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Tense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Double Confession
1950 · Crime
The Narrow Margin
1952 · Crime
Le Samouraï
1967 · Drama
The Dark Past
1948 · Crime
Robbers of the Range
1941 · Western
Bombers B-52
1957 · Drama
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944 · Drama
Merrill’s Marauders
1962 · Drama
The Ringer
1952 · Mystery
Billion Dollar Brain
1967 · Thriller
The Legend of Tom Dooley
1959 · Drama
Let Us Live
1939 · Thriller
What a Carve Up!
1961 · Mystery
Rock All Night
1957 · Crime
Rough Night in Jericho
1967 · Romance
The Old Dark House
1963 · Comedy
The Devil’s Disciple
1959 · War
Forty Guns
1957 · Western
Alexander Hamilton
1931 · Drama
Ride Lonesome
1959 · Western
They Came from Beyond Space
1967 · Horror
King Richard and the Crusaders
1954 · Drama
Bugles in the Afternoon
1952 · Western
Parole Girl
1933 · Drama
Women in Love
1969 · Romance
The Broken Land
1962 · Western
Reform School Girl
1957 · Drama
Shadows Over Shanghai
1938 · Drama
Affair in the Snow
1968 · Romance
Armored Car Robbery
1950 · Thriller
The Story on Page One
1959 · Drama
The 39 Steps
1959 · Mystery
Passport to Suez
1943 · Crime
Tokyo Drifter
1966 · Thriller
The Scarlet Clue
1945 · Thriller
Ride, Ranger, Ride
1936 · Action
Rape of the Sword
1967 · Adventure
War of the Satellites
1958 · Horror
Texas Lady
1955 · Western
The Saint Takes Over
1940 · Mystery
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