Francis Durbridge

Three agents stir up a hornet's nest of greed, betrayal, and intrigue.

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A Francis Durbridge mystery.

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It all begins when the wealthy real estate shark Gordon Stuart is murdered in a lonely villa by his wife Diana and his closest collaborator Mark Paxton. When Mark wants to get rid of the corpse, it suddenly disappears. A nerve-wracking game of "cat and mouse" turns the perpetrators into victims. Inspector Clay investigates and soon stumbles across more corpses

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Paul Temple is a British-German television series . It features Francis Matthews as Paul Temple, the fictional detective created by Francis Durbridge, who solves crimes with the assistance of his wife Steve. Paul Temple used overseas locations in France, Malta, Germany and elsewhere.

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A man shrouded in mystery. His name is Harry Brent. Not even his fiancée knows much about him. All she knows is that he runs a small travel agency. In a puzzling turn of events, he becomes involved in the murder of his fiancée's boss. The first thing that becomes clear to Detective Inspector James Wallace is that Harry Brent is obviously a key figure in the case...

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Bat Out of Hell is a British thriller television serial created by Francis Durbridge and originally aired on BBC Two from 26 November to 24 December 1966. The series followed two lovers, Diana Stewart and Mark Paxton, who are haunted by the voice of Diana's husband over the telephone after he is murdered by the couple. Inspector Clay, played by Dudley Foster, was the detective inspector who headed the police investigation.

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Always on the hunt for news, journalist Guy Foster has no idea that he will soon be the subject of the city's crime pages: when his wife Melissa is found strangled in Regent's Park, he will be the first on the list of suspects. His innocence remains to be proven, as does the phone call the journalist claims to have received from his wife shortly before her body was discovered. A second murder and an attempted murder will further complicate matters...

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The once famous athlete Bob Kerry dies mysteriously on a golf course. His son Jack, a detective, suspects murder and decides to investigate the case. He gets caught up in a web of intrigue set in the Soho red-light district in London, with its pimps and prostitutes.

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Three-part TV crime drama based on Francis Durbridge's novel.

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A company director has been murdered by a perfect stranger. DI Alan Milton is put in charge of the case. He is the former fiancé of the victim's secretary. She is now about to marry a mysterious figure with a connection to the murder suspect.

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The London fashion photographer Eric Martin expects his brother Philip Martin to return from Germany after a longer period of military service. When he arrives, Philip Martin reports an accident in Hamburg. He should bring items from the victim's wife to Dublin. However, Philip Martin behaves strangely, so that Eric Martin doubts the story. In fact, his brother travels to the Royal Falkon Hotel in Maidenhead and rents a room there.

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Melissa is a 1964 British thriller television series which originally aired in six parts on BBC 2 in 1964. It was shown under the umbrella title Francis Durbridge Presents, and was one of a number of serials written by Francis Durbridge during the period.

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Famous photographer Larry Martin receives a visit from his brother Philip, on leave from military service in West Germany. Philip is trying to find the wife of a deceased friend and his search takes him to Dublin. Sometime later, Larry learns that Philip never went to Dublin, but instead has disappeared.

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Engineer Tim Frazer is hired by the mysterious Mr. Ross to search for his missing business partner Harry Denston. Denston appears to be involved in a case of espionage.

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This is a Swedish remake based on The Scarf, the British original from 1959 (script : Francis Durbridge). The English script was translated to Swedish by Ulla Berthel and Börje Lindell. The Swedish version retains the English setting.

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A Scotland Yard inspector investigates the murder of a young model strangled with a necktie, uncovering a complex jewel heist ring in the process.

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Janet Freeman, the daughter of the English nuclear researcher Clive and his wife Lucy, is kidnapped.

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Italian frogman and scientist Paolo Rocello is found dead on a houseboat. The owner of the boat, Mr. Cooper, has disappeared without a trace. The English boarding school town of Medlow is now in turmoil. Of all people, the likeable boarding school teacher David Henderson is increasingly suspected of murder. This is because Katherine Walter, the niece of Dr. Sheldon, saw him on the boat on the day of the murder. However, Dr. Sheldon himself also becomes a suspect. Inspector Ford and Sergeant Broderick are in the dark – until another murder occurs and a completely new perspective on the events emerges...

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When Dr. Howard Latimer finds the German actress whom he had just met at the London Airport murdered in his flat, he is led into a world of murder, blackmail, and a fake passport scam.

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An actress and an artist are linked by his brother to deadly smugglers sought by Scotland Yard.

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A fiction writer begins working on a biography of a pilot who went down during the test flight of a new plane and finds himself soon involved in a series of murders.

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A physician is forced to operate on a mystery figure under shady circumstances.

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A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed "The Marquis." There seems to be no other common thread between the victims, and Scotland Yard is baffled. Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, is warned to stay away from the case, but he and his glamorous wife Steve can never refuse a good mystery.

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A husband-and-wife detective team look into the murder of one of her friends, whose father--a prominent scientist--has been kidnapped. They find themselves up against a sinister crime organization headed by a mysterious figure known only as "Z".

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Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, meets a newspaper woman called "Steve." Together they investigate a gang of diamond robbers.

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