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Lord Peter Wimsey: Clouds of Witness
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: :Ah, there's nothing quite like settling in and getting cozy with a complicated British country-estate murder. ln the BBC adaptation of Dorothy Sayers's detective novel, which also aired on PBS, the brilliant Lord Peter Wimsey brings his investigative talents to use close to home. His future brother-in-law is slain during a country retreat, and while there seems to be no shortage of possible suspects, the investigation quickly centers on Wimsey's brother Gerald, the Duke of Windsor. The five-tape adaptation takes its delicious time ...
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Lord Peter Wimsey: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
»rank: 12600
: :'l'm investigating when a man died of natural causes,' states aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, 'but it's beginning to look more interesting everyday.' So it is in this impeccably mounted 1972 BBC miniseries, which would make Dorothy L. Sayers's peerless literary creation proud. lan Carmichael stars in his signature role as the stylish, cultured, and erudite Wimsey, whose investigation into the death of General Fentiman is as irresistible as 'poking sticks into a peaceful and mysterious-looking pond to see what was on the ...
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Shadow of the Thin Man
»rank: 11319
: :'l'm investigating when a man died of natural causes,' states aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, 'but it's beginning to look more interesting everyday.' So it is in this impeccably mounted 1972 BBC miniseries, which would make Dorothy L. Sayers's peerless literary creation proud. lan Carmichael stars in his signature role as the stylish, cultured, and erudite Wimsey, whose investigation into the death of General Fentiman is as irresistible as 'poking sticks into a peaceful and mysterious-looking pond to see what was on the ...
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Prime Suspect 3
»rank: 5530
: :'l'm investigating when a man died of natural causes,' states aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, 'but it's beginning to look more interesting everyday.' So it is in this impeccably mounted 1972 BBC miniseries, which would make Dorothy L. Sayers's peerless literary creation proud. lan Carmichael stars in his signature role as the stylish, cultured, and erudite Wimsey, whose investigation into the death of General Fentiman is as irresistible as 'poking sticks into a peaceful and mysterious-looking pond to see what was on the ...
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The Thin Man
»rank: 12140
: essential video:The intoxicating chemistry and repartee between the oft-teamed William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles--America's favorite soused detectives--is fully 100-proof in the marvelously witty Thin Man movies. You simply won't find more delightful movie company than Nick and Nora. The title, of course, refers not to Nicky the dick, but to the mysteriously missing scientist he and his lovely partner set out to find. Powell and Loy deliver their sparkling dialog with giddy enthusiasm (and occasionally slurred speech) ...
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Another Thin Man
»rank: 11516
: essential video:The intoxicating chemistry and repartee between the oft-teamed William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles--America's favorite soused detectives--is fully 100-proof in the marvelously witty Thin Man movies. You simply won't find more delightful movie company than Nick and Nora. The title, of course, refers not to Nicky the dick, but to the mysteriously missing scientist he and his lovely partner set out to find. Powell and Loy deliver their sparkling dialog with giddy enthusiasm (and occasionally slurred speech) ...
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Song of the Thin Man
»rank: 13122
: essential video:The intoxicating chemistry and repartee between the oft-teamed William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles--America's favorite soused detectives--is fully 100-proof in the marvelously witty Thin Man movies. You simply won't find more delightful movie company than Nick and Nora. The title, of course, refers not to Nicky the dick, but to the mysteriously missing scientist he and his lovely partner set out to find. Powell and Loy deliver their sparkling dialog with giddy enthusiasm (and occasionally slurred speech) ...
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Lord Peter Wimsey - Murder Must Advertise
»rank: 16209
: :'There is something going on in the organization that is very undesirable and might lead to serious consequences,' reads a note that the ill-fated Victor Dean wrote to his superior just before he took a fatal fall down the metal staircase at Pym's Publicity Ltd. These darned suspicious circumstances lead Pym to hire Lord Peter Wimsey to determine whether Dean's death was an accident or murder or eh, what? lan Carmichael returns in his signature role as Dorothy L. Sayers's aristocratic sleuth in ...
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Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries (Strong Poison / Have His Carcase / Gaudy Night)
»rank: 9436
:Description:Three elegant murder mysteries adapted from the crime novels of Dorothy L. Sayers which chronicle the relationship of amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane unfolds in a realm of romance and intrigue. lncludes the mysteries: 'Strong Poison,' 'Have His Carcass' and 'Gaudy Night.' :Three Dorothy L. Sayers mysteries involving amateur sleuth extraordinaire Lord Peter Wimsey and the lovely Harriet Vane are realized to perfection in these 1987 BBC adaptations. ln Strong Poison, Harriet (Harriet Walter) is on trial for murder. Lord ...
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Prime Suspect 2
»rank: 10666
: :ln the first Prime Suspect, Helen Mirren's ballsy woman Detective Chief lnspector Jane Tennyson battled the boys club and their sexist barbs to prove herself in a chauvinist department. ln Prime Suspect 2, she's assigned to head a racially charged murder investigation in a largely African/Caribbean neighborhood. lt's politics as usual in the image-conscious organization, so the superintendent adds to the team black Detective Robert 0swalde (Colin Salma), a sharp but hot-headed investigator who has just broken off an affair with Tennyson. Now ...
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