Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Suspense/Crime: 422 Films to Buy & Rent
- Armchair Thriller Collection (1979-1981)
- Feat. Ian McKellen, James Bolam, Alun Armstrong
- With memorably unsettling opening credits and exceptional performances and direction, this anthology series became a significant hit for Thames…
- Bloodline (1979)
- Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason…
- Suspense–lite, Sidney Sheldon–based outing for Audrey Hepburn, with the ageless movie icon battling hostile takeovers from within a newly…
- Cat and the Canary, The (1979)
- Dir. Radley Metzger
Feat. Honor Blackman, Michael Callan, Edward Fox…
- The classic spooky–house mystery by John Willard is here adapted for the fifth time. The relatives a recently–deceased man gather to hear…
- Cribb (TV Series) (1979-1980)
- Feat. Alan Dobie
- Superior crime series set in Victorian London, following the wry Detective Sergeant Cribb, a member of Scotland Yard's newly formed CID unit, as he…
- Human Factor, The (1979)
- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Richard Attenborough, John Gielgud, Derek Jacobi…
- Otto Preminger last film is a mild espionage affair, concerning a low–level British informant suspected of being a double agent. A hefty cast…
- Lady Vanishes, The (1979)
- Dir. Anthony Page
Feat. Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury…
- Curious, though lackluster remake of Hitchcock's classic train thriller. Angela Lansbury plays the vanishing lady whose disappearance is investigated…
- Murder by Decree (1979)
- Dir. Bob Clark
Feat. Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings…
- Sherlock Holmes and the ever faithful Watson are back, this time investigating the notorious Jack the Ripper and his gruesome fascination with…
- Absolution (1978)
- Dir. Anthony Page
Feat. Richard Burton, Billy Connolly
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- Brass Target (1978)
- Dir. John Hough
Feat. Sophia Loren, John Cassavetes, Robert Vaughn…
- A classic 70's all–star cast feature in this post–World War II suspense film that suggests that the German automobile crash involving…
- Hazell (TV Series) (1978)
- Feat. Nicholas Ball
- Paying homage to classic film noir this ITV crime series centres around a charismatic private detective who tackles blackmail, missing persons cases,…