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Metido a Bacana
Metido a Bacana (1957)
, 1h30
Directed by J.B. Tanko
Origin Bresil
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre
Themes Carnaval, Monde imaginaire, Films about terrorism

En visite au Brésil pour signer un accord commercial, le prince d'Arachnândia, Anacleto, désire profiter pleinement du Carnaval de Rio. Avec l'aide de son serviteur, Coalhada, il échange son identité avec son sosie, Hilário. Pendant ce temps, au sein de la capitale fédérale de Brasília, Hilário fait face aux pièges politiques mené par un ambassadeur corrompu et des terroristes qui menacent sa vie afin de faire tomber la monarchie d'Arachnândia.
Casino Royale
Casino Royale (1954)
, 48minutes
Directed by Gene Roth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Films about children, Spy films, Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors Barry Nelson, Peter Lorre, Michael Pate, Linda Christian, Eugene Borden, Jean Del Val

James Bond affronte pour la toute première fois Le Chiffre.
The Gentle Gunman
The Gentle Gunman (1952)
, 1h26
Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about terrorism, Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors John Mills, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Beatty, Elizabeth Sellars, Barbara Mullen, Jack MacGowran

John Mills and Dirk Bogarde, bizarrely, were the actors chosen to play two IRA men under cover in London during World War II. The lads are captured after (Terry) starts questioning the worth of war, a line of thinking never popular with armies. They are sprung from captivity by Connolly (Liam Redmond) and his IRA men. Nice cameo by Jack McGowran.
High Treason
High Treason (1951)
, 1h30
Directed by Roy Boulting
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Spy films, Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors Liam Redmond, Anthony Bushell, André Morell, Kenneth Griffith, Joan Hickson, Anthony Nicholls

Enemy saboteurs infiltrate the industrial suburbs of London, intending to plant high-powered bombs at several factory sites. Their motivation is to cripple the British economy and enable subversive forces to insinuate themselves in the government. The saboteurs are thwarted not by the traditional counterintelligence agents but by workaday London police officers.
Sabotage
Sabotage (1937)
, 1h16
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Films about terrorism
Actors Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, John Loder, Desmond Tester, Matthew Boulton, Stanley James Warmington

Suddenly, London goes dark and loses all of its electricity. There is commotion at a cinema, with people demanding their money back. The owner of the cinema, Karl Verloc (Oscar Homolka), enters through a back entrance to the living quarters above, and pretends to have been asleep and not know anything of the blackout. His wife, Mrs. Verloc (Sylvia Sidney) comes to get him and is surprised to see him, but he informs her that he had been sleeping the entire time. He instructs his wife to return the money to the customers -- against her protests -- because he has "some money coming in." As the money is about to be disbursed to the customers downstairs, the lights go back on. It is revealed that sand was put in the boilers as an act of sabotage on London's electricity grid.
The Informer
The Informer (1935)
, 1h30
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford, Una O'Connor

In 1922 Dublin, Gypo Nolan (Victor McLaglen) has been kicked out of the outlaw Irish Republican Army (IRA) for not executing a Black and Tan who killed an IRA man. He becomes angry when he sees his streetwalker girlfriend Katie Madden (Margot Grahame) trying to pick up a customer. After he throws the man into the street, Katie laments that she does not have £10 for passage to America to start afresh.
Mickey's Steam Roller
Mickey's Steam Roller (1934)
, 7minutes
Directed by Dave Hand
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about terrorism, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Films about hijackings
Actors Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner

Mickey Mouse drives an anthropomorphic steamroller while a group of dogface workmen perform road maintenance. Meanwhile, Minnie Mouse appears as the nanny of a young Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse, pushing them in a stroller and singing "Pease Porridge Hot". Mickey drives by and they wave at him. Mickey stops and gives the boys a ride with the steamroller by attaching the vehicle's tow rope to their stroller.
The Informer
The Informer (1929)
, 1h23
Directed by Arthur Robison
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors Lya De Putti, Lars Hanson, Warwick Ward, Carl Harbord, Dennis Wyndham, Janice Adair

Durant la guerre d'indépendance irlandaise (1922), un détachement de l'Armée républicaine irlandaise (« Le parti » dans le film) est attaqué par une milice d'opposants. Echange de coups de feu, au cours duquel Francis McPhillip tue par mégarde le chef de la police britannique. Callaghan, le chef du détachement, lui ordonne de se cacher aussitôt dans les collines, puis de fuir en Amérique grâce à l'argent qu'il lui remet. Mais Francis commet l'erreur de vouloir faire d'abord ses adieux à son amie Katie, autour de laquelle tourne Gypso Nolan, un proscrit de l'IRA...
The Great Train Robbery
The Great Train Robbery (1903)
, 11minutes
Directed by Edwin S. Porter, Wallace McCutcheon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Historical, Crime, Western
Themes Films about terrorism, Transport films, Rail transport films, Films based on plays, Heist films, Films about hijackings
Actors Alfred C. Abadie, Gilbert M. Anderson, J. Barney Sherry, Justus D. Barnes, George Barnes, Morgan Jones

The film opens with two bandits breaking into a railroad telegraph office, where they force the operator at gunpoint to have a train stopped and to transmit orders for the engineer orders to fill the locomotive's tender at the station's water tank. They then knock operator out and tie him up. As the train stops it is boarded by the bandits—​now four. Two bandits enter an express car, kill a messenger and open a box of valuables with dynamite; the others kill the fireman and force the engineer to halt the train and disconnect the locomotive. The bandits then force the passengers off the train and rifle them for their belongings. One passenger tries to escape, but is instantly shot down. Carrying their loot, the bandits escape in the locomotive, later stopping in a valley where their horses had been left.