The Island (1980)
Synopsis: After reading that an abnormal amount of boats have vanished without a trace in the Bermuda Triangle (also known as the Devil’s Triangle), journalist Blair Maynard (Michael Caine, Alfie) […]
Tag Archives: Mystery-Suspense
Stories of murder, intrigue, expectation, and tension
Criss Cross (1949)
Synopsis: A young man, Steve Thompson (Burt Lancaster, Atlantic City), returns to his hometown and quickly reconnects with his ex-wife (Yvonne De Carlo, Band of Angels), who (accidentally?) gets him […]
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)
Synopsis: In post-World War II England, a Canadian veteran (Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry) suffering from PTSD accidentally kills a man in a bar fight. The ex-soldier goes on the lam […]
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Synopsis: When her phone line gets crossed with another, a bedridden heiress, Leona Stevenson (Barbara Stanwyck, Stella Dallas), overhears a plot to murder an unnamed woman. Leona tries to alert […]
The Enforcer (1976)
Synopsis: After another act of excessive force, infamous San Francisco police officer “Dirty Harry” Callahan (Clint Eastwood, Play Misty for Me) is reassigned to a conventional desk job. But when […]
The Eiger Sanction (1975)
Synopsis: Art collector and college professor Dr. Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood, Dirt Harry) is blackmailed into returning to his old profession: a hired assassin for a mysterious government agency. Hemlock’s […]
The Judge and Jake Wyler (1972, TV-Movie)
Synopsis: An eccentric ex-judge (Bette Davis) and a cynical parolee (Doug McClure, The Land That Time Forgot) join forces to solve the murder of a wealthy man. Reaction & Thoughts: […]
I Walk Alone (1947)
Synopsis: Frankie Madison (Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry) has been released from jail after serving a fourteen-year sentence for bootlegging. Frankie immediately contacts ex-partner Noll Hunter (Kirk Douglas, Lust for Life) […]
The Shout (1978)
Synopsis: During a cricket match at a psychiatric hospital, a man (Alan Bates, Zorba the Greek) tells a visitor a strange tale of a wanderer (also played by Bates) who […]
Dead Calm (1989)
Synopsis: After the tragic death of their child, a Royal Australian Navy officer (Sam Neill, Jurassic Park) and his wife (Nicole Kidman, The Hours) decide to take an extended trip […]
Brute Force (1947)
Synopsis: In order to be with his sickly wife (Ann Blyth, Mildred Pierce), troubled convict Joe Collins (Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry) devises a daring jailbreak. However, the scheme goes awry […]
Desert Fury (1947)
Synopsis: A shady businessman (John Hodiak, The Harvey Girls) and his sidekick (Wendell Corey, The File on Thelma Jordon) arrive in a small Arizona town on the same day a […]
The Killers (1946)
Synopsis: Two hired assassins arrive in a small town with the intention of killing a gas station employee nicknamed “The Swede” (Burt Lancaster, From Here to Eternity). After “Swede” is […]
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
Synopsis: A thief nicknamed “Thunderbolt” (Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven) befriends a young conman who goes by the name of “Lightfoot” (Jeff Bridges, Starman), and with the help of a couple of […]
