Thriller

  • William Beaudine – Phantom Killer (1942)

    1941-1950CrimeThrillerUSAWilliam Beaudine

    Synopsis
    Black janitor Nicodemus is surprised by the appearance of a man emerging from the Cromwell Finance Corp. office late at night. The man asks Nicodemus for the time and for a light for his cigar, then departs. Nicodemus later finds the president of Cromwell Corp. dead from strangulation. Nicodemus identifies wealthy philanthropist John G. Harrison as the man he saw in the building on the night of the murder. Assistant district attorney Edward Clark unearths information that similar murders were committed in other cities on the evenings that Harrison, a deaf-mute, was attending charity functions. Read More »

  • Francis Girod – Descente aux enfers (1986)

    1981-1990CrimeFranceFrancis GirodThriller

    Quote:
    The marriage of the famous writer Alan and his young wife Lola is in a crisis. On a vacation in Haiti Lola wants to decide if their relationship still has a future. But since Alan doesn’t succeed with his new book and gets deeper and deeper into alcoholism, she soon starts an affair. While deeply drunk, Alan kills a black who wanted to rob him…[imdb]Read More »

  • Christian Nyby – Operation C.I.A. (1965)

    1961-1970Christian NybyDramaThrillerUSA

    Set during the Vietnam war before U.S. involvement, this political drama tells the gripping story of an American operative who is sent to Saigon to protect the U.S. ambassador from an unknown assassin’s bullet. ~ Sandra Brennan, RoviRead More »

  • Stellan Olsson – Deadline (1971)

    Drama1971-1980Stellan OlssonSwedenThriller

    An aircraft with biological weapons explodes above the Kulla Peninsula in Skåne. The fog rolls in over the small seaside resort of Mölle, people start coughing, the police starts evacuating people and soon the first death is reported.Read More »

  • George Waggner – The Climax (1944)

    1941-1950George WaggnerHorrorThrillerUSA

    In old Vienna, Count Seebruck (Thomas Gomez) is the impresario for the Royal Theatre. His biggest headache is his soprano diva, Jarmila (Jane Farrar). That’s why he’s more than willing to listen his aide Carl’s nephew, Franz (Turhan Bey), and Franz’s fiance, soprano Angela (Susanna Foster). Her voice sounds remarkably like the Royal Theatre long-lost star, Marcellina (June Vincent), who mysteriously disappeared ten years before.
    Her disappearance is no mystery to Dr. Friedrich Hohner (Boris Karloff), the theatre’s physician. Read More »

  • Umberto Lenzi – Kriminal (1966)

    1961-1970CrimeItalyThrillerUmberto Lenzi

    A mastermind thief known as Kriminal narrowly escapes execution. He always manages to stay one step ahead of the law with each new crime he commits. Will Kriminal be able to pull of his biggest score yet or will a double cross lead to his demise?

    This film is based on an Italian comics series created in 1964 by Magnus and Max Bunker.Read More »

  • Lew Landers – Smashing the Rackets (1938)

    1931-1940CrimeLew LandersThrillerUSA

    Plot:
    Jim ‘Socker’ Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney’s office. Meanwhile, he meets wild debutante Letty Lane, girlfriend of mob mouthpiece Steve Lawrence; and Letty’s much nicer sister Susan. Now the slot machine gang brutally beats Jim’s friends Franz and Otto. And Jim finds a way to use his nominal position to go into the racket- busting business. But his success puts Letty in deadly peril…Read More »

  • Hal Barwood – Warning Sign (1985)

    USA1981-1990Hal BarwoodSci-FiThriller

    Quote:
    A woman working as a security guard in an agricultural research facility finds herself and her co-worker Schmidt fighting to survive against their former friends.Read More »

  • Freddie Francis – Hysteria (1965)

    1961-1970Freddie FrancisHammer FilmsMysteryThrillerUnited Kingdom

    Synopsis by Jason Ankeny
    While visiting England, an American tourist (Robert Webber) is involved in an auto accident and suffers from amnesia. Upon his release from the hospital, he recuperates in a home paid for by a mysterious benefactor, where a dead body later appears in the shower.Read More »

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