The best Will Wright’s mystery movies

Will Wright

Will Wright

26/03/1894- 19/06/1962
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Will Wright’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 Will Wright.

Shadow of the Thin Man

Shadow of the Thin Man
7.2/10
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.

The Tall Target

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

Danger Street

Danger Street
5.6/10
Magazine owners (Jane Withers, Robert Lowery) sell a revealing photo, then play detective when the deal leads to murder.

Twenty Plus Two

Twenty Plus Two
6.1/10
A famous movie star's fan club secretary has been brutally murdered. She has in her office old newspaper clippings regarding a missing heiress. Did the secretary know something about the mystery of the heiress? David Janssen investigates.

The Inner Circle

The Inner Circle
5.9/10
Johnny Strange (Warren Douglas) a fresh-faced young detective, gets set up, framed for murder, and alibied by a smart blonde (Adele Mara).

Grissly's Millions

Grissly's Millions
6.8/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 16/01/1945
  • Character: John Frey
An eccentric wealthy man is murdered, and the police set out to find his killer.

The Madonna's Secret

The Madonna's Secret
6.4/10
This drama is an updated version of Ulmer's 1944 film Bluebeard. It is set in New York and follows the exploits of an eccentric Parisian painter who has come to New York to escape a controversy surrounding his work. The trouble stems when the model he has used in all his work is found floating dead in the Seine.

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