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The Moonstone (1972)

The Moonstone poster
Genre
drama, mystery
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 5 episodes
Rated
PG
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A valuable diamond called the Moonstone is stolen from a British country house. A detective investigates the theft among a group of suspicious guests and household members.

mysteriousslow-burnatmospherictenseclassicintricatesuspensefulformal

What happens

The Moonstone is a British mystery television series adapted from the 1868 novel The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. It aired on BBC 1 in five episodes between 16 January and 13 February 1972. It subsequently aired in America on PBS-TV's Masterpiece Theatre between 10 December 1972 and 7 January 1973. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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