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Films with the genre "Thriller", sorted by production date
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The Weapon (1956)
, 1h17Directed by Val Guest, Hal E. Chester
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Steve Cochran, Lizabeth Scott, Herbert Marshall, Nicole Maurey, George Cole, Laurence Naismith
Lizabeth Scott plays Elsa Jenner, widowed mother to her young son Erik. Whilst playing with friends in an abandoned and deteriorated old building, Erik finds a small handgun stuck to a brick. As all the boys try and pull it free, it accidentally fires a shot from Erik's hands, hitting another boy. Believing he has killed his friend, Erik immediately runs away.
Doublecross (1956)
Directed by Anthony Squire
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Anton Diffring, Donald Houston, Fay Compton, Allan Cuthbertson, Delphi Lawrence, Kenneth Cope
A Cornish fisherman becomes involved with Iron Curtain spies.
The Price of Fear (1956)
, 1h19Directed by Abner Biberman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Merle Oberon, Lex Barker, Charles Drake, Gia Scala, Warren Stevens, Mary Field
David Barrett, the co-owner of a dog-track, discovers that his partner has sold out to gangster Frankie Edare (Stevens) who plans to take sole control of the track and wants to get rid of Barrett. His problems are just beginning, though, as he finds himself involved with Jessica Warren who, unknown to him, was involved in a hit-and-run accident and is trying to set him up for the crime. When Edare kills Barrett's ex-partner to frame him, Barret is falsely accused of committing two murders. Mayhem ensues when the police arrest him, but justice eventually prevails.
A Woman's Devotion (1956)
, 1h28Directed by Paul Henreid
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Ralph Meeker, Janice Rule, Paul Henreid, Rosenda Monteros, José Torvay, Fanny Schiller
Artist Trevor Stevenson (Meeker), an emotionally scarred World War II veteran, is on honeymoon in Acapulco with his bride Stella (Rule). Shortly after their arrival, two women are murdered. The audience is presented with clues pointing to Trevor's guilt or innocence depending upon one's point of view.
Five Steps to Danger (1956)
, 1h21Directed by Henry S. Kesler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Ruth Roman, Sterling Hayden, Werner Klemperer, Richard Gaines, Jeanne Cooper, Peter Hansen
Sa voiture étant tombée en panne alors qu'il partait pêcher, John Emmett est pris en charge par une inconnue, Ann Nicholson. Il comprend vite que celle-ci est en pleine dépression nerveuse et qu'elle a de surcroît la police à ses trousses. Pourtant, la situation de la jeune femme est encore plus extraordinaire que cela...
Arm in Arm Down the Street (1956)
, 1h40Directed by Juan Bustillo Oro
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Marga López
Hot Cars (1956)
, 1hDirected by Don McDougall
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors John Bromfield, Joi Lansing, George Sawaya, Dabbs Greer, Kurt Katch, Robert Osterloh
Nick Dunn, a used car salesman, can't close a deal with customers Karen Winter and Arthur Markel, so he is fired. A sympathetic Markel has a car lot of his own and offers a job to Nick, who quits after discovering Markel's disreputable sales methods.
Crime Against Joe (1956)
, 1h10Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors John Bromfield, Julie London, Henry Calvin, Patricia Blair, John M. Pickard, Rhodes Reason
A Korean War veteran is accused of the murder of a night club singer, in Tucson Arizona. A high school pin was found on the scene of the crime, and the veteran's pin is missing. However, when the crime was committed the veteran was leading a female somnambulist to her home, but her over-protective father gives a false testimony to the district attorney. "Slacks", a female friend, gives him a false alibi, but the police soon sorts that out. The veteran thinks that one of his fellow high school students from 1945 was the murderer. He has got possible suspects on a list.
Inspector (1956)
, 2h4Directed by Shakti Samanta
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Ashok Kumar, Geeta Bali, Mehmood Ali, Pran Krishan Sikand, K. N. Singh (Krishan Niranjan Singh), Nasir Husain
Destiny moulds its own way. When Thakur Mahendra Singh adopted a child his wife gave him the happy news that she is going to be a mother herself. The adopted sons father Badri, who was known as Thakur's faithful servant, thought of murdering the newly born child. But his wife Ganga stopped him and ran away with the child. Twenty-five years elapsed. But the sins of the father were not left unpunished. It was on the steps of Bijlis Kotha, that a murder was committed. Rajkumar did not know how to dispose off the dead body. Badri, now a victoria driver, came to his rescue. He took away the dead body and placed it in a car parked at a lonely place. It was Varshas car. A happy go lucky girl, as she was, Varsha found the dead body. She was dumb founded and thought to inform the police. But a second thought came to her mind and she pulled the dead body up to the road and left it there. A constable, who saw all this informed the Police. Inspector Shyam came to investigate and was surprised to see his own beloved entangled in this case. But the duty of a Police Officer came forward Varsha was arrested and investigation went on . How Varsha was proved innocent ? How the criminals were punished ? How the Inspector solved the mystery ? This is what you will see in INSPECTOR.
