The best Walter Kingsford’s mystery movies

Walter Kingsford

Walter Kingsford

20/09/1882- 07/02/1958
Today we present the best Walter Kingsford’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 Walter Kingsford’s movies.

Algiers

Algiers
6.6/10
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko became a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers. French officials arrive insisting on Pepe's capture are met with unfazed local detectives, led by Inspector Slimane, who are biding their time. Meanwhile, Pepe meets the beautiful Gaby , which arouses the jealousy of Ines

Mad Holiday

Mad Holiday
6/10
The overlong but absorbing MGM "B" melodrama Mad Holiday stars Edmund Lowe as vacationing movie idol Philip Trent. Tired of starring in murder mysteries, Trent discovers he can't escape typecasting even on an ocean voyage: one of the passengers is murdered in our hero's cabin. The killing is tied in with a stolen diamond and a seemingly unending supply of suspects. To avoid being arrested himself, Trent teams up with pretty detective novelist "Peter" Dean (Elissa Landi) to solve the mystery. As Trent's wisecracking press agent Mert Morgan, Ted Healey has a wonderful moment when he stumbles over a corpse and asks nonchalantly, "What's the matter with him, he crocked?"

Fingers at the Window

Fingers at the Window
6.3/10
Chicago is gripped by an Axe Murderer. The streets are empty at night as there has been six murders and six people have been caught, but they are lunatics. Only one person has lived to tell about it, Edwina, who is as dumb as a brick. If it were not for Oliver, she would be number seven. When there is a second attempt on Edwina, Oliver figures that the crimes are not random and that someone is hypnotizing these people to do his bidding, but the police and Edwina are skeptical.

Miracles for Sale

Miracles for Sale
6.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 10/08/1939
  • Character: Colonel Watrous
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.

Bulldog Drummond Escapes

Bulldog Drummond Escapes
6/10
Drummond manages to save a woman from jumping in front of his car but she runs away with his car. He traces her and she asks him to help her out of a dangerous situation.

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
6.1/10
In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which includes a prison inmate who Dr. Gillespie believes belongs instead in an insane asylum.

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
6/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 14/08/1941
  • Character: Henry (Jardin butler)
Ralph Bellamy makes the third of four appearances as "master detective" Ellery Queen in Columbia's Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime. The principal villain is crooked stockbroker John Mathews (Douglass Dumbrille), whose Wall Street manipulations render Ray Jarden (H. B. Warner) penniless. Mathews' chicanery seems particularly coldblooded, inasmuch as his daughter Marian (Linda Hayes) is engaged to Jarden's son Walter (John Beal). When the latter disappears, Mathews asks Ellery Queen to locate the young man.

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
6.1/10
The doctor (Lionel Barrymore) has a Kansan (Van Johnson), an Australian and an Asian from Brooklyn to choose from.

The White Cockatoo

The White Cockatoo
6.4/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 29/01/1935
  • Character: Marcus Lovscheim
In a spooky hotel on the wind-swept coast of France, two bands of crooks are working independently of the other in an attempt to steal the inherited fortune of an American girl, Sue Tally. Along the way the heiress is kidnapped, three murders are committed, a girl appears in two places at once, mysterious persons roam about the old hotel at night and mysteriously disappear, and there is a hidden room without any doors.

There's Always a Woman

There's Always a Woman
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMystery
  • Release: 20/04/1938
  • Character: Grigson - Butler
An investigator for the District Attorney's office quits to open his own detective agency. However, business is so bad that he finally decides to give it up and go back to his old job. As his wife is at his office closing up, a wealthy society matron walks in with a case: she wants to know if her husband is having an affair with his ex-girlfriend, who is now married. The wife accepts what looks to be an easy case, figuring than she can then persuade her husband to re-start the agency. However, when the client's husband is found murdered, she decides to investigate the murder herself. Her husband has also been assigned by the D.A. to investigate the murder, and he doesn't know that his wife is also on the case. Complications ensue.

Meet Nero Wolfe

Meet Nero Wolfe
6.1/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 16/07/1936
  • Character: Emanuel Jeremiah (E.J.) Kimball
Meet Nero Wolfe is a 1936 mystery film based on the 1934 novel Fer-de-Lance, written by Rex Stout. Set in New York, the story introduced the detective genius Nero Wolfe (Edward Arnold) and his assistant Archie Goodwin (Lionel Stander).

The Lone Wolf in Paris

The Lone Wolf in Paris
6.4/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 25/05/1938
  • Character: Grand Duke Gregor de Meyerson
Former jewel thief Michael Lanyard (Francis Lederer) toys with a princess (Frances Drake) and a grand duke (Walter Kingsford).

Mystery of Edwin Drood

Mystery of Edwin Drood
6.4/10
An opium-addicted choirmaster develops an obsession for a beautiful young girl and will not stop short of murder in order to have her.

The President Vanishes

The President Vanishes
6.1/10
The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman and produced by Walter Wanger. Starring Edward Arnold and Arthur Byron, the film is an adaptation of Rex Stout's political novel of the same name.

The Witness Vanishes

The Witness Vanishes
5.6/10
In this mystery, a newspaper executive and three of his colleagues conspire to have the owner of the highly-respected London Sun committed to an insane asylum. The hapless publisher manages to escape. Soon after, the four collaborators begin dying one-by-one. Oddly their obituaries appear in a rival publication before they are actually killed.

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
6.3/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 06/03/1941
  • Character: Dr. Hooper Tupman
A reformed jewel thief fights to clear his name when he's framed for murder.

Smashing the Spy Ring

Smashing the Spy Ring
6/10
  • Genre: DramaMystery
  • Release: 29/12/1938
  • Character: Dr. L.B. Carter
G-Men in Washington break up a powerful spy ring and capture the ringleaders.

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