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Intense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Spoilers
1942 · Western
Passenger
1963 · War
The Woman on Pier 13
1949 · Drama
Tarzan’s Three Challenges
1963 · Action
The October Man
1947 · Thriller
Head Against the Wall
1959 · Drama
Ten Seconds to Hell
1959 · Drama
Montana
1950 · Romance
Code of the Secret Service
1939 · Drama
Tiger Bay
1959 · Thriller
The Whole Truth
1958 · Thriller
The Goddess
1958 · Drama
I, Mobster
1959 · Crime
Whirlpool
1950 · Crime
Incident at Phantom Hill
1966 · Western
Back Door to Hell
1964 · War
Passage West
1951 · Western
Teesri Manzil
1966 · Thriller
The Lady Gambles
1949 · Drama
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
1959 · War
Face of a Fugitive
1959 · Western
Edward, My Son
1949 · Drama
Trapped
1949 · Mystery
Cosh Boy
1953 · Drama
Fall Guy
1947 · Crime
Humoresque
1946 · Romance
House of Frankenstein
1944 · Horror
Journey to Shiloh
1968 · Western
The Dalton Girls
1957 · Western
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955 · Drama
Charro!
1969 · Action
Malaya
1949 · Adventure
That Hamilton Woman
1941 · Romance
The Halliday Brand
1957 · Western
Guilty Hands
1931 · Drama
Operation Pacific
1951 · Action
We Still Kill the Old Way
1967 · Drama
Throne of Blood
1957 · History
One Third of a Nation
1939 · Drama
Judith
1966 · Drama
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