Night of the Juggler (1980)

Night of the Juggler (1980)

[6] James Brolin (The Amityville Horror) stars as a divorced dad and ex-cop whose daughter is kidnapped and held for ransom in this rough-and-tumble thriller. Night of the Juggler hits the ground running, with an elaborate opening in which we watch the…
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

[7] After years of experimenting in various film genres, director Alfred Hitchcock finally committed to thrillers and suspense with his seventeenth feature, The Man Who Knew Too Much. A young teen girl (Nova Pilbeam) is kidnapped by spies after her parents (Leslie…
You and Me (1938)

You and Me (1938)

[7] Sylvia Sidney and George Raft star in this odd, romantic comedy from Fritz Lang (Fury, Metropolis). The two play ex-convicts who find gainful employment with a department store owner (Harry Carey) who believes in second chances. They fall in love and…
Number 17 (1932)

Number 17 (1932)

[5] In one of Alfred Hitchcock's weirdest movies, several characters converge at an empty house in the middle of the night. One character may or may not be a police detective, others may or may not be crooks. Only a Cockney tramp…
Prisoners (2013)

Prisoners (2013)

[8] Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal co-star in this gripping crime drama centered around the abduction of two young girls. Jackman plays one of the girl's father and Gyllenhaal is the police detective assigned to the case. Gyllenhaal uncovers several unsettling clues,…
Cash on Demand (1961)

Cash on Demand (1961)

[6] Peter Cushing and Andre Morell, paired a few years earlier in The Hound of the Baskervilles, re-team for Hammer Films in Cash on Demand. Based on a stage play, this is largely a two-man show with Morell playing a charming but…
Murder! (1930)

Murder! (1930)

[4] In this early Alfred Hitchcock film, an actress (Diana Baring) is found in a fugue state next to a bloody fire poker and a murdered acquaintance. She's sentenced to death for a crime she doesn't remember committing, but a skeptical juror…
The Jackal (1997)

The Jackal (1997)

[4] Bruce Willis and Richard Gere co-star in this wobbly, underwhelming thriller about an imprisoned IRA fighter (Gere) who helps the FBI hunt down a mysterious assassin known as 'The Jackal' (Willis) before he kills a high-profile political target at the behest…
Never Take Candy from a Stranger (1960)

Never Take Candy from a Stranger (1960)

[7] After their daughter tells them about 'naked games' she played with an old man, two parents (Patrick Allen and Gwen Watford) take the old man to court. But they find themselves the unlikely target of the town's scorn for trying to…
Blackmail (1929)

Blackmail (1929)

[5] Alfred Hitchcock directed Blackmail just as synchronized sound was being added to the movies. It has the distinction of being Britain's first sound feature, although it was also released as a silent version. I opted to watch the silent version since…