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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries is a British second-feature film series mainly produced at Merton Park Studios for Anglo-Amalgamated. There were 48 films in the series, which were released between 1960 and 1965. The series was screened as The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre on television in the United States.
Edgar Wallace (1875–1932) was a British novelist, playwright and screenwriter whose works have been adapted for the screen on many occasions. His films fall into two categories, British adaptations and the German "Krimi" films.
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer of sensational detective, gangster, adventure, and sci-fi novels, plays and stories. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12.
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre: With John Wilder, George Hilsdon, Bernard Lee, Stanley Morgan. Mystery crime stories with sometimes different cops and many now-famous faces.
The Edgar Wallace mysteries are a series of nearly 50 films, all 55-60 minute B-movies, produced at the Merton Park studios in South West London between 1960 and 1965, adapted from the huge body of work produced by Edgar Wallace in the first couple of decades of the 20th century, before his death in 1932.
The Terrible People. 1960 1h 32m. 6.3 (612) Rate. A creepy German-made Wallace thriller about the ghost of a hanged man who returns to fulfill his promise. All of his accusers must die.
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre. Seasons Years Top-rated. 1 2 3 4 5 6. S1.E1 ∙ Urge to Kill. Nov 1959. Following the vicious murder of a young girl, suspicion falls on a half witted youth living in his aunt's boarding house. After a second murder Inspector Allen exposes the real killer. 6.6/10 (40) Rate. S1.E2 ∙ Clue of the Twisted Candle.
