Thriller Movies
Crime of Passion (1956)
Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance…
The Unguarded Moment (1956)
A high-school music teacher is the victim of a student who writes indecent notes and assaults women.
Accused of Murder (1956)
A police detective finds himself entangled in the web of the underworld when he falls in love with a nightclub singer accused of murdering a crooked lawyer.
A Woman’s Devotion (1956)
An artist suffering from mental problems from his experiences during the war goes to Acapulco on his honeymoon. Soon young women are turning up dead in the area, and the…
Nightfall (1956)
An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
5 Steps to Danger (1956)
Can a couple keep important secrets from Communist spies?
Hot Cars (1956)
Story of a salesman lured into the “hot car” racket.
Julie (1956)
A terrified stewardess is stalked by her psychotic estranged husband.
The Boss (1956)
A crusading politician falls prey to the temptations of power.
The Bad Seed (1956)
Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, adore their daughter Rhoda, despite her secret tendency for selfishness. Christine keeps her knowledge of her daughter’s darker side to herself,…
Now and Forever (1956)
A rich young society girl falls in love with a car mechanic. Her family is appalled and stops her seeing him. The girl attempts to commit suicide and then decides…
The Weapon (1956)
A boy accidentally shoots a friend with a gun he found in the rubble of a destroyed building. The gun turns out to be a clue in a ten-year-old murder…
A Strange Adventure (1956)
A trio of thieves make their getaway by kidnapping a young hot-rodder, and take over a mountain cabin for a hideout after overpowering its occupants.
Lisbon (1956)
For Capt. Robert John Evans, smuggling black-market goods is nothing out of the ordinary. But one day he’s hired by Aristides Mavros for a more involved assignment — sneaking an…
A Cry in the Night (1956)
A police captain’s emotions get in the way when his daughter is kidnapped.
Run for the Sun (1956)
Mike, a Hemingway-esque adventure novelist, is spending his days in a self-imposed exile somewhere in Central America. A reporter for Sight Magazine, Katie, has tracked him down in the hope…
It Conquered the World (1956)
An alien from Venus tries to take over the world with the help of a disillusioned human scientist, as his wife, his best friend and the friend’s wife try to…
Congo Crossing (1956)
Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign gangsters, headed by Carl Rittner. The latest plane from Europe carries lovely Louise Whitman, fleeing a French…
Behind the High Wall (1956)
A group prison breakout goes from bad to worse when the desperate warden tries to steal the gang’s dough.
Foreign Intrigue (1956)
Millionaire Victor Danemore, living on the French Riviera, dies suddenly of a heart attack. His secretary, Dave Bishop, wants to know more about his employer’s life. Surprisingly, not even his…
The Gelignite Gang (1956)
A tense thriller that tears the lid off Soho’s underworld and reveals the cunning organization behind a gang of safe-breakers who will stop at nothing, not even murder, to achieve…
Crime in the Streets (1956)
A social worker tries to end juvenile crime by getting involved with a street gang.
The Killing (1956)
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and…
Outside the Law (1956)
A government agent’s son wins respect and love when he challenges counterfeiters.
The Long Arm (1956)
Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The film is notable for using a…
23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)
Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation , that leads him into a desperate race, to find a kidnapped child. When he gets no…
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into…
A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
A college student tries to get rich quick by wooing two wealthy sisters.
While the City Sleeps (1956)
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed “The Lipstick Killer”.
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily’s defenses before the 1943 attack. A dead soldier is dressed as a British officer and outfitted…
The Scarlet Hour (1956)
An unhappy wife uses her powers of manipulation to draw an infatuated man into an ill-fated jewelry heist.
Crime Against Joe (1956)
Down-and-out artist Joe Manning wakes up from a night of drunken revelry in a jail cell, where he’s being held on suspicion for the murder of a nightclub singer.
The Price of Fear (1956)
A co-owner of a race track goes on the run after witnessing something he shouldn’t have at the track.
Slightly Scarlet (1956)
Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison into the custody of her sister June, secretary to “reform” politician Frank Jansen. Ben Grace, associate of crime boss Sol “Solly” Caspar, sees…
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
The Killer Is Loose (1956)
A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole’s young wife,…