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Tense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Cleopatra’s Daughter
1960 · Adventure
The Cremator
1969 · Horror
Party Girl
1930 · Drama
12 to the Moon
1960 · Adventure
The Petrified Forest
1936 · Drama
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
1961 · Drama
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959 · Action
The Unguarded Hour
1936 · Crime
Action of the Tiger
1957 · Adventure
Target Zero
1955 · War
Last Woman on Earth
1960 · Mystery
Ride a Crooked Trail
1958 · Romance
The Wooden Horse
1950 · Drama
Allegheny Uprising
1939 · Action
Castle in the Desert
1942 · Crime
A Window in London
1940 · Thriller
Escape
1948 · Thriller
Santa Fe Trail
1940 · Western
Porky’s Romance
1937 · Animation
5 Steps to Danger
1956 · Action
The Blue Lamp
1950 · Action
Bailout at 43,000
1957 · Drama
The Naked and the Dead
1958 · War
Gold of the Seven Saints
1961 · Western
The Shadow Strikes
1937 · Mystery
The Return of the Whistler
1948 · Crime
Dark City
1950 · Drama
The Vicious Circle
1957 · Crime
Trapeze
1956 · Drama
The Silver Star
1955 · Western
Air Mail
1932 · Adventure
Cornered
1945 · Thriller
Ride Out for Revenge
1957 · Western
Gorilla at Large
1954 · Mystery
A Prize of Gold
1955 · Drama
The Walking Target
1960 · Drama
The Hurricane
1937 · Romance
Wings of the Hawk
1953 · Western
Gunsight Ridge
1957 · Action
The Light in the Forest
1958 · Western
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