The best Robert Shayne’s mystery movies

Robert Shayne

Robert Shayne

04/10/1900- 29/11/1992
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North by Northwest

North by Northwest
8.3/10
  • Genre: MysteryThriller
  • Release: 08/07/1959
  • Character: Larry Wade (uncredited)
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

Backlash

Backlash
6/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 01/03/1947
  • Character: James O'Neil
In a series of flashbacks, shows that attorney John Morland has given a lift to a hitchhiker who turns out to be a murderer. As a result, Morland himself is implicated in a killing. A pair of detectives discover that Morland has been having business problems and no end of difficulties with his wife Catherine. The trail of clues leads to a surprising revelation.

Behind the Mask

Behind the Mask
4.9/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 25/05/1946
  • Character: Brad Thomas
Falsely accused of murdering a crooked newspaper reporter, suave detective Lamont Cranston -- aka the Shadow -- vows to track down the real killer.

Footsteps in the Night

Footsteps in the Night
6/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 14/04/1957
  • Character: Fred Horner
Two detectives investigate the strangulation murder of a man whom everyone seemed to like.

I Ring Doorbells

I Ring Doorbells
6.2/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 28/02/1946
  • Character: Dick Meadows
Set at a major newspaper, this crime drama centers on a fellow who returns to newspaper reporting after he bombs as a playwright. Believing his grown son is in danger of marrying a gold digger, the paper's publisher assigns his new reporter to expose her.

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