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Tense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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They Came to Rob Las Vegas
1968 · Crime
Raaz
1967 · Mystery
The Three Musketeers
1933 · Adventure
Ho!
1968 · Drama
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940 · Mystery
The Bushwhackers
1951 · Thriller
Night Nurse
1931 · Comedy
Flamingo Road
1949 · Romance
Blind Corner
1964 · Crime
Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB
1967
Stagecoach To Fury
1956 · Western
Fury of the Congo
1951 · Adventure
Count the Hours!
1953 · Drama
Air Force
1943 · War
Saladin the Victorious
1963 · Drama
Pursuit to Algiers
1945 · Mystery
Johnny Reno
1966 · Western
Chiriyakhana
1967 · Drama
Confidential Agent
1945 · Thriller
Tension at Table Rock
1956 · Drama
Agent for H.A.R.M.
1966 · Adventure
Randy Rides Alone
1934 · Western
Against All Flags
1952 · Adventure
Number Seventeen
1932 · Thriller
Untamed Women
1952 · Adventure
The Connection
1961 · Drama
Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle
1955 · Adventure
Sign of the Pagan
1954 · Drama
Passport to Destiny
1944 · Comedy
The Quiller Memorandum
1966 · Drama
Saskatchewan
1954 · Adventure
Escape to Burma
1955 · Adventure
Allotment Wives
1945 · Drama
Corvette K-225
1943 · War
Flight to Hong Kong
1956 · Crime
Third Party Risk
1954 · Drama
The 317th Platoon
1965 · War
The Only Way
1970 · Drama
Don’t Talk to Strange Men
1962 · Thriller
Dark Alibi
1946 · Crime
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