The best John Horsley’s thriller movies

John Horsley

John Horsley

21/07/1920- 12/01/2014
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best John Horsley’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 Horsley.

The Fourth Protocol

The Fourth Protocol
6.5/10
  • Genre: ActionThriller
  • Release: 24/02/1987
  • Character: Sir Anthony Plumb
Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst an MI5 agent attempts to prevent it's detonation.

Highly Dangerous

Highly Dangerous
6/10
  • Genre: ActionThriller
  • Release: 06/12/1950
  • Character: Customs Officer
A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country.

Time Bomb

Time Bomb
6/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 05/02/1953
  • Character: Constable Charles Baron
When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call for bomb expert Peter Lyncort to diffuse the situation, unaware that he has explosive problems of his own.

Personal Affair

Personal Affair
6.5/10
A British girl (Glynis Johns) disappears for three days after a frank talk with the wife (Gene Tierney) of a Latin teacher (Leo Genn) she loves.

The Weapon

The Weapon
6.2/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 17/05/1957
  • Character: Johnson
A boy accidentally shoots a friend with a gun he found in the rubble of a destroyed building. The gun turns out to be a clue in a ten-year-old murder case.

Forbidden Cargo

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

Double Exposure

Double Exposure
5.8/10
A chance photograph may reveal a murderer's identity - and someone's after the photographer!

The Runaway Bus

The Runaway Bus
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyThriller
  • Release: 23/10/1954
  • Character: Inspector Henley
When heavy fog prevents any flights from leaving London Airport, a group of passengers are put on a bus driven by Percy Lamb (Frankie Howerd in his first starring role) to drive to another airport. The fog is that heavy Percy doesn't know where he is going or that he is carrying stolen gold bullion that the robbers and police are relentlessly pursuing.

The Limbo Line

The Limbo Line
5.8/10
The Limbo Line tells a story of Cold War double-crossing with British secret agent Manston trying to break up a group of Russian agents who return defectors to Moscow for brainwashing. When a Russian ballerina defects to Germany, Manston goes after the head of The Limbo Line in an effort to stop the group from kidnapping the defectors. Acting against the orders of his boss, Manston is faced with killing the communist leader of the movement in Germany or allowing the dancer to be turned over for interrogation and reprisals for her political beliefs. Matters are further complicated when Manston finds himself falling for the ballerina…

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