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Take Aim at the Police Van
Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)
, 1h19
Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Misako Watanabe, Ryōhei Uchida, Shinsuke Ashida, Toru Abe, Tomio Aoki

Un fourgon transportant des prisonniers est mystérieusement attaqué. Deux des passagers sont tués et Daijiro, le gardien chargé de les surveiller, récolte une mise à pied de six mois. Chômage forcé qu’il compte bien mettre à profit pour mener sa propre enquête…
The Professionals
The Professionals (1960)
, 1h1
Directed by Don Sharp
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors William Lucas, Andrew Faulds, Stratford Johns, Arthur Hewlett, Jack May, Noel Coleman

A safecracker and his associates plan to rob a bank vault.
Higher Principle
Higher Principle (1960)
, 1h46
Directed by Jiří Krejčík
Genres Drama, War, Thriller
Actors František Smolík, Jana Brejchová, Petr Kostka, Gustav Hilmar, Otomar Krejča, Václav Lohniský

Le Protecteur du Reich Heydrich meurt après un attentat à Prague. La loi martiale est instaurée. Trois lycéens sont arrêtés par les Allemands pour avoir commis une plaisanterie innocente et sont exécutés. Seul, un vieux professeur de latin condamne la terreur nazie et clame « En termes de principe moral supérieur, assassiner un tyran n'est pas un crime ! ». Par cet exemple, les autres professeurs qui s'apprêtaient à jurer fidélité à l'occupant se rétractent.
The Challenge
The Challenge (1960)
, 1h41
Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Jayne Mansfield, Anthony Quayle, Carl Möhner, Barbara Mullen, Robert Brown, Dermot Walsh

Mansfield plays Billy, a ruthless gang leader who dumps gang member Kristy when he is convicted of robbery. Kristy serves his time, then recovers the stolen loot when he's released. Billy and her gang then kidnap Kristy's son and demand money as ransom.
The Big Risk
The Big Risk (1960)
, 1h44
Directed by Claude Sautet
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes La provence, Buddy films, Gangster films
Actors Lino Ventura, Sandra Milo, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marcel Dalio, Michel Ardan, Jacques Dacqmine

The French gangster Abel Davos is on the run from the police. He has been tried in absentia and sentenced to death. He flees to Italy together with his wife Thérèse and their two children. He performs a successful holdup in Milano with his accomplice Raymond, but chased by the police the two decide to return to France. Entering France on a seemingly deserted beach, the small group is surprised by two customs officers and end up in a gunfight, where Thérèse and Raymond are killed. Left alone with the children, Abel calls his friends Riton and Fargier in Paris to come and pick him up in Nice. Unable to travel to Nice, they send a man named Éric Stark, who works as an ambulance driver. Éric lets Abel hide in his attic and the two men become friends.
The Flesh and the Fiends
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
, 1h37
Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Peter Cushing, June Laverick, Donald Pleasence, George Rose, Billie Whitelaw, Dermot Walsh

In 1828 Edinburgh, Scotland, Dr. Knox (Peter Cushing) is a highly skilled anatomist who draws large crowds of medical students to his lectures on the human body. Though he is constantly at odds with his stuffy, backwards colleagues, he is highly venerated by his students and believes his duty is to push the medical profession forward. Unfortunately, due to the laws of the time very few cadavers are legally available to the medical profession, necessitating the use of graverobbers or "Resurrection men" to procure additional specimens. Dr. Knox's assistant Dr. Mitchell (Dermot Walsh) and a young student named Jackson (John Cairney) and are given the task of buying the bodies, which are worth a small fortune... especially when fresh.
House of Usher
House of Usher (1960)
, 1h19
Directed by Roger Corman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey

Philip Winthrop (Mark Damon) travels to the House of Usher, a desolate mansion surrounded by a murky swamp, to meet his fiancée Madeline Usher (Myrna Fahey). Madeline's brother Roderick (Vincent Price) opposes Philip's intentions, telling the young man that the Usher family is afflicted by a cursed bloodline which has driven all their ancestors to madness. Roderick foresees the family evils being propagated into future generations with a marriage to Madeline and vehemently discourages the union. Philip becomes increasingly desperate to take Madeline away; she agrees to leave with him, desperate to get away from her brother.
Midnight Lace
Midnight Lace (1960)
, 1h50
Directed by David Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Myrna Loy, Roddy McDowall, John Williams

Newlywed American heiress Kit Preston is living with her financier husband Tony on Grosvenor Square in London. Returning home in a dense fog, she is startled by an eerie, electronic-like voice threatening to kill her within the month. The voice calls her by name and torments her as she runs to escape. Tony tries to convince her she has been the victim of a practical joker and suggests they travel to Venice for the honeymoon they never had.
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
, 1h21
Directed by Cyril Frankel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Patrick Allen, Felix Aylmer, Gwen Watford, Janina Faye, Niall MacGinnis, Alison Leggatt

