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Tense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Fountainhead
1949 · Drama
The Yellow Balloon
1953 · Crime
Black Jack
1950 · Adventure
Toward the Unknown
1956 · Drama
Spare the Rod
1961 · Drama
Aadmi Aur Insaan
1969 · Drama
Flowing Gold
1940 · Drama
The House of Fear
1945 · Mystery
Where the Spies Are
1966 · Comedy
The Flying Serpent
1946 · Thriller
Castle Sinister
1948 · Thriller
The Secret of Convict Lake
1951 · Western
Golden Gloves
1940 · Drama
The Girl on the Pier
1953 · Crime
Murder on the Blackboard
1934 · Thriller
The Magus
1968 · Drama
The Wages of Fear
1953 · Adventure
Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
1967 · Action
Jigsaw
1962 · Crime
Operation Bikini
1963 · Drama
Slattery’s Hurricane
1949 · Adventure
Hotel Reserve
1944 · Thriller
Any Number Can Win
1963 · Crime
The Sword and the Rose
1953 · Drama
F.P.1
1933 · Crime
Colt .45
1950 · Action
Party Wire
1935 · Comedy
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950 · War
Murder in the Big House
1942 · Action
The Falcon Out West
1944 · Crime
Captains of the Clouds
1942 · War
The Invisible Man Returns
1940 · Horror
Bon Voyage
1944 · War
The Night of January 16th
1941 · Crime
The Thousand Plane Raid
1969 · Adventure
Lydia Bailey
1952 · Adventure
Behind the News
1940 · Crime
Kind Lady
1951 · Crime
The Phantom of Crestwood
1932 · Mystery
Marshal of Cedar Rock
1953 · Western
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