The Mystery Of The Mary Celeste (aka 'Phantom Ship') (1935)

The And Then There Were None explanation postulated in this 1935 horror thriller with Bela Lugosi is based, says an opening credit titlecard, on the findings of the Attorney-General in Gibraltar and though history has deemed him, Frederick Solly-Flood, an imbecile, the appeal of this movie is that Flood's account of the unexplained abandonment of The Mary Celeste in 1872, though certainly not presented here convincingly, came not far removed in time from the actual events, unlike so many other fanciful and outlandish theories that have sprung up and combined and morphed over the one hundred and fifty years since, blurring Mary Celeste fact and fiction.

★★★☆☆

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The 39 Steps (1935)

With setpieces and scenes still regularly imitated in film today, this terrific 1935 Hitchcock comedy thriller features Robert Donat as the hero on the run from police, faced with the dual task of clearing his name of a murder and breaking an international spy ring all while handcuffed to a feisty Madeleine Carroll!

★★★★★

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