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The 39 Steps (1935) [Movie] TMDB Douban NeoDB WikiData IMDb
The 39 Steps
director: Alfred Hitchcock actor: Robert Donat / Madeleine Carroll
other title: Il club dei 39 / De 39 trin
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.
Foreign Correspondent (1940) [Movie] TMDB
Foreign Correspondent
director: Alfred Hitchcock actor: Joel McCrea / Laraine Day
other title: Il prigioniero di Amsterdam / Udenrigskorrespondenten
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.
Secret Agent (1936) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Secret Agent
director: Alfred Hitchcock actor: Madeleine Carroll / John Gielgud
other title: Amore e mistero / Hemmelig agent
After three British agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to the mission conflicts with their consciences.
Night of the Demon (1957) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Night of the Demon
director: Jacques Tourneur actor: Dana Andrews / Peggy Cummins
other title: La notte del demonio / Der Fluch des Dämonen
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the deceased had been investigating a cult lead by Dr. Julian Karswell. Though a skeptic, Holden is suspicious of the devil-worshiping Karswell. Following a trail of mysterious manuscripts, Holden enters a world that makes him question his faith in science.
Black Magic (1949) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Black Magic
director: Gregory Ratoff actor: Orson Welles / Nancy Guild
other title: Cagliostro / Graf Cagliostro
A hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.
The Big Circus (1959) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Big Circus
director: Joseph M. Newman actor: Victor Mature / Red Buttons
other title: Il grande circo / Die Welt der Sensationen
A circus owner tries to keep his financially troubled circus on the road, despite the efforts of a murderous saboteur who has decided that the show must not go on.
The Lost World (1960) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Lost World
director: Irwin Allen actor: Michael Rennie / Jill St. John
other title: Mondo perduto / Den forsvundne verden
Professor Challenger leads an expedition of scientists and adventurers to a remote plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle to verify his claim that dinosaurs still live there.
Young and Innocent (1937) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Young and Innocent
director: Alfred Hitchcock actor: Nova Pilbeam / Derrick De Marney
other title: Giovane e innocente / Jovem e Inocente
When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins forces with the daughter of a police constable to prove his innocence.