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Mystery Movies of 1988

D.O.A.

"They didn't kill me; I was dead already," is the statement uttered by Dexter Cornell (Dennis Quaid), an English professor at the University of Texas at Austin who has been poisoned by a slow-acting toxin and ... [ Mystery movie - 1988 ]

Sunset

Director Blake Edwards departed from his customary sex farces to direct an unusual satirical Western comedy-thriller. In 1927, ... [ Mystery movie - 1988 ]

The Presidio

San Francisco detective Jay Austin (Mark Harmon) is assigned to investigate the murder of a female MP at the 212-year-old ... [ Mystery movie - 1988 ]

Murder, She Wrote: Season 05

Having carried virtually the whole weight of Murder, She Wrote during the series' first four seasons, star Angela Lansbury began ... [ Mystery movie - 1988 ]

Without a Clue

According to Without a Clue, master detective Sherlock Holmes was a wholly fictional character. Well, we knew that; what we didn't know was that Holmes was a figment of the imagination of his chronicler, Dr. John Watson (Ben Kingsley). When ... [ Mystery movie - 1988 ]

Moonlighting: Season 05

The fifth season of Moonlighting is the shortest since season one, with only 12 new episodes produced; it is also the final season, thanks to the ever-increasing backstage squabbles involving stars Cybill Shepherd and ... [ Mystery movie - 1988 ]

Gotham

This devilish blend of film noir and Gothic melodrama first aired August 21, 1988, over the Showtime Cable service. Tommy Lee Jones stars as Eddie Mallard, an end-of-pier ... [ Mystery movie - 1988 ]

Shootdown

Shootdown, based on a controversial book by R. W. Johnson, examines the aftereffects of a politically sensitive air disaster. Angela ... [ Mystery movie - 1988 ]

Lady in White

In this supernatural nostalgia piece, a young boy tracks down ... [ Mystery movie - 1988 ]

The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles

This is a TV production of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle masterpiece, The Hound of the Baskervilles. ~ All Movie Guide [ Mystery movie - 1988 ]

Street of Dreams

In this detective yarn, an amiable investigator finds himself entangled with mobsters after he tries to help a woman who is apparently having a run of bad luck. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide [ Mystery movie - 1988 ]

Inspector Morse: Last Bus to Woodstock

Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: Last Bus to Woodstock was first aired in the U.K. in 1988. Inspector Morse (John Thaw) ... [ Mystery movie - 1988 ]

Inspector Morse: Last Seen Wearing

Part of the long-running British mystery series based on the stories by Colin Dexter, Inspector Morse: Last Seen Wearing was first aired in the U.K. in 1988. Inspector Morse (John ... [ Mystery movie - 1988 ]

Inspector Morse: The Settling of the Sun

In the episode "The Settling of the Sun," a ... [ Mystery movie - 1988 ]

Fatal Love

A good example of the Hong Kong predilection for slapping together a film as a pastiche of successful elements from other films, this Cinema City production from director Po-Chih Leong credits five ... [ Mystery movie - 1988 ]


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