Greatest 27 Mystery Movies Releases from 1948

Two men try to convince themselves they've committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party after strangling a former classmate to death. See more about Rope / IMDB / YouTube

Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot. Explore The Lady from Shanghai / IMDB / YouTube

A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York. Learn about The Naked City / IMDB / YouTube

When neurotic bedridden wife Leona Stevenson overhears a murder plot on her telephone, she tries to piece the puzzle together and prevent the murder. Based on Lucille Fletcher's famous radio play. Details on Sorry, Wrong Number / IMDB / YouTube

A happily married London barrister falls in love with the accused poisoner he is defending. Find out about The Paradine Case / IMDB / YouTube

A magazine tycoon commits a murder and pins it on an innocent man, who then tries to solve the murder himself. Learn about The Big Clock / IMDB / YouTube

Virginia Cunningham can't recall how she landed in an asylum. In flashback, her husband Robert relates their courtship, marriage, and her developing symptoms. She remains in misery as Dr. Mark Kik tries to solve her problem. See more about The Snake Pit / IMDB / YouTube

A jealous husband intends to kill the man his wife is meeting for business, but arrives to find the deed already done. Read about Jenny Lamour / IMDB / YouTube

After a lovely woman and her new husband settle in an ancient mansion on the East coast, she discovers that he may want to kill her. Look into Secret Beyond the Door... / IMDB / YouTube

WW2 veteran Lucky Gagin arrives in a New Mexico border-town intent on revenging against mobster Frank Hugo but FBI agent Bill Retz, who also wants Hugo, tries to keep Gagin out of trouble. Get info on Ride the Pink Horse / IMDB / YouTube

Romantic misunderstandings abound when spouses suspect each other of being unfaithful, and a nightclub singer takes a cruise under a false identity. Look into Romance on the High Seas / IMDB / YouTube

Chronic sleepwalker Alison Courtland thinks that a mysterious man wearing horned-rimmed eye glasses is out to kill her but her husband blames her tired imagination. See more about Sleep, My Love / IMDB / YouTube

After phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live in anonymity. More about Night Has a Thousand Eyes / IMDB / YouTube

A ghostly woman warns a beautiful Victorian heiress about a count, and a strange spell haunts a mansion and its inhabitants in an adaptation of Wilkie Collins' novel. Explore The Woman in White / IMDB / YouTube

A Broadway star unintentionally kills her impresario but keeps mum about it after the police investigator targets a rival actress. Details on The Velvet Touch / IMDB / YouTube

When the murder of a young woman happens, her next-door neighbor is under suspicion due to his previous stay in a mental hospital. Info on The October Man / IMDB / YouTube

After being fired for insubordination, homicide detective Mike Carter is hired as bodyguard by the owner of a local meat-packing plant where a meat inspector has been murdered. Get info on Bodyguard / IMDB / YouTube

P.I. Stuart Bailey is hired to investigate the past of Ralph Johnson's wife, who has gone missing. He finds that the wife left her hometown with an actor, went to college using a stolen identity, and purloined $40,000 from a nightclub. Details on I Love Trouble / IMDB / YouTube

At the end of WW2, aboard a repatriation ship, an Army doctor reminisces about his war years while being interviewed by a reporter. Learn about Homecoming / IMDB / YouTube

A man fleeing the police after having committed a murder hides out in a boarding house in a small town. Look into Inner Sanctum / IMDB / YouTube

The childless widow of Allan Fury bequeaths the Fury estate to her Fuller relatives, but Allan's illegitimate son who masquerades as a servant hopes to grab the estate for himself. See more about Blanche Fury / IMDB / YouTube

A dancer is pinned for murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene of the crime. His wife follows the trail of clues to the genuine killer. Info on I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes / IMDB / YouTube

A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected. Check out A Woman's Vengeance / IMDB / YouTube

A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life. Find out about Corridor of Mirrors / IMDB / YouTube

Following her father's death, a teenage British heiress goes to live with her guardian uncle--who is broke and schemes to murder her for her inheritance. Info on The Inheritance / IMDB / YouTube

Striving to be a whiz-bang salesman and screwing up at every turn, Red Skelton turns in a genius comic performance inevitably getting into big trouble, impossible situations and a wild chase involving dastardly crooks. Check out The Fuller Brush Man / IMDB / YouTube

Chan discovers a conspiracy when a low paying gold mine seemingly starts to become profitable, and attempts are made on the owner's life. Details on The Golden Eye / IMDB / YouTube