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Never Guessed the Killer-No spoiler

posted 15 years ago by HAMMERTHROW
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Saw on TCM the other night. Great movie! Had you going until the end.

Triple Irons-"I could have easily have beaten you, if I had three swords"

[–] MsELLERYqueen2 11 years ago

I had my suspicions, simply because I've learned a lot of tricks about mystery endings from Agatha Christie. I couldn't figure out how it was done, though.

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Jim Hutton: talented gorgeous hot hunk; adorable as ElleryQueen; SEXIEST ACTOR EVER

[–] Xcalat3 11 years ago

I also had an Idea but had a hard time figuring it out

When there's no more room in hell, The dead will walk the earth...

[–] MsELLERYqueen2 11 years ago

The movie really is amazing.

Perfect setting & mood, very gothic, good story, terrific acting...I couldn't ask for anything more.

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Jim Hutton: talented gorgeous hot hunk; adorable as ElleryQueen; SEXIEST ACTOR EVER

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[–] kslcutter 10 years ago

*****SPOILER******

D**n, stupid satellite gave away who the murderer was. When I looked at their info about the movie it said something along the lines of "A judge tries to commit the perfect murder..." So, I knew who it was all along but, as I watched the movie I wish I didn't because I feel the filmmakers hid the identity very well.

[–] MsELLERYqueen2 7 years ago

This is why I try to find out as little as possible about mysteries before seeing them. Too many spoilers. Even an online cast list might contain spoilers if, for example, one of the actors plays multiple characters but the viewers aren't supposed to know this until the end. I've seen this with a couple of mysteries. I've seen spoilers on Wikepedia, too (say I look up Mystery Novel A and for some reason it has spoilers about Mystery Novel B).

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Jim Hutton (1934-79) & Ellery Queen = 

[–] iluvmydogs 8 years ago

Like HAMMERTHROW, the first time I saw this movie was in about 2005, and I thought it was just a great movie! And, the ending just shocked me.

The problem now is, that anytime I see a locked room mystery, like this one, I pretty much know who the culprit has to be. I love mystery films from the 40's, especially if they're set in England. And, this was one of the best!

[–] MsELLERYqueen2 7 years ago

Have you read any stories by John Dickson Carr? He wrote a lot of impossible crimes in the 30s and 40s (in England, where he lived for many years).

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Jim Hutton (1934-79) & Ellery Queen = 