The film is set in a small Canadian town to which the British Carter family (Peter, Sally and 9-year-old daughter Jean) have just moved, following Peter's appointment as school principal. One night Jean appears restless and disturbed, and confides to her parents that earlier that day while playing in a local wood, she and her friend, Lucille, went into the house of an elderly man who asked them to remove their clothes and dance naked before him in return for some candy, which they did and Jean doesn't believe they did anything wrong. But her parents are appalled by what they hear and decide to file a complaint. The accused man, Clarence Olderberry Sr., is however the doyen of the wealthiest, most highly regarded and influential family in town and matters conspire to turn against the Carters as the townspeople start to close rank against the newcomers. The police chief casts doubt on Jean's story, while Olderberry's son warns the Carters that if they pursue the matter through the legal system, he will ensure that Jean's evidence and trustworthiness will be torn to shreds in court.
Purple Noon
Purple Noon (1960)
, 1h52
Directed by René Clément
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films, L'usurpation d'identité, Films about psychiatry, Escroquerie
Actors Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet, Marie Laforêt, Erno Crisa, Elvire Popesco, Frank Latimore

The American Tom Ripley (Delon) has been sent to Italy to persuade his wealthy friend, Philippe Greenleaf (Maurice Ronet), to return to the United States and take over his father's business. Philippe intends to do no such thing and the impoverished Tom enjoys living a life of luxury, so the two men essentially spend money all day and carouse all night. Tom is fixated on Philippe and his girlfriend Marge (Marie Laforêt) and covets the other man's life. Philippe eventually grows bored with his friend's fawning and becomes cruel and abusive to him. The final straw is when, during a yachting trip, Philippe strands Tom in the dinghy and leaves him to lie in the sun for hours.
Seven Thieves
Seven Thieves (1960)
, 1h40
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Heist films, Children's films, Gangster films, Escroquerie, Striptease
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Rod Steiger, Joan Collins, Eli Wallach, Alexander Scourby, Michael Dante

A discredited expatriate American professor, Theo Wilkins (Edward G. Robinson), has called on a young protégé and sophisticated thief, Paul Mason (Rod Steiger), to come over from the US to the south of France and help him pull off one final heist. He has masterminded a caper to steal $4,000,000 in French francs from the underground vault of the casino of Monte Carlo, Monaco. Wilkins has recruited a team of thieves – including Melanie (Joan Collins), an exotic dancer – but he needs someone he can trust, Mason, to keep them all in line during the crime.
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart (1960)
, 1h18
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Laurence Payne, Adrienne Corri, Dermot Walsh, Brian Cobby, David L. Lander

Edgar Marsh, a shy librarian obsessed with erotica, becomes infatuated with his neighbor Betty Clare when he sees her undressing in her bedroom. He invites her to dinner, and although she clearly is uncomfortable with the attention he pays her, he showers her with jewelry and fantasizes about their future. Complications arise when he introduces her to his friend Carl Loomis, whom Betty finds far more attractive and appealing. In order to eliminate the competition, Edgar bludgeons Carl to death with a poker and buries him beneath the floorboards in his piano room. His overwhelming guilt leads him to believe a ticking metronome and the incessant dripping of a faucet actually are the sound of his victim's heart still beating.
Tormented
Tormented (1960)
, 1h15
Directed by Bert I. Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Musical films
Actors Richard Carlson, Susan Lynn Gordon, Larissa Wilson, Joe Turkel, Lillian Adams, Gene Roth

Jazz pianist Tom Stewart (Carlson), who lives on a Cape Cod island community, is preparing to marry his fiancee Meg. Shortly before the wedding, Tom's old girlfriend Vi (Juli Reding) visits and informs him that she will end Tom's relationship with Meg, using blackmail if necessary. While arguing on top of a lighthouse, the railing Vi is leaning against gives way. She manages to briefly hang on, but Tom refuses to help and watches her fall to her death.
The Sinister Urge
The Sinister Urge (1960)
, 1h11
Directed by Ed Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Serial killer films, Musical films
Actors Kenne Duncan, Duke Moore, Harvey B. Dunn, Joan Fontaine, Reed Howes, Ed Wood

The film revolves around a series of murders of young women. The opening scene features an unnamed blonde woman (Betty Boatner) running along a mountain road, wearing only her undergarments. She is clearly scared for her life. She enters a city park and manages to reach a telephone booth. Her attempt to escape her assailant ends in failure, when the man also reaches the booth. He quickly kills her and leaves her corpse next to a lake. The corpse is soon discovered by visitors of the park. The scene shifts to a police station, where Police Lieutenant Matt Carson (Kenne Duncan) receives a phone report on the latest murder. He instructs subordinate Officer Kline (Fred Mason) to gather information from the witnesses who called in the discovery of the body. Then he summons his associate Sergeant Randy Stone (Duke Moore) and they head out towards the crime scene. They take note of the youthful appearance of the victim and suspect a connection to the "smut picture racket".