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Tense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Damned
1947 · Thriller
Edge of Fury
1958 · Thriller
Danger Route
1967 · Action
Winnetou and the Crossbreed
1966 · Adventure
Jack McCall, Desperado
1953 · Western
The Beast of Yucca Flats
1961 · Horror
No Hands on the Clock
1941 · Crime
My Blood Runs Cold
1965 · Drama
Deadlier Than the Male
1967 · Action
Torpedo Run
1958 · War
Gambling Ship
1933 · Drama
Alcatraz Island
1937 · Romance
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964 · Western
The Night My Number Came Up
1955 · Fantasy
The Falcon in Danger
1943 · War
Escape Route
1952 · Crime
New Mexico
1951 · Western
Decision at Sundown
1957 · Western
The Green Slime
1968 · Horror
Seven Golden Men
1965 · Crime
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952 · Western
The General Died at Dawn
1936 · Drama
Background to Danger
1943 · Thriller
Any Number Can Play
1949 · Drama
Another Face
1935 · Drama
Shockproof
1949 · Thriller
Death on the Diamond
1934 · Mystery
North West Frontier
1959 · Adventure
The Pride and the Passion
1957 · Romance
Side Street Story
1950 · Comedy
The Frozen Ghost
1945 · Mystery
The Enemy Below
1957 · War
The Satan Bug
1965 · Thriller
Unearthly Stranger
1963
A Distant Trumpet
1964 · Western
Chicago Syndicate
1955 · Drama
The Raid
1954 · War
War Paint
1953 · Western
Carl Peters
1941 · History
Ferry to Hong Kong
1959 · Action
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