Thriller Movies
The Night My Number Came Up (1955)
British Air Marshal Hardie is attending a party in Hong Kong when he hears of a dream, told by a pilot, in which Hardie’s flight to Tokyo on a small…
Tight Spot (1955)
A former model, serving time in prison, becomes a key witness in a trial against a notorious gangster. She is put under protective watch by the District Attorney in a…
Big House U.S.A (1955)
A tough and realistic crime drama unfolds as merciless kidnapper Jerry Barker (Ralph Meeker) demands ransom paid against a young runaway whose fate lands Barker in Casabel Island Prison.
New Orleans Uncensored (1955)
Discharged naval officer Dan Corbett moves to New Orleans and accepts a job as a longshoreman, unaware that the docks are run by an infamous racketeer. When the dock manager…
Six Bridges to Cross (1955)
Follow the evolution of a small time juvenile delinquent hood to a big time racketeer. Based on the famous 1950 Brinks Robbery in Boston that netted the crooks $2.5 million….
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and…
Black Tuesday (1954)
Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer…
Cry Vengeance (1954)
Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he was scarred, framed, and imprisoned. On release, Vic has but one desire, revenge on still-hiding…
Godzilla (1954)
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating…
Naked Alibi (1954)
Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police questioners, is beaten, and swears vengeance against them. Next night, Lieut. Parks is murdered; Willis is…
Suddenly (1954)
The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw’s unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can’t abide guns and those who use them….
Down Three Dark Streets (1954)
An FBI Agent takes on the three unrelated cases of a dead agent to track down his killer.
The Shanghai Story (1954)
Shanghai, China. The last expatriate Westerners still living in the city are imprisoned in a hotel by the communist authorities in order to find the spy hiding among them.
Stranger from Venus (1954)
Stranger from Venus (a.k.a. Immediate Disaster and The Venusian) is the story of a woman who meets a stranger with no pulse who has the power of life and death…
Human Desire (1954)
A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in a sordid affair with a co-worker’s wife and murder. Preserved by the Academy Film…
Rear Window (1954)
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Pushover (1954)
A police detective falls for the bank robber’s girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.
Beautiful Stranger (1954)
An ex-chorus girl lives on the Riviera, supported by a married man she doesn’t know is a crook.
The High and the Mighty (1954)
Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight – one that takes…
Paid to Kill (1954)
A man pays a hitman to kill him. Circumstances change and he tries to call off the hit but he has trouble getting the deal killed.
The Sleeping Tiger (1954)
A petty thief breaks into the home of a psychiatrist and gets caught in a web of a doctor who wishes to experiment on him and a doctor’s wife who…
Gog (1954)
A mechanical brain is programmed to sabotage the government’s secret lab while working on the first space station.
Hell’s Half Acre (1954)
A woman travels to Hawaii to find out if a man in prison there is actually her missing husband.
Dial M for Murder (1954)
When American writer Mark Halliday visits the very married Margot Wendice in London, he unknowingly sets off a chain of blackmail and murder.
The Mad Magician (1954)
Don Gallico is an inventor of stage magic effects who aspires to become a star in his own right. Just before his first performance his act is shut down by…
Jail Bait (1954)
Don Gregor, the son of famous plastic surgeon Dr. Boris Gregor, begins to hang around with young criminal Vic Brady and carry a gun. The pair attempt an armed holdup,…
Gorilla at Large (1954)
At a carnival called the Garden of Evil, a man is murdered, apparently by a gorilla…or someone in a gorilla suit.
The House Across the Lake (1954)
Sensuous and desirable, Carol Forrest has always attracted the attention of men. Expert in the art of manipulation and control she married an older man, loving only his vast wealth…
Witness to Murder (1954)
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.
The Diamond Wizard (1954)
While in London trying to nab several fugitives who stole a million dollars from a U.S. Treasury vault, American federal agent Dennison (Dennis O’Keefe) assists Scotland Yard Insp. McClaren (Philip…
Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
When several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the killer may be. All evidence points to Dupin, but soon it becomes apparent…
Make Haste to Live (1954)
A single mother in New Mexico senses her own death in the hands of a mysterious stalker.
Blackout (1954)
When a beautiful young woman suddenly offers inebriated Casey Morrow a lot of money for a quick and easy job, he doesn’t ask too many questions. But when the girl’s…
Drive a Crooked Road (1954)
A mechanic gets caught up with the mob when he falls for a gangster’s girlfriend.
Dangerous Mission (1954)
A policeman tries to protect a young woman against a hit man, when she flees New York after witnessing a mob killing.
The Good Die Young (1954)
An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbery, which goes badly wrong.