The best Evelyn Ankers’s mystery movies

Evelyn Ankers

Evelyn Ankers

17/08/1918- 29/08/1985
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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
6.4/10
England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before they take place. Baffled, the Defence Committee call in Holmes ...

The Pearl of Death

The Pearl of Death
7.1/10
The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its owner since the days of the Borgias, is brought to London, thanks in part to Sherlock Holmes. But before long the jewel is stolen, due to an error on Holmes' part, and shortly thereafter, a series of horrible murders begin, the murderer leaving his victims with their spines snapped and surrounded by a mass of smashed china.

The Fatal Witness

The Fatal Witness
5.9/10
A playboy produces an airtight alibi when he is questioned about the murder of his wealthy aunt.

Weird Woman

Weird Woman
6.2/10
  • Genre: HorrorMystery
  • Release: 01/03/1944
  • Character: Illona Carr
While on a South Seas trip, a professor falls in love with marries an exotic native woman. What he doesn't know is that she was raised by superstitious natives who believe her to be some kind of supernatural being.

The Frozen Ghost

The Frozen Ghost
5.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 01/06/1945
  • Character: Maura Daniel
When a man dies of a heart attack, a stage and radio mentalist believes he has willed him to die because he was angry with the man. Riddled with guilt, the mentalist cancels further shows, breaks off his engagement to his female partner, who can read minds while in a hypnotic trance, and takes refuge in the eerie wax-museum-cum-home of another woman friend.

Flight to Nowhere

Flight to Nowhere
4.3/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 30/09/1946
  • Character: Catherine Forrest
A couple on board a plane find themselves mixed up in a plot to steal atomic secrets.

The Lone Wolf in London

The Lone Wolf in London
5.8/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 13/11/1947
  • Character: Iris Chatham
Michael Lanyard (Gerald Mohr) is suspected of stealing two fabulous diamonds from a vault in Scotland Yard, where they were being held for safekeeping, but the Yard can't prove he did it. Later, Lanyard is summoned by a member of the nobility to help the latter raise money to pay a blackmailer. Lanyard later finds evidence to reveal the diamonds as having been stolen by a famous stage star.

The French Key

The French Key
6.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 18/05/1946
  • Character: Janet Morgan
Private detective Johnny Fletcher and his sidekick Sam Cragg skip out on their rented room, but when they sneak back to retrieve their luggage, they discover a dead body on the bed, holding a gold coin in its hand. Fletcher is told by a coin collector that the piece is an old and valuable Spanish coin, but Fletcher soon begins to suspect that the man is himself involved in the murder. Fletcher's investigation leads to he and Sam getting caught up in a murder and gold smuggling scheme.

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