The 39 Steps 1935  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
aka: The Thirty-Nine Steps
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Madeleine Carroll, Robert Donat, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft, John Laurie, Peggy Simpson, Helen Haye, Frank Cellier, Wylie Watson, Gus McNaughton, Jerry Verno, Miles Malleson, John Turnbull, Frederick Piper
Canadian citizen Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) is visiting England when he goes to the Palladium where he sees an act starring "Mr. Memory" (Wylie Watson). In the middle of the show, a shot rings out, and Richard is approached by terrified Miss Annabelle Smith (Lucie Mannheim) who begs him to help her. She tells him that she is a British spy being targeted by international agents out to kill her. The next morning, Annabelle appears at Richard's door–dying from a knife wound, muttering "39 steps," and giving Richard a map. Richard uses the map that leads him to Scotland. He meets Pamela (Madeleine Carroll) on the trip to Scotland, and she ends up serving as his assistant when the two of them become involved in a world of espionage and murder.
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Bunny Lake Is Missing 1965  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea, Laurence Olivier, Noel Coward, Martita Hunt, Finlay Currie, Clive Revill, Anna Massey, Richard Wattis, Lucie Mannheim, Megs Jenkins, Victor Maddern
A young mother (Carol Lynley) reports her daughter missing, but police are suspicious as to whether the child actually exists.
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The High Command 1937  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thorold Dickinson
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Lucie Mannheim, Steven Geray, James Mason, Allan Jeayes, Wally Patch, Tom Gill, Leslie Perrins, Philip Strange, Skelton Knaggs
A British general (Lionel Atwill) investigates a crisis on an African outpost and becomes involved in blackmail and murder.
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Hotel Reserve 1944  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Hanbury
Cast: James Mason, Lucie Mannheim, Raymond Lovell, Julien Mitchell, Martin Miller, Herbert Lom, Patricia Medina, David Ward, Frederick Valk, Laurence Hanray
A suspect Nazi spy is caught between Nazis and Nazi hunters at the Hotel Reserve on the Riviera.
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The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By 1952 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
aka: Paris Express
Director: Harold French
Cast: Claude Rains, Marius Goring, Marta Toren, Ferdy Mayne, Herbert Lom, Lucie Mannheim, Anouk Aimee, Eric Pohlmann, Felix Aylmer, Gibb McLaughlin, Michael Nightingale, Robin Alalouf, Joan St. Clair
A very honest man, Kees Popinga (Claude Rains), finds that his boss Julius de Koster, Jr. (Herbert Lom) has been stealing from their Dutch trading company to support his French mistress Michele (Marta Toren). Kees' solution: steal the money himself to prevent his boss from getting his hands on it. Kees does get the money and boards a trans-European train to Paris. After arriving in Paris, he manages to become entangled with Michele. And, of course, problems lie ahead through a series of twists and turns.
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| 1. The 39 Steps (1935)
aka: The Thirty-Nine Steps
2. Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
3. The High Command (1937)
4. Hotel Reserve (1944)
5. The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By (1952)
aka: Paris Express
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