The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre
(1959)Streaming Episode Guide
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Season 7
The Main Chance
Episode 1 - 6-01-1966
A disgraced ex-RAF pilot is enlisted into a smuggling scheme by an electronically sophisticated smuggler, who has a room full of computers and recording devices. The pilot is to take stolen diamonds from across the Channel, but he plans a carefully crafted double cross instead.
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Season 6
Dead Man's Chest
Episode 4 - 10-01-1965
59m
It all began as a hoax, a stunt, a trick on the part of two cynical young journalists to spite society and thwart the Establishment. The idea was to expose the frailty of circumstantial evidence, and they planned to fake a murder. But the plan went disastrously wrong. Starring John Thaw, Ann Firbank, John Meillon, Peter Bowles and John Abineri. Directed by Patrick Dromgoole.
6.6/10Haven't Seen
Strangler's Web
Episode 3 - 8-03-1965
55m
What appears to be a cut-and-dried case of murder of an aging onetime showgirl on Hampstead Heath by her lover is complicated by several factors, including a far more respectable paramour, and her insistence that a great inheritance was due her that nobody can verify. A police detective and a solicitor for the defence unravel the mystery.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Change Partners
Episode 2 - 7-01-1965
1h 3m
Ben Arkwright, a co-director in the firm of Arkwright and Gallen, is having an affair with Anna, the strongly willed wife of Ricky Gallen, Ben's partner. Trouble arises. Starring Zena Walker, Kenneth Cope, Basil Henson and Anthony Dawson. Directed by Robert Lynn.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Game For Three Losers
Episode 1 - 4-10-1965
55m
Robert Hilary is a public figure, a businessman and a politician. Happily married, Hilary still lets his desire for his new secretary get the better of him. Starring Michael Gough, Mark Eden, Toby Robins and Allan Cuthbertson. Directed by Gerry O'Hara.
7/10Haven't Seen
Season 5
Who Was Maddox?
Episode 7 - 12-13-1964
1h 2m
Philip Teasdale, an eminent heart surgeon, is having his attractive artist wife watched by a private detective - not for purposes of divorce, but for a nasty form of revenge. Starring Maxine Audley, Dudley Foster, Michael Coles and Pauline Yates.
6.8/10Haven't Seen
The Verdict
Episode 6 - 12-06-1964
1h 1m
Joe Armstrong, a big-time racketeer, is deported back to Great Britain from America to find himself facing a murder rap for a killing he had committed twenty years before. Starring Cec Linder, Nigel Davenport, Zena Marshall and Paul Stassino. Directed by David Eady.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Face of a Stranger
Episode 5 - 11-29-1964
55m
In prison, two inmates are getting out soon. One, soon getting out, has been sent up for a heist of several thousand pounds, still not recovered. The other, getting out before him, pumps the other for details of his home life, so he he can assume the other's identity and get to the loot first.
6.8/10Haven't Seen
Never Mention Murder
Episode 4 - 11-22-1964
59m
Top surgeon Philip Teasdale (Dudley Foster) plans to use his medical skills to bump off his wife's lover, but reckons without the greedy private detective he originally hired to prove him a cuckold
7.1/10Haven't Seen
Act of Murder
Episode 3 - 9-11-1964
56m
A well-off couple who work in the theatre plan to temporarily swap their country manor for the city home of an elderly couple. When they arrive in city, there is no sign of the address they were given. At the same time, their home is being looted of its expensive antiques and furniture. However, a friend stumbles onto the thieves and chases them out. When the couple arrives home, they find themselves subjected to odd occurrences, like poisoned pets and livestock. Someone seems to be taking advantage of the situation to upset their lives.
6.9/10Haven't Seen
We Shall See
Episode 2 - 4-12-1964
57m
Alva Collins is the attractive wife of a captain in a civil airline. She is neurotic, vicious and unstable but only her brother knows that she is a hopeless psychopath whose condition can only deteriorate. Starring Maurice Kaufmann, Faith Brook, Alec Mango and Hugh Paddick. Directed by Quentin Lawrence.
