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Tense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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An Act of Murder
1948 · Drama
Valley of the Eagles
1951 · Drama
School for Secrets
1946 · War
Kiss of Death
1947 · Crime
The Sicilian Clan
1969 · Drama
Rondo
1966 · Drama
Golden Earrings
1947 · Romance
The Dictator’s Guns
1965 · Drama
Goyokin
1969 · Action
Sea Devils
1953 · Adventure
Marie Galante
1934 · Thriller
Theorem
1968 · Drama
The Trial
1962 · Mystery
Five Cartridges
1960 · Drama
Beyond Mombasa
1956 · Adventure
Illegal
1955 · Crime
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951 · Drama
Ambush Bay
1966 · Drama
Perfect Understanding
1933 · Comedy
The White Tower
1950 · Drama
Vice Squad
1953 · Crime
Bigger Than Life
1956 · Drama
Gumnaam
1965 · Mystery
The Enforcer
1951 · Thriller
The Man from Planet X
1951 · Horror
Mr. Soft Touch
1949 · Crime
The Saint In Palm Springs
1941 · Crime
Operation Cross Eagles
1968 · War
Big Jim McLain
1952 · Action
Gambler’s Choice
1944 · Drama
Samurai Spy
1965 · Drama
The Unguarded Moment
1956 · Crime
Hero of Rome
1964 · Action
The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942 · Romance
Along the Great Divide
1951 · Western
Seven Thieves
1960 · Crime
My Outlaw Brother
1951 · Western
Terror by Night
1946 · Crime
Guns at Batasi
1964 · Drama
Hysteria
1965 · Thriller
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