Tag: Mystery films

Breakheart Pass Blu-ray review

Based on the novel by Alistair MacLean, Breakheart Pass is a 1975 Western mystery film about a man thought to be an outlaw, comes aboard a train, and finds himself in a situation where murders are taking place during the long ride. Screen icon Charles Bronson is John Deakin, a man looking to solve a…


I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes Blu-ray review

Imagine being accused of murder because you wore a certain pair of dancing shoes. Well, that’s what happened here in the 1948 American crime film with the classic title, I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes. In this movie, you probably wouldn’t! I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes is a crime drama about a Tom Quinn…


P.J. Blu-ray review

P.J.  is a neo-noir crime mystery thriller from 1968 directed by the great John Guillerman(King Kong ‘76) and starring George Peppard(The Blue Max) and screen legend Raymond Burr(Perry Mason). For those who have seen The Long Goodbye, Busting and Shadows of an Empty Room, P.J. has similar elements. New York private eye “P.J.” Peter Joseph…


The Mirror Crack’d Blu-ray review

British director Guy Hamilton, mainly known for being at the helm for several James Bond films, went into the world of Agatha Christie with the 1980 film The Mirror Crack’d, a mystery featuring the famous sleuth Miss Marple. The story has Miss Marple (Angela Lansbury, Murder She Wrote) tracking down a murderer who has poisoned…