Thriller Movies

Highly Dangerous (1950)

Highly Dangerous (1950)

Highly Dangerous (1950)
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90

A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country.

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Genre: Action, Thriller
The Clouded Yellow (1950)

The Clouded Yellow (1950)

The Clouded Yellow (1950)
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95

After leaving the British Secret Service, David Somers (played by Trevor Howard) finds work cataloging butterflies at the country house of Nicholas and Jess Fenton. After the murder of a…

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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Where Danger Lives (1950)

Where Danger Lives (1950)

Where Danger Lives (1950)
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82

A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the death of her husband. They head for Mexico trying to outrun the law.

Genre: Thriller
Woman on the Run (1950)

Woman on the Run (1950)

Woman on the Run (1950)
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77

Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible…

Dial 1119 (1950)

Dial 1119 (1950)

Dial 1119 (1950)
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75

A deranged killer escapes from a mental institution, intent on locating the psychiatrist whose testimony sent him to the asylum, holds the patrons of a bar hostage.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Deported (1950)

Deported (1950)

Deported (1950)
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89

The real-life deportation of gangster Lucky Luciano was the inspiration for this romanticized and slightly crackbrained crime drama. Jeff Chandler plays the Luciano counterpart, who once he arrives in Italy…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Seven Days to Noon (1950)

Seven Days to Noon (1950)

Seven Days to Noon (1950)
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94

When Professor Willingdon becomes wary of the nuclear weapons he is helping build, he steals a warhead and threatens to detonate it in London in seven days unless the government…

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Genre: Thriller
Cage of Gold (1950)

Cage of Gold (1950)

Cage of Gold (1950)
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80

The love that Judy, a young painter, feels for Alan, a promising doctor to whom she is engaged, falters when Bill, an old friend, suddenly appears.

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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Dark City (1950)

Dark City (1950)

Dark City (1950)
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98

Gamblers who “took” an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)

The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)

The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
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79

In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the police are hot…

Genre: Thriller
Union Station (1950)

Union Station (1950)

Union Station (1950)
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81

Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Murder Without Crime (1950)

Murder Without Crime (1950)

Murder Without Crime (1950)
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78

A man gets in trouble when he accidentally kills and covers up a murder of a girl he meets after a big fight with his wife.

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Genre: Crime, Thriller
State Secret (1950)

State Secret (1950)

State Secret (1950)
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104

While working in England, an American surgeon Dr. John Marlowe is invited to Vosnia (a fictitious East-European country) to receive an award and demonstrate his life-saving surgery. Unwittingly caught in…

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Shakedown (1950)

Shakedown (1950)

Shakedown (1950)
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80

Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the success ladder. On the strength of his sheer tenacity, he…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
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103

Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime business, faces corrupt local cops who…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
No Way Out (1950)

No Way Out (1950)

No Way Out (1950)
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106

Two hoodlum brothers are brought into a hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one of them dies the other accuses their black doctor of murder.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Edge of Doom (1950)

Edge of Doom (1950)

Edge of Doom (1950)
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99

A priest sets out to catch the man who killed one of his colleagues.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Lady Without Passport (1950)

A Lady Without Passport (1950)

A Lady Without Passport (1950)
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74

An undercover U.S. Immigration agent falls in love with an immigrant attempting to enter the United States through Havana, Cuba in an illegal smuggling ring.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Panic in the Streets (1950)

Panic in the Streets (1950)

Panic in the Streets (1950)
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96

A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. With only 48 hours to find the killer, who is now a ticking time…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
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95

A police detective’s violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Crisis (1950)

Crisis (1950)

Crisis (1950)
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96

An American doctor gets caught in the middle of a revolution when he’s forced to operate on a South American dictator.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Mystery Street (1950)

Mystery Street (1950)

Mystery Street (1950)
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93

When a young woman’s skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor,…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
The Woman on Pier 13 (1950)

The Woman on Pier 13 (1950)

The Woman on Pier 13 (1950)
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73

Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Armored Car Robbery (1950)

Armored Car Robbery (1950)

Armored Car Robbery (1950)
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67

While executing an armored car heist in Los Angeles, icy crook Dave Purvis shoots policeman Lt. Phillips before he and his cronies make off with the loot. Thinking he got…

Spy Hunt (1950)

Spy Hunt (1950)

Spy Hunt (1950)
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75

Roger Quain, escorting two zoo-bound black panthers on the train from Milan to Paris, is unaware that a Western agent, Catherine Ullven, has hidden a microfilm in the collar of…

The Lawless (1950)

The Lawless (1950)

The Lawless (1950)
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83

A newspaper editor takes on the cause of oppressed migrant Mexican fruit pickers.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Paul Temple’s Triumph (1950)

Paul Temple’s Triumph (1950)

Paul Temple’s Triumph (1950)
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80

A husband-and-wife detective team look into the murder of one of her friends, whose father–a prominent scientist–has been kidnapped. They find themselves up against a sinister crime organization headed by…

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Shadow on the Wall (1950)

Shadow on the Wall (1950)

Shadow on the Wall (1950)
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84

Angered that her sister Celia has stolen her fiance, Dell Faring kills her and allows Celia’s husband David, knocked out in an argument with Celia, to take the blame and…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
I Was a Shoplifter (1950)

I Was a Shoplifter (1950)

I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
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74

A police detective uses any means possible to trap a gang of shoplifters.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Double Confession (1950)

Double Confession (1950)

Double Confession (1950)
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86

The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various unsuccessful attempts on his life…

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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Appointment with Danger (1950)

Appointment with Danger (1950)

Appointment with Danger (1950)
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89

Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who’ve allegedly murdered a U.S. postal detective.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
House by the River (1950)

House by the River (1950)

House by the River (1950)
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88

Wealthy writer Stephen Byrne tries to seduce the family maid, but when she resists, he kills her. Long jealous of his brother John, Stephen does his best to pin the…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Quicksand (1950)

Quicksand (1950)

Quicksand (1950)
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79

Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the money…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Side Street (1950)

Side Street (1950)

Side Street (1950)
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83

A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals an envelope of money from the office of a corrupt attorney. Instead of a few hundred dollars, it contains…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Black Hand (1950)

Black Hand (1950)

Black Hand (1950)
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92

In turn-of-the-century New York, an Italian seeks vengeance on the mobsters who killed his father.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Borderline (1950)

Borderline (1950)

Borderline (1950)
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88

The Los Angeles police know that Pete Ritchie has been bringing drugs into the city, but they can’t pin a single piece of evidence on him. After many botched attempts…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Stage Fright (1950)

Stage Fright (1950)

Stage Fright (1950)
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110

A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he’s accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.

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Genre: Thriller
No Man of Her Own (1950)

No Man of Her Own (1950)

No Man of Her Own (1950)
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98

A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Captain Carey U.S.A. (1950)

Captain Carey U.S.A. (1950)

Captain Carey U.S.A. (1950)
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82

Near the end of World War II, a secret American raid on an enemy transportation hub goes very wrong when a turncoat warns the enemy. Led by Capt. Webster Carey,…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller, War
Outside the Wall (1950)

Outside the Wall (1950)

Outside the Wall (1950)
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80

Larry Nelson, paroled from prison after serving nearly half of his thirty-year sentence, is determined to not fall into the clutches of the law again, and takes a quiet job…