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Intense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Challenges
1969 · Drama
Woman of the Lake
1966 · Drama
The Thousand Plane Raid
1969 · Adventure
Cry Vengeance
1954 · Drama
In the Face of Demolition
1953 · Drama
Kind Lady
1951 · Crime
The Phantom of Crestwood
1932 · Mystery
Hurry Sundown
1967 · Drama
Caged
1950 · Crime
She-Devils on Wheels
1968 · Crime
The Unseen
1945 · Mystery
Sodom and Gomorrah
1962 · Drama
Take One False Step
1949 · Thriller
Kid Glove Killer
1942 · Crime
The Interrupted Journey
1949 · Thriller
House of Cards
1968 · Drama
A Double Life
1947 · Drama
The World Changes
1933 · Drama
Screaming Eagles
1956 · War
Gog
1954 · Horror
The Beast of the City
1932 · Crime
Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair
1953 · Adventure
Death of a Cyclist
1955 · Crime
Rocky Mountain
1950 · Western
Salome
1953 · Romance
Fear in the Night
1947 · Mystery
A Colt Is My Passport
1967 · Drama
The Long Memory
1953 · Crime
I Love a Mystery
1945 · Mystery
Robbers’ Roost
1955 · Action
Hunger
1966 · Drama
The Killing of Sister George
1968 · Drama
Lord Love a Duck
1966 · Comedy
Sky Murder
1940 · Comedy
The Black Vampire
1953 · Thriller
The Sun Sets at Dawn
1950 · Crime
The Scarlet Coat
1955 · War
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951 · War
The Letter
1940 · Drama
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966 · Drama
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