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Tense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Sea Hawk
1940 · Romance
The Night the World Exploded
1957
The Man I Married
1940 · Drama
We Were Strangers
1949 · Romance
The Witness Chair
1936 · Romance
The Spy with My Face
1965 · Adventure
The House in Marsh Road
1960 · Horror
Elephant Walk
1954 · Adventure
Red Line 7000
1965 · Drama
San Quentin
1937 · Drama
Lady of Burlesque
1943 · Comedy
Branded
1950 · Western
Radar Secret Service
1950 · Drama
Cottage to Let
1941 · Thriller
Joy House
1964 · Crime
The Silent Passenger
1935 · Crime
The Black Scorpion
1957 · Horror
Snowbound
1948 · Drama
Jet Storm
1959 · Thriller
The Journey
1959 · Romance
The League of Frightened Men
1937 · Crime
Bhowani Junction
1956 · Romance
Fear No More
1961 · Thriller
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953 · Adventure
Botany Bay
1952 · Action
Sleeping Car to Trieste
1948 · Thriller
Murder in the Air
1940 · Action
Drum Beat
1954 · Western
The Tunnel
1935
Nightmare
1956 · Crime
Istanbul
1957 · Crime
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
1942 · Thriller
Algiers
1938 · Mystery
Bullets or Ballots
1936 · Drama
Bulldog Drummond’s Peril
1938 · Mystery
The River’s Edge
1957 · Crime
The King’s Thief
1955 · History
Terror Beneath the Sea
1966 · Horror
The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers
1968 · Family
Any Gun Can Play
1967 · Action
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