Thriller Movies
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Roustabout Stanton Carlisle joins a traveling carny and unsuccessfully schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband, Pete.
Key Witness (1947)
A man takes over the identity of a dead man while on the lam from a crime he didn’t commit.
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as ‘Gruesome’, has found out about a scientist’s secret formula for a gas that temporarily…
Railroaded! (1947)
A beautician and her crooked boyfriend attempt to rob the bookie operation located in the back room, but when the plan goes wrong, they frame an innocent man.
The October Man (1947)
Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is…
Cry Wolf (1947)
A woman uncovers deadly secrets when she visits her late husband’s family.
Crossfire (1947)
A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?
The Pretender (1947)
Story of an investment agent who embezzles a large sum from an estate, hoping to cover his crime by marrying the estate’s heiress. The girl is already engaged, so he…
Deep Valley (1947)
A shy California farm girl falls head-over-heels in love with Barry Burnett, a fugitive from a chain gang building a road through the wilderness.
The Unfaithful (1947)
Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It’s later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had…
Riff-Raff (1947)
A private detective foils the plans of villains attempting to take over Panamanian oil fields while he searches for a valuable map hidden in plain sight.
Ivy (1947)
When Ivy, an Edwardian belle, begins to like Miles, a wealthy gentleman, she is unsure of what to do with her husband, Jervis, or her lover, Dr. Roger. She then…
They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
After being framed for a policeman’s murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
Dear Murderer (1947)
When a man discovers his wife is having an affair, he commits the perfect crime.
The Web (1947)
A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over…
Moss Rose (1947)
When a music-hall dancer is murdered, a moss rose marks the page of a Bible next to her body. Luckily, another chorus girl saw a gentleman leaving the lodgings. She…
Take My Life (1947)
When her husband is wrongly accused of murder, an opera singer sets out to find the real culprit.
Born to Kill (1947)
A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn’t love by getting involved with a hotheaded murderer.
The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
Struggling artist Geoffrey Carroll meets Sally while on holiday in the country. A romance develops, but he doesn’t tell her he’s already married. Suffering from mental illness, Geoffrey returns home…
The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947)
Steve Morgan kills a man in a holdup and hitches a ride to Los Angeles with Fergie. At a gas station, they pick up two women. Encountering a roadblock, Morgan…
13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes suspicious of one of the latest batch of students, Bill O’Connell, who is too good…
The Locket (1946)
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
Lady in the Lake (1946)
Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he’s called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it’s not to…
Temptation (1946)
After marrying an archaeologist, a Victorian-era woman with a sordid past realizes that she is not ready to settle down with one man.
The Trap (1946)
When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number…
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
The Chase (1946)
Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck’s involvement with Eddie’s fearful wife becomes a nightmare.
Undercurrent (1946)
After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes…
The Strange Woman (1946)
In early 19th century New England, an unscrupulous woman uses her beauty and wits to seduce, deceive and control the men around her.
The Brute Man (1946)
A facially disfigured and mentally unhinged man wreaks his revenge on those he blames for his condition.
Cloak and Dagger (1946)
Italian partisans help a professor sent by the OSS to find an atomic scientist held by Nazis.
Decoy (1946)
A fatally shot female gangleader recounts her sordid life of crime to a police officer just before she dies.
Crack-Up (1946)
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck…which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?
Step by Step (1946)
Marine veteran Johnny Christopher meets and is immediately drawn to beautiful Evelyn Smith one day on the beach. Evelyn’s new job as secretary to a U.S. senator in California soon…
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the…
The Last Crooked Mile (1946)
A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.
Below the Deadline (1946)
A veteran, Joe Hilton, returns from the war to find that his brother Jeffrey Hilton, a gangster, has been killed. His quest for revenge leads him to take over his…
Black Angel (1946)
A falsely convicted man’s wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who…