The middle aged matron at a Norwich school wins a large prize in a French lottery. She is murdered in London and the murderer's secretary impersonates her and draws the old lady's prize money. There follows a series of killings until the murderer realises that he is trapped and commits suicide.

Dial M for Murder
1954
8.0/10

Footsteps in the Fog
1955
7.0/10

Villain
1971
6.2/10

The Glass Key
1942
6.6/10

Witness to Murder
1954
6.3/10

Arabesque
1966
6.3/10

Your Lucky Day
2023
6.0/10

Dismissed
2017
6.5/10

The Awakening
2011
6.4/10

The United States of Leland
2003
6.5/10

The Gambler
2014
6.0/10

The Pelican Brief
1993
6.6/10

Compulsion
2024
6.1/10

Ca$h
2010
5.8/10

The Woman in the Window
1944
7.4/10

I Wake Up Screaming
1941
6.9/10

The Killer
2024
6.3/10

The Alphabet Murders
1965
5.9/10

Barron's Cove
2025
6.9/10

The Substitute 2: School's Out
1998
6.3/10
The Dentist
1996
5.548/10