Best Mystery movies of 1961

Actors : Richard Widmark, Sonja Ziemann, Walter Rilla, Charles Regnier,

Vienna, 1956. After Soviet tanks crush the Hungarian uprising, soldier-of-fortune Mike Reynolds is hired to help a threatened Hungarian scientist (Prof. Jansci) escape from Budapest. He and...

Actors : Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marianne Koch, Pierre Brasseur, Pascale Audret,
Directors : Georges Franju,

When he learns his days are numbered old count Hervé de Kéraudren decides to hide in a secret alcove and to die there, just to annoy his heirs. As a result of his body not being found the ...

Actors : Paul Meurisse, Robert Hossein, Jean Servais, Françoise Prévost,
Directors : Robert Hossein,

Play the game of truth at your own risk.

Actors : John Glyn-Jones, John Bentley, Patrick Allen, Jacqueline Ellis,
Directors : Clive Donner,

When a corpse is found in the Thames, the only clue is that the dead man was killed by a karate or judo expert.

Actors : Francis Matthews, Sheldon Lawrence, Susan Denny, Cyril Shaps,
Directors : Godfrey Grayson,

A group of former concentration camp prisoners has formed an underground network to hunt Nazi leaders, who are still on the loose. At a secret meeting in Paris they discuss what to do with ...

Actors : Monique Mélinand, Alexandra Stewart, Jean Desailly, Yvette Etiévant,
Directors : Édouard Molinaro,

Stéphane Blanchon, who teaches at the International College, lives a quiet comfortable life in Geneva. He is married to Christine, a cold, dry-hearted woman, and his sentimental life is ...

Actors : Dermot Walsh, Donald Gray, Robertson Hare, Terence Longdon,
Directors : Michael Winner,

When reporter Mark Kingston's student brother falls from his Cambridge college window, he makes haste from the States to set out to prove that it would not have been suicide, but was rather murder.

Actors : Julio Alemán, Domingo Soler, Germán Robles, Aurora Alvarado,

An aristocratic vampire swears an oath to kill the enemies who killed his father. In order to terrify them even further, he warns each one when he is coming for them.

Actors : Lee Montague, Terence Alexander, Allan Cuthbertson, Maxine Audley,
Directors : Robert Tronson,

The police investigate the murder of an officer killed during a jewel robbery.

Actors : Consuelo Guerrero de Luna, Manuel 'Loco' Valdés, María Gracia, Santanón,
Directors : Roberto Rodríguez,

A gypsy cures the wound that a snake inflicts on Caperucita. The Wolf, the Dog and the Skunk befriend a little girl, but incomprehension makes them go back to the wild life.

Actors : John Salew, Patricia Burke, Jane Griffiths, John Crawford,
Directors : Alfred Shaughnessy,

In a small English town a schoolmistress meets a sergeant from the nearby U.S. airforce base and they decide on a date. When they miss each other at a cafe as arranged, a train of events is...

Actors : Artyk Dzhallyyev, Evgeniy Markov, Aman Kulmamedov, Feliks Yavorsky,

Secret documents are hidden in ruins of ancient fortress Kum-Basan-Kala in Middle Asia for further transportation abroad. Foreign intelligence sends special agent to get them.

Actors : Bernard Archard, Paul Stassino, Elvi Hale, Michael Coles,
Directors : Robert Tronson,

A petty burglar sets a chain of events in motion when he steals some bullion that the owner hasn't declared to the authorities.

Actors : Su-il Bang, Hae Hwang, Hye-jeong Kim, Hang Jo,
Directors : Bong-rae Lee,

A journalist attempts to clear his cousin's name of murder so he begins an investigation into the crime. Discovering that the killing was politically motivated, but lacking proof against ...

Actors : John Harding, Jacques Bergerac, Helena Nash, Mala Powers,
Directors : Bernard Wiesen,

Traveling by train from Los Angeles to San Francisco, a woman--recently released from psychiatric care--is accused of the murder of a woman found dead in her compartment. Arrested and taken...