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Intense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Decision at Sundown
1957 · Western
The Green Slime
1968 · Horror
Seven Golden Men
1965 · Crime
The General Died at Dawn
1936 · Drama
Background to Danger
1943 · Thriller
Shockproof
1949 · Thriller
The Colossus of New York
1958 · Horror
The Fire Within
1963 · Drama
Death on the Diamond
1934 · Mystery
North West Frontier
1959 · Adventure
The Pride and the Passion
1957 · Romance
Side Street Story
1950 · Comedy
These Thousand Hills
1959 · Western
So Evil My Love
1948 · Drama
The Enemy Below
1957 · War
The Satan Bug
1965 · Thriller
Unearthly Stranger
1963
Chicago Syndicate
1955 · Drama
Devil’s Angels
1967 · Action
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · War
The Raid
1954 · War
The Whale God
1962 · Drama
Ferry to Hong Kong
1959 · Action
The Law and Jake Wade
1958 · Western
Experiment in Terror
1962 · Crime
The Stranglers of Bombay
1959 · Horror
Games
1967 · Thriller
An American Dream
1966 · Drama
The Macomber Affair
1947 · Adventure
The Kansan
1943 · Romance
Invaders from Mars
1953 · Horror
The Orphan
1960
I See a Dark Stranger
1946 · War
War Hunt
1962 · War
The Woman in the Window
1944 · Crime
The Bravados
1958 · Western
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939 · Mystery
Heroes for Sale
1933 · Drama
Warlock
1959 · Western
Libel
1959 · Mystery
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