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Dark Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The File on Thelma Jordon
1949 · Thriller
Ivy
1947 · Drama
Appointment with Crime
1946 · Drama
Story of a Prostitute
1965 · Drama
None Shall Escape
1944 · War
The Strangler
1964 · Horror
Tread Softly Stranger
1958 · Crime
The Brigand of Kandahar
1965 · Adventure
Andha Naal
1954 · Mystery
The Purple Heart
1944 · Drama
Run for Cover
1955 · Drama
Framed
1947 · Crime
The Subject Was Roses
1968 · Drama
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1936 · History
Anna Lucasta
1958 · Drama
My Life for Ireland
1941 · Drama
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938 · Crime
The Locket
1946 · Crime
Eager to Live
1953 · Drama
The Black Room
1935 · Horror
Behold My Wife!
1934 · Romance
The Prowler
1951 · Thriller
The War Lord
1965 · War
The Man Without a Body
1957 · Horror
The Aztec Mummy
1957 · Horror
Ride Beyond Vengeance
1966 · Action
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951 · Crime
Her Private Hell
1968 · Drama
Attack of the Crab Monsters
1957 · Horror
Othello
1955 · Drama
Accident
1967 · Romance
They Made Me a Fugitive
1947 · Thriller
That Cold Day in the Park
1969 · Thriller
Marked Woman
1937 · Drama
The Devil’s Party
1938 · Drama
Sleepless
1957 · Drama
Who Killed Teddy Bear?
1965 · Crime
The Exterminating Angel
1962 · Drama
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
1959 · Mystery
Judas’ Kiss
1954 · Drama
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