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Plot Summary:
Return of the Saint was a British action-adventure television series that aired for one season in 1978 and 1979 in Britain on ITV, and was also broadcast on CBS in the United States. It was co-produced by ITC Entertainment and the Italian broadcaster RAI and ran for 24 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 560
Genere: Adventure, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, eurospy
Best tv shows and movies like Return of the Saint (1978):
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Search (1972)
Plot Summary:
Search is an American science fiction series that aired on Wednesday nights on NBC at 10 pm ET, from September 1972 to August 1973. It ran for 23 episodes, not including the two-hour pilot film originally titled Probe. When picked up for series production, the title had to be changed because Probe was the name of an existing PBS series. In the UK the series aired on BBC 1 under the title Search Control. The show was created by Leslie Stevens, and produced by Leslie Stevens, Robert Justman, John Strong and Tony Spinner. The high concept was described as "science fiction in today's world" and the episodes featured many high-tech elements which are considered common in current science fiction shows.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, cerebral
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240-Robert (1979)
Plot Summary:
240-Robert is an American drama series that ran on ABC from 1979 to 1981. The series title is a reference to the call-sign designation for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's search and rescue/paramedic teams.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, vintage
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Innocent Bystanders (1972)
Plot Summary:
Washed-up agent John Craig is given the task of proving his worth by tracking down a Russian scientist on the run. Cross and double-cross is the name of the game.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 340
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: political thriller, eurospy
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The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)
Plot Summary:
Fu Manchu inoculates ten women with poison, to kill ten world leaders.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Crime
Country: UK, West Germany, Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, grindhouse, perverse, cult classic, twisted, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Jason King (1971)
Plot Summary:
Jason King - a suavely sophisticated former secret agent turned novelist - travels the world searching for material to fill his books, encountering an endless parade of glamorous women, exotic locales, menacing villains and daring intrigue! Before Austin Powers swung into action, Jason King set the standard for the hip crime-fighting international playboy!.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 325
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Famous Five (1978)
Plot Summary:
The Famous Five is a British television series based on the children's books of the same name by Enid Blyton. It was broadcast on ITV over two series in 1978 and 1979. It was produced by Southern Television in 26 half-hour episodes.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 560
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: detective, detective series
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Department S (1969)
Plot Summary:
Department S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The series consists of 28 episodes which originally aired in 1969–1970. It starred Peter Wyngarde as author Jason King, Joel Fabiani as Stewart Sullivan, and Rosemary Nicols as computer expert Annabelle Hurst. The trio were agents for a fictional special department of Interpol. The head of Department S was Sir Curtis Seretse.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 566
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981)
Plot Summary:
The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1981 Soviet film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel The Hound of the Baskervilles. It was the third installment in the TV series about adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. A potent streak of humour ran through the film as concerns references to traditional British customs and stereotypes, ensuring the film's popularity with several generations of Russophone viewers. Other features of this best entry in the series include excellent exterior shots which closely match the novel's setting in the Dartmoor marshland, as well as an all-star cast: in addition to the famous Livanov -Solomin duo as Holmes and Watson, the film stars the internationally acclaimed actor/director Nikita Mikhalkov as Sir Henry Baskerville and the Russian movie legend Oleg Yankovsky as the villain Stapleton.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: detective, natural horror
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Visit to Minotaur (1987)
Plot Summary:
The apartment of the famous violin player Lev Polyakov has been robbed. Among other things, thieves took a violin made by Antonio Stradivari, which is a priceless masterpiece. Inspector Tikhonov have to investigate this crime. Also, Antonio Stradivari's life story is told.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 350 min
Plot tags: detective
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Belascoaran, PI (2022)
Plot Summary:
Héctor Belascoarán leaves his corporate job and dull marriage to become an independent detective and tackle shocking criminal cases in 1970s Mexico City.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: detective
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Burke's Law (1963)
Plot Summary:
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 960
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: retro, detective, campy
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The Magician (1973)
Plot Summary:
