The best Michael Balfour’s thriller movies

Michael Balfour

Michael Balfour

11/02/1918- 24/10/1997
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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
7/10
Director Billy Wilder adds a new and intriguing twist to the personality of intrepid detective Sherlock Holmes. One thing hasn't changed however: Holmes' crime-solving talents. Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle, the Loch Ness monster, and covert naval experiments. Can the sleuths make sense of all this and solve the mystery

The Hidden Room

The Hidden Room
7.3/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 03/08/1949
  • Character: American Sailor Promoting Book
A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.

The Holcroft Covenant

The Holcroft Covenant
5.7/10
A man who was a confidant of Adolf Hitler dies and leaves a fortune to make amends for his Nazi past—but his son has to search the world to find it.

Venetian Bird

Venetian Bird
6.3/10
Private eye Edward Mercer travels to Venice to locate a man due a reward for his aid in the war. Shortly after arriving, he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of his local contact. In his quest to clear his name, Mercer uncovers a conspiracy. Even the local magistrate seems to be working against him, and Mercer begins to suspect the man he came to find is behind it all.

The Small Voice

The Small Voice
6.3/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 27/11/1948
  • Character: Frankie
A man (James Donald) and his wife (Valerie Hobson) take to their house some men they rescue from a road crash and then find they have picked up some dangerous criminals.

The Steel Key

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

Sleeping Car To Trieste

Sleeping Car To Trieste
6.6/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 06/10/1948
  • Character: Spiegel
Spies pursue a stolen diary aboard the Orient Express.

Pit of Darkness

Pit of Darkness
6.3/10
When Richard Logan, the partner in a safe making firm, is found unconscious, on an old deserted bomb site, he finds that he has no recollection of the last three weeks. Then he discovers that the private detective, hired by his wife, has been found murdered, and a safe that his firm installed in a large country house, has been cleverly opened, and the contents are missing. So with the help of his wife, he sets out to uncover the truth.

Man of Violence

Man of Violence
5.2/10
Moon (Michael Latimer) is a mercenary who joins forces with two crooked cops in an attempt to steal 90 million dollars in gold from an Arab country decimated by political chaos. Sex, violence and mayhem accompany the group of double-crossing heavies who covet the purloined loot. A bevy of females willingly submit to seduction, and a sadistic homosexual murderer trails Moon and his malevolent gang for the gold in this compelling crime drama.

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