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Tense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Journey to the Seventh Planet
1962 · Adventure
The Sheepman
1958 · Western
Sink the Bismarck!
1960 · Drama
The Angry Red Planet
1959 · Adventure
Highway 13
1948 · Mystery
D.O.A.
1949 · Crime
The Doomsday Flight
1966 · Thriller
House of Bamboo
1955 · Drama
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939 · Mystery
Stage to Tucson
1950 · Western
The Keyhole
1933 · Romance
Ada
1961 · Drama
Riding Shotgun
1954 · Western
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
1937 · Mystery
Special Investigator
1936 · Romance
Sitting Bull
1954 · Western
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
1969 · Adventure
The Cool and the Crazy
1958 · Drama
The Brothers Rico
1957 · Crime
Madame Spy
1942 · Drama
Secret Service of the Air
1939 · Thriller
Mutiny in Outer Space
1965
A Prize of Arms
1962 · Crime
Fortune Is a Woman
1957 · Thriller
Johnny Cool
1963 · Crime
Shock
1946 · Thriller
Accidents Will Happen
1938 · Drama
Isle of Fury
1936 · Drama
The Happy Thieves
1961 · Crime
Fabiola
1949 · History
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
1958 · Horror
The Passionate Stranger
1957 · Romance
The Lineup
1958 · Crime
Blonde Crazy
1931 · Comedy
Beau Ideal
1931 · Adventure
Superman and the Mole Men
1951 · Adventure
The Gunman From Bodie
1941 · Western
The Seventh Cross
1944 · Drama
A Shot in the Dark
1941 · Drama
Battle Stations
1956 · War
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