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Tense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Flying Saucer
1950 · Thriller
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956 · Drama
Ambush
1950 · Western
The Prisoner
1955 · Drama
Ten Little Indians
1965 · Mystery
Secret Command
1944 · War
Chuka
1967 · Action
Last of the Wild Horses
1948 · Western
The Man Who Never Was
1956 · War
So Long at the Fair
1950 · Mystery
Gold
1934 · Crime
Gift Horse
1952 · Drama
No Questions Asked
1951 · Drama
Dogora
1964 · Horror
The Velvet Touch
1948 · Thriller
The Lark
1964 · War
A Man Alone
1955 · Romance
Doctor X
1932 · Mystery
Major Dundee
1965 · Western
Arizona Bushwhackers
1968 · Western
Let’s Kill Uncle
1966 · Horror
Master of the World
1961 · Adventure
The Circus Queen Murder
1933 · Drama
Liane, Jungle Goddess
1956 · Adventure
Scotland Yard Investigator
1945 · Mystery
Framed
1930 · Crime
Ghost Ship
1952 · Thriller
Calling Dr. Death
1943 · Thriller
Loaded Pistols
1948 · Western
The Atomic City
1952 · Drama
It Came from Outer Space
1953 · Horror
The Last Frontier
1955 · Western
Southside 1-1000
1950 · Crime
We’ve Never Been Licked
1943 · Romance
Chains
1949 · Drama
Seven Doors to Death
1944 · Romance
Angel Baby
1961 · Drama
Taxi for Tobruk
1961 · Drama
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954 · Drama
The Viking
1931 · Romance
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