The Magician is an American television series that ran during the 1973–1974 season. It starred Bill Bixby as stage illusionist Anthony "Tony" Blake, a playboy philanthropist who used his skills to solve difficult crimes as needed. In the series pilot, the character was instead named Anthony Dorian. The name change was due to a conflict with the name of a real life stage magician.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 591
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective
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Operation Atlantis (1965)
Plot Summary:
An American agent discovers that the Red Chinese have built a secret atomic city from which they will attempt to invade America.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: eurospy
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License to Kill (1964)
Plot Summary:
Didier Formenter, the French scientist, has just put the final touch on an invention that will be able to destroy to destroy any sort of flying apparatus. An international crime gang is very interested in stealing this equipement to sell it to the higher bidder of lawless nations. Menaced, the scientist, who was friends with Nick Carter's father, calls Nick for help. At Nice airport, Nick Carter escapes death, but that night he is unable to stop Formenter's murder. He suspects Bruno, Formenter's adoptive son, and Tonio, the owner of a bar near Formentier's home. Bruno is actually after Formenter's heritage, and for that he tries to kill Catherine, Formentier's granddaughter. Therefore, Nick Carter finds himself against more than a gang, but he will uncover the plots, in time to break every gangster apart.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: detective, eurospy
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That Man in Istanbul (1965)
Plot Summary:
An American adventurer who has a gambling den in Istanbul, who is suspected to be involved in the kidnapping of a nuclear scientist, but ultimately becomes self on the search for the disappeared and gets a striving for world domination secret organization.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 452
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: spy comedy, eurospy
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The Persuaders! (1971)
Plot Summary:
The Persuaders! is a 1971 action/adventure series, produced by ITC Entertainment for initial broadcast on ITV and ABC. It has been called "the last major entry in the cycle of adventure series that had begun eleven years earlier with Danger Man in 1960", as well as "the most ambitious and most expensive of Sir Lew Grade's international action adventure series". The Persuaders Series was filmed in France, Italy and England between May 1970 and June 1971. Despite its focus on the British and American markets, the show was popular elsewhere. It won its highest awards from Australia and Spain, while Roger Moore and Tony Curtis were decorated in Germany and France for their acting. It persists in the memory of European filmmakers and audiences, having been casually referenced in 21st century productions from Sweden, France, Britain and Germany.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, humorous, realistic, semi serious, surprise ending, buddy comedy, vintage
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The Protectors (1972)
Plot Summary:
The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series using live actors as opposed to electronic marionettes, and also his second to be firmly set in contemporary times. It was also the only Gerry Anderson produced television series that was not of the fantasy or science fiction genres. It was produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. Despite not featuring marionettes or any real science fiction elements, The Protectors became one of Anderson's most popular productions, easily winning a renewal for a second season. A third season was in the planning stages when the show's major sponsor pulled out, forcing its cancellation. The Protectors first aired in 1972 and 1973, and ran to 52 episodes over two series, each 25 minutes long - making it one of the last series of this type to be produced in a half-hour format. It starred Robert Vaughn as Harry Rule, Nyree Dawn Porter as the Contessa Caroline di Contini, and Tony Anholt as Paul Buchet. Episodes often featured prominent guest actors.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 555
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Family, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: detective
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The Delta Factor (1970)
Plot Summary:
Action-packed espionage thriller based on a book by Mickey Spillane. A man who has been framed for a large-scale robbery escapes from prison, but is caught and given a choice between returning behind bars and working for the CIA. He is enlisted to rescue a scientist from a dictator-run island, disguised as a drug dealer with another agent posing as his wife, while simultaneously plotting to prove his innocence.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Agent X-77 Orders to Kill (1966)
Plot Summary:
A government agent tries to prevent foreign spies from obtaining a scientist's formula for a solid-rocket-fuel.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Adventure
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: eurospy
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The Legend of Robin Hood (1975)
Plot Summary:
The Legend of Robin Hood was a 1975 BBC television serial that told the story of the life of Robin Hood.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Adventure
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags:
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Shroud for a Nightingale (1984)
Plot Summary:
British TV mini series.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: detective
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Cover Her Face (1985)
Plot Summary:
Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh investigates the death of Alice Liddell who ran a home for unwed mothers. One of those residents is Sally Jupp who was a witness in a drugs smuggling and murder investigation in London. Sally works at the local manor house for the Maxies and it is apparent that eldest son Stephen has more than just a passing interest in her. The night after they announce their engagement, Sally is found strangled in her bed. The question is whether her death is related to the London investigation or a completely different reason altogether. Her engagement created a good deal of ill feeling among the Maxies and several guests in the house with any one of them having a motive to kill her.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 360
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 291 min
Plot tags: detective
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What Has the Deceased Said (2000)
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Comedy
Country: Russia, Poland, France, Germany, Denmark
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, feel good, light, humorous, captivating, detective, entertaining
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Callan (1967)
Plot Summary:
Callan is the title of a British television series set in the murky world of espionage. Originally produced by ABC Weekend Television and later Thames Television, it was aired on the ITV network over four seasons spread out between 1967 and 1972. The series starred Edward Woodward as David Callan, a reluctant professional killer for a shadowy branch of the British Government's intelligence services known as 'the Section'.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 835
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Man in a Suitcase (1967)
Plot Summary:
Man in a Suitcase is a 1967–1968 British television series produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment. It originally aired in the United Kingdom on ITV from 27 September 1967, to 17 April 1968. ABC broadcast episodes of Man in a Suitcase in the United States from 3 May 1968, to 20 September 1968.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 445
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, neo noir, eurospy, cult film
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The New Mike Hammer (1984)
Plot Summary:
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, with Stacy Keach in the title role, is a television series that originally aired on CBS from January 28, 1984 to January 12, 1985. The series was 24 sixty minute episodes. The show follows the adventures of Mike Hammer, the fictitious private detective created by crime novelist Mickey Spillane, as he hunts down criminals on the mean streets of New York City.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective
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Campion (1989)
Plot Summary:
Campion is a television show made by the BBC, adapting the Albert Campion mystery novels written by Margery Allingham. Two series were made, in 1989 and 1990, starring Peter Davison as Campion, Brian Glover as his manservant Magersfontein Lugg and Andrew Burt as his policeman friend Stanislaus Oates. A total of eight novels were adapted, four in each series, each of which was originally broadcast as two separate hour-long episodes. Peter Davison sang the title music for the first series himself; in the second series, it was replaced with an instrumental version.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 975
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: detective, crime drama, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, period drama
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Assignment K (1968)
Plot Summary:
Philip Scott, the boss of a toy company, is secretly also the chief of a British spy organization. Scott's cover is destroyed when enemy agents kidnap his girlfriend to force him to reveal the identities of his fellow spies.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 252
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, eurospy
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The Saint (1962)
Plot Summary:
The Saint was an ITC mystery spy thriller television series that aired in the UK on ITV between 1962 and 1969. It centred on the Leslie Charteris literary character Simon Templar, played by Roger Moore as a suave and sophisticated Robin Hood-like adventurer. The character may be nicknamed The Saint because the initial letters of his name are also an abbreviation for the word saint. When taking on an American persona, he would often use the name Sebastian Tombs. As a result of the strong performance in the US of the first two black-and-white series in first-run syndication, NBC picked up the show as a summer replacement in its evening schedule in 1966. The programme therefore ended its run with both trans-Atlantic prime time scheduling and colour episodes. It also proved popular beyond the UK and US, eventually airing in over 60 countries, and made a profit in excess of £350m for ITC. With almost 120 episodes, the programme is exceeded only by The Avengers as the most productive show of its genre produced in the UK.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: detective, serious, realistic, vintage, cult film
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The Dandy (2015)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by the 1997 American drama Donnie Brasco, El Dandy tells the story of a law professor who has been hired by the Attorney General, to participate in a program of special operations, where you must infiltrate one of the most notorious drug cartels of Mexico City. Under the false name Daniel "El Dandy" Bracho, begins the task of identifying all the members of this clandestine network. However, he quickly finds that his acute ability to police work is only comparable with the exciting sense of danger that experiences living life to the fullest. Along the way, it avails itself of the help of a criminal's petty, loyal, even corrupt, called El Chueco, who quickly befriends Bracho and comes dangerously close to discover his true identity. Much deeper Bracho is involved in the mafia, more work tells him to get out, and the professor once incorruptible has to choose between returning to a normal life as a respectable citizen or fully embrace his criminal life.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Crime
Country: Mexico
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, detective, telenovela