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4th Tier
The Contenders
These may not be near the head of the pack, but they're solid, reliable examples of the cycle.
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A Blueprint for Murder, 1953
Andrew L. Stone
A Bullet in the Gun Barrel, 1958
Michel Deville, Charles Gérard
A Clean Shot, 1964
Francisco Pérez-Dolz
A Kiss Before Dying, 1956
Gerd Oswald
A Lady Without Passport, 1950
Joseph H. Lewis
A Night of Terror, 1937
Rowland V. Lee
A Stranger Returns, 1961
Juan Bosch
Abandoned, 1949
Joseph M. Newman
Account Rendered, 1957
Peter Graham Scott
Adam Wants to Be a Man, 1959
Vytautas Zalakevicius
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