The best Erville Alderson’s mystery movies

Erville Alderson

Erville Alderson

11/09/1882- 04/08/1957
Today we present the best Erville Alderson’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 Erville Alderson’s movies.

The Spiral Staircase

The Spiral Staircase
7.3/10
In 1916, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions". One night, during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced.

The Black Cat

The Black Cat
6.1/10
Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.

The Tall Target

The Tall Target
7.2/10
  • Genre: MysteryThriller
  • Release: 17/08/1951
  • Character: Minister (uncredited)
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride in 1861.

Haunted Gold

Haunted Gold
5.4/10
John Mason returns to the Sally Ann mine to claim his half share. Janet Cater also returns although her father lost his half share to Joe Ryan. Ryan and his gang are also there to get the gold. A mysterious Phantom is also present. Mason's plan to expose Ryan as an outlaw and to force him to turn his share to Janet works. But when distracted by the Phantom, John is made a prisoner by the gang.

Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter

Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyMystery
  • Release: 17/06/1939
  • Character: Clint Griffith
Nancy Drew clears her Uncle Matt of murder charges when she exposes the real murderers. She and Ted find themselves in many dangerous positions such as trying to fly an airplane after the pilot parachuted out and being face-to-face with the murderer.

The Thirteenth Guest

The Thirteenth Guest
5.7/10
Thirteen years after a dinner party in which the thirteenth guest failed to arrive, the remaining guests are being murdered one by one, and their bodies being placed at the same dinner table in the appropriate seats they occupied thirteen years prior.

The Shanghai Chest

The Shanghai Chest
5.9/10
Charlie attempts to solve a triple murder in which a dead man's finger prints show up at all three murder sites.

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Seven Keys to Baldpate
5.9/10
A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things he gets, as there are some very strange goings-on at the establishment.

The Man in the Barn

The Man in the Barn
6.2/10
  • Genre: HistoryMystery
  • Release: 20/11/1937
  • Character: Farmer (uncredited)
After John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, he escaped to Maryland and was discovered hiding in a barn. After he refused to surrender, the barn was set afire and Booth died in the blaze. However, in 1903 a Mr. David E. George, while on his deathbed in Enid, Oklahoma, claimed to be John Wilkes Booth. This MGM An Historical Mystery series short presents evidence of the possibility that Mr. George's claim was true.

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