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Films with the genre "Thriller", sorted by production date
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The Big Combo (1955)
, 1h29Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Actors Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace, Lee Van Cleef, Earl Holliman
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond is on a personal crusade to bring down sadistic gangster Mr. Brown. He's also dangerously obsessed with Brown's girlfriend, the suicidal Susan Lowell. His main objective as a detective is to uncover what happened to a woman called "Alicia" from the crime boss's past.
Running Wild (1955)
, 1h21Directed by Abner Biberman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors William Campbell, Mamie Van Doren, Keenan Wynn, John Saxon, Kathleen Case, Jan Merlin
Ralph Barten is a young rookie cop who goes undercover to infiltrate an auto theft ring run by juvenile delinquents.
The Right Person (1955)
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors David Markham, Douglas Wilmer
Margo Lorenz plays the newly married Martha Jorgensen, who is sat in her Copenhagen hotel room waiting for her husband, Jorgen, to return. She receives a visit from the mysterious Mr. Rasmusson (Douglas Wilmer), who claims to have been a "comrade" of her husband during World War II. He asks her not to tell her husband he is there if he should call.
The Night Holds Terror (1955)
, 1h26Directed by Andrew L. Stone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Jack Kelly, Vince Edwards, Hildy Parks, John Cassavetes, David Cross, Jack Kruschen
Family man Gene Courtier makes the mistake of picking up a hitch-hiker, Victor Gosset, a wanted criminal.
Storm Fear (1955)
, 1h29Directed by Cornel Wilde
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Dan Duryea, Lee Grant, Dennis Weaver, Steven Hill
After being badly wounded during a heist, bankrobber Charlie Blake (Wilde) takes refuge in a remote New England farm house owned by his older brother Fred (Duryea). Fred reluctantly harbors the fugitive and his two gang members. Time passes and Charlie's men are anxious to move on, but he needs rest to recover. He is also still in love with Freds wife Elizabeth (Wallace) with whom he once had an affair. More trouble ensues when it is revealed that the Elizabeth's son was fathered by Charlie, not her husband.
New Orleans Uncensored (1955)
, 1h16Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Beverly Garland, Arthur Franz, Michael Ansara, Stacy Harris, William Henry, Ed Nelson
This script must be run from the command line
Dial 999 (1955)
, 1h29Directed by Montgomery Tully
Genres Thriller
Actors Gene Nelson, Mona Freeman, John Bentley, Michael Goodliffe, Michael Golden, Cyril Chamberlain
A Life in the Balance (1955)
, 1h14Directed by Harry Horner
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Ricardo Montalbán, Anne Bancroft, Lee Marvin, Rodolfo Acosta, José Torvay, Fanny Schiller
Chéri-Bibi (1955)
Directed by Marcello Pagliero
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure
Actors Jean Richard, Raymond Bussières, Danielle Godet, Arnoldo Foà, Lea Padovani, Albert Préjean
Alors qu'il fait route vers Cayenne où il doit rejoindre le bagne, Chéri Bibi, un forçat condamné pour un crime qu'il n'a pas commis, prend la tête d'une mutinerie. Désormais seul maître à bord, il recueille un naufragé, Maxime du Touchais. Ignorant tout d'abord que ce dernier est le mari de Cecily, dont il est épris, il met ensuite à profit cette opportunité avec un machiavélisme rare. Aidé par le Kanak, un ancien chirurgien, il se fait greffer le visage de Maxime, qui succombe lors de l'opération, et rentre en France séduire Cecily. Or celle-ci n'aime pas son mari et le lui rappelle vertement.
Dial M for Murder (1954)
, 1h45Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Assassinat, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays
Actors Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams, Anthony Dawson, Patrick Allen
Tony Wendice (Ray Milland), an ex-professional tennis player, lives in a ground floor flat with his socialite wife, Margot (Grace Kelly). Tony retired after Margot complained about his busy schedule and she began an affair with American crime-fiction writer Mark Halliday (Robert Cummings), which Tony secretly discovered. Tony devises a plan to have Margot murdered.
