The best James Hayter’s mystery movies

James Hayter

James Hayter

23/04/1907- 27/03/1983
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best James Hayter’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about James Hayter.

Night and the City

Night and the City
7.9/10
Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan. His latest ploy, promoting an aging Greek wrestler, goes awry when the wrestler dies and everyone points the finger at Harry. Hiding out in a riverfront barge, Harry sees his grand ambitions spiral into a nightmare of fear and desperation as the underworld closes in.

Calling Bulldog Drummond

Calling Bulldog Drummond
6.2/10
Bulldog Drummond leaves retirement to help a Scotland Yard Sergeant catch thieves armed with radar.

Port Afrique

Port Afrique
5.2/10
An army veteran with a shattered leg returns to his home in Port Afrique after war only to find his wife has been murdered. He's determined to find the killer, even if it means uncovering family secrets he never knew about.

The October Man

The October Man
7/10
Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash , is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed.

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