The best Donald Houston’s crime movies

Donald Houston

Donald Houston

06/11/1923- 13/10/1991
Today we present the best Donald Houston’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Donald Houston’s movies.

A Study in Terror

A Study in Terror
6.5/10
When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediately stimulated to start its merciless method of elimination after observation of every apparently meaningless detail. He guesses right the victims must be street whores, and doesn't need long to work his way trough a pawn shop, an aristocratic family's stately home, a hospital and of course the potential suspects and (even unknowing) witnesses who are the cast of the gradually unraveled story of the murderer and his motive.

Maniac

Maniac
5.9/10
When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

The Girl in the Picture

The Girl in the Picture
5.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 01/01/1957
  • Character: John Deering
A crime reporter investigating a murder discovers the case hinges on a mysterious woman he had photographed earlier.

The Large Rope

The Large Rope
6.1/10
After being framed for a murder he didn't commit, Tom Penney (Donald Houston) serves his time and returns to his rural English home to establish a quiet life. When another victim is found, however, Tom is blamed for the crime and flees rather than returnng to prison. Hoping to find the real killer -- or killers -- Tom investigates while keeping a low profile to elude his pursuers, and a vital clue leads him on the path to possible redemption.

The Surgeon's Knife

The Surgeon's Knife
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/10/1957
  • Character: Dr. Alex Waring
A doctor becomes the victim of extortionists when one of his patients dies under questionable circumstances.

The Flaw

The Flaw
5.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 30/09/1955
  • Character: John Millway
A race car driver marries a woman for her money and plans to murder her. An old suitor steps in to help her but the driver takes steps to eliminate the rival. But there's a flaw in the driver's plans.

Devil's Point

Devil's Point
5.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 07/12/1954
  • Character: Michael Mallard
A Thames River barge operator finds a mysterious package dropped by smugglers.

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