Best Mystery Films of 1989
The Music Box
Jessica Lange plays an ... is offered on the same calm, collected level, making the ultimate horror of the story all the more effective. [ best mystery films - 1989 ]
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
An L.A. policeman (George ... to destroy the prostitution ring run by Chinatown's version of the Mafia. The film was originally produced for television. [ best mystery films - 1989 ]
Murder, She Wrote: Season 06
Middle-aged mystery novelist and ... not gain public favor, thus Angela Lansbury stepped up her Murder, She Wrote appearances during the subsequent seventh season. [ best mystery films - 1989 ]
Passion and Paradise
The hour-hour TV movie ... of those featuring the Duke of Windsor) had to be rewritten and reshot before the film's British TV release. [ best mystery films - 1989 ]
B.L. Stryker [TV Series]
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Fletch Lives
Though the original Fletch ... Little, Juliane Phillips, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Richard Libertini and Richard Belzer (Chase's cohort from the old Groove Tube days). [ best mystery films - 1989 ]
L.A. Vice
This actioner is the ... is now working for the vice squad. He and his captain work together to solve a series of killings. [ best mystery films - 1989 ]
Love at Large
Director Alan Rudolph's 1989 ... is himself pursued by female P.I. Stella Wynkowski (Elizabeth Perkins), which hardly pleases Dobbs' jealous girlfriend, Doris (Ann Magnuson). [ best mystery films - 1989 ]
Who's Harry Crumb?
John Candy's popularity from ... Fans of Candy will probably enjoy this film, which he dominates with his comedic talents and (literally) large presence. [ best mystery films - 1989 ]
Black Rainbow
British director Mike Hodges ... reporter who's intrigued enough by Martha to write a story about her, although he's skeptical about her supernatural talents. [ best mystery films - 1989 ]
Summer's Lease
Adapted by John Mortimer ... Summer's Lease was subsequently aired in America as part of PBS's Masterpiece Theatre anthology in the spring of 1991. [ best mystery films - 1989 ]
Gleaming the Cube
Gleaming the Cube does ... named Al Lucero (Steven Bauer), a collection of skateboard aficionados, and an incredibly attractive Vietnamese girl, Tina (Min Luong). [ best mystery films - 1989 ]
Never Come Back
Nathaniel Parker plays Desmond ... television in 1989, Never Come Back premiered in the US over the A&E cable network on December 13, 1991. [ best mystery films - 1989 ]
La Leyenda de Una Mascara
El Angel Enmascarado was ... wrestling films of the 1950s and '60s, and will probably be best appreciated by those familiar with the genre. [ best mystery films - 1989 ]
Inspector Morse: Deceived By Flight
Part of the long-running ... mystery was written by British screenwriter Anthony Minghella, who later directed The English Patient and The Talented Mr. Ripley. [ best mystery films - 1989 ]
Campion: Police at the Funeral
Peter Davison stars as ... "Police at the Funeral" was telecast October 26 and November 2, 1989, as part of the PBS anthology Mystery! [ best mystery films - 1989 ]
Hardcase and Fist
In Hardcase and Fist, ... Lee (Carter Wong) team up to thwart the string-pulling Vincent and to rescue Marino's girlfriend from her mob abductors. [ best mystery films - 1989 ]
Poirot [TV Series]
The great, and always ... one of mystery-writer Agatha Christie's best-loved characters, and this series remains faithful to her original character and his exploits. [ best mystery films - 1989 ]
Inspector Morse: Ghost in the Machine
Part of the long-running ... Dr. Grayling Russell (Amanda Hillwood making her first series appearance) believes it to be suicide, but Morse thinks otherwise. [ best mystery films - 1989 ]
Inspector Morse: The Last Enemy
In the episode "The ... (John Thaw) believes the murder is a result of a bitter rivalry for a prestigious position at the university. [ best mystery films - 1989 ]
Inspector Morse: The Secret of Bay 5B
In the episode "The ... socialite occurs involving a love triangle, while Morse (John Thaw) tries to ask Dr. Grayling out for a date. [ best mystery films - 1989 ]
A Taste For Death
Based on the P.D. ... this mystery miniseries follows the investigations of Commander Adam Dalgliesh (Roy Marsden). Also starring Penny Downie and Wendy Hiller. [ best mystery films - 1989 ]
Campion: Death of a Ghost
Peter Davison stars as ... America, "eath of a Ghost" was telecast November 9 and 16, 1989, as part of the PBS anthology Mystery! [ best mystery films - 1989 ]
Campion: Look to the Lady
Peter Davison stars as ... America, "ook to the Lady" was telecast November 23 and 30, 1989, as part of the PBS anthology Mystery! [ best mystery films - 1989 ]
