The best Hal Osmond’s thriller movies

Hal Osmond

Hal Osmond

27/05/1903- 01/12/1959
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The Depraved

The Depraved
5.3/10
Fed up with her wealthy but abusive husband, Tom (Basil Dignam), young English homemaker Laura Wilton (Anne Heywood) conspires with her lover, American Army captain Dave Dillon (Robert Arden), to have her boozy spouse meet an "accidental" demise. But a nosy copper (Denis Shaw) suspects foul play, and soon the lovers' crafty scheme deteriorates into fear, distrust and betrayal. Paul Dickson directs this vintage noir thriller.

My Brother's Keeper

My Brother's Keeper
6.2/10
War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan to obtain railway tickets, and with the police and the press in hot pursuit, George has to find a way of breaking loose from Willie, and to make his escape.

Double Confession

Double Confession
6.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 01/04/1950
  • Character: Shooting Gallery Attendant
The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various unsuccessful attempts on his life while the police clear up the mystery.

Forbidden Cargo

Forbidden Cargo
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 04/05/1954
  • Character: Baggage Room Clerk
Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother and sister drug smuggling team.

The Spider and the Fly

The Spider and the Fly
6.7/10
"The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline intertwines the destinies of three people. Guy Rolfe plays Phillipe de Ledocq, a resourceful safecracker who always manages to elude arrest. Eric Portman is cast as police-chief Maubert, who will not rest until Ledocq is behind bars. And Nadia Gray is Madeleine, the woman beloved by both Ledocq and Maubert. Just as Maubert has managed to capture his man, Ledocq is released at the behest of the government, who wants him to steal secrets from the German embassy revealing the whereabouts of the Kaiser's secret agents. And just how does Madeleine figure into all of this? Spider and the Fly is a diverting precursor to the 1960s TV series It Takes a Thief." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

The Vicious Circle

The Vicious Circle
6.6/10
When Dr Howard Latimer finds the German Actress that he has just met at London Airport murdered in his flat, it leads him into the world of murder, blackmail and a fake passport scam.

The Gambler and the Lady

The Gambler and the Lady
5.9/10
A greedy but successful professional gambler wants to join the British Establishment when he falls in love with a blue-blooded lady. But first he must mend his ways and then dump his nightclub singer girl friend. She's not so easy to get rid of, neither is his past.

The Steel Key

The Steel Key
5.8/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 01/05/1953
  • Character: Taxi Driver
An adventurer investigates the theft of a formula for hardened steel, assisted by his girlfriend.

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