Best Mystery Films of 1933
The Kennel Murder Case
Often (and accurately) described ... Calling Philo Vance, with James Stephenson as Vance and a new World War II angle added to the plot. [ best mystery films - 1933 ]
A Shriek in the Night
The second of two ... Night remains an entertaining whodunit, with a pre-Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers doing a great job exhibiting stark, screaming terror. [ best mystery films - 1933 ]
Tomorrow at Seven
Tomorrow at Seven is ... the king of the subtitle writers. The film was produced independently by Jefferson Pictures, and distributed by RKO Radio. [ best mystery films - 1933 ]
The Sphinx
A brutal murder has ... 1941 as The Phantom Killer, with John Hamilton ("Perry White" on TV's Superman) inadequately cast in the Atwill role. [ best mystery films - 1933 ]
A Study in Scarlet
Sherlock Holmes and Watson ... beside a murder victim. The plot has little to do with author Doyle's original story of the same name. [ best mystery films - 1933 ]
The Death Kiss
While Tonart Studios is ... (Alexander Carr), his manager (Bela Lugosi), the director of the film (Edward Van Sloan) and an actress (Adrienne Ames). [ best mystery films - 1933 ]
Woman Condemned
Slow moving, overly complicated, ... In fact, Hemingway, who also appeared in Dorothy Reid's Road to Ruin (1934), was playing bit parts by 1935. [ best mystery films - 1933 ]
The Phantom Broadcast
This brisk Monogram melodrama ... ultimately undone by a sudden attack of conscience -- too late, alas, to save Murdock from his inexorable fate. [ best mystery films - 1933 ]
