Colonel March Investigates [DVD]

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Gaslighting: In "Present Tense", Ernest, the husband of March's niece Emily, takes advantage of his supposed death in a plane crash to 'haunt' Emily and attempt to drive her to commit suicide. The first three made were stitched together for release to cinemas in 1953. This was not uncommon for a TV show at the time and the practice would continue into the next decade, particularly with The Saint. Colonel March Investigates, then, is a taut 70 minute anthology of three slight, though entertaining, mysteries with the twinkly-eyed Karloff. He gives the character an eye-patch, which he didn't have in the stories, but it adds something to the character, as we can imagine he may have lost it in the First World War. This, perhaps, is someone who has witnessed untold horrors and has come to terms with the world by engaging with its more whimsical wonders. Directed by Charles Reisner. Can reporter Mike Kent prevent more deaths while he tries to resolve a sinister plot to steal a fortune in jewels? Cast: Sheila Ryan, Richard Fraser and Leslie Brooks.

Moustache de Plume: In "The Strange Event at Roman Falls", the wife of famous reclusive writer is accused of his murder after she reports him falling off the cliff near their home into the sea. However, it turns out the writer never existed at all. He was a male nom de plume created by the woman to allow her to publish her works and be taken seriously. However, after an old romance rekindled, she decided to fake the death of the fake husband to allow her to marry her love.Some years ago, I worked my way through Thr Colonel March series, and for its time, I always felt it was somewhat ahead of its time, it really has that feeling of a 1950's American TV series, but of course it's set in The UK, with a largely British cast. The series was made at Southall Studios in Middlesex, England (and, later, Nettlefold Studios in Walton-on-Thames, England) and was produced by Fountain Films for ITV. In July 1952, Karloff and his wife Evelyn sailed to England, where Karloff filmed three different pilot episodes to be shown to TV executives. While awaiting a decision on more episodes, the three pilots were combined into a feature film called Colonel March Investigates (1953). In 1953, Karloff returned to England to film 23 more episodes, making a total of 26. Perfect Poison: In the "The Stolen Crime", a man who believes he has devised The Perfect Crime describes a new German insecticide that is colourless, odourless and tasteless, that vaporises when heated, and is fatal if inhaled. Later, his wife is poisoned using this exact poison. Tainted Tobacco: In "The Stolen Crime", the murderer douses the Victim of the Week's cigarettes in a new insecticide that is colourless, odourless and tasteless and vaoprizes easily when heated. After she is dead, the killer removes all of the cigarettes from the room and empties the ashtrays to disguise the cause, but doesn't realise that the victim had been using a cigarette as a bookmark.

Boris Karloff in the persona of the eyed-patched, erudite March, offers three mysteries from his office in Scotland Yard, the Bureau of Queer Complaints. Find sources: "Colonel March of Scotland Yard"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( December 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) It Works Better with Bullets: When March exposes the mysterious 'Monsieur Z' in "The Headless Hat", Z tells March that he is very clever and then pulls a gun. March tells Z that the gun won't help him because it is empty. Z pulls the trigger only to discover that March is telling the truth. The first of these, aired as 'Hot Money', revolves around a bank robbery in which a clerk is incriminated. He follows the criminal to an office, where the money is seemingly stored. However, when the place is searched, the money has apparently disappeared. Despite the clerk being framed in the silliest of ways, the resolution is pretty decent, but nothing too special. Joan Sims appears here in an early role, and March reveals a John Steed-like umbrella sword!Follow That Car: In "Hot Money", a bank clerk who has just been robbed chases the robber out of the bank and jumps in a taxi and gets it to follow the getaway car. The Colonel March TV series premiered first in the United States from Dec. 1954 to Spring of 1955, with a total of 26 episodes. It was only broadcast on television in England in 1955 on Associated Television (ITV London, weekends), broadcast on 26 consecutive Saturday evenings from September 24, 1955 until March 17, 1956. [5] [6] Plot [ edit ]

Sword Cane: March's iconic umbrella is also a sword cane. He undoubtedly bought it at the same place as John Steed. Director: Roy Kellino. An episode from the TV series Four Star Theatre starring: Ida Lupino, Ralph Moody, Walter Coy & Richard Lupino.

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So far as I am aware, Episode 4 ("At Night All Cats are Gray") was the only occasion during which Boris Karloff and Christopher Lee ever appeared together. For that reason alone this series is worth a look. Shut Up!" Gunshot: In "The Second The Mona Lisa", March breaks up a fight between the two bodyguards over the paintings by taking Lawson's gun off him and firing two shots into the ceiling.

CRIME FILMS from 1944 to 1966 including rare gems such as The Girl on the Pier with Veronica Hurst and the once lost short, Vacant Possession, with Brian Murphy and Daphne Heard. Sid James and Bonar Colleano star in Escape by Night and Boris Karloff investigates as Colonel March. Compilation Movie: Colonel March Investigates is a 1953 British film consisting of the three pilot episodes of the TV series. From Camouflage to Criminal: In "The Headless Hat", the mysterious 'Monsieur Z' was a leader of La Résistance during WWII. However, when the war ended, rather than returning, Z stayed in the shadows and used their skills at organization and subterfuge to take control of the Marseilles underworld. Colonel March Investigates is a 1953 British film consisting of the three pilot episodes of the TV series Colonel March of Scotland Yard that were filmed in 1952, starring Boris Karloff. [1] [2] [3] These episodes were "Hot Money", "Death in the Dressing Room" and "The New Invisible Man". [4]

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Clothing Combat: In "The Case of the Misguided Missal", the Victim of the Week is strangled with a scarf. the scarf is then left on the body in an attempt to frame the scarf's owner. Inspector Lestrade: Inspector Ames usually fails spot the intricacies of a case, ignores any incongruent evidence as inconvenient, and is always keen to arrest the most obvious suspect. However, he is willing to admit that March is usually right, and is the officer that March most relies on at the Yard.