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Tense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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They Met in the Dark
1943 · Romance
The Law and Jake Wade
1958 · Western
Experiment in Terror
1962 · Crime
I Was Monty’s Double
1958 · War
The Rise of Catherine the Great
1934 · Drama
The Macomber Affair
1947 · Adventure
The Kansan
1943 · Romance
The Third Lover
1962 · Thriller
Invaders from Mars
1953 · Horror
I See a Dark Stranger
1946 · War
War Hunt
1962 · War
Princess of the Nile
1954 · Romance
Charlie Chan in Rio
1941 · Thriller
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939 · Mystery
Warlock
1959 · Western
Libel
1959 · Mystery
Apache Rifles
1964 · Western
Buck Rogers
1939
Submarine X-1
1968 · War
Hot Spell
1958 · Drama
Torn Curtain
1966 · Thriller
A Study in Terror
1965 · Mystery
Rawhide
1951 · Western
Waqt
1965 · Crime
Return of the Seven
1966 · Western
The Girl in the Kremlin
1957 · Mystery
The Spaniard’s Curse
1958 · Thriller
New Orleans Uncensored
1955 · Drama
Three Brave Men
1956 · Drama
The Giant Claw
1957 · Horror
The Desert Rats
1953 · War
Raton Pass
1951 · Western
Escape from San Quentin
1957 · Crime
Action in the North Atlantic
1943 · War
The Night Walker
1964 · Mystery
Susannah of the Mounties
1939 · Western
Gung Ho!
1943 · Drama
The Hired Gun
1957 · Western
Great Guy
1936 · Crime
Sleep, My Love
1948 · Mystery
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