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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries was a British second-feature film series, produced at Merton Park Studios for Anglo-Amalgamated. There were 46 films in the series, made between 1960 and 1965. The films were loose adaptations of Edgar Wallace's books and stories. Very few used his original titles, and there was no attempt to set them in the period in which Wallace wrote, probably to obviate the need for elaborate costumes and sets. A 1962 article in Scene magazine quotes £22,000 as the budget for an episode then in production.
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Episode 1 - Backfire
Release Date: 1962-01-15Curzon employs the brash and confident Logan to save his ailing business. However Logan's confidence is not matched by his ability and his desperate measures lead to a life threatening situation.
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Episode 2 - Candidate for Murder
Release Date: 1962-01-29With his marriage failing, a man hires a german assassin to murder his wife, who he suspects is having an affair. Things seem to go to plan at first, until the assassin decides not to kill the woman, but rather kidnap her, while still collecting his fee for the job. The husband wants proof of the muder (a body) before he pays. Things go wrong for both men when proof is not forthcoming.
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Episode 3 - Flat Two
Release Date: 1962-02-07A victim's boyfriend sneaks into a blackmailer's flat to sort him out, but another man's already there, and both don't realise the crook has been murdered before they got there. The police soon arrive, tipped off in advance.
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Episode 4 - The Share Out
Release Date: 1962-02-18Supt. Meredith is determined to bring a team of wealthy blackmailers to book. As he piles on the psychological pressure, the criminals begin to look for ways to betray each other and escape with a fortune in diamonds.
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Episode 5 - Number Six
Release Date: 1962-03-21An international criminal arrives in London, and a detective is anxious to pin something on him for some unprovable murders of former lovers. The villain starts to suspect servants and henchmen of being a police spy known as "Number Six".
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Episode 6 - Time to Remember
Release Date: 1962-07-06Burglars rob a townhouse and most of them are caught at the scene, but valuable jewels seem to have vanished. An estate agent realises they are still on site, and tries to purchase the building before anyone finds them.
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Episode 7 - Solo For Sparrow
Release Date: 1962-07-21Jewel thieves graduate to murder when their elderly hostage dies.
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Episode 8 - Playback
Release Date: 1962-09-14A German immigrant girl seduces a young P.C. and talks him into an elaborate scheme.
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Episode 9 - Locker Sixty Nine
Release Date: 1962-09-21A Private Eye's boss is murdered.
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Episode 10 - Death Trap
Release Date: 1962-10-01Blackmail is the dividend a stockbroker (Albert Lieven) earns for keeping his ex-client's money.