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Tense Movies: Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Long Night
1947 · Romance
Duel in the Jungle
1954 · Adventure
Reign of Terror
1949 · History
Crime Wave
1953 · Thriller
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I Am Curious (Yellow)
1967 · Drama
Fighting Man of the Plains
1949 · Romance
The Naked Edge
1961 · Thriller
The Man Behind The Gun
1953 · Western
Frieda
1947 · Drama
Five Thousand Dollars on One Ace
1965 · Western
Sealed Cargo
1951 · Drama
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955 · War
Edge of Doom
1950 · Crime
Candlelight in Algeria
1944 · War
The Youth of Maxim
1935 · War
Son of Ingagi
1940 · Horror
The Bridge
1969 · Action
Parachute Jumper
1933 · Drama
Sailor of the King
1953 · Drama
Homecoming
1941 · Drama
Tiger in the Smoke
1956 · Crime
Counter-Attack
1945 · War
Mystery Submarine
1950 · Thriller
Frenchie
1950 · Western
They Came to Blow Up America
1943 · War
La Valentina
1966 · Comedy
Nightmare in Chicago
1964 · Drama
A Study in Scarlet
1933 · Thriller
Union Station
1950 · Thriller
The Silver Fleet
1943 · War
Letty Lynton
1932 · Drama
Halls of Montezuma
1951 · Drama
The Scarlet Empress
1934 · History
Back to Bataan
1945 · Drama
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
1955 · Western
Station Six-Sahara
1963 · Drama
The Quick Gun
1964 · Western
Forbidden
1949 · Drama
Flying Tigers
1942 · Action
Red Planet Mars
1952
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