50MoviePack: Suspense Classics
by oparser | created - 30 Oct 2012 | updated - 30 Oct 2012 | Public12-DVD Collection - Mill Creek Enterteinment Copied from IMDb: Suspense Classics 50 Movie Pack (Mill Creek) - a list by osirisrisen http://www.imdb.com/list/UDTaT5K__Jk/ included in the Action Classics 100 pack
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1. Mitchell (1975)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A tough, slobby, honest cop tries to simultaneously take down heroin dealers and a corrupt businessman who murdered a burglar, even if it costs him his life.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Joe Don Baker, Martin Balsam, John Saxon, Linda Evans
Votes: 4,919
2. Escape from Sobibor (1987 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 143 min | Drama, History, War
German death camp in Sobibor, Poland, killed two hundred fifty thousand Jews. It had the most successful prisoner escape in World War II on October 14, 1943.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Alan Arkin, Joanna Pacula, Rutger Hauer, Hartmut Becker
Votes: 9,830
3. The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
GP | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Two journalists try to solve a series of murders connected to a pharmaceutical company's secret experiments, becoming targets of the killer themselves.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak, Pier Paolo Capponi
Votes: 13,033
4. Murder Once Removed (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A doctor and the wife of one of his wealthy patients hatch a plot to get rid of her husband so they can be together and get his money.
Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: John Forsythe, Richard Kiley, Reta Shaw, Wendell Burton
Votes: 330
5. Julie Darling (1982)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A teenage girl whose inaction caused her mother's death arranges a similarly gruesome fate for her stepmother and brother.
Director: Paul Nicholas | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Sybil Danning, Isabelle Mejias, Paul Hubbard
Votes: 825
6. Five Minutes to Live (1961)
Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A murderous thug and his cohorts take a bank executives wife hostage after their robbery plans go awry.
Director: Bill Karn | Stars: Johnny Cash, Donald Woods, Cay Forester, Pamela Mason
Votes: 990
7. Paper Man (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A prank that starts with a group of college students creating a fictitious person so they can get a credit card develops into a plot that takes a murderous turn.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Dean Stockwell, Stefanie Powers, James Stacy, Tina Chen
Votes: 531
8. A Tattered Web (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective accidentally kills his son-in-law's floozy and then tries to cover-up his actions.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Frank Converse, Sallie Shockley, Murray Hamilton
Votes: 289
9. A Killing Affair (1977 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama
A white female detective is partnered with a black male detective to find the person who is committing a series of particularly vicious murders. During the course of the investigation the ... See full summary »
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, O.J. Simpson, Rosalind Cash, John Mahon
Votes: 119
10. The Sphinx (1933)
Passed | 64 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
A man known to be a mute is suspected of committing a murder, as he was noticed at the scene. However, witnesses saw and heard him talking as he was leaving the scene of the crime. The ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Lionel Atwill, Sheila Terry, Theodore Newton, Paul Hurst
Votes: 528
11. Lady Gangster (1942)
Passed | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Acting as a decoy in a bank robbery Dot get arrested. But before going to jail she manages to steal the $40, 000 loot from her accomplices. Her arrest attracts the attention of her former sweetheart Ken who believes her innocent.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Faye Emerson, Julie Bishop, Frank Wilcox, Roland Drew
Votes: 785
12. De prooi (1985)
97 min | Mystery, Thriller
18-year old Valerie and her mother Trudy live together in rural Oostdijk, a quiet little village near Amsterdam. When Trudy comes home one night, she gets run over by a car. She dies, and ... See full summary »
Director: Vivian Pieters | Stars: Maayke Bouten, Erik de Vries, Johan Leysen, Marlous Fluitsma
Votes: 351
Death in the Shadows
13. The Stoolie (1972)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Crime
A police informant steals police funds earmarked for a sting operation and the case detective goes after him to retrieve the money.
Directors: John G. Avildsen, George Silano | Stars: Jackie Mason, Josip Elic, Reid Cruickshanks, Dan Frazer
Votes: 118
14. Cry of the Innocent (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Green Beret-veteran businessman investigates the plane crash in Ireland that killed his family.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Rod Taylor, Joanna Pettet, Nigel Davenport, Cyril Cusack
Votes: 231
15. Born to Win (1971)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A smart-mouthed junkie and loser known as J.J. (George Segal) spends his days looking for just "one more fix".
Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: George Segal, Paula Prentiss, Karen Black, Jay Fletcher
Votes: 2,081
16. The Master Touch (1972)
PG | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A just released from prison professional thief decides to do one last high-risk heist, which could settle him for life or land him behind bars again.
Director: Michele Lupo | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Giuliano Gemma, Florinda Bolkan, Wolfgang Preiss
Votes: 694
17. Order of Death (1983)
R | 113 min | Crime, Thriller
A pair of corrupt cops spend their illegal cash on an uptown New York City apartment.
