Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3190 Films to Buy & Rent
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
- Dir. George Pollock
Feat. Margaret Rutherford, Robert Morley, Dame Flora Robson…
- Agatha Christie on film with Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple. Suspicions mount as relatives gather for the reading of a dead man's will.
Prize, The (1963)
- Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer
- Paul Newman plays an alcoholic writer in Stockholm to collect his Nobel Prize who drunkenly stumbles upon an overly complicated spy plot.
Sadist, The (1963)
- Dir. James Landis
Feat. Arch Hall Jr.
- Like BADLANDS, this little–known drive–in flick is based on the infamous Starkweather murder spree of the late 50s, and is never less…
Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The (TV Series) (1962-1965)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, various
- Picking up directly from where 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' left off, this three season series expands Hitch's iconic mystery anthology to 50 minute…
Cape Fear (1962)
- Dir. J. Lee-Thompson
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck
- The original chiller that inspired the recent remake, complete with Bernard Herrmann's bombastic score. Robert Mitchum plays the ex–con…
Day the Earth Caught Fire, The (1962)
- Dir. Val Guest
Feat. Edward Judd, Leo McKern
- A solidly old–fashioned 'disaster film' in which H–Bomb test knock the Earth of its axis, leading to terrifying and accelerating climate…
Devil's Hand, The (1962)
- Dir. William J. Hole Jnr
Feat. Linda Christian, Robert Alda, Neil Hamilton
- Hammy low–budget horror of a man seduced by a blonde vixen who forces him to become involved in a mysterious satanic cult she holds allegiance…
Dr. Crippen (1962)
- Dir. Robert Lynn
Feat. Donald Pleasence, Coral Browne, Samantha Eggar
- This well paced drama centered around Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen's murder of his wife was originally billed as a horror, but is actually a rather…
Five Miles to Midnight (1962)
- Dir. Anatole Litvak
Feat. Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Gig Young…
- Unfocused but intriguing murder–mystery with Anthony Perkins as a domineering, jealous husband who convinces his wife (Loren) to collect…
Knife in the Water (1962)
- Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz
- The old adage 'three is a crowd' is chillingly played out in Polanski's directing debut about a couple's troubled yachting weekend with a…