6.4/10Haven't Seen
Downfall
Episode 1 - 1-03-1964
58m
Harold Crossley is a barrister and respected intellectual, but proves no match to his scheming young wife.
6.1/10Haven't Seen
Season 4
Ricochet
Episode 12 - 12-19-1963
Solicitor Alan Phipps formulates a plan to blackmail his wealthy and unfaithful wife, Yvonne, and at the same time, get revenge against her boyfriend, John Brodie, by setting him up to appear that he is the blackmailer and for Yvonne to kill him. But Brodie, anticipating this predictament, has a hidden agenda behind all this to get the last laugh at Phipps.
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The Rivals
Episode 11 - 12-12-1963
A Swedish millionaire (Jack Gwillin) thinks the world of his daughter---and it may cost that much to get her back from kidnappers.
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Five to One
Episode 10 - 12-05-1963
Alan Roper is a smart young man on the fringes of big time crime. With his partner-in-crime, Lea, and his girlfriend Pat, he's planning his biggest job yet - the robbery of a betting shop owned by a man he hates. Starring Lee Montague, Ingrid Hafner, John Thaw and Brian McDermott. Directed by Gordon Flemyng.
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Accidental Death
Episode 9 - 11-15-1963
1h 11m
Returning from a party the adopted daughter of Colonel Paxton and her boyfriend are surprised by an intruder. The colonel, however, instantly remembers him as a war comrade. Starring John Carson, Jacqueline Ellis, Derrick Sherwin and Richard Vernon. Directed by Geoffrey Nethercott.
7/10Haven't Seen
The Partner
Episode 8 - 9-11-1963
56m
Shady dealings and a duplicitious accountant put studio head Wayne Douglas and his new Oriental actress Lin in peril. Starring Yoko Tani, Guy Doleman, Ewan Roberts, Mark Eden and Anthony Booth. Directed by Garard Glaister.
6.7/10Haven't Seen
To Have and To Hold
Episode 7 - 7-05-1963
56m
A CID detective is lured into a plot by girl who first pretends to fall in love with him, then that she's been killed and is now actually a heretofore unknown twin sister, and ultimately a murderous betrayal.
6.3/10Haven't Seen
The Double
Episode 6 - 4-01-1963
1h 4m
A man (Alan MacNaughton) suffering from amnesia, false memory and paralysis of his legs returns to England with his nurse (Jeanette Sterke). He believes he killed his partner 6 months earlier, but the body was never found. They are to stay with her sister (Jane Griffiths) while she continues to try to overcome his handicaps. They are spotted at the airport by the secretary (Anne Lawson) of Basil Henson, who has kept tabs on his movements. Sterke gets engaged in following the trail, which begins with a solicitor and leads to Henson who is a successful stock broker with the same name as MacNaughton's partner.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Return to Sender
Episode 5 - 3-26-1963
1h 1m
A swindling tycoon (Nigel Davenport) tries to avoid jail by discrediting the prosecutor.
5.7/10Haven't Seen
On the Run
Episode 4 - 3-12-1963
59m
Model prisoner Frank Stewart, convicted for burgulary, escapes from prison with the help of Jock Mackay, an associates for his boss Wally Lucas, who plans to track down Stewart to know the location of stolen bonds.
6.2/10Haven't Seen
The £20,000 Kiss
Episode 3 - 1-28-1963
56m
An up and coming politician is caught in a compromising photograph taken by a maid, who turns out to be part of a sophisticated blackmail ring. When the girl is found murdered, he holds an incriminating old dueling pistol.
6.8/10Haven't Seen
Incident at Midnight
Episode 2 - 1-12-1963
57m
A drug addict (Martin Milner) tries to crack a dope ring
6.2/10Haven't Seen
The Set Up
Episode 1 - 1-03-1963
58m
Theo Gaunt (Maurice Denham) hires an ex-con to steal his wife's jewelry.
