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Mystery Movies of 1978

Death on the Nile

Peter Ustinov began his long association with the Hercule Poirot character of murder mystery novelist Agatha Christie with this lavish but financially disappointing follow-up to the popular Murder on the Orient Express (1974). ... [ Mystery movie - 1978 ]

The Revenge of the Pink Panther

In Revenge of the Pink Panther, for the final time, the bumbling but impeturbable Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) maddens his long-suffering boss Dreyfus ... [ Mystery movie - 1978 ]

Eyes of Laura Mars

A shutterbug is haunted by psychic visions of the killer who is murdering all of her friends in this hit thriller. Intense and driven, successful photographer Laura Mars (Faye Dunaway) has made a name for ... [ Mystery movie - 1978 ]

The Big Sleep

Robert Mitchum reprises his role as Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe from Farewell, My Lovely, in this misconceived remake of Howard Hawks's classic 1946 film -- ... [ Mystery movie - 1978 ]

The Cat and the Canary

Frank Willard's 1927 stage play The Cat and the Canary was filmed several times before this 1978 version saw the light of day. In the story, Annabelle West (Carol Lynley) is one of several potential heirs to a huge ... [ Mystery movie - 1978 ]

Damien: Omen II

Satan's son comes of age in this horror sequel. Shortly after the events of The Omen, a pair of anthropologists uncovers ... [ Mystery movie - 1978 ]

Return from Witch Mountain

The Fury meets The Misadventures of Merlin Jones in this comic-book sequel to Disney's Escape to Witch Mountain. Reprising their roles as the psychic siblings from another world are Kim Richards as Tia and Ike Eisenmann as ... [ Mystery movie - 1978 ]

The Demon

Consumed by the jealousy and power struggles of their own relationships, a man, his mistress and his wife involve three children in their own ... [ Mystery movie - 1978 ]

The Comeback

British sado-exploitation guru Pete Walker directed this mundane horror-mystery about an American pop star (Jack Jones) who, ... [ Mystery movie - 1978 ]

The Dain Curse

Dashiell Hammett's money-grubbing detective Hamilton Nash is on the case in this ... [ Mystery movie - 1978 ]

Someone's Watching Me!

Hot on the heels of his theatrical-feature megahit Halloween, writer-producer John Carpenter concocted this nailbiting made-for-TV suspenser. Lauren Hutton stars as stylish career girl Leigh Michaels, who lives in an ultra-modern, glassed-in ... [ Mystery movie - 1978 ]


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