'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?'

The Dark Man is an enjoyable, lightweight British thriller written and directed by Jeffrey Dell, whose first crime screenplay was an adapta...

Radio Cab Murder is a rather likeable 1954 British B-movie, typical of its era, and short enough not to grow tedious. The aim was to give a...

Final Appointment is a good example of the Fifties black and white crime movie. Short and snappy and appealing, with a bonus in the appeara...

I was intrigued to find Death Goes to School , a 1953 black and white movie, on the Talking Pictures schedule recently. Public schools were...

No Trace , also known as Murder by the Book , is a crime film from 1950 which benefits from a cast with strength in depth. It's the stor...

Portrait of Alison is a 1956 film based on Francis Durbridge's tv serial of the previous year. In the US, the film was known as Postmar...