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Synopsis: A defense attorney, Craig Carlson feels an overwhelming sense of guilt after getting a murder acquittal for the woman he loves, Myra Leeds, only to discover she both committed the crime and is in love with another man. Determined to get both revenge and redemption, he attempts to fix things by putting her in a position where she'll need to murder him. Who's in it? The movie stars Raymond Burr , Angela Lansbury , Dick Foran , John Dehner and Denver Pyle. Review : When I came across Please Murder Me ! on Amazon Prime Video, my interest in watching it had more to do with the actors starring in it than the plot itself. As someone who loves murder mysteries, I was intrigued by a film that starred both the actor who played Perry Mason (Burr) and the star of Murder, She Wrote (Lansbury). Overall, it ended up being a good choice. I thought Myra's (Lansbury) murder trial was as entertaining as anything in this movie. It reminded me a lot of a Perry Mason episode, an...

Synopsis: A struggling archaeologist purchases a vase at an Egyptian bazaar that appears to contain clues to the location to the tomb of Princess Ananka and convinces a magician to help fund his expedition. However, instead of finding her tomb, they instead uncover Kharis, a living mummy kept alive for thousands of years to guard the entrance of Ananka's tomb. Who's in it?  The movie stars Dick Foran , Peggy Moran , Wallace Ford , George Zucco and Tom Tyler. You can read my review here:  Movie Review: The Mummy's Hand (1940) (wizzley.com)

Synopsis: A specially-modified naval submarine is sent to the North Pole to investigate a series of ship disappearances. They ultimately discover a flying saucer. Who's in it? The movie stars Arthur Franz , Tom Conway , Brett Halsey , Dick Foran and Paul Dubov . Review: I ended up picking out this movie to watch early this morning mostly becaue it had a shorter runtime but also because I enjoyed the last submarine movie I watched . Unfortunately, while this sounded good in the description, I wasn't as big of a fan of this film as I thought I would be. My biggest problem with this movie was there was an awful lot of talking for a film that sounded like it would have a lot of action. In fact, I was beginning to wonder if they would ever do anything exciting at all. It didn't help that the movie, at times, seemed like it was more of a military propaganda film than anything else, especially when the ship's commander (Franz) was arguing with a pacifist scientist (Halsey)...