Director: Roberto Faenza | Stars: Harvey Keitel, John Lydon, Nicole Garcia, Leonard Mann
Votes: 1,114
Corrupt
18. The Woman Hunter (1972 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 74 min | Horror, Mystery
A woman vacationing with her husband in Mexico discovers she is being stalked by an international killer.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Barbara Eden, Robert Vaughn, Stuart Whitman, Sydney Chaplin
Votes: 278
19. The Black Raven (1943)
Approved | 61 min | Horror, Mystery
A group of strangers are brought together in an old, dark house and must contend with two murders and $50,000 in stolen money.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: George Zucco, Wanda McKay, Noel Madison, Robert Livingston
Votes: 830
20. The Squeeze (1978)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A retired safe cracker is recruited by a young conman to return to the "business" for a million dollar heist.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Karen Black, Edward Albert, Lionel Stander
Votes: 447
21. The Death Collector (1976)
R | 85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Neighborhood kid goes to work for the Mafia as a debt collector.
Director: Ralph De Vito | Stars: Joe Cortese, Lou Criscuolo, Joe Pesci, Bobby Alto
Votes: 990
22. Target of an Assassin (1977)
PG | 105 min | Thriller
An ailing African leader is admitted to a hospital. A male nurse at the hospital kidnaps him, but it turns out that things aren't exactly what they seem to be.
Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: Anthony Quinn, John Phillip Law, Simon Sabela, Marius Weyers
Votes: 435
23. The Cold Room (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A girl who arrives in modern day East Germany begins reliving the horrifying events that happened to a young girl in 1936.
Director: James Dearden | Stars: George Segal, Amanda Pays, Renée Soutendijk, Warren Clarke
Votes: 260
24. Rogues Gallery (1944)
Approved | 60 min | Mystery, Thriller
Reporter Patsy Reynolds (Robin Raymond) and photographer Eddie Porter (Frank Jenks) are assigned to interview John Foster (Davison Clark), head of the Emmerson Foundation regarding a ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Frank Jenks, Robin Raymond, H.B. Warner, Ray Walker
Votes: 186
25. The Boxer (1972)
R | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When boxer Teddy Wilcox is framed for murdering his crooked manager Nick, he escapes police custody and goes after the real killer in order to clear his name.
Director: Francesco Prosperi | Stars: Robert Blake, Catherine Spaak, Ernest Borgnine, Gabriele Ferzetti
Votes: 191
The Boxer
26. Kill Cruise (1990)
R | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A washed-out German sailor, in a drunken state, agrees to take two British women from Gibraltar to the West Indies in his sail boat. Early into the voyage, they realise that it's not going to be plain sailing.
Director: Peter Keglevic | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Patsy Kensit, Elizabeth Hurley, Franz Buchrieser
Votes: 900
Kill Cruise
27. Death Game (1977)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
Two crazy women seduce and then torment a businessman in his plush San Francisco home.
Director: Peter S. Traynor | Stars: Sondra Locke, Seymour Cassel, Colleen Camp, Beth Brickell
Votes: 1,537
Seducers
28. Seven Doors to Death (1944)
Approved | 64 min | Mystery, Romance
A shot rings out in a darkened apartment; a woman screams and flees, tricking architect Jimmy McMillan into giving her a ride. McMillan returns and finds a body; but the police find a ... See full summary »
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Chick Chandler, June Clyde, George Meeker, Michael Raffetto
Votes: 249
29. The Sell-Out (1976)
PG | 88 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
While vacationing in Lebanon, a former secret agent finds he has been marked for assassination.
Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: Oliver Reed, Richard Widmark, Gayle Hunnicutt, Sam Wanamaker
Votes: 625
30. The Cape Town Affair (1967)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Thriller
South African secret agents attempt to save confidential microfilm before it falls into the hands of Communists.
Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: James Brolin, Jacqueline Bisset, Claire Trevor, Bob Courtney
Votes: 484
31. Mysteries (1978)
93 min | Drama, Mystery
A wealthy visitor to a small town befriends a midget and gets involved with two women as his behaviour becoming ever stranger.
Director: Paul de Lussanet | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Sylvia Kristel, David Rappaport, Rita Tushingham
Votes: 303
32. Dominique (1979)
PG | 100 min | Horror, Thriller
A millionaire, who drove his wife to commit suicide, starts believing that he is being haunted by her spirit.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Jean Simmons, Jenny Agutter, Simon Ward
Votes: 1,177
33. Cross Mission (1988)
93 min | Action
General Romero, leader of a small Latin American country, is showing the UN how he's taking care of his country's drug problems by publicly burning crops of marijuana. As soon as the ... See full summary »
Director: Alfonso Brescia | Stars: Richard Randall, Brigitte Porsche, Peter Hintz, Maurice Poli
Votes: 98
Cross Mission
34. The Zebra Force (1976)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime
A group of Vietnam vets, tired of the depredation of the Mafia on their neighborhood, decide to take on the mob on their own terms--but by using a very different twist.
