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Tense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Assassination of Matteotti
1973 · History
No Place to Hide
1973 · Thriller
Deliver Us from Evil
1973 · Drama
The Pedestrian
1973 · Drama
Beyond Atlantis
1973 · Fantasy
Slaughter’s Big Rip-Off
1973 · Thriller
Enter the Dragon
1973 · Action
A Doll’s House
1973 · Drama
White Lightning
1973 · Action
The Neptune Factor
1973 · Action
No, the Case Is Happily Resolved
1973 · Thriller
The Day of the Jackal
1973 · Drama
Gehri Chaal
1973 · Thriller
The MacKintosh Man
1973 · Thriller
Dillinger
1973 · Drama
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
1973 · Horror
Lady Ice
1973 · Thriller
Cleopatra Jones
1973 · Action
Cahill U.S. Marshal
1973 · Drama
Live and Let Die
1973 · Action
Super Fly T.N.T.
1973 · Action
The Last of Sheila
1973 · Drama
Stacey
1973 · Action
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
1973 · Western
Sisters
1973 · Mystery
The Crazies
1973 · Action
Nothing But the Night
1973 · Thriller
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
1973 · Drama
Dhund
1973 · Mystery
The Great American Beauty Contest
1973 · Drama
Shamus
1973 · Comedy
Birds of Prey
1973 · Action
Death Carries a Cane
1973 · Thriller
Kaadu
1973 · Drama
Fear Is the Key
1972 · Action
The Outside Man
1972 · Crime
The Getaway
1972 · Action
The Poseidon Adventure
1972 · Action
Sleuth
1972 · Crime
Molly and Lawless John
1972 · Western
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