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On the Waterfront 4
laura-6
crossifre-84
le-doulos-1
breaking point 7
cry-of-the-city-13
bitter rice 3
storm-warning-7
narrow margin 49
touch-of-evil-3
you-only-live-once-3
nora-prentiss-49
murder-my-sweet-19
t-men-7
act-of-violence-29
corbeau 21
white-heat-10
moonrise-18
high and low 5
this gun for hire 31
raw-deal-14
stranger-1
good die young 2
postman always rings twice 1
dark-passage-2
killing-7
john and irene 1
kiss-of-death-9
force-of-evil-big
das zweite gleis 1
brighton rock 5
phantom-lady-15
razzia-7
port-of-shadows-23
sweet-smell-of-success-100
le-trou-11
such a pretty little beach 4
fallen-angel-64
night-of-the-hunter-4
bravados-1
out-of-the-past-4
psycho-7
diabolique-1
in-a-lonely-place-4
maltese-falcon-10
they made me a fugitive 9
gun-crazy-7
sorry wrong number 8
Ace in the Hole 4
sudden-fear-11
where-sidewalk-ends-77
double-indemnity-11
rififi-14
detour-12
hangover-square-1
black-gravel-5
kiss-me-deadly-10
black vampire 1
Nightmare Alley, 1947
dedee-41
killers 6
rocco and his brothers 1
strangers-on-a-train-4
third-lover-27
stray dog 9
asphalt-jungle-6
panique-1
scarlet-street-10
criss-cross-10
Odd Man Out, 1947
brute-force-1
strange-love-of-martha-ivers-7
enforcer 5
pale flower 7
johnny-eager-43
caged-100
they-live-by-night-7
1953 directed by Fritz Lang [Columbia Pictures]
Dark Corner 1
murderers-among-us-18
The Third Man 199
beyond-oblivion-6
rebecca-5
woman in the window 2
mildred-pierce-5
set-up13
the-adultress-77
the-lodger-1
big combo 13
odds-against-tomorrow-5
pickup-on-south-street-5
stranger-on-third-floor-39
key largo 11
i-wake-up-screaming-5
touchez-pas-au-grisbi-2
suspect 4
rear-window-7
ox-bow-incident-7
glass-key-29
thieves-highway-74
death of cyclist 12
spiral-staircase-4
gilda-79
big sleep 2
prowler-9
lady-from-shanghai-11
krakatit 6
notorious-14
night-and-the-city-8

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