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A Spanish officer, captured by the French during the Peninsular War, is imprisoned at the country house of an elderly aristocrat with a bored young wife - whose lover he becomes, with deadly consequences.

Blake is a brilliant accountant, but does he deserve a promotion to the board of directors? It all depends on the suitability of his wife. His bosses attend a small dinner party given by the Blakes to check her out.

A French girl in London finds herself in the awkward position of owing money to a Soho crime boss. But when she pays him off, he contemptuously sets fire to the money. Why?

An old tramp takes refuge in a church, and, concealed within the confessional, overhears things of great interest.

Dean Stockwell stars as the victim of an elaborately staged murder frame centering around a lover's rendezvous.

A lawyer cannot stop a middle-aged spinster from making a fool of herself with a young fortune-hunter, but he can stop the fellow from getting his hands on her money.

An old army sergeant, back in England after long service in India, shows some old friends a strange possession he's acquired - a monkey's paw which can make wishes come true.

Reporter Harry Langley pretends to be the murderer of unidentified women to boost sales with a special report from prison. But once arrested, the authorities seem to be convinced that he is indeed the killer.

Businessman Pennington is bribed by a Mr. Briggs due to an extramarital affair. But it seems that Briggs has underestimated his opponent and the tables might be turning.

How did Mr. Budd become a top-class West End hairdresser after such humble origins in a suburban barbershop? Well, one day, a stranger came in for a shave and a haircut.

India: After secret plans for the defence of a harbour are secretly copied, British General Sanderson tasks officers Bruce and Rolfe with convincing the apparent traitor Fanshaw to "save his honour" by committing suicide.

The masquerade is over when a murdered man turns up alive in the guise of his wife.

A handyman, finding that a number of middle-aged housewives require him for rather more than his professional services, turns to blackmail.

A letter opened in error provides rather dangerous knowledge concerning a murder case.

Zigorin, a top Russian spy, has defected to the West. But is he really Zigorin or an impostor?

An "Ice Storm" traps a woman with a potential thief masquerading as one of three experts invited to view a collection of valuable manuscripts.

A penniless man tries to claim a reward from a millionaire at Christmas, and finds it's not as easy as he thought it would be.

A pianist on an international tour is forced to spy for the secret police to avoid being detained.

During a murder trial in 19th-century England, one of the jurors begins to have mysterious hallucinations - has he seen a ghost?

A young man's month-long search for a missing girl ends in a haunted room of a boarding house.