Cause for Alarm!
A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.
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1948★ 7.2
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1973★ 6.3
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1954★ 7.1
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1954★ 8.0
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Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two know that as soon as they're no longer useful, he'll kill again. The two friends plot an escape, but the hitchhiker's peculiar physical affliction, an eye that never closes even when he sleeps, makes it impossible for them to tell when they can make a break for it.
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1952★ 7.3
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles.
T-Men
1947★ 6.8
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