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English
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"Death on the Nile": A pleasure cruise down the Nile turns deadly when a murder is discovered on board. "Sad Cypress": The solution to a double-murder case appears to be cut and dried, but Poirot's instincts eventually lead him to the real truth. "The Hollow": A weekend retreat where all the guests appear to despise one another finds Poirot hard at work doing what he does best. "Five little pigs": Poirot agrees to help a young woman prove her mother's...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 392 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspector Alleyn has the upper crust contacts and manners, but like more modern detectives, he's a bona fide cop. Offers elegant country house settings, complex cases, and a detective who works for Scotland Yard. Agatha Troy is the Inspector's independent and insightful lady friend.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Agatha Christie's most twisted tale, a spy-turned-private-detective is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets.
5) Painted lady
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 198 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Maggie Sheridan is a semi-retired, former '60s rock singer. She seems resigned to a life lived on a crumbling country estate, ruminating about her past. Everything changes when a botched robbery leaves her friend Sir Charles Stafford dead and one of his prized pantings missing. Determined to retrieve the masterpiece and find the killer, Maggie plunges into the dark underworld of the art trade. Posing as a wealthy Polish countess, she sets off on a...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Sherlock Holmes has always been the smartest man in the room, until now. There is a new criminal mastermind at large, Professor James Moriarty, and not only is he Holmes's intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil, coupled with a complete lack of conscience, may give him an advantage over the renowned detective. Holmes's investigation into Moriarty's plot becomes more dangerous as it leads him and Watson out of London to France, Germany, and finally...
Publisher
Distributed by RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby and Detective Sergeant Ben Jones investigate the suspicious death of an amateur astronomer during a solar eclipse.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.)
Language
English
Description
Detective Chief Superintendant Christopher Foyle is a police investigator in the British coastal community of Hastings. In the immediate aftermath of World War II, Foyle finds his longed-for retirement interrupted by cases involving international intrigue, military racism, and an accused traitor all too willing to go to the gallows.
Publisher
Distributed by RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby and Detective Sergeant Ben Jones investigate the murder of a chess society president and its possible link to an earlier attack.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (372 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The English village mystery gets a contemporary spin in this hit British television series that has earned a worldwide following. Bucolic settings harbor macabre crimes and eccentric characters that are no match for DCI John Barnaby and his assistant, DS Jamie Winter.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 212 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Return to post-war England for mystery and a cup of tea. The consummate prim and proper crime-fighting spinster, Miss Jane Marple sets down her knitting needles to unwind the most ingenious crimes. As she travels from city to countryside and even the Bahamas, murders, missing bodies and haunted dreams have a habit of falling accross Miss Marple's path.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When world-famous pianist Sir Michael Fielding offers and audition-only master class in Midsomer, the competition is fierce. Introverted, anxious piano prodigy Zoe Stock wins a place in the class, but soon afterward witnesses a drowning that reminds Barnaby of a 20-year-old case--Container.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Midsomer Morchard resident John Kinsella wins in internaitonal boxing title, it seems that everyone in town is delighted with his success. However, the celebrations turn sour during a reenactment of a Victorian prizefight, which reveals a story of greed, resentment, and complex entanglements that threaten to turn deadly--Container.
14) Second sight 1
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This taut psychological thriller introduces Ross Tanner, a hotshot police detective who lives for the thrill of the chase - while desperate to conceal a terrifying secret: he's losing his vision.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 186 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby and his partner, DS Charlie Nelson, investigate a suspicious death connected to the local restaurant Wyvern House, and how the murder of the co-owner of Finchmere Airfield is linked to an upcoming air show.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 185 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby and his new partner, DS Charlie Nelson, investigate a stabbing at the Morton Shallows manor house and murders imitating a medieval fresco in Midsomer St. Claire.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Barnaby and Jones are called in to investigate when a mem ber of the Oblong Foundation, a new-age cult, disappears. Jones must skip his vacation to go undercover among the cultists, and the detective soon learns of prior deaths that may not have been accidental--Container.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Newly single Dianne Price is discovered drowned in her bathtub and staged to look like a bride. When more murders follow, the detectives realize that the cases bear eerie similarities to notorious murders from the past. Barnaby and Jones race to catch the copycat killer before the body count rises further--Container.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 204 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Return to post-war England for mystery and a cup of tea. The consummate prim and proper crime-fighting spinster, Miss Jane Marple sets down her knitting needles to unwind the most ingenious crimes. As she travels from city to countryside and even the Bahamas, murders, missing bodies and haunted dreams have a habit of falling accross Miss Marple's path.
Series
Midsomer Murders volume set 23
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby and Detective Sergeant Ben Jones investigate suspicious deaths that appear to be tied to convicted murderer Grady Felton's return to Midsomer.
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