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The Red House & The Mandarin Mystery - Movie Download

Plot

Two movies on one disc! Return to a time when the movies were black and white but the dark characters that inhabited them displayed every shade of gray. Deception, betrayal, corruption, larceny and murder stir the landscape in this collection of amoral tales filled with features that thrilled bygone audiences and are back to delight a new generation.

The Red House
1947
Pete Morgan (Edward G. Robinson) is an aging farmer, who harbors some dark secrets, living with his sister and his adopted daughter. When the daughter asks her friend to help out with the chores, since Morgan cannot move as well anymore on his wooden leg, the young man begins taking a shortcut through the woods to the farm, passing a red house that Morgan forbids anyone to near. Curiosity gets the better of the daughter and friend, so they set out to explore the mystery behind the red house, not knowing the secrets or the consequences they'll face.
Director: Delmer Daves
Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Judith Anderson
Run Time: 100 minutes

The Mandarin Mystery
1937
This early mystery is based upon the Ellery Queen novel entitled The Chinese Orange Mystery and features Eddie Quillian as the famed sleuth. The theft of a $50,000 stamp and the subsequent murders of two people found in locked rooms bring Ellery Queen in on the case. Queen must use all of his detective skills in order to find the killer and prove the young stamp owner, whom he is interested in, is innocent.
Director: Ralph Staub
Starring: Eddie Quillian, Charlotte Henry
Run Time: 53 minutes

Additional Information

  • Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • Format: NTSC
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3 (standard TV)
  • Color: Black & White
  • Sound: 2 channel