Fear (1954)
, 1h24Directed by Roberto Rossellini
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Ingrid Bergman, Mathias Wieman, Kurt Kreuger, Renate Mannhardt, Edith Schultze-Westrum, Klaus Kinski
Irene Wagner (Bergman), the wife of prominent German scientist Professor Albert Wagner (Wieman), had been having an affair with Erich Baumann (Kreuger). She does not disclose this to her husband, hoping to preserve his innocence and their "perfect marriage". This fills her with anxiety and guilt. However, Johann Schultze (Mannhardt), Erich's jealous ex-girlfriend, learns about the affair and begins to blackmail Irene, turning Irene's psychological torture into a harsh reality. When Irene finds out that the extortion plot is truly an experiment in fear, she is driven into a homicidal/suicidal rage. But she is saved from suicide by her husband at the last minute, both sorry for what they did.
One Step to Eternity (1954)
, 1h30Directed by Henri Decoin
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Danielle Darrieux, Michel Auclair, Corinne Calvet, Lyla Rocco, Gérard Buhr, Roberto Risso
A French newspaper editor invites his wife, ex-wife, mistress and intended fiancée to his apartment, planning to murder one of them.
Human Desire (1954)
, 1h31Directed by Fritz Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Edgar Buchanan, Kathleen Case, Anita Stewart
Railroad supervisor Carl Buckley (Broderick Crawford) gets fired from his job. He persuades his seductive wife to pay a visit to an important railroad customer in order to try to get his job back. When Buckley suspects that his sexy, younger wife Vicki (Gloria Grahame) has done more than just talk with the rich old magnate John Owens (Grandon Rhodes), he smacks her around. He then jealously stalks his rival, finally stabbing him to death in a train compartment. Locomotive engineer and Korean War vet, Jeff Warren (Glenn Ford) observed Vicki in the vicinity of the murder, but shields her at the inquest, as she sets his pulse racing. The two begin an affair which is hard to keep quiet in such a small town. Vicki then starts scheming for Warren to kill her increasingly drunk and violent husband.
The High and the Mighty (1954)
, 2h27Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Jan Sterling, Phil Harris
In Honolulu, a DC-4 airliner prepares to take off for San Francisco with 17 passengers and a crew of 5. Former captain Dan Roman (John Wayne), the flight's veteran first officer known for his habit of whistling, is haunted by a crash that killed his wife and son and left him with a permanent limp. The captain, Sullivan (Robert Stack), suffers from a secret fear of responsibility after logging thousands of hours looking after the lives of passengers and crew. Young second officer Hobie Wheeler (William Campbell) and veteran navigator Lenny Wilby (Wally Brown) are contrasts in age and experience. Stewardess Spalding (Doe Avedon) attends her passengers, each with varying personal problems, including jaded former actress May Holst (Claire Trevor), unhappily married heiress Lydia Rice (Laraine Day), aging beauty queen Sally McKee (Jan Sterling) and cheerful vacationer Ed Joseph (Phil Harris). Spalding befriends the terminally ill Frank Briscoe (Paul Fix) after being charmed by his pocket watch. A last-minute arrival, Humphrey Agnew (Sidney Blackmer), causes the crew concern with his strange behavior.
Rear Window (1954)
, 1h49Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Assassinat, Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities
Actors James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr, Judith Evelyn
After breaking his leg photographing a racetrack accident, professional photographer L. B. "Jeff" Jefferies (James Stewart) is confined to his Greenwich Village apartment, using a wheelchair while he recuperates. His rear window looks out onto a small courtyard and several other apartments. During a summer heat wave, he passes the time by watching his neighbors, who keep their windows open to stay cool. The tenants he can see include a dancer he nicknames "Miss Torso", a lonely woman he nicknames "Miss Lonelyhearts", a composer-pianist, several married couples, a middle-aged sculptor, and Lars Thorwald (Raymond Burr), a traveling jewelry salesman with a bedridden wife.