Review of The Alphabet Murders (1965) by June M — 14 Aug 2011

Thou silly, corny and ultimately absolutely ridiculous, Tony Randall and Robert Morley give great performances and make this film very enjoyable.

This review of The Alphabet Murders (1965) was written by June M on 14 Aug 2011.

The Alphabet Murders has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of The Alphabet Murders

Review of The Alphabet Murders (1965)

By Mike D (1,303) on 18 Apr 2006

Fairly good Agatha Christie adaptation of the ABC Murders. Should have been much better but is still entertaining…

Read Review

Review of The Alphabet Murders (1965)

By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 27 Jun 2007

It was really as simple as ABC why this film was a dud, most of the suspense was lost in Tashlin's poorly conceived comic interpretation…

Read Review

Review of The Alphabet Murders (1965)

By Muldy C (1) on 24 Oct 2010

Falls flat because of how silly it is and campy , but Tony Randall gives such a great performance that raises it. Robert Morley was also great…

Read Review

Review of The Alphabet Murders (1965)

By Eric R (1,431) on 13 Jun 2011

The film opens with Tony Randall breaking the fourth wall (addressing the audience) as he introduces the film…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of St. Ives (1976)

By Richard T. Jameson (72) for Parallax View (176) on 21 Oct 2011

This movie is so bad that when the convoluted action takes us to a drive-in movie the same film clips can be glimpsed four times…

Read Review

Review of Heaven's Prisoners (1996)

By Greg Muskewitz (87) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 09 Jul 2003

A humid and sweaty potboiler that fritters away the potential to be hot and steamy…

Read Review

Review of 711 Ocean Drive (1950)

By Senor C (647) on 07 Feb 2012

Truly enjoyed this noir. Unfortunately it's not talked about very much. Too bad; it's damn good…

Read Review

Review of Wisconsin Death Trip (1999)

By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 19 Mar 2003

If sitting in a library basement reading random newspaper articles on microfilm for two hours is your idea of a good time, then this movie…

Read Review

Review of Hue and Cry (1947)

By Ilsa L (252) on 10 May 2010

Recognised as the first Ealing comedy, centres around a group of youths who discover a criminal gang directing their operations through a magazine…

Read Review

Review of Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

By Michael R (2,154) on 05 May 2010

It's old, and kind of boring, but the twist at the end gets me every time…

Read Review

Review of Summer Magic (1963)

By Paul D (6,077) on 03 Apr 2010

Sickly-sweet musical which is a vehicle for Hayley Mills innocent on-screen persona. Everything is just too idealistic…

Read Review

Review of The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006)

By Maridia B (153) on 25 Jul 2011

I hated the first movie, now I hate the second one--if not because they don't explain Galleria's sudden departure other than the cliche college crap…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Godzilla vs. Kong

2021

66%184 Reviews

Hillbilly Elegy

2020

61%141 Reviews

The Batman

2022

75%430 Reviews

Blade Runner 2049

2017

80%2,332 Reviews

Babylon

2022

68%144 Reviews

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

Ready Player One

2018

72%1,541 Reviews

Hereditary

2018

72%1,650 Reviews

A Quiet Place

2018

76%1,685 Reviews

Logan

2017

82%1,785 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

The Alphabet Murders

1965

52%5 Reviews

One Day

2011

63%65 Reviews

Law of Desire

1987

74%126 Reviews

Outland

1981

59%281 Reviews

American Me

1992

72%200 Reviews

Pathfinder

2007

44%520 Reviews

Saving Mr. Banks

2013

74%1,003 Reviews

Walkabout

1971

80%347 Reviews

Free Men

2011

66%33 Reviews

TRON: Legacy

2010

63%971 Reviews