When multi-millionaire banker John Argyle is found brutally murdered in his home, suspicions are cast upon Mary Mazuret, his adopted daughter who became the sole beneficiary of his estate under his will, Argyle having quarrelled with his son Bruce. Just as the case begins to look black for Mary, Asche Kayton, a great private detective, is called in by Bruce and takes hold of the investigation.
Robert Warwick
Asche Kayton
Frank McGlynn Sr.
John Argyle
Elaine Hammerstein
Mary Mazuret
H. Cooper Cliffe
Frederick Kreisler
Charles Hines
Joe Manning
Arthur Albertson
Bruce Argyle
Gazelle Marche
Nan Thornton
John Fleming
Inspector Dougherty
Mary Alden
Nellie Marsh
When multi-millionaire banker John Argyle is found brutally murdered in his home, suspicions are cast upon Mary Mazuret, his adopted daughter who became the sole beneficiary of his estate under his will, Argyle having quarrelled with his son Bruce. Just as the case begins to look black for Mary, Asche Kayton, a great private detective, is called in by Bruce and takes hold of the investigation.
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
การฆาตกรรมมหาเศรษฐีสูงวัย ลีโอนิเดส ที่เป็นผู้มีอิทธิพลและมีความปรารถนา ที่จะให้ทุกคนในครอบครัวมาอยู่ร่วมกันในบ้าน ที่มีรูปทรงบิดเบี้ยวแปลกประหลาด ที่ตนได้ก่อร่างสร้างมาด้วยความภาคภูมิใจ แต่คุณจะเชื่อหรือไม่ว่า เมื่อสืบสายวงศ์ตระกูลของเขาและภรรยาแล้ว จะพบว่ามีลักษณะนิสัยโหดเหี้ยม จ้าเล่ห์ รวมทั้งความเฉลียวฉลาดอยู่ในนั้น
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly of the city, turning up leads who are murdered with ice picks, exotic dancers, blackmailed television stars, and self-preserving gangsters. Soon, Marlowe's life is on the line right along with his case.
Travelling on the 4.50 from Paddington, Mrs McGillicuddy witnesses a murder on a passing train - but where is the body?
In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.
Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple.
Over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another detective who was involved in a case concerning a murdered broad, stolen stamps, a nickel-plated handgun, a cheating dolly, and a kidnapped pussycat.