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Pub. Date
c2003, 2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The third in the Topper comedy-mystery series, Cosmo (Roland Young) is besieged by a wisecracking ghost (Joan Blondell) who demands that he help her find her killer. The story is set in Carrington Hall, a magnificent old haunted house, complete with a cloaked villain who comes and goes through walls. Falling chandeliers, secret passages, and a trap door with a chute that leads to an underground tunnel adds to the mystery. The cast of characters includes...
3) Charade
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : col., sd. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a Parisienne finds her husband murdered and four men after her to retrieve a quarter-million dollars in stolen gold, a handsome stranger comes to her rescue--but is he hero, spy, or murderer?
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. The small, quiet town of St. Michael hasn't had a suspicious death in the last 30 years, until now. As strange murders disturb the peace, two detectives must solve a deadly game where the myth behind it unravels the town's urban legend and secrets too close to home. Detective Tamara Fischer is a logical, no-nonsense woman, but she hasn't been sleeping since the murders started and there are no leads. Her new partner, Detective Lukas Wiles,...
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Following the death in 2000 of his eponymous mentor in Inspector Morse, Sergeant Lewis was promoted to Inspector and took a two-year sabbatical in the British Virgin Isles. Newly widowed, he now returns to Oxford and soon finds himself in charge of his own murder case. But it is noted that Morse made on an earlier case which help Lewis solve his case.
8) Shaft
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
To stop a racist killer Shaft's got to track down the only eyewitness that can put the bad guy behind bars. As Shaft closes in, so does the danger. Up against corrupt cops and venomous druglords Shaft's out to make crime pay up.
10) The green glove
Pub. Date
c2002, 1952
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ford is Michael BLake, a former paratrooper who returns to France to find himself-and a medieval gauntlet that a Nazi art dealer had stolen from a village church. Suddenly, Blake finds a dead body in his Paris hotle room and both the art dealer and the police are after him. He flees with his girlfriend to the south of France and into a web of intrigue.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (843 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Hailed as Britain's 'Queen of Crime' by critics and fans alike, P.D. James is one of the most celebrated mystery writers of all-time. From the diabolical to the macabre, this 'essential collection' presents her most compelling film adaptations."
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (843 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Hailed as Britain's 'Queen of Crime' by critics and fans alike, P.D. James is one of the most celebrated mystery writers of all-time. From the diabolical to the macabre, this 'essential collection' presents her most compelling film adaptations."
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The trouble with Harry is that he's dead, and while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible. Shirley Maclaine makes her screen debut in this New England romp that includes romance, humor ... and several unearthings of the corpse.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 254 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Seattle consumer affairs TV reporter Ruby Herring (Taylor Cole) turned her investigative instincts on the homicides in her hometown--to the chagrin of local plainclothesman Jake Killian (Stephen Huszar)--in this series of Hallmark mysteries. Home for her sister's wedding, Ruby noses around when the affair's cake baker turns up dead, in "Silent Witness" (2019). When a local health food doyenne's a no-show for her interview, Ruby suspects foul play,...
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Cordially invited to The Hollow for a weekend get-together, Hercule Poirot arrives just in time to see Gerda Christow standing, revolver in hand, over the dead body of her husband. Though it seems obvious she has killed her wayward spouse, Poirot doesn't believe things are so simple, especially when all the guests seem to loathe each other. Love, deceit, mystery, and death -- rest assured Poirot will get to the heart of the matter."
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