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Donald Pleasence
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Armchair Mystery Theatre is a 60-minute United Kingdom television anthology mystery series. Thirty-four episodes aired from 1960-65. It was hosted by Donald Pleasence and produced by Leonard White.
1960
The only clue to a series of apparently motiveless murders of Sydney's taxi drivers is found in a café.
Toff and Fingers head to a small Scottish village to lay low after stealing some antique silverware. The pair pose as a General and his batman looking their next job but the warm welcome, from the locals, makes them have second thoughts.
A young Woman works as a low level stenographer and lives with her mother. She follows the rituals that society expects of a woman, however resistant she may feel about them, and subsequently marries her boss, whom she finds repulsive.
1965
A man is on trial for shooting a neighbor who was trying to gain access to the man's bomb shelter during a drill.
Mrs Isobel Manners lives a large Victorian house with her two grown up sons; Geoffrey and Edward. Mrs Manners is convinced that someone is trying to murder her. Everything points to Edward who prowls the stair at night.
Tom Braddock's new wife is starting to behave just like his late wife did just before her death.
Its the late 1880s in the East End of London and two ladies become rather concerned about their guest.
It's at a house warming party the Dawsons realise they should have checked out the neighbourhood before they moved in.
Two killers arrive at their destination, the only thing between them and their intended victim is a staircase.
Its been a long time since Adeline has seen her long lost brother Ambrose..but surely he has not changed that much?
Donald Pleasence
Host
1964
Stockbroker Mr Sparrow finds himself blackmailed by two employees after fiddling the taxman plus making unwanted sexual advances. Trying use his assistant to turn the tables on the pair it backfires and sides with them.
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