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Tense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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Close-Up
1948 · Crime
Tomahawk
1951 · Western
The Pirate and the Slave Girl
1959 · Drama
The Ghost Camera
1933 · Romance
That Woman Opposite
1957 · Drama
The Sound Barrier
1952 · War
Rails Into Laramie
1954 · Western
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942 · Drama
Journey to the Center of Time
1967 · Adventure
The 10th Victim
1965 · Comedy
Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon
1964 · Fantasy
Unpublished Story
1942 · Drama
Take My Life
1947 · Thriller
Street of Chance
1942 · Drama
Gamera, the Giant Monster
1965 · Horror
Phantom Lady
1944 · Thriller
Two Flags West
1950 · War
The Beginning or the End
1947 · Documentary
Confessions of Boston Blackie
1941 · Mystery
Crossroads
1942 · Drama
Tennessee Johnson
1942 · History
The Murderers Are Coming
1942 · Drama
Destination Moon
1950 · Adventure
13 West Street
1962 · Crime
Blind Spot
1947 · Mystery
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935 · Adventure
Close to My Heart
1951 · Drama
The Violent Men
1955 · Western
Housewife
1934 · Drama
Dynamite Pass
1950 · Action
The Fallen Sparrow
1943 · Thriller
Killers from Space
1954 · Horror
South of Suez
1940 · Drama
Calcutta
1946 · Crime
Convicted
1950 · Crime
Across the Pacific
1942 · Drama
The Green Man
1956 · Comedy
The Intruder
1962 · Drama
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942 · Comedy
Dangerous Crossing
1953 · Mystery
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