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The Glass Eye Captivated by his physical beauty, an aging spinster develops an obsession for a ventriloquist, travelling all over the country to watch his act with his child-sized dummy.
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Mail Order Prophet When an ordinary clerk starts receiving letters which accurately predict the outcome of future events, he takes a dangerous gamble with his life.
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The Perfect Crime A lawyer, with blackmail in mind, meets with a famous detective who prides himself on never having committed a single mistake in his long and distinguished career, to prove that he convicted an innocent man.
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Heart of Gold A convicted robber is released to the family of one of his cell mates, against the better judgment of his parole officer.
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Silent Witness Intending to break up with an infatuated student, professor Donald Mason tracks her down at a babysitting job, where the conversation ends in murder.
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Reward to Finder After finding a cash-laden wallet John Gaminski promises his wife that he'll return it. But when he reneges, she demands that he share the money.
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Enough Rope for Two An ex-con heads to a mine to retrieve a cache of stolen loot. When his two former partners show up, three's a crowd with $100,000 at stake.
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Last Request A death-row inmate awaiting the electric chair uses his final hours to prove his innocence in a killing.
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The Young One A pretty underage girl, bored with adolescence and eager to experience all that adulthood allows, acts out in ways that could ultimately prove deadly.
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The Diplomatic Corpse Touring Mexico, Janet's rich aunt dies, and the car holding her corpse is stolen. Without a body, Janet can't claim the inheritance.
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The Deadly A conniving handyman tries to blackmail an innocent housewife for a fabricated dalliance.
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Miss Paisley's Cat An elderly woman is terrified that her disagreeable male neighbor will kill her beloved—but habitually roving—tabby cat.
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Night of the Execution Warren, a prosecuting attorney with a long history of acquittals, must deliver a guilty verdict in a murder case to ensure his political future.
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The Percentage A successful businessman who once acted cowardly in the war—but got undeserved credit for heroism—attempts to buy off an old Army buddy who knows the truth.
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Together When a businessman's mistress threatens to expose their secret relationship to his wife, he realizes he must do anything to stop her.
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Sylvia Her elderly father becomes alarmed when a jilted woman purchases a handgun.
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The Motive Two crime-obsessed buddies plot the perfect murder—one with absolutely no motive.
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Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty Traveling in Paris, an Englishwoman finds herself accidentally locked in a hotel room with a corpse.
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The Equalizer Filled with jealous rage, a man plots revenge on a coworker he is convinced has had an affair with his wife.
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On the Nose A gambling-addicted housewife owes money to a bookie, and resorts to desperate measures in order to raise the money.
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Guest for Breakfast In this violent home-invasion tale, a gun-wielding convict terrorizes a married couple whose relationship is already on the ropes.
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The Return of the Hero Things are not what they seem when two soldiers discharged from the Algerian war spend some time together in Marseilles.
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The Right Kind of House After the death of her troubled son, a mother decides to sell her house, but a potential buyer discovers she may be hiding something.
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The Foghorn A woman alone in a quiet house finds herself haunted by the noise of a foghorn. As the story progresses, she tries to recall how the sound became so horrifying to her, but the answer may be deeper than she thinks.
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Flight to the East The plight of an American war correspondent suddenly becomes front-page news when a former British Army nurse recalls a strange incident from the past.
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Bull in a China Shop A handsome homicide detective is befriended by four old ladies who invite him for tea and proceed to play out a variation of Arsenic and Old Lace for his benefit.
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Disappearing Trick A debonair tennis player looks into his attractive partner's past and her presumed dead husband.
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Lamb to the Slaughter Domestic bliss comes to a rapid halt when a housewife discovers that her police chief husband has been having an affair while she's been pregnant.
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Fatal Figures It's all in the numbers when a bookkeeper becomes obsessed with his mundane life and crime statistics.
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Death Sentence Love is in the eye of the beholder when a happily married woman sees a bomb attached to the family car as a sign of her husband's affection.