Bloodline (1979)

When her father is murdered, a pharmaceutical heiress becomes the next target of an unknown killer amid the international jet set.

From memory: Despite all the effort in production value and an all-star cast this is a disappointingly messy and barely mediocre thriller.

Halliwell (no star): "Involved all-star-suspense shocker which seems constantly about to be better than it ever is."

Maltin BOMB: "Unbearable adaptation..."

Es geschah am hellichten Tag (1958)

Having doubts about the guilt of the obvious suspect in the murder of an eight year old girl, a police detective decides to investigate the case on his own.

Toned-down adaptation of a much darker Friedrich Dürrenmatt story is well-made with a competent cast (Gert Fröbe is very convincing as the disturbed child murderer), but the happy ending is obviously forced on to please a larger audience.

Triple Cross (1966)

A British bank robber finds himself caught between the waring parties in WW2.

Old-fashioned, mildy entertaining espionage thriller; a bit too long and, like its hero, strangely apolitical.

Halliwell (no star): "Ho-hum biopic of double agent Eddie Chapman; effective scenes merely interrupt the general incoherence."

Maltin**: "Adequate WW2 spy yarn...A bit too long."