alive in 1960s London as a series of brutal slayings by the Monster of London City has Scotland Yard baffled. In a macabre coincidence, a new play about the famous murderer is about to become a major West End hit... and the leading man is rapidly becoming the prime suspect!
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsTony MusanteSuzy KendallEnrico Maria SalernoAn American expatriate in Rome attempts to unmask a serial killer he witnessed in the act of an attempted murder - and is now hunting him and his girlfriend.
- DirectorArmando CrispinoStarsAlex CordSamantha EggarJohn MarleyA photographer on an archaeological expedition digging up Etruscan ruins in Italy begins to suspect that not all the Etruscans buried there are actually dead.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsHorst TappertFred WilliamsBarbara RüttingA London slasher pack the suitcases of his victims before stabbing them to death in this adaptation of Edgar Wallace's 'Secret of the Black Suitcases.'
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsVictor JoryIris MeredithJames CravenThe struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on the way to prison, while his brother Abel Bellamy takes control of the estate for his own nefarious plans.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsJames FranciscusKarl MaldenCatherine SpaakTwo journalists try to solve a series of murders connected to a pharmaceutical company's secret experiments, becoming targets of the killer themselves.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsFred WilliamsSoledad MirandaHorst TappertA mineral is discovered which can turn metal to gold or humans into zombies. When the mineral is stolen, secret agents are sent in to get the mineral back!
- DirectorLawrence HuntingtonStarsRichard ToddMarianne KochAlbert LievenA British colonial policeman in Africa investigates a murder in a hospital up river.