The best John Drew Barrymore’s thriller movies

John Drew Barrymore

John Drew Barrymore

04/06/1932- 29/11/2004
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best John Drew Barrymore’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about John Drew Barrymore.

While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps
6.9/10
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer"

Never Love a Stranger

Never Love a Stranger
5.4/10
Orphan turns bad, finds redemption with some help from boyhood pal. This movie is of interest because of the presence of a young Steve McQueen, the leading man being John Drew Barrymore, father of the more famous Drew, and for being based on a novel by Harold Robbins, famous for steamy writing in his day.

The Big Night

The Big Night
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 07/12/1951
  • Character: George La Main (as John Barrymore Jr.)
A young man zigzags through the sordid vortex of downtown Los Angeles while seeking vengeance on the man that beat his father.

A Game of Crime

A Game of Crime
6/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 27/09/1964
  • Character: Paolo Morand
In an isolated villa, Davide Lugani lives with his wife, Carlo, his brother, and their secretary Paolo. Wheelchair-bound Carlo is blind and mute, but his abnormal sensitivity allows him to predict events before they happen. Davide dies of a suspected heart attack and Carlo's nurse is shot dead. The police suspect Davide's widow as well as Paolo, who seems to be her lover. Just as the pair are about to be arrested, there is a twist...

Ti aspetterò all'inferno

Ti aspetterò all'inferno
6.3/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 29/10/1960
  • Character: Walter
When a diamond heist goes wrong, the three would-be robbers go on the run from the law. They soon find themselves involved with a beautiful woman who may wind up being even more trouble for them than the botched robbery.

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