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Intense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Hoodlum Priest
1961 · Drama
The Hatchet Man
1932 · Drama
Air Cadet
1951 · War
The Pied Piper
1942 · Drama
Green for Danger
1946 · Mystery
Night of the Big Heat
1967 · Thriller
Bombardier
1943 · Drama
China Doll
1958 · Romance
Captain Eddie
1945 · Drama
An Evening in Paris
1967 · Drama
The Visit
1964 · Drama
Crash Landing
1958 · Drama
Zatoichi’s Revenge
1965 · Drama
Train of Events
1949 · Drama
Anna Karenina
1948 · Romance
The Sleeping City
1950 · Crime
China Gate
1957 · War
Corruption
1968 · Horror
The Last Days of Pompeii
1959 · Adventure
The Night of the Iguana
1964 · Romance
Footsteps in the Fog
1955 · Crime
The Trap
1959 · Thriller
Alraune
1952 · Drama
The Day Will Dawn
1942 · Drama
Mary of Scotland
1936 · Drama
Enchanted Island
1958 · Adventure
20 Million Miles to Earth
1957 · Horror
Danger Signal
1945 · Romance
Thunderbird 6
1968 · Family
Play Dirty
1969 · Adventure
White Cargo
1942 · Adventure
Scrap the Japs
1942 · Animation
Mutiny
1952 · War
The Bride Wore Black
1968 · Crime
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster
1959 · Horror
The House on 92nd Street
1945 · Thriller
Madame X
1937 · Drama
One Million B.C.
1940 · Fantasy
Peeping Tom
1960 · Horror
Day of Wrath
1943 · Drama
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