The best Alexander Knox’s thriller movies

Alexander Knox

Alexander Knox

16/01/1907- 25/04/1995
We present our ranking of the best Alexander Knox’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Alexander Knox.
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Gorky Park

Gorky Park
6.7/10
Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his superiors. Working on his own, Renko seeks out more information and stumbles across a conspiracy involving the highest levels of the government.

Tokyo Joe

Tokyo Joe
6.3/10
Joe Barrett returns to Tokyo after World War II where he once owned a bar, Tokyo Joe's, and deserted his wife Trina. They have a seven-year-old daughter. Kimura forces Joe into piloting war criminals by revealing that during the war Trina made treasonous propaganda broadcasts.

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

The Wreck of the Mary Deare
6.7/10
A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name.

Modesty Blaise

Modesty Blaise
5/10
Modesty Blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers is being used by the British government as a decoy in an effort to thwart a diamond heist. She is being set up by the feds but is wise to the plot and calls in sidekick Willie Garvin and a few other friends to outsmart them. Meanwhile, at his island hideaway, Gabriel, the diamond thief has his own plans for Blaise and Garvin.

Woman of Straw

Woman of Straw
6.8/10
Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.

Puppet on a Chain

Puppet on a Chain
5.9/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 01/01/1971
  • Character: Colonel De Graaf
Special agent Taube is on the case of a deadly heroin smuggling operation. This one is notable for an amazing power boat chase through the canals and waterways of Amsterdam

The Sleeping Tiger

The Sleeping Tiger
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 21/06/1954
  • Character: Dr. Clive Esmond
A petty thief breaks into the home of a psychiatrist and gets caught in a web of a doctor who wishes to experiment on him and a doctor's wife who wishes to seduce him.

The Psychopath

The Psychopath
6/10
Inspector Holloway is investigating a series of brutal murders in which a doll of each victim is found at the scene. The dolls, as it turns out,were purchased by the crippled Mrs. Von Sturm, whose home is overcrowded with a doll collection. Her pale, wide-eyed, neurotic son is the prime suspect and the daughter of one of the victims discovers the shocking truth.

The Sign of the Ram

The Sign of the Ram
6.2/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 03/03/1948
  • Character: Mallory St. Aubyn
A wheelchair-bound woman manipulates her family to a point where they suspect she may be unhinged.

Run a Crooked Mile

Run a Crooked Mile
7/10
A man witnesses a murder in a secluded mansion. When he reports it, there's no evidence of the murder, or that anyone was there. Two years later he wakes up in a hospital room after a polo accident to find he's had amnesia, is now married, and living in Switzerland. Now remembering the incident he returns to England to try to solve the mystery.

The Two-Headed Spy

The Two-Headed Spy
6.9/10
Wartime thriller with film noir elements based on a true story as written in A.P. Scotland's autobiography "The London Cage". The plot has greatly exaggerated the actual events of A.P. Scotland's experiences, including the addition of a fictional love interest.

The Night My Number Came Up

The Night My Number Came Up
7/10
At a fashionable dinner party in Hong Kong a Royal Navy officer is coaxed into revealing details of a dream in which eight persons take off from Bangkok in a Dakota bound for Tokyo and crash in the Japanese mountains. Amongst those listening is Air Marshal Hardie who is due to fly to Tokyo the next day. Hardie initially dismisses the dream because he is scheduled to fly out in a Liberator, but as Hardie arrives at the airport he discovers that the Liberator has developed mechanical problems and has been replaced by a Dakota. When, just before the flight is due to depart, two soldiers board the plane making a complement of eight, Hardie fears that the dream may be coming true and he is destined to die.

Hidden Fear

Hidden Fear
5.5/10
A U.S. lawman busts Copenhagen counterfeiters to help his sister, falsely accused of murder.

Cry of the Innocent

Cry of the Innocent
5.1/10
A Green Beret-veteran businessman investigates the plane crash in Ireland that killed his family.

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