Behind the High Wall (1956)
, 1h25Directed by Abner Biberman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Tom Tully, Sylvia Sidney, Betty Lynn, John Gavin, Don Beddoe, John Larch
Inmates pull a prison break, taking the warden and another prisoner as hostages. But when the car gets into a crash, killing the others, the warden makes off with the gang's loot and places the blame on the other hostage.
La melodía misteriosa (1956)
, 1h24Directed by Juan Fortuny
Origin Espagne
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Howard Vernon, Dany Carrel, Carlos Otero
Un commissaire de police espagnol et un de ses amis français, inspecteur enquêtent conjointement à propos du meurtre d'un luthier dans son atelier de Barcelone, étranglé avec la corde d'un violon brisé. Ils n'ont aucune piste si ce n'est qu'un musicien de rue a entendu au moment du crime une musique qui l'a subjugué mais qu'il est incapable d'identifier. Il est cependant capable de la reproduire et les deux inspecteurs profitent d'une émission de radio (la mélodie mystérieuse) pour tenter d'en savoir plus avec l'aide des auditeurs. Un homme prétend alors en être le compositeur avant de raccrocher brutalement. On le localise. L'enquête mènera les policiers dans un cabaret puis auprès du professeur de musique Visconti. Les empreintes de ce dernier étant retrouvées sur le violon fracassé, il est inculpé et incarcéré. Mais voilà que le musicien de rue est assassiné à son tour, l'enquête doit donc redémarrer et les inspecteurs finissent par découvrir à Nice, Florencio, un violoniste de cabaret en couple avec une jeune danseuse. Il s'enfuit avec elle, les policiers à leur trousse, tente de passer en force la frontière italienne et s'écrase contre un parapet. Florencio meurt sur le coup, sa maitresse n'est que blessée.
Missing Persons Section (1956)
, 1h25Directed by Pierre Chenal
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Nicole Maurey, Maurice Ronet, Inda Ledesma, Luis Otero
A Buenos Aires, Juan a épousé une femme riche, Mendy, mais est tombé amoureux d'une danseuse. Il essaye de tuer sa femme, mais c'est son amante qui est accusée du meurtre. La police prouve que Mendy s'est en fait suicidée.
Operation Thunder (1956)
Directed by Gérard Sandoz
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Spy films
Actors Blanchette Brunoy, Célia Cortez, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Howard Vernon, Jacques Charon, Jacques Torrens
Lorsque deux bombes atomiques sont dérobées par le SPECTRE, James Bond est mandaté par le gouvernement britannique pour retrouver les bombes. Pour ce faire, il devra se rapprocher du No 2 de l'organisation criminelle, Emilio Largo. Aidé par le MI6 ainsi que par son fidèle allié Felix Leiter, de la CIA, Bond devra patrouiller les fonds marins des Bahamas afin de retrouver la trace des bombes manquantes.
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
, 1h46Directed by Robert Aldrich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Ralph Meeker, Maxine Cooper Gomberg, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernández, Cloris Leachman
Ralph Meeker plays Mike Hammer, a tough Los Angeles private eye who is almost as brutal and corrupt as the crooks he chases. Mike and his assistant/secretary/lover, Velda (Maxine Cooper), usually work on "penny-ante divorce cases."
Give 'em Hell (1955)
, 1h30Directed by John Berry, Jacques Nahum
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Mob film, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Eddie Constantine, May Britt, Monique van Vooren, Irène Galter, Roger Saget, Jean Danet
L'aventurier Johnny Jordan travaille pour l'importateur Moreno qui a des problèmes avec des voleurs parmi ses collaborateurs. Jordan découvre que le directeur Sammy Kern trahit son patron en utilisant les bateaux de Moreno pour faire du trafic d'armes.