The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder is based on a character created by Edgar Wallace in a series of 1925 short stories of the same name, Hugh Burden played the titular character – A mild-mannered investigator with the Department of Public Prosecutions.
The Duke is a Chicago gangster who has come across to England to claim an inheritance of a country estate. Mr Reeder is called in when an attempt is made on The Duke’s life. Who is behind the attempts, and what is their motive?
A robbery attempt goes badly wrong when Lady Rothbard accidentally shoots and kills an intruder. Mr Reeder investigates, but an examination of the body suggests that someone is not telling the truth.
Mr Reeder is called in to investigate when a bank manager draws out a huge cash sum from his own branch, converts it into foreign currency, and then vanishes without trace. Was his motivation as simple as it looks?
Clara White, a silent movie star, has been murdered. The authorities think they have the man responsible, but Sir James is not convinced, and so mobilises Mr Reeder to investigate. Interrogating the defendant in his cell, Reeder reckons Sir James may have a point.
A bomb arrives in Mr Reeder’s office, a car almost runs him down, and his head is almost knocked clean off by a chunk of falling masonry from above while walking home. Not one to be easily intimidated, Reeder is determined to find out the motivation for the attacks.
Music hall star Hetty Malone has been murdered, leaving several Peers of the Realm as prime suspects. Sir Jason asks Mr Reeder to attempt to prove all the men innocent of any involvement with the popular star.
A young debutante is whisked away as her arrival is about to be announced at ‘The Palace’. Mr Reeder is assigned this as his latest case, and is disturbed to find that there may well be a connection to a white slave trade.
Mr Reeder is determined to find out what is behind the attempts to kill a reformed safe cracker. His discoveries lead him to suspect that a villain’s word is not his bond, and may not always be trusted
Mr. Reeder investigates a poison-pen letter accusing a baronet of doing away with his wife. Meanwhile, a convicted forger is released after a ten-year sentence and seeks revenge.
Mr. Reeder investigates the disappearance of the managing director of the Telfer Consolidated, along with £150,000. He is meanwhile intrigued by the petty theft of some marble chips from a local stonemason's yard.
A woman seeks revenge on Mr. Reeder after her husband is convicted of forgery.
A failed jewel thief from India and a successful forger find that they have a hatred of J. G. Reeder in common.
Lord Sellington asks the D.P.P. to investigate his estranged son, whom he suspects of stealing from the Sellington Refugee Fund.
Mr. Lambton Green, branch manager of the London Scottish and Midland Bank, is arrested for embezzlement, but Mr. Reeder doubts his guilt.
Mr. Reeder pits his wits against Art Lomer, producer of a U.S. theatrical company and a successful international confidence trickster, in London to pull off an audacious fraud.
Mr. Reeder investigates the disappearances of several people who had invested in a secretive company.
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| Language | English |
| Release | 1969-04-23 |
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