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Chiefs (TV Mini Series)Chiefs (TV Mini Series) (1983)
Dir. Jerry London
Feat. Charlton Heston, Keith Carradine, Brad Davis
A well–regarded television series stretching across three generations of policemen in a small city in the American South, beset by changing…
CorruptCorrupt (a.k.a Copkiller; Order Of Death; L'assassino Dei Poliziotti) (1983)
Dir. Roberto Faenza
Feat. Harvey Keitel, John Lydon, Nicole Garcia
Surprisingly intense thriller has Harvey Keitel playing a dodgy NYC detective taunted by disturbed youth John Lydon (formerly 'Johnny Rotten' of the…
Finally SundayFinally Sunday (Vivement Dimanche!) (1983)
Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant
A businessman in trouble with the police over the murder of his wife's lover finds solace in his secretary who decides to investigate the case…
Fourth Man, TheFourth Man, The (1983)
Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Jeroen Krabbe
Jeroen Krabbe is a gay alchoholic writer prone to hallucinations who suspects his hairdresser of triple murder. Weird and stylish…
Gorky ParkGorky Park (1983) Recommended
Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy
William Hurt plays a brooding Russian detective investigating horrific murders in Moscow. Meaty, convincing thriller.
HammettHammett (1983)
Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner
A chequered production history – conflict between director Wenders and exec producer Coppola, money problems – basically rendered the…
Hitchhiker, The (TV Series)Hitchhiker, The (TV Series) (1983)
Feat. Page Fletcher, Gary Busey, Peter Coyote
An early HBO series of mystery–thriller stories, related only by the character of The Hitchhiker (Page Fletcher), who introduces and closes…
HostageHostage (Savage Attraction) (1983)
Dir. Frank Shields
Feat. Kerry Mack, Ralph Schicha, Gabriella Barraket
True crime thriller set in the 70's about Christine Maresch, the Australian woman who married a West German man in the city of Wollongong before…
Hound of the Baskervilles, TheHound of the Baskervilles, The (1983)
Dir. Douglas Hickox
Feat. Ian Richardson, Martin Shaw, Denholm Elliott
Ian Richardson (HOUSE OF CARDS) plays Sherlock Holmes in this crafted version of Conan Doyle’s most famous mystery, in which a monstrous…
House on Sorority Row, TheHouse on Sorority Row, The (1983)
Dir. Mark Rosman
Feat. Kate McNeil, Harley Jane Kozak, Eileen Davidson
Cult 80's slasher set in a sorority house, where the sisters pull a graduation prank that backfires and leads to them being stalked and murdered one…

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