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A list of
thriller films released in the before 1940.
Title |
Director |
Cast |
Country |
Subgenre/notes
|
1926
|
The Bat |
Roland West |
Tullio Carminatti, Charles Herzinger,
Jewel Carmen,
Louise Fazenda |
United States |
[1]
|
The Bells |
James Young |
Gustav von Seyffertitz,
E. Alyn Warren |
United States |
[2]
|
The Lodger |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Ivor Novello |
United Kingdom |
[3]
|
1928
|
Spies |
Fritz Lang |
Rudolf Klein-Rogge,
Gerda Maurus,
Lien Deyers,
Craighall Sherry |
Germany |
[4]
|
1929
|
Blackmail |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Anny Ondra,
Sara Allgood,
Charles Paton |
United Kingdom |
[5]
|
1930
|
The Bat Whispers |
Roland West |
Spencer Charters,
Chester Morris,
Una Merkel |
United States |
[6]
|
1931
|
Charlie Chan Carries On |
Hamilton MacFadden |
Warner Oland,
John Garrick,
Marguerite Churchill |
United States |
Crime thriller
[7]
|
M |
Fritz Lang |
Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann,
Inge Landgut,
Gustaf Gründgens |
Germany |
[8]
|
1932
|
Freaks |
Tod Browning |
Wallace Ford,
Leila Hyams,
Olga Baclanova |
United States |
[9]
|
The Most Dangerous Game |
Irving Pichel,
Ernest B. Schoedsack |
Joel McCrea,
Fay Wray,
Leslie Banks |
United States |
[10]
|
Number 17 |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Leon M. Lion,
Anne Grey,
Donald Calthrop |
United Kingdom |
[11]
|
Rome Express |
Walter Forde |
Conrad Veidt,
Esther Ralston,
Joan Barry |
United Kingdom |
[12]
|
Tangled Destinies |
Frank Strayer |
Lloyd Whitlock,
Doris Hill,
Glenn Tryon |
United States |
[13]
|
Thirteen Women |
George Archainbaud |
Irene Dunne,
Myrna Loy,
Ricardo Cortez |
United States |
[14]
|
1933
|
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case |
Hamilton MacFadden |
Warner Oland,
Heather Angel,
Roger Imhof |
United States |
Crime thriller
[15]
|
1934
|
Charlie Chan in London |
Eugene J. Forde |
Warner Oland, Drue Leyton,
Douglas Walton |
United States |
Crime thriller
[16]
|
The Man Who Knew Too Much |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Leslie Banks,
Edna Best,
Peter Lorre |
United Kingdom |
[17]
|
The Thin Man |
W.S. Van Dyke |
William Powell,
Myrna Loy |
United States |
[18]
|
1935
|
The 39 Steps |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Robert Donat,
Madeleine Carroll |
United Kingdom |
[19]
|
Mad Love |
Karl W. Freund |
Peter Lorre,
Frances Drake,
Colin Clive |
United States |
[20]
|
1936
|
After the Thin Man |
W.S. Van Dyke |
William Powell,
Myrna Loy |
United States |
Comedy thriller
[21]
|
Black Gold |
Russell Hopton |
Frankie Darro,
LeRoy Mason, Gloria Shea |
United States |
Crime thriller
[22]
|
The Invisible Ray |
Lambert Hillyer |
Bela Lugosi,
Frances Drake,
Frank Lawton |
United States |
[23]
|
Sabotage |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Sylvia Sidney,
Oscar Homolka,
Desmond Tester |
United Kingdom |
[24]
|
1937
|
L'alibi |
Pierre Chenal |
Louis Jouvet,
Erich von Stroheim,
Albert Préjean |
France |
[25]
|
Love From a Stranger |
Rowland V. Lee |
Ann Harding,
Basil Rathbone,
Binnie Hale |
United Kingdom |
[26]
|
Night Must Fall |
Richard Thorpe |
Robert Montgomery,
Rosalind Russell |
United States |
[27]
|
Young and Innocent |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Nova Pilbeam,
Derrick de Marney,
Percy Marmont |
United Kingdom |
[28]
|
1938
|
They Drive by Night |
Arthur B. Woods |
Emlyn Williams,
Ernest Thesiger,
Anna Konstam |
United Kingdom |
[29]
|
The Lady Vanishes |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Margaret Lockwood,
Michael Redgrave,
Paul Lukas |
United Kingdom |
[30]
|
1939
|
Another Thin Man |
W.S. Van Dyke |
William Powell,
Myrna Loy |
United States |
[31]
|
Clouds over Europe |
Tim Whelan, Sr. |
Laurence Olivier,
Ralph Richardson,
Valerie Hobson |
United Kingdom |
[32]
|
Exile Express |
Otis M. Garrett |
Anna Sten,
Alan Marshal,
Jerome Cowan |
United States |
[33]
|
The Human Monster |
Walter Summers |
Bela Lugosi,
Hugh Williams, Great Gynt |
United Kingdom |
[34]
|
Jamaica Inn |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Charles Laughton,
Maureen O'Hara |
United Kingdom |
|
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^ Brenner, Paul.
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Allrovi. Archived from
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^ Erickson, Hal.
"Freaks - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi".
Allrovi. Archived from
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^ Erickson, Hal.
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Allrovi. Archived from
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^ Ankeny, Jason.
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Allrovi. Archived from
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^ Wollstein, Hans J.
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^ Erickson, Hal.
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^ Erickson, Hal.
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^ Erickson, Hal.
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^ Deming, Mark.
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^ Erickson, Hal.
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^ Erickson, Hal.
"After the Thin Man - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from
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^ Wollstein, Hans J.
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^ Erickson, Hal.
"The Invisible Ray - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from
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"Sabotage - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from
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^ Erickson, Hal.
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^ Erickson, Hal.
"Young and Innocent - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from
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"They Drive by Night - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from
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^ Brenner, Paul.
"The Lady Vanishes - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from
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^ Erickson, Hal.
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^ Erickson, Hal.
"Clouds over Europe - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from
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^ Erickson, Hal.
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^ Brennan, Sandra.
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