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Films with the genre "Thriller", sorted by production date
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Kill Me Tomorrow (1957)
, 1h20Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Pat O'Brien, Lois Maxwell, George Coulouris, Wensley Pithey, Tommy Steele, Ronald Adam
After suffering a series of personal setbacks and in desperate need of cash, reporter Bart Crosbie tries to get his old job back. But when he returns to the newspaper offices, Crosbie discovers that his former boss has been murdered. He is then offered money by the killer, a diamond smuggler, to take the murder rap.
The Long Haul (1957)
, 1h40Directed by Ken Hughes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Transport films, Trucker films, Road movies
Actors Victor Mature, Diana Dors, Patrick Allen, Liam Redmond, John Welch (Welsh), Wensley Pithey
Harry Miller et toute sa famille s'installent en Angleterre. Là-bas, il se laisse séduire par une mystérieuse jeune femme qui l'entraîne dans de mauvaises histoires...
My Gun Is Quick (1957)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Robert Bray, Whitney Blake, Donald Randolph, Fred Essler, Pamela Duncan, Booth Colman
Private investigator Mike Hammer, by assisting a prostitute being assaulted, cannot help noticing a unique ring on her finger. When she later is found murdered that ring is nowhere to be found. From here the story goes to a cache of jewelry stolen by the Nazis during World War II and smuggled out of France after the war by an American army colonel, who, together with Mike Hammer, tries to find the ring and recover all the other jewels. However many parties are on the lookout and the private eye runs into big troubles.
Nine Lives (1957)
, 1h36Directed by Arne Skouen
Origin Norvege
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Henny Moan, Alf Malland, Joachim Holst-Jensen, Rolf Søder, Ottar Wicklund, Grete Nordrå
The morning after their blunder, their boat – containing 8 tons of explosives intended to destroy the air control tower – was attacked by a German vessel. The Norwegians destroyed their boat by exploding their payload, and Baalsrud and some other surviving soldiers fled.
The Shadow on the Window (1957)
, 1h16Directed by William Asher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Philip Carey, Betty Garrett, John Drew Barrymore, Corey Allen, Eve McVeagh, Jerry Mathers
Upon seeing his mother Linda terrorized by three thugs, young Petey (Jerry Mathers) is traumatized and wanders off. Truck drivers find him and the boy is brought to police headquarters, where he is recognized as the son of detective Tony Atlas (Philip Carey).
Stopover Tokyo (1957)
, 1h40Directed by Richard L. Breen
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Romance
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Robert Wagner, Joan Collins, Edmond O'Brien, Larry Keating
US Intelligence Agent Mark Fannon (Robert Wagner) is sent to Tokyo on a routine courier mission but soon uncovers communist George Underwood’s (Edmond O'Brien) plot to assassinate the American High Commissioner (Larry Keating).
Time Lock (1957)
, 1h13Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Robert Beatty, Lee Patterson, Vincent Winter, Sean Connery, Robert Ayres, Gordon Tanner
The Unholy Wife (1957)
, 1h34Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Diana Dors, Jonathan Latimer, Rod Steiger, Tom Tryon, Beulah Bondi, Marie Windsor
The film begins with Phyllis (Diana Dors) telling her story in flashbacks. It begins how she meets rich vintner Paul Hochen (Rod Steiger) from Napa Valley in a bar and marries him soon after.
The Vampire (1957)
, 1h15Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Vampires in film
Actors John Beal, Coleen Gray, Kenneth Tobey, Paul Brinegar, Lydia Reed, James Griffith
The late Dr. Campbell was experimenting with vampire bat blood just before his death. Fellow doctor Beecher finds a bottle of pills among Dr. Campbell's effects and takes them home. Dr. Beecher's daughter accidentally substitutes the vampire blood pills for her father's migraine tablets. As a result, the kindly Dr. Beecher starts having blackouts from the pills, making him change into a bloodthirsty monster by night.
The Vampire (1957)
, 1h35Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Vampires in film
Actors Abel Salazar, Germán Horacio Robles, Ariadne Welter, Carmen Montejo, Mercedes Soler, Alicia Montoya
Marta revient après des années d'absence dans l'hacienda familiale de la Sierra Negra. Mais c'est un retour bien funeste pour la jeune femme car sa tante bien-aimée est morte, emportée par une mystérieuse maladie. Accablée par le chagrin, Marta est inconsolable, et ne comprend que trop tard, qu'elle est la proie du Comte Duval, un vampire assoiffé de sang.
The Vicious Circle (1957)
, 1h24Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors John Mills, Lionel Jeffries, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Derek Farr, Roland Culver, Mervyn Johns
Doctor Howard Latimer answers what he believes to be a request for a favour from an American friend by picking up a famous German actress from London Airport. He goes in the company of a journalist Geoffrey Windsor who tags along after failing to gain an interview with Latimer about recent medical research. As Latimer is already late for a date with his fiancee at the Royal Festival Hall he lets Windsor take the actress to Claridges Hotel.
Zero Hour! (1957)
, 1h21Directed by Hall Bartlett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir
Themes La fin du monde, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Sterling Hayden, Geoffrey Toone, Jerry Paris, Charles Quinlivan
During the closing days of the Second World War, six members of his Royal Canadian Air Force fighter squadron are killed due to a command decision made by pilot Ted Stryker (Dana Andrews). Years later, in civilian life in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a guilt-stricken Stryker goes through many jobs, and his marriage is in trouble.
No Time to Be Young (1957)
, 1h22Directed by David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Robert Vaughn, Roger Smith, Tom Pittman, Merry Anders, Kirk Alyn, Joanna Barnes
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
, 1h32Directed by Delmer Daves
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Western
Actors Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr, Leora Dana, Henry Jones, Robert Emhardt
In the Arizona Territory of the 1880s, rancher Dan Evans (Van Heflin) and his young sons witness a stagecoach holdup. The boys want to try to intervene, but their father warns them that it would be useless to act when they are so heavily outnumbered. When the stagecoach driver overpowers one of the robbers and uses him as a human shield, Ben Wade (Glenn Ford), the leader of the gang, callously shoots both men dead.