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Best Mystery Films of 1987


Suspect

British filmmaker Peter Yates ... Judge Matthew Helms (played by character actor John Mahoney, who would go on to co-star on the sitcom Frasier). [ best mystery films - 1987 ]

Murder, She Wrote: Season 04

Season four of Murder, ... written out of the series when actor Tom Bosley defected for his own weekly detective show, Father Dowling Mysteries. [ best mystery films - 1987 ]

Cop

Based on James Ellroy's ... with ease, showing the various sides of his character's personality. Cop, while singularly unpleasant is always insightful and fascinating. [ best mystery films - 1987 ]

Angel Heart

The time is the ... the film that nearly got an X-rating due to a no-holds-barred sex scene involving Mickey Rourke and Lisa Bonet. [ best mystery films - 1987 ]

Moonlighting: Season 04

Although fans were still ... especially memorable is the episode in which Agnes' mother is inexplicably targeted for elimination after returning from a vacation. [ best mystery films - 1987 ]

Slam Dance

In this off-beat and ... he realizes he is being made the fall guy for the crime. Singer Adam Ant plays Drood's buddy Jim. [ best mystery films - 1987 ]

Who's That Girl?

A year after appearing ... collector Montgomery Bell (John Mills) -- and Loudon having to choose between the prim Wendy and the unpredictable Nikki. [ best mystery films - 1987 ]

Inspector Morse: The Wolvercote Tongue

In this mystery, the ... tourist whose untimely death occurred shortly after she announced her plans to donate a fabulous jewel to a museum. [ best mystery films - 1987 ]

Matar O Morir

Arturo Mendoza (Vincente Fernandez) ... holes in his body, Arturo combines forces with the Mexican-hating Lieutenant Tony Collins (Pedro Armenariz) to find the killer. [ best mystery films - 1987 ]

Million Dollar Mystery

A government worker (Tom ... person to correctly guess the location of the loot. (The winner, Alesia Jones, was selected from over 300,00 entries.) [ best mystery films - 1987 ]

Inspector Morse: The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn

This series follows the ... investigations of the title hero, portrayed by John Thaw. [ best mystery films - 1987 ]

Inspector Morse: Service of All the Dead

This series follows the ... investigations of the title hero, portrayed by John Thaw. [ best mystery films - 1987 ]

Strong Poison

Based on a novel ... the partners find themselves trying (though not necessarily consciously) to solve more than the mysterious crime unraveling before them. [ best mystery films - 1987 ]

Gaudy Night

The third (and last) ... Between the two of them, they resolve the matter, as well as the question of their own future plans. [ best mystery films - 1987 ]

Have His Carcass

Based on the novel ... solve the crime, and the two soon find they've stumbled upon a plot involving murder, suicide, and political radicals. [ best mystery films - 1987 ]




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