6.9/10Haven't Seen
Season 3
Death Trap
Episode 10 - 10-01-1962
Blackmail is the dividend a stockbroker (Albert Lieven) earns for keeping his ex-client's money.
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Locker Sixty Nine
Episode 9 - 9-21-1962
A Private Eye's boss is murdered.
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Playback
Episode 8 - 9-14-1962
A German immigrant girl seduces a young P.C. and talks him into an elaborate scheme.
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Solo For Sparrow
Episode 7 - 7-21-1962
Jewel thieves graduate to murder when their elderly hostage dies.
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Time to Remember
Episode 6 - 7-06-1962
56m
Burglars rob a townhouse and most of them are caught at the scene, but valuable jewels seem to have vanished. An estate agent realises they are still on site, and tries to purchase the building before anyone finds them.
6.6/10Haven't Seen
Number Six
Episode 5 - 3-21-1962
56m
An international criminal arrives in London, and a detective is anxious to pin something on him for some unprovable murders of former lovers. The villain starts to suspect servants and henchmen of being a police spy known as "Number Six".
7.1/10Haven't Seen
The Share Out
Episode 4 - 2-18-1962
1h 2m
Supt. Meredith is determined to bring a team of wealthy blackmailers to book. As he piles on the psychological pressure, the criminals begin to look for ways to betray each other and escape with a fortune in diamonds.
7.3/10Haven't Seen
Flat Two
Episode 3 - 2-07-1962
56m
A victim's boyfriend sneaks into a blackmailer's flat to sort him out, but another man's already there, and both don't realise the crook has been murdered before they got there. The police soon arrive, tipped off in advance.
5.8/10Haven't Seen
Candidate for Murder
Episode 2 - 1-29-1962
58m
With his marriage failing, a man hires a german assassin to murder his wife, who he suspects is having an affair. Things seem to go to plan at first, until the assassin decides not to kill the woman, but rather kidnap her, while still collecting his fee for the job. The husband wants proof of the muder (a body) before he pays. Things go wrong for both men when proof is not forthcoming.
7/10Haven't Seen
Backfire
Episode 1 - 1-15-1962
59m
Curzon employs the brash and confident Logan to save his ailing business. However Logan's confidence is not matched by his ability and his desperate measures lead to a life threatening situation.
6.7/10Haven't Seen
Season 2
The Sinister Man
Episode 12 - 12-13-1961
A body found in the River Thames is of an archaeology professor, murdered over three small fragments of an ancient text that could serve as a pretext for a red China-like country to invade a Nepal-like country.
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Never Back Losers
Episode 11 - 10-27-1961
1h 0m
Wally Sanders, a horseracing jockey, loses a race and crashes his car to claim an insurance. Jim Matthews, a shrewd and energetic insurance investgator, follows up the company's suspicion of foul play and stumbles deep into a web of corruption concering fixed horse races.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Man Detained
Episode 10 - 10-16-1961
1h 1m
A cracked safe seems like routine to the police, until the owner of the business is found dead the next morning and they find that a lot more money was in the safe than he had said. Where did he get it and why was it there?
6.7/10Haven't Seen
House of Mystery
Episode 9 - 8-16-1961
1h 0m
A young couple go to check out a house they're thinking of buying. A somewhat mysterious woman tells the couple several stories of the fates that befell the house's previous owners.
6.6/10Haven't Seen
Attempt to Kill
Episode 8 - 8-12-1961
1h 1m
A rich man's secretary/fiancée is harassed by an assistant, who's sacked. Dangerous accidents start occurring and the assistant is suspected, but he's suddenly murdered just as he plans to meet with a Scotland Yard inspector.
6.4/10Haven't Seen
Seven Keys
Episode 7 - 8-01-1961
1h 1m
An ex-con goes looking for his late cellmate's hidden loot.
6.1/10Haven't Seen
Clue of the Silver Key
Episode 6 - 7-27-1961
1h 1m
When a hired server is killed after a party for an artist and his fiancée, and soon after, the girl's hot tempered, disapproving old uncle is murdered too, the police look for a connexion. The clues available include a small, brightly painted key to the old man's safe, and some wigs found in an abandoned apartment near a crime site.
6.4/10Haven't Seen
Man at the Carlton Tower
Episode 5 - 7-15-1961
59m
A murderous jewelry heist attracts an ex-partner of the killer, a master criminal who's never been caught. His personal nemesis,a retired detective, joins Scotland Yard to crack the case, in turn recruiting the thief's estranged wife.
6.9/10Haven't Seen
The Fourth Square
Episode 4 - 7-04-1961
59m
The chief suspect in a series of jewel robberies is found dead.
6.2/10Haven't Seen
Man in the Back Seat
Episode 3 - 6-01-1961
59m
Two young thugs rob a bookie leaving a dog-racing track with his winnings, but when they grab his case full of money they discover that he has chained it to his wrist. They dash around town trying to find a way to separate the case from the wrist of the bookie, who the pair has by now beaten so badly he appears to be dead. They finally come up with what they think is a foolproof plan, but soon something happens that they weren't quite expecting.
6.7/10Haven't Seen
Clue of the New Pin
Episode 2 - 1-25-1961
57m
Rex Lander (Paul Daneman) is prime suspect in his rich uncle's murder, but there's no evidence to pin it on him.
6.6/10Haven't Seen
Partners in Crime
Episode 1 - 1-10-1961
57m
A film producer (Guy Doleman) devises a deadly plan to finance a project.
5.7/10Haven't Seen
Season 1
The White Trap
Episode 2 - 8-01-1959
1h 1m
Serving a jail sentence for a crime he didn't commit, Paul Langley makes several attempts to escape from prison, in order to clear his name. He also has other problems, his wife is about to go into labor with their first baby.
6.8/10Haven't Seen
Breakout
Episode 1 - 3-01-1959
A government official arranges prison breaks as a sideline, but the police steps in and his gang is caught.
6.6/10Haven't Seen
Top 5 Highest Rated Episodes 7.5/10 7.5/10 7.3/10 7.2/10 7.2/10
The Verdict
Episode 6 - 12-06-1964
1h 1m
Joe Armstrong, a big-time racketeer, is deported back to Great Britain from America to find himself facing a murder rap for a killing he had committed twenty years before. Starring Cec Linder, Nigel Davenport, Zena Marshall and Paul Stassino. Directed by David Eady.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Change Partners
Episode 2 - 7-01-1965
1h 3m
Ben Arkwright, a co-director in the firm of Arkwright and Gallen, is having an affair with Anna, the strongly willed wife of Ricky Gallen, Ben's partner. Trouble arises. Starring Zena Walker, Kenneth Cope, Basil Henson and Anthony Dawson. Directed by Robert Lynn.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
The Share Out
Episode 4 - 2-18-1962
1h 2m
Supt. Meredith is determined to bring a team of wealthy blackmailers to book. As he piles on the psychological pressure, the criminals begin to look for ways to betray each other and escape with a fortune in diamonds.
7.3/10Haven't Seen
Never Back Losers
Episode 11 - 10-27-1961
1h 0m
Wally Sanders, a horseracing jockey, loses a race and crashes his car to claim an insurance. Jim Matthews, a shrewd and energetic insurance investgator, follows up the company's suspicion of foul play and stumbles deep into a web of corruption concering fixed horse races.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
The Double
Episode 6 - 4-01-1963
1h 4m
A man (Alan MacNaughton) suffering from amnesia, false memory and paralysis of his legs returns to England with his nurse (Jeanette Sterke). He believes he killed his partner 6 months earlier, but the body was never found. They are to stay with her sister (Jane Griffiths) while she continues to try to overcome his handicaps. They are spotted at the airport by the secretary (Anne Lawson) of Basil Henson, who has kept tabs on his movements. Sterke gets engaged in following the trail, which begins with a solicitor and leads to Henson who is a successful stock broker with the same name as MacNaughton's partner.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