Director: Joe Tornatore | Stars: Mike Lane, Richard X. Slattery, Rockne Tarkington, Glenn R. Wilder
Votes: 269
Code Name Zebra
35. Beyond Justice (1991)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Ex-C.I.A. Agent Tom Burton (Rutger Hauer) goes to Morocco with businesswoman Christine Sanders (Carol Alt) to rescue her son, the kidnapped heir to a desert fortune.
Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Carol Alt, Omar Sharif, Elliott Gould
Votes: 662
36. Killing Blue (1988)
R | 95 min | Thriller
The nude body of a beautiful young dancer is found sprawled in a sand pit dead from a stab wound and an overdose. The investigation leads to a labyrinth of obsession, danger and death.
Director: Peter Patzak | Stars: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Morgan Fairchild, Frank Stallone, Julia Kent
Votes: 294
Midnight Cop
37. Crime Boss (1972)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama
Organized crime boss Don Vincenzo leads the pack and is faced with a huge struggle.
Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Telly Savalas, Antonio Sabato, Paola Tedesco, Giuliano Persico
Votes: 328
38. W.B., Blue and the Bean (1989 Video)
R | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A trio of hapless bounty hunters are recruited by a shady bail bondsman to try to keep a witness in drug trial alive to testify.
Director: Max Kleven | Stars: David Hasselhoff, Linda Blair, Tony Brubaker, Thomas Rosales Jr.
Votes: 607
Bail Out
39. Paco (1975)
G | 97 min | Family
Paco is an orphaned Colombian boy who leaves the family farm to search for his uncle in the big big city. When he gets to the city, he discovers his uncle is running a gang of young jewel thieves.
Director: Robert Vincent O'Neil | Stars: José Ferrer, Allen Garfield, Pernell Roberts, Panchito Gómez
Votes: 83
40. Millions (1991)
R | 110 min | Drama
Billy Zane leads a pack of money-grabbing relatives who try to take over his ailing uncle's industrial empire.
Director: Carlo Vanzina | Stars: Billy Zane, Lauren Hutton, Carol Alt, Jean Sorel
Votes: 301
41. Hollywood Man (1976)
107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Hollywood action film star Rafe Stoker has sunk $130,000 of his own money into his own production, but can't find legitimate financing to complete the film. His mob-connected investor ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: William Smith, Jennifer Billingsley, Ray Girardin, Jude Farese
Votes: 344
42. The Swap (1979)
R | 83 min | Crime, Drama
Vinnie gets out of jail after serving 10 years and tries to find out who killed his younger brother - played by a young Robert de Niro.
Directors: John C. Broderick, Jordan Leondopoulos | Stars: Anthony Charnota, Lisa Blount, Sybil Danning, Jarred Mickey
Votes: 358
43. The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (1977 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
Criminals hijack an airplane that not only carries a dangerous organism that is to be used in bacterial warfare, but also five beauty contest finalists.
Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Gary Collins, Chuck Connors, Henry Gibson, Peter Haskell
Votes: 188
44. A Dangerous Summer (1982)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Thriller
When a crummy hotel burns down in Australia, the American co-owner tries to find out whether or not the fire was deliberately set or just an accident.
Director: Quentin Masters | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Ian Gilmour, Giselle Morgan, Shane Porteous
Votes: 273
45. Night of the Sharks (1988)
R | 87 min | Action
David must fight for his life against the gangsters who killed his brother for a CD filled with proof of their illegal activities. When David gets possession of the CD they go down to ... See full summary »
Director: Tonino Ricci | Stars: Treat Williams, Janet Agren, Antonio Fargas, Stelio Candelli
Votes: 471
Night of the Sharks
46. The Manipulator (1971)
R | 85 min | Thriller
An insane Hollywood makeup man kidnaps a woman, keeps her prisoner in his warehouse full of props.
Director: Yabo Yablonsky | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Luana Anders, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 333
47. The Lucifer Complex (1978)
Not Rated | 91 min | Sci-Fi
An intelligence agent discovers a Nazi plot to revive the Third Reich by using clones.
Directors: Kenneth Hartford, David L. Hewitt | Stars: Robert Vaughn, Merrie Lynn Ross, Keenan Wynn, Aldo Ray
Votes: 398
48.
Great Performances (1971– )
Episode:
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson
(1987)
TV-G | 102 min | Music, Musical
A Hollywood actress who worries that the movie world is eroding her grip on reality is drawn into a love affair with an ordinary - and married - guy.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Hector Elizondo, George Murdock, Holland Taylor
Votes: 281
Power, Passion and Murder
49. Cold Blood (1975)
Not Rated | 80 min | Thriller
Corinna (Vera Tsechechowa) witnesses how three guys chase and shoot a man in front of her lonesome house. As the only witness, they force her to come with them and care for the guy's wound.... See full summary »
Directors: Ralf Gregan, Günter Vaessen | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Vera Tschechowa, Horst Frank, Walter Richter
Votes: 292
Cold Blood
50. Please Murder Me! (1956)
Approved | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A lawyer suffers a guilt complex after getting a murder acquittal for his client, and then finding out she did commit the crime.
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Raymond Burr, Dick Foran, John Dehner
Votes